of SCE cars Scharfenberg coupler between cars, drop-head buckeye couplers each end Wheelchair area & accessible toilets to UK Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations Mark 4 DVT Air-conditioned driver's cab Fault Diagnostic system, displayed on driver's monitor Luggage Compartment Fire Suppression System Generator engine compartment protected by FM200 extinguisher Fuel tank protected by AFFF extinguisher Generators: Twin MAN 2846 LE 202 (320 kW) / Letag (330kVA) engine / generator sets, assembled by GESAN Length between couplers – 23.81 m (78 ft) Former stock Laminate (1955–1984) The older CIÉ stock comprised a variety of designs, built to two distinct profiles. The carriages built in the early 1950s had a narrower, more vertical profile with a small tumblehome similar to that used by Edgar Bredin of the Great Southern Railways for its steel panelled coaches. The carriages built from the end of the 1950s had a wider profile with a more pronounced tumblehome. Like the "Bredins", they were wooden framed and steel panelled. The earlier coaches included the last compartment stock built by CIÉ, both standard and composite first/standard designs. Typically there were 7 compartments per carriage with each having seating for 6 passengers in first class and 8 passengers in standard. In the open saloon designs, as well as the compartment designs, seats were aligned to windows and so passengers could enjoy an unobstructed view out of the train from all seats unlike the airline style seat arrangement in some more recent designs. Carriages of this design built after 1955 were referred to as "laminates" due to the use of laminated wooden uprights and roof members, as opposed to solid wood. Otherwise, construction details were the same. Dining cars continued to be built with solid wood frames, but were often incorrectly termed "laminates" as they were the same design and era. Some of the "Laminate" carriages were later converted to steam heating vans to allow the four-wheel and six-wheel heating vans to be withdrawn in the late 1970s and early 1980s. All of CIÉ's restaurant cars prior to the Mark 2 stock were of the vertical profile design. A brake standard design was adapted as a driving trailer for use on one of CIÉ's branch lines. There were three varieties of the later wide body profile coaches: A composite (all later converted to brake standards) A standard open design with two lavatories at one end A standard open design with a single