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    Avanti Class 221s to Cross Country

    My guess is that no DfT money is available for leasing costs etc in the current financial year which ends in April.
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    Deltic Devonian November 1981

    I was also on this railtour in the coach behind the loco. 55016 was definitely on 2 engines and was not assisted "up the bank". It later suffered an engine exhaust fire at Peterborough during December 1981 which presumably wasn't repaired due to its impending withdrawal.

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