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  • #2
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,537 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    a sensible and fast approach, I can only assume it broke down north of the border for this to happen. Near Newry so likely NI

    As an aside why bring a whole rake down, why not just stick a loco on the back and that way you bring the out of action one to Dublin anyway. I'll probably answer my own question in saying that they can't operate push pull from the front downed loco though the rake to the attached one, can they?


  • #3
    Ham'nd'egger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,025 ✭✭✭Ham'nd'egger


    Cookie_Monster wrote: »
    a sensible and fast approach, I can only assume it broke down north of the border for this to happen. Near Newry so likely NI

    As an aside why bring a whole rake down, why not just stick a loco on the back and that way you bring the out of action one to Dublin anyway. I'll probably answer my own question in saying that they can't operate push pull from the front downed loco though the rake to the attached one, can they?

    There isn't always a spare loco in Belfast ready to do a swap first off. Besides, a loco doing a rescue like this has a severe speed limit imposed so it will take about twice it's scheduled time to get to Dublin. The loco is at the Belfast end so there'd be issues with weight crossing bridges en route as they'd both be together on the train at one end or else it would need to be shunted out of the way and a good loco reattached and tests. This solution seemed to be the quickest and easiest way out overall so all was well in the end, I guess.


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