Duncan-231192
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As a northerner, I would be happy to see SWR 158/159's cascaded up north. For my home city of Hull, we could do with the 155's and 150's replaced, and I dare say that the Newcastle, Middlesborough, and Whitby area would love to see the back of the 156's.
If it were up to me, I would be ordering 25,000V/Diesel Bi-mode 100mph intercity layout AT-200's to replace HST's and the remaining Class 158's and Class 170's on Scotland's Intercity routes, and tagging on an order for SWR with 750V capability. Hitachi are more than capable, and the diesel engines can be replaced with Hydrogen or Batteries as electrification progresses. There's no need for speeds of more that 100mph on either the SWR or Scotrail routes they would operate on.
If it were up to me, I would be ordering 25,000V/Diesel Bi-mode 100mph intercity layout AT-200's to replace HST's and the remaining Class 158's and Class 170's on Scotland's Intercity routes, and tagging on an order for SWR with 750V capability. Hitachi are more than capable, and the diesel engines can be replaced with Hydrogen or Batteries as electrification progresses. There's no need for speeds of more that 100mph on either the SWR or Scotrail routes they would operate on.