Structural failure of a locomotive on a Dublin Cork service

[Mark Gleeson]

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July 6th the locomotive was failed with a fuel leak at Limerick Junction, I've seen a photo of this and its hard to tell but it does look like there is a small bend in the frame at this point

The locomotive + Mk4 set was brought to Heuston, presumably to recover the Mk4 coaches and get the locomotive to Inchicore

In Dublin the locomotive was found to have suffered a structural failure of the main frame, it was coupled to a Mk4 set at the time, looks like the siding next to platform 8

[ACustomer]

There is a surprisingly well-informed piece in the Examiner about this: See https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/m...-40016177.html

[Mark Gleeson]

RAIU report published last week https://www.raiu.ie/investigations/c...5134352168400/

Irish Rail did not act on a service advisory from the manufacturer and the repairs done previously (of which there is no record) didn't meet standards either

First recorded cracked frame of a GM/EMD locomotive globally