I don't fall for anything
not to be too nasty about this...
you have read something on a forum, treated it as "matter of fact"... reposted the information without making note of where you read it (or where you think you read it if you cant remember) on this and possibly other forums....
its like your posting a list of the "headlines" from the Railways Illustrated rumour section as factual, set in stone information...
now fair enough i may have been similar in my youth... but you have to learn quickly... if you don't already know.... that a lot of stuff posted on forums are personal opinions, hopes or misinterpretation of factual information...
... anyway... remember that the class 57/3 (and a lot of the 57/0s and all the 57602-57605 batch) are
OWNED by Porterbrook who lease the 57/3s to Virgin .. and AFAIK they are on lease until the end of the ICWC franchise... for one of them to be scrapped there would have to be a shortage of parts for the GM engines or due to a (touch hairy wood) smash that damaged a loco beyond economic repair.
however there has been talk both rumours and factual regarding Virgin returning some of the class 57/3s off lease early... however that has not happened, and may not happen... likewise there has been talk about Virgin keeping them on lease, but putting certain members of the class into warm store, or swapping the locos in and out of store to keep engine hours level, and keep them all operational... but as yet that hasnt happened, and again, may not happen... it depends on decisions by virgin (and DfT), and/or porterbrook being made behind closed doors
