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08-02-2008, 17:10 | #1 |
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Where are the Alstom DART Units?
Is it me or have the Alstom DART coaches been completely removed from service? I haven't seen them on the tracks for ages! Maybe it is the lack of comfort from the seats.
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08-02-2008, 17:16 | #2 |
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There are a number of threads in the members area, it gets a little trainspotterish to record the comings and goings not something we recommend
All 10 coaches are somewhere in Fairview, 8 of which have actually been out on tests in recent weeks Last date on which all 10 where in service was March 2006, thereafter it fell to 6 coaches, then 4 and the zero May 2007
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25-04-2008, 10:46 | #3 |
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I have just started to see them recently.They don't look all that different. When you sit down on the seats they are rock hard. Tell me Mark, is train spotting illegal?
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25-04-2008, 10:49 | #4 |
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Actually it is illegal to take photographs without permission
The Alstom set runs the 8:08 from Malahide each morning, it seems to carry half the engineering team from Fairview along with it in case it goes wrong
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25-04-2008, 11:03 | #5 |
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Illegal to take photos ?
Mark,
I hope we don't have some weird special case law in place. From my vague understanding of the law in this area if you are standing 'in the street' you can photograph everything and anything you want. Standing on a platform or within CIE property is a different story. They can make up their own rules there. I remember reading about a case in the US recently where people were approached on the street and told to stop taking photos of a 'non-descript building' in the middle of a town. Some of the people had their cameras confiscated. The building was an 'unmarked' NSA facility. This if course set off a war of words between the two sides. One side was of the view that if you're a patriot you will do what the forces of good instruct you to do. Taking a photo of this building is compromising national security. The other side was naturally asking what specific law was being breached by taking the photos and since when did you have to get approval to take a photo of a streetscape ? I digress a bit. My point was that unless we had some very specific regulations in place I don't think there is any issue at all with taking photos of anything you want from the 'public highway". If we had any miliatary facilities in this country there might be some exception, but I don't think there is any such exception for the rail infrastructure. z |
25-04-2008, 11:06 | #6 |
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You need permission on IE property, obviously if the photo is taken elsewhere IE can't touch you
Really don't care to be honest, only good thing is we no w have one more 8 coach train in service
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