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Nothing on the Edinburgh - Glasgow line yet, beyond a 385 on a proving run, heading towards Edinburgh.

Straight from the Daily Mail comments section. Your space bar also appears to be defective.

It must be quite unusual to have such a heavily reworked and re-engined locomotive without a new classification (per Class 29, 31, 57, 69) and to have two quite different locomotive designs sharing the same subclass?

Did the NR 73/9s retain their third-rail equipment?

Nameplates belong to DRS, who have retained them.

To be fair, and to my own surprise, both those 47s still exist in preservation and appear capable of turning a wheel.

Maybe one of them will go into Police livery, per 37093. Who really knows what LSL are capable of!

There are worse fates for 37s than being repainted in non-prototypical liveries.

Spencer Flack used to display a bright red Spitfire Mk XIV, G-FIRE, at air shows in the 1970s. When challenged on the red scheme, his alleged retort was when you own a Spitfire, you can paint it any colour you want. LSL are getting interesting trains 'out there' on mainline rail tours...

Are WCR the GB News of heritage TOCs or something?

Arguably far more than two. Like dangerous lineside trees, a rolling replacement programme for the existing ferries, starting twenty years ago, would have been a better approach than throwing everything (and the kitchen sink) at two large ferries. Interesting that enthusiasts feel so strongly...

I don't agree with this bit. In terms of tree cover we are far behind Finland, Sweden (which I expected), Portugal and Spain (which I didn't) when comparing European countries. People find all sorts of spurious reasons to remove mature trees, including supposedly sustainable urban regeneration...

But then the people employed to manage 'lessons learned' sessions would have nothing to do!

Shouldn't the thread be renamed something slightly more neutral, such as 'ScotRail HST sustains damage to cab after striking fallen tree near Broughty Ferry'?

Spean Bridge? Barely ten miles outside Fort William, but without the accommodation or attractions of the latter. I can't imagine many northbound passengers get off at Spean Bridge, and most heading south would presumably start at Fort William rather than drive ten miles into the hinterland to a...

Gareth Dennis tipping slightly into 'concern trolling' there. Frame it as concern for a driver's welfare while pushing a clear agenda. How would other trains in the Scotrail fleet handle a similar tree strike (same speed, angle, trunk girth, mass, etc).

Your degree certificate from the University of Life is starting to peep out a wee bit there. Sour grapes perhaps? The idea that senior management all need to be 'lifers' who have slogged their way up through the same organisation/industry since they joined at 16 as apprentices is now incredibly...

I was in Waverley last Sunday and it looked pretty busy. They've set up a queuing area for the polar express in that no man's land next to platform two. Not your usual 'Duff basher' crowd, however.

One of the reasons I can't take these preservation groups seriously. 507001 has a pretty livery and is first of the class, so far more important to gricers than an example with better 'bones'. Pragmatism quickly flies out the window. I'm don't share your optimism. If there isn't an existing...

It depends on whether there is a total destruction order in place on the other 313s. Ideally you want to negotiate these things long before the youth of Methil decide to 'tan' your windows, either way.