Inversnecky
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I should perhaps have broadened out this thread to include all trains, but perhaps similar views could be shared here on D(E)MUs/EMUs.
An additional aspect:
Over the years, there has been a shift (at least only for passengers, of course), from locomotive hauled traffic to MU working. Thus older locomotive stock has tended to be replaced by more modern MU stock, making a comparison of reliability between the two types more fraught.
That said, comparing similar vintage stock (eg Mk 1), would MUs in the 1960s-80s have been considered more reliable than locomotive hauled passenger trains?
An additional aspect:
Over the years, there has been a shift (at least only for passengers, of course), from locomotive hauled traffic to MU working. Thus older locomotive stock has tended to be replaced by more modern MU stock, making a comparison of reliability between the two types more fraught.
That said, comparing similar vintage stock (eg Mk 1), would MUs in the 1960s-80s have been considered more reliable than locomotive hauled passenger trains?