Peter Sarf
Established Member
Did Highlandspring say anything about square wheels...?
They're still being tested/commissioned and not ready for public/passenger service, so there are not "plenty spare". There's quite evidently few/none spare at this stage.
If the other ones were all tested/commissioned and ready to go, they wouldn't have postponed the Highlander launch...!
Fair enought but I believe the full Highland service requires 34 (or 36 ?) Mk5s. If there are not 8 or 9 of those already modified then I have to wonder if they will all be modified in time for the 7th July introduction of the Highland sleeper ?.
There is one extra problem that does not affect the Lowland sleeper. The Highland sleeper, if I understand it correctly, undergoes a more complex splitting/joining. This is because the 16 coaches from Euston end up as three trains formed as 8, 5 and 5 coaches - note that 2 coaches get added to the mix whilst splitting at Edinburgh. Its been suggested that the computer(s) are not coping well with this re-forming. Or is that untrue ?.