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Agreed. Just one caveat on that: since the 73s got the drophead Dellner couplers, can they still couple to the HST bar coupler?
Would need someone directly involved with them to confirm it but as of a couple of years ago I think it was still OK to use them for any conventional purpose. If they are similar style dellners to a 57/3 then the answer would probably be yes I think, as I'm fairly sure ROG has dragged full sets or power cars with a similar dellner attached and still managed it. Likewise there may have been a few instances where the GW DRS hired 57 has dragged a broken hst set to a depot in the past. Would need confirming though re the 73s.
I'm also curious as to whether Scotrail had a spare serviceable hst on shed at Inverness that could have been sent down to tow the failed set to Inverness as I nearly forgot that's sometimes the case.