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Unread 24-05-2018, 15:05   #10
Mark Gleeson
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Originally Posted by James Shields View Post
Is this something that could have been prevented? It seems worrying that something apparently very minor causes so much disruption.
The whole relay room burnt out, cables melted so it will take a long time to sort out

Guys in white protective suits working away with air being pumped in

Now of course
1. The fire happened as a result of some failure of equipment, maintenance or installation

2. Some class of fire suppression system would have been a help, none of the 1980 relay rooms have this, but I believe the CBI rooms for the more recent do and have UPS and other toys

3. There is a diesel tank in there also


Single track working is in force, the points in Bray are clamped so a single train is all they can do. Operating under degraded conditions significantly increases the risk of an accident (see Buttevant for an incident with manually operated points going wrong)
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