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Chiltern class 168 diesel/battery hybrid

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Greybeard33 said:
The Class 22000s are newer than the 168s, which presumably improves the business case for the retrofit (longer prospective service life).
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Both have long enough prospective service life to make the business case work, except one has it guaranteed the other doesn't!
 
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The Turbostars as a whole surely have a long life ahead of them

Chiltern is unlikely to be electrified for 10/20 years, and there are plenty of older DMUs which they can replace if cascaded
 
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CR165022 said:
168218 taking 168321 back, nothing has been done to 321 so im confused as to why it couldn't come back on its own
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Possibly acting as "insurance" in case 321 were to fail en route, given it couldn't be rescued by a Pendolino, Voyager, or Desiro due to incompatible couplers (168s are fitted with BSI couplers, whereas the others all use Dellner couplers.)
 
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