In the Skerries incident, I spoke to eye witnesses who said they had seen flames, and I got a strong smell of smoke just before the train stopped. I don't accept it was a fabrication - people honestly believed they saw flames, and that is what was reported.
I think the explanation may be that some fuel got sprayed onto a hot surface and ignited, causing a flash that was seen by passengers.
The passengers I spoke to were the sensible ones who moved to the coach behind, rather than bailing onto the tracks into the path of the Enterprise.
I hope we'll get more details of what happened in Castleknock. It's still only the second serious failure of a 2900 in nearly three years of service, which it not bad going.
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