(10 Sep 2021, 3:00 pm)54APhotography wrote The X12 used to have deckers, and occasionally still chucks up an E400. As with all speculation or desire there is little prospect of anything new or cascaded. The sale of the whole company causes no end of problems with monopolies, and it just drags on and on. The more time passes the less attractive the business and the less willing to replace en-masse the prospective suitors.

I doubt it would be sold as a whole.

No doubt GNE would want Ashington though. Fits right in with their strategy including XLines.

Assetwise, they'd have a number of E400 / E400MMCs that could be put to good use either at Ashington, or perhaps elsewhere if they invested in the X14/X15/X18/X20.