Folks lets keep things calm.
Wheelslip is a real and serious problem which has not been resolved and won't be as the laws of physics say transferring several hundred horsepower trough a contact area of about the size of a 1 cent coin is not going to work terribly well if you add anything which lubricates the patch, water, crushed leaves, oil etc.
As always Irish Rail are not exactly showing the way in addressing this issue
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