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Brakes on fire on 05:45 Longford-Pearse today

  • 23-09-2010 10:33am
    #1
    Casey_81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 246 ✭✭


    Was on the 05:45 from Longford to pearse today,
    Seems like the brakes went on fire or something like that.

    I was in the 2nd last carraige and I noticed the smell at about lexlip when someone opened the window.. in my sleepy haze I thought I might have had my runners too close to the heater..
    Then at each stop the smoke from the brakes was getting worse and worse until at Drumcondra the driver or someone from IR had a look at it, shook his head and tutted a bit and then drove off to connolly..

    Is it normal practice to drive on with smouldering brakes? Or were they more worried about passenger backlash than safety?


Comments

  • #2
    T Corolla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 611 ✭✭✭T Corolla


    No I do'nt think so but you'd do some damage to the brakes and its housing.
    Looks like there will be a suspended servives this evening


  • #3
    foggy_lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,373 ✭✭✭✭foggy_lad


    at Drumcondra the driver or someone from IR had a look at it, shook his head and tutted a bit and then drove off to connolly..
    paddy left the handbrake on again tut tut :D:D


  • #4
    veryangryman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,660 ✭✭✭veryangryman


    Casey_81 wrote: »
    Was on the 05:45 from Longford to pearse today,

    That sentence alone depresses me. Please tell me thats not you daily commute


  • #5
    Oliver1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,304 ✭✭✭Oliver1985


    veryangryman wrote: »
    That sentence alone depresses me. Please tell me thats not you daily commute

    As I have said before you are very angry, veryangryman grrrrrrrr:mad:


  • #6
    Casey_81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 246 ✭✭Casey_81


    veryangryman wrote: »
    That sentence alone depresses me. Please tell me thats not you daily commute

    tell me about it.... lucky to have a job in these times i suppose.. one heck of a commute though,

    am home in the evening by 6 or 7 so not too bad


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  • #7
    parsi
    Site Banned Posts: 5,904 ✭✭✭parsi


    foggy_lad wrote: »
    paddy left the handbrake on again tut tut :D:D

    Or maybe it was a technical fault ?

    Not everything is due to malfeasance or misfeasance on the behalf of IE/CIE/BE


  • #8
    T Corolla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 611 ✭✭✭T Corolla


    Casey_81 wrote: »
    tell me about it.... lucky to have a job in these times i suppose.. one heck of a commute though,

    am home in the evening by 6 or 7 so not too bad

    I do the same only from Mullingar. I get the same train as Casey_81 at 6:15am and I'm back in Mullingar at 6:20pm or 8:20pm on Mondays


  • #9
    foggy_lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,373 ✭✭✭✭foggy_lad


    is that train back in service i wonder? or was it so serious that it had to be taken out of service?


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