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Unread 07-06-2013, 09:30   #44
Thomas J Stamp
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i guess that a week of hot weather + lots of Air Con demand + ever ageing engines just did them in yesterday.

Its not as if IE/Translink are not aware of the problem, as they have been trying to get the Mark3 Generator Van project to work for a long time now.

I know there has been a lot of hot weather since the mid 90's when this service started, but things are older, no matter how well you service something, the older it is the more likely something will go pop.

Then again, its not like every year irish rail are surprised by the onset of winter and suffer the frozen points problems, despite warmers being around for decades.

So it will be interesting to see if passengers add 2+2 and decide not to enter a lotto to see if their train will pop in hot weather, and if IE will move the PP fleet around a lot more frequently to help things out.
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