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As far as I've seen from the 93s and 99 at the Greatest Gathering and at the Polmadie Open day... I don't believe the 93s have AAR compatab.... at least not to the point of having a visible socket

I'm wondering the same. Considering that every asset Scotland has had, England has sold off, with little to no benefit staying in Scotland. Thatcher crippled our steel industry in the 80s/90s... although we're not alone in that. Etc etc

Yeah, but to most people, they'd blame EMR, not the DfT... being ignorant of the DfTs involvement

Not to do the whole England vs Scotland thing... but Scotrail is not under the control of the DfT, and if Scotrail decide they want to use the 222s from the start of agreed lease, there's nothing that the DfT or EMR can do to change things... nothing at all to with the DfT giving, or not...

Why? Because DfT/EMR didn't deal with the situation and plan ahead... instead them went for the cheapest option and let things run on hope... but again, the DfT will let EMR, Lumo, SR, Hitachi etc take the bad press because of their bad management. I'm sorry, but we've had this out in numerous...

And you think the DfT wouldn't be beyond using stock beyond its serviceable best if it means saving a few million a year?!

I can't see the DfT/Treasury ever laying out tens or hundreds of billions of pounds on stock, (especially not with the debt our current chancellor has landed us with, in 12 months, on top of what the Tories left us with) I'd imagine they will continue with Roscos (even though likely not to be...

Blame the DfT... they pull all the strings, despite what the public may see. The DfT chose not to request any short lease extensions... so the ROSCO did the fair thing, and leased it/them to another interested party.

I've seen an image on Flickr of 99002 on Toton depot... at least it looks like it's on the depot

There looks to be another move from Bo'ness to Craigentinny, so im guessing the 73 is also part of the formation, but the move to Craigentinny isn't a Q path

It was never registered as a class 19 on the system though... so it doesn't really count.

58023 was active/operational at the SVR back in the spring, and was at the Greatest Gathering. Not sure if it's moved back yet.

can't say i'm exactly surprised. How often is there anything (non preserved) railway happen up here... and for it to be a mainline depot, this close to a terminal

Bo'ness & Kineill still do... I think I still have the one I was issued at the May diesel gala, in my wallet.

May depend on container size and what the intermodal wagons can carry... I've seen a few where they have had a mix of wagon types, and can only accommodate the larger containers (I dont mean length) on lower platform wagons.

Class 73/1s still have vacuum brakes fitted, even though not used daily. Remember, there have been GB 73s at the SVR before

Mr Tiller has posted the images of 015 @ Eastleigh Works on Facebook (class 69 group is where I saw them)

They did mention they were looking at September for a return of operations

At the time they (FG/Lumo) were negotiating, were the remaining 221s not reserved by/for/with Alstom for the likes of WSMR...?

To hand, no. However these coupler heights, for the Voyagers and Pendolinos etc, are set by UIC. The heights for DMUs and EMUs (sub 100mph stock) are not set by those same requirements. Your assumption of 57/3s having the dellners set at non standard heights was cemented in most people's...