(24 Sep 2025, 7:09 am)PH - BQA wrote Blyth have got 7557 back on the road after a 3 month spell VOR. Given the imminent arrival of their electrics, I wonder if they plan on keeping these 4? Otherwise I don’t see why you’d spend all that money on something you plan on scrapping in the near future.
Wouldn't surprise me if they did, the Pulsar's need to go not any deckers.
If they do withdraw them then it's going to leave 5 spares Pulsar's and they should be nowhere near the X7/X8/X10/X11 or 306/308 which is the only place they can go.
imo 7501-7/9, 1443*/63/80/93/5/6 should be what goes leaving 1499-5 for the 553/X9 and everything else Decker operated.
If the trial goes well, they could easily upgrade the 306/8 or X7/8/10/11 which would see off the 58 Plate E400's and 59 Plate DB300's. I'm sure there's a case for both.
*If it hasn't gone by then.