(06 Mar 2021, 12:30 pm)GNE6312 wrote Just a suggestion (not sure if it will work) but maybe for Blyth to fully allocate deckers to the expresses Blyth could do:
1497 Blyth to Belmont with either a DB250 or one of the Ex Jesmond B7s heading the other direction
1493/1501-05 Blyth to Belmont with 7416/19-23/27 going the other direction. This would allow the Expresses to be fully allocated B7s and VDL Deckers.

I think Blyth would rather use an MPD on their express work than take one of those DB250s, they've been shot for about 3 years now. 

Equally not every Blyth board needs a decker, the X7/8/9 certainly have a number of boards which cope fine with a Pulsar. Not to mention the Pulsars can be extremely useful for the 1/2 on occasion.