D365
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Isn't North Wales Coast stuck on a bit of a limb; not enough traffic to deserve electrification and the subsequent West Coast standardisation of Baby-Pendos (if any ever come through)?
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An intriguing solution...
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I suppose if you could find a few Mark 3s somewhere (which could be rewired for EMU jumpers) and that 1500hp Class 73 rebuild thing goes through, you might be able to muster enough stock to run top and tailed Mark 3 formations, perhaps using the 442s attached as far as Basingstoke (or if you fitted a couple of miles of new third rail, the first station after the flying junction)....
But that is expensive and would likely be impractical given how many locomotives and coach rakes we have available.
An intriguing solution...