Incident at Bray this morning

[Mark Gleeson]

Interestingly staff in Northern Ireland seem to use a special box, a much smaller version of what you see used for concert pa gear, the box is marked as containing explosives

It looks like bag dropped or a very sensitive detonator set off as a result of some movement, problem is as the detonators come in a pack stacked on top of each other if one goes off likely the pressure will set the rest off

A driver would have at least 10 in his/her bag

[James Howard]

Are these detonators carried around is those have leather satchels with the brass rivets that all drivers seem to carry? This seems a very casual way to handle explosives that are obviously capable of causing injury to passengers and staff.

[Colm Moore]

Just to note that pretty much any explosive is much more dangerous in a confined space than out in the open. The more confined the greater the danger - some explosives will just burn and not explode if they aren't in a confined space like a gun breech or a shell.

In this case, while there does appear to be physical injury, most of the energy will be designed to dissipate as noise, which won't have been kind in the cab.

[whatchutalkinboutWillis]

http://www.raiu.ie/download/pdf/raiu...ation_bray.pdf

[dowlingm]

53 The DART train was moved from the platform where the incident took place to another platform to allow trains to use the station; subsequently the scene of the explosion was significantly disturbed by IÉ staff before being declared a crime scene by the Garda

Tut tut, surely?