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Unread 27-09-2006, 19:16   #2
Mark Gleeson
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We are most definitely not trainspotters so photos we don't do

Shinny silver Cork train is known as the Mk4 or CDE, Cork Dublin Express
The orange thing with automatic doors be a Mk3
The orange thing with manual doors and sealed windows be a Mk2d

All the railcars are referred to by the first two digits of the number thus Kildare and Newbridge get the 29000

Some are better than others, the consensus is the Mk3 is the best coach on average, quiet and smooth, Mk2d has useless AC and is normally refered to as a coffin. The Mk4 looks lovely but has problems, and as such has been christened the Vomit Comet. 29000 rocks and rolls but no one really minds on short journeys since it never breaks down
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