Drivers can drive either type. Guards are restricted to normal sets unless they've had the SDO conversion course, and only two Senior Conductors have done that for the Angel sets for the proposed December runs to Skegness which didn't materialise. The Angel sets also undergo maintenance on a weekend so shouldn't be diagrammed out for anything.
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don't think so. And uses grantham avoiding line so does not reverse there either IIRC
The 0943 ex Nottingham reverses there as it calls at Grantham. A few years ago when the service ran in the path of the 0955/1445 Skegness it also ran through to Derby via Trowell Jn and Toton in the evening due to no path being available via Attenborough.
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It reversed on the down fast.
There was no path, as it arrived approximately 1915ish, after the dwell time you couldn't get out infront of the 1920 Matlock without subsequently delaying the then 1932 London, which would have affected the 1936 Leicester and 1941 Birmingham. Had it followed the 1941 Birmingham there was then a conflict with the HST running North to Nottingham, and a subsequent Ivanhoe right behind that. By running via Trowell Jn it avoided all of these conflicts and was booked to pass around the time of a HST heading North. The alternative would have been a near 30min dwell time at Nottingham.
what about the rtn workings?
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why can't they just cut down the trees?
There's a good chance this is the last year. They will be replaced by 222s, whether that is 2020 or 2021 is not known yet. As the HSTs will still be around but with LNER trailers, it may still be those next year as it won't require any training for crews.