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Were there pure motorail trains as late as the summer of 1991 though?

Union Pacific in the US has one steam locomotive that never officially retired from service (although it was stored for some time), and is still used to run steam specials to this day

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From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_40

The first Mk3 DVTs were delivered in March 1989, according to Wikipedia. I'd guess trains would be pretty much fully "DVTized" by 1990-91?

So 245 is the standard XC rake, 315 in the Brighton trains likely two TSOs extra? 385 seems to be the standard 87/90-Mk3-DVT rakes. I see the sleepers are timed at E595, these were longer than 13 cars I think given they at this point still had both seats and motorail?

From 1991/92 WTT: Northbound First there's a service from Birmingham 0655 to Glasgow, timed at E245, so a standard XC Mk2 rake Next service seems to be Liverpool at 0907 to Edinburgh, timed D245 so presumably diesel throughout A service from Paddington at 0800 to Edinburgh, timed D245 to...

XC got HSTs in late 1991, after the ECML electrification completed and IC225 rakes were fully operative. Wessex Scot was among the XCs that went HST at this point.

The Nightstar coaches weren't built to UIC gauge though, they were AFAIK based on Mk4 bodyshells, so both shorter, narrower and lower than standard UIC-based coaches

Didn't French "Broken Nose" electrics run freight trains thru the Chunnel while SNCF were awaiting their part of the Class 92s?

AFAIK the HS1 (former CTRL) is built to Berne gauge (UIC gauge), and can operate conventional trains in addition to Eurostars. Is there anything that would prevent a service using conventional loco hauled stock to UIC gauge operating into St Pancras thru the tunnel?

AFAIK he had the same status in Denmark as Prince Philip had in England

Do you Brits know something we Scandinavians don't?

How many 90s do Freightliner have, and are any of theirs operative (wasn't there some rumour that Freightliner was sidelining all electrics due to prices of electricity vs diesel)?

Just makes this even more horrific really. It was logic to assume that the dark blue loco was the freight train's loco, as it'd have been travelling slower, and taken less damage, and the other one the passenger loco, being quite seriously damaged due to the higher speed. Of course, with the...

It must've been edited since then

Have you seen the photo showing both the wrecked locos? I'd think even a journalist would be able to figure out that it'd be extremely unlikely for any driver to have survived, and therefore have the sense not to mention it.

I don't know the source, but the Larissa stationmaster had apparently had the job for less than a month

According to the Wikipedia article on the Greek disaster, up to 60 people might still be unaccounted for, so this might match Eschede in the end :/

Two passenger cars "disintegrated", according to media reports, one is seen in photos overturned and totally burnt. Both locos are obviously total write-offs, going by the photos the loco from the passenger train is almost totally crushed. Several container cars are also obviously heavily...