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I’m only speculating but, if there is no known future for the locos and an issue with parts availability, the lessor may have agreed to allow a couple to be used for spares and not be repaired.

Northern also duplicate Sheffield - Nottingham.

Do they ?

I don’t think 230’s would be fast enough, especially between Stoke and Kidsgrove.

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Thank you for un-lurking ! I think anyone in the industry will understand in good faith why certain details and yours and semaphoreslim’s identity are held back.

I also hope you’re right to be sceptical, but 1. The DfT might still intend to temporarily use HSTs on the East Coast 2. A Class 180 probably is a “modern diesel train” to the DfT

Maybe the HST’s will indeed get a derogation, but to run on the ECML... I guess if all the 180’s went to East Midlands and all the EMT HSTs went the other way then a similar service to today’s could be provided. (With less seats and the extra cancellations from the associated 180 failures). If...

It can, and does, show green. There is a 15mph warning board and associated aws magnet for the 15 psr over Stoke junction.

Rail Minister Andrew Jones said this in Parliament : “We will see an entirely new fleet of trains—a full replacement fleet—come into service. Inter-city services will receive new bi-mode trains, and regional services will receive new diesel trains. The express fleet, which is the...

To make them into 4 cars.

I don’t think Liverpool - Norwich should be split, but it is being. I didn’t expect Grayling to listen to me, or the majority of respondents in the consultation. Interesting that 185’s are in the frame to do Notts - Liverpool, as the 3 car/6 car combo isn’t ideal. Could they be remarshalled into...

What type of train would things be better on ?

The TOC in this case, EMT, may have known about the impending regulations for years, but they were under the impression (confirmed in the Tory election manifesto) that the Midland Mainline was to be electrified. Their expectation was retirement of hst’s and a fleet of new electrics, or worst...

1. Don’t know 2. Don’t know 3. Expect the 15X fleet to continue in service until the end of fossil fuel usage as a fuel for trains. (At least 20 more years).

1. If it took 10 minutes to get it started = Perkins 2. Doesn’t want to move in notches 1 to 4 = Perkins 3. Fault book is full of reports about it reverting to idle = Perkins.

Bandwagon Burnham...

Daily Mail by any chance ?

It’s gone very quiet since the ITT. What with Brexit, Mml electrification cancelled, Liverpool-Nottingham moving out of franchise and the 2019 prm date, I suspect a derogation for the hst fleet and another direct award to Stagecoach to keep it going as is, for another couple of years.