Wrong kind of snow, again

摘要

During the recent severe weather, FCC reported that 17 Class 319 EMUs had been stopped by damaged traction motors. This is surprising given that their vulnerability to snow ingestion is so well-known.rnIndeed, in December 1990 when four Class 319s had failed in service due to motor damage during a localised snowfall, the manager responsible predicted a 'massive' motor failure rate if the units were run in snow again without modification.