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It's my understanding that RVEL produced the twin QSK engined 'Genset' class 73's to put into a UK context what their American parent company has being doing for a while, i.e. re-engining older locos with modern genset power packs which can be switched from a single engine for light engine...

Not likely. The upcoming PRM/TSI requirements will require major surgery to the Mk3 coaches which have a finite fatigue life, which will be reached sooner on the GW sets as they are the oldest. HST's may soldier on for another 10 years or so, but beyond that they will have to be replaced.

It's going to be a while before they have the whole MML wired up. I don't expect the Meridians to be moving off of the MML this side of 2020.

Thanks for the info.

I've just gone past Euro Metal Recyclings's yard at Kingsbury, and next to all of the class 37 and 56 awaiting scrapping was a driving car of a BR heritage DMU, in BR green livery. Does anyone know anything about this vehicle? Is it a basket case that's beyond repair or something which could...

Carrying around air is incredibly expensive, particularly for the type of leasing / availability contract which IEP will be provided under. Taking into account that an IEP carriage will typically cost £20k a month more that a pendolino carriage, you definately want to make sure that the...

For those that are interested the DfT have posted all of the train technical specifications and drafts of the availability agreements on their website today here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/intercity-express-programme-technical-specification-and-contracts If you want to...

The following provides the draft layouts of the IEP's. This is from the DfT website within the last 6 months so is the most up-to-date information on the layout and formation of IEP units. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/3469/iep-train-layouts.pdf