(22 Mar 2022, 6:02 pm)peter wrote I don't think 'easily' describes it. The PVR's don't match first of all, 7 Loops and 6 58's compared to 8 16's so you either have to swap 8 16's for 7 loops and a 58 or the whole lot. If you go for the first option that's 16 buses to repaint, the latter you're looking at 26. If you're doing the whole batch then there's the fact tables etc have been retrofitted to the X5/15 ones so do they need to be swapped, plus the interior branding, is it that simple or would it need to be completely redone. Seems like a lot of time, effort and money. Not saying GNE haven't done big swaps before but for the sake of a slight issue in reliability, GNE might be better upgrading 6177-6181 to Euro 6 and using them as spares at Consett or acquiring similar additional B9's for scholars/spare.
A slight issue in reliability which, when the world isn’t short-staffed, shouldn’t be a huge issue - as I said before, on average three Hybrids are off service at any time, and there are three spare Hybrids allocated to Consett.
It’s not the first time (and I’m sure won’t be the last!) that this forum has gotten over-excited in a short term high VOR with these Hybrids!
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