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ACustomer · 07-09-2006, 15:24

What you imply is that the ride is better when the loco is pulling the train rather than pushing it. Could it be something to do with the connections between coaches being under compression? If that is so then the problem in the Cork-Dublin direction should be at its worst in the coaches at the rear.

MP 58 is in the Portlaoise-Ballybrophy section, just 1.5 miles before Mountrath. Last time I looked at a map this section was virtually straight, and any curves are very gradual. So there must be some serious wet spot or other track defect at MP 58.

Is this shaping up to be a major design fault on the part of CAF, given that the Mk 4s are supposed to be good for 125 mph? When will the blame game start?

07-09-2006, 15:24	#210
ACustomer Really Regular Poster Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 767	What you imply is that the ride is better when the loco is pulling the train rather than pushing it. Could it be something to do with the connections between coaches being under compression? If that is so then the problem in the Cork-Dublin direction should be at its worst in the coaches at the rear. MP 58 is in the Portlaoise-Ballybrophy section, just 1.5 miles before Mountrath. Last time I looked at a map this section was virtually straight, and any curves are very gradual. So there must be some serious wet spot or other track defect at MP 58. Is this shaping up to be a major design fault on the part of CAF, given that the Mk 4s are supposed to be good for 125 mph? When will the blame game start?