Fleet Changes
Fleet Changes
(24 Sep 2021, 3:57 pm)L469 YVK So are the B5TLs unreliable or is it down to parts / engineering staff shortages etc?It's been said over and over again, there's no point in moving recently painted B5s from chester to Consett in exchange for streetdecks, it's simply not cost effective.
Me thinks given now that the evening & Sunday X45/X46 are covered by E400MMC's (unless the Sunday 47/47A will be covered by StreetDecks to save fuel over the B9TLs), it would make more sense to move the B5TLs to Consett and move 6356-63 on to the X21.
The StreetDeck MH3's are supposedly reliable after all aren't they? They seem okayish on the X1. And the original plan pre-covid was to use StreetDecks on the X21.
Obviously don't forget the enhanced BOSG mileage (40 mile round trip vs nearly 80 mile) and potential decker fleet commonality at Washington & CLS
(24 Sep 2021, 3:57 pm)L469 YVK So are the B5TLs unreliable or is it down to parts / engineering staff shortages etc?It's been said over and over again, there's no point in moving recently painted B5s from chester to Consett in exchange for streetdecks, it's simply not cost effective.
Me thinks given now that the evening & Sunday X45/X46 are covered by E400MMC's (unless the Sunday 47/47A will be covered by StreetDecks to save fuel over the B9TLs), it would make more sense to move the B5TLs to Consett and move 6356-63 on to the X21.
The StreetDeck MH3's are supposedly reliable after all aren't they? They seem okayish on the X1. And the original plan pre-covid was to use StreetDecks on the X21.
Obviously don't forget the enhanced BOSG mileage (40 mile round trip vs nearly 80 mile) and potential decker fleet commonality at Washington & CLS
