Oops I forgot the South West is lucky enough to be keeping the HSTs arent they.
Oops indeed. Now perhaps you could explain how you propose to keep these diesels fuelled and serviced, miles from suitable depots?
And there is not a chance that IEP bi-modes could keep to HST timings, whereas a loco could! As the experts have said bi-modes will be very slow at accelerating so journey times will be longer.
Funny, because some people seem very confident IEP can improve on HST times, whatever the "experts' say. Much of what the 'experts' said was actually about previous incarnations of the IEP, but don't let that get in the way of your permanent negativity, will you?
And where is the loco that can do all these things you claim for it?
Unsurprisingly, yet again you have just ignored everything I've said about what operating locos will actually involve for the Cotswold Line. How far from doing a few miles a month, these locos would be hammered up and down, day in, day out, miles from a major depot.
Just for once, try to break this habit of yours and actually explain how your preferred option is going to work in the light of all those issues I raised? How are you going to overcome them, if using locos is just so much easier?
Maximum speed currently permitted on the Cotswold Line is 100mph between Wolvercot junction, north of Oxford, and Ascott-under-Wychwood. Network Rail has been looking at the possibilities for increasing speed limits along the route in connection with the introduction of IEP, including 100mph-plus in places.