(25 Apr 2025, 4:26 pm)L469 YVK wrote When the new Angel EV's arrive, I'd personally go
StreetDeck:
- 6315-28 - Percy Main - 307/309
- 6329-31 - Percy Main - Spare
- 6332-33 - Washington - Spare
- 6356-63 - Deptford - X20 (incl 1 spare)
- 6377 - Riverside - X10 spare
B5TL:
- 6308-12 - Consett - X45
- 6313-14 - Consett - Spare
B9TL:
- 6043-48 - Consett - 16/16A/47
** 6043-48 into corporate livery
- 6101-08 - Riverside - X21
- 6109-16 - Consett - 16/16A/47
- 6117 - Consett - Spare
E400MMC:
- 6336-37 - Consett - Spare
- 6338-49 - Consett - X30s/X70s
- 6350-55 - Riverside - X10
** X10 increased to half hourly NCL > Peterlee
6117, 6313, 6314, 6336, 6337 deployed on X5/X15 if not required on other Consett services.
Personally I'd do:
Angel Streetdeck's | Riverside (51/52/93/94)
6149 - 6158 | Sunderland (X20/56 Spares) - with a small refurbishment
B5TL | Withdrawn - these are a waste of space up here
6959 - 6966 | Consett (16/16A/X5/X15/Spares) - with the drug lights replaced with white lighting
B5TL to Hull in return for the 10x 11 Plate E400's, those 11 E400's doing
10x E400 | Consett (16/16A/47/X5/X15/Spares)
6043 - 6048 | Washington (34/Spares) - these are also shot to bits because of the X10, and as a result, unreliable.
Newer isn't always better and right now the B5TL's are just useless junk which were killed on the X10 and there's not enough of them to throw onto a city route so just get rid of them imo with something GoNorthEast might actually be able to keep on the road. The Streetdecks's which are as bad are much better being together aswell rather than 4 depots having them aswell. Personally I'd be looking for a replacement for 6301-7 at Washington aswell as these are just as bad as the B5's and throw them on the urban routes at Riverside aswell.