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Unread 06-03-2007, 22:30   #383
Mark Gleeson
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I took this train this morning from Heuston to Portlaoise.

It was fairly rocky at times, including just going under the bridge at the South Circular Road. When I got out at Portlaoise I was slightly naseous, but then I didn't have any breakfast.
Yes the ride is dodgy in that set lots of swinging around

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The carriage I was sitting in was F on the outside but it had the big white "Carriage C" stickers all over the inside. It was coach 4102, so could IÉ already be doing a mix n' match?
Spotted that before Christmas

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Carriage E had "V 1.0.2" (or something like that) on one of the outer displays and "Heuston" on the other, despite the fact that all the other carriages had Corcaigh/Cork on them. I have seen carriages sitting in the sidings in Heuston with this message before.
That be V1.3bis 9 0 9600 n,8,1 seen same thing same train Old school IT people will understand exactly what that means

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There was also a minor incident where they did a full Jimi Hendrix with the PA (that means that there was a lot of feedback) but the dude later apologised for the "excessive volume."
Again same train same fault

Any chance it tell you to bail out since the train had a mechanical fault, man its a fun PA message
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