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richards · 02-04-2008, 07:22

The report on the BBC was good as it has brought to light the large amount of 'failures' which occur with the rail stock. However it mentions that the diesel engines are 15 years old and the rail stock is 10+ years. This is not the issue. For example the Eurostar rail stock (while electric) is the same age as the IE/NIR Diesel Loco's and the rolling stock is actually newer that the Eurostar stock. I applicate that there are issues with IE Loco's and (CAWS??) operating on NIR rail lines and signaling etc and that there are only 6 loco's available to cover the Enterprise service.

There have been big improvements in Diesel Rail-cars over the last 15 years which are probably more suited to rail operations in Ireland. The new 22K stock used by IE is an example of this.

02-04-2008, 07:22	#40
richards New to the board Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 17	BBC Report The report on the BBC was good as it has brought to light the large amount of 'failures' which occur with the rail stock. However it mentions that the diesel engines are 15 years old and the rail stock is 10+ years. This is not the issue. For example the Eurostar rail stock (while electric) is the same age as the IE/NIR Diesel Loco's and the rolling stock is actually newer that the Eurostar stock. I applicate that there are issues with IE Loco's and (CAWS??) operating on NIR rail lines and signaling etc and that there are only 6 loco's available to cover the Enterprise service. There have been big improvements in Diesel Rail-cars over the last 15 years which are probably more suited to rail operations in Ireland. The new 22K stock used by IE is an example of this.