It coped well. Although already ten minutes down by Carr Bridge it made up some time after Perth and got to Edinburgh only 7 minutes down.It does appear that 73969 is in sole charge of the Inverness portion.
Solo 73/9s have hauled this portion before, but it is absolutely on the limit of their capability and the train is losing time, but not so much that it cannot be recovered on the WCML.
Yeah 66762 shunted the rhtt set into platform 1 before detaching and Rhtt went forward with one loco before 66762 joined on top of sleeper about 1950Two for Inverness, one each for Aberdeen and Fort William was the plan. Single 73s have managed Inverness a number of times, but not ideal in the autumn.
Given 66762 is shown up front this morning on RTT, it appears that it must have been on the train south last night.
Are they short of class 92 at the moment? The Glasgow ECS loco, Edinburgh portion, and the Highlander used to be separate locos. Using one of the first two to work the Highlander makes the operation gather fragile.This would appear to be because the Edinburgh portion of the Lowlander was late into Carstairs, giving its loco insufficient time to get back to Edinburgh to take over the Highlander
In a word, yes: short of serviceable 92s with Dellners.Are they short of class 92 at the moment? The Glasgow ECS loco, Edinburgh portion, and the Highlander used to be separate locos. Using one of the first two to work the Highlander makes the operation gather fragile.
Not so long ago it was 73s that were scarce, hence the need to pair them with 66s rather than each other. No it seems that, (thankfully given the 92 situation), there is a 73 to spare for the ECSIn a word, yes: short of serviceable 92s with Dellners.
The Glasgow ECS is currently being worked by 73967.