DanNCL
Established Member
I hope they do operate to Newcastle; they'd make a nice change to the rammed full 185sAccording to a TP driver (last summer), they would be used to give TP crews experience in working loco-hauled passenger trains. Possibly only one diagram per day at first; Liverpool - Scarborough has been suggested for the initial route with Mark 3 stock - but until (or if) TP electrification gets done, the Mark 5 stock & 68s might later move onto Newcastle services.
((Of course, the "plan" may have changed since then...)