LNW-GW Joint
Veteran Member
Something to cheer the loco-haulage brigade.
The ATOC Rolling Stock Requirements for CP5 (http://www.atoc.org/latest-publications)
scarcely mentions loco-hauled operation, but it does offer one intriguing option.
This is to convert the class 442 EMU fleet to loco-hauled mode (because their Mk3 bodyshell is similar to HST and Mk3a stock), for use with "a new type of electric locomotive".
I guess this is because it may be too expensive to upgrade the electric traction package for continued EMU use, so they would be reduced to loco-hauled only.
So here we have another 120 Mk3 vehicles (24x5car) to play with.
Now where should we put them?
The wider options also cover the nuclear option of IEP being cancelled!
There is not much likelihood of the ATOC view being adopted by DfT, though it must represent the views of individual TOCs as to the future deployment of their stock.
The ATOC Rolling Stock Requirements for CP5 (http://www.atoc.org/latest-publications)
scarcely mentions loco-hauled operation, but it does offer one intriguing option.
This is to convert the class 442 EMU fleet to loco-hauled mode (because their Mk3 bodyshell is similar to HST and Mk3a stock), for use with "a new type of electric locomotive".
I guess this is because it may be too expensive to upgrade the electric traction package for continued EMU use, so they would be reduced to loco-hauled only.
So here we have another 120 Mk3 vehicles (24x5car) to play with.
Now where should we put them?
The wider options also cover the nuclear option of IEP being cancelled!
There is not much likelihood of the ATOC view being adopted by DfT, though it must represent the views of individual TOCs as to the future deployment of their stock.