Derailment due to freak circumstances, says report

THE derailment of a freight train in Co Tipperary last year was due to a freak combination of factors, a report has found.

The train was traveling across the Cahir Viaduct bridge, 200 yards from the Cahir train station, with 22 wagons of cement at 6.15am. on October 10.

When the train derailed, it divided in two. The two locomotives and the 10 carriages which had crossed the bridge remained on the track, while the remaining 12 carriages fell through the deck of the bridge.