Irish Rail Train Fire 2003

Footage captured by Mark Kelly of a serious fire on an Irish Rail train formed of Craven Coaches in 2003. This was an empty working to Cork hauled by 202 for a GAA special the following day. The cause of the fire was an electrical issue with the lighting circuits on the rear coach. The driver of 202 managed to uncouple the generator van and loco from the rear coach on fire. The fire spread to the adjacent two coaches.
Captured at Ardclough.

[@trainsmachineryldegmtrains3509]

Wow. Great capture, super video! Thumbs Up
All the best from Romania
Andrew

[@thomasburke2683]

Where did this happen?
Don't recall it.

[@SouthernYard]

Ardclough, Co Kildare.

[@StuartStudios5]

What caused the fire?

[@SouthernYard]

There was an issue with the lighting circuit on one of the Cravens, all remaining Cravens coaches were modified after.

[@Transport_Mayhem]

When was the exact date of this incident, was everyone onboard ok? Also what was the other loco number at 1:28 I thought it was 210 or 218.

[@SouthernYard]

Don’t have exact date, looks like it’s 218

[@NaoiseHeneghan-nx8ig]

What happened there

[@SouthernYard]

There was an issue with the lighting circuit on one of the Cravens, all remaining Cravens coaches were modified after.

[@domesticterrorist483]

Wow. Arson?

[@SouthernYard]

No electrical issue caused it.

[@andywebster7511]

Was that the end of using mk2 carriages?

[@SouthernYard]

No the carriages were the cravens coaches (mk1s), they were modified to fix the electrical issue that caused the fire.