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I dunno, from a couple of the photos the damage seems bad enough, that one 158 set is likely a goner...

Wasn't 211 the only 86 to be retired in BR Blue?

Pretty certain that was the one I had in mind. yes

And then of course there were the two locos wrecked at Colwich in 1986... Wasn't there an 86 that got scrapped after a collision/derailment involving a mail train shortly after privatisation too?

How is it possible for the Class 70 not to win this by a huge margin?

Would it even be possible to maintain long-distance traffic if all IETs had to be permanently withdrawn, given that a large amount of HST stock is rebuilt/scrapped, and Mk4 stock is also going?

Possibly some Class 37 from BR to Railfreight, from Railfreight to one of the "Shadow" freight operators (Mainline/Loadhaul/Transrail) then to EWS, to DRS, then to some smaller operator like ROG?

So DB actually DO operate some of their 90s? I thought they used 92s on all their electric-hauled freight

Had all Freight allocated Class 90s received triple grey at this point, or is there a chance Freightliner and/or EWS should be added to the list as well?

The most common Pendolino is the Italian ETR 470, which apart from Italy is also used in Switzerland (Cisalpino), Spain, Portugal, Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Finland. How related are the British Class 390s to the Italian original? Is it only the tilting equipment, and nothing else?

Re Great Heck - wasn't the DVT completely shredded by the Class 66 - which was itself so damaged it had to be cut up on site (AFAIK it was the first Class 66 to be retired/scrapped)?

At least it's better than the pink one...

Yes that seem to fit with the info I have too

I am pretty certain that by the 1991-92 timetable it ran as one entire train the entire route, and had no Glasgow section

As you can clearly see from the formations listed in the final post in the link I posted, the Clansman had Mk3s, including a BFO, in late 1991

I don't know how popular it is to link to "competing" websites here, but here goes: https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/44668-mk-3-bfo-formations/ Based on the last post in the linked thread, the formations listed for late 1991, which can't be anything other than "The Clansman"...

While in North America and Australia, "Freight Train" always seems to have been the favoured term, in the UK both terms have been used colloquially, but with "Goods train" seeming the most prevalent, at least in the steam era. What made "Freight Train" become the more prevalent term even in the...

OK. The reason I asked, was that in a Norwegian facebook group, it was claimed that UK Buckeye couplers used for freight, were identical to the standard US AAR type coupler, but that the 'Buckeye' couplers used on passenger stock was of a lighter/weaker type, and they couldn't be coupled to each...

IF they were to be replaced, I'd think 67s or 68s would be the most obvious choice? or 88s?

"Buckeye" couplers have been used on passenger trains in the UK since the 1930s, AFAIK, although for freight traffic they're a more modern phenomenon, mostly post-privatisation. BUT - are these 'buckeyes' the same? I've seen some suggestions that the passenger buckeyes are a lighter/weaker type...