(30 Apr 2014, 4:54 pm)NEBCD Malarkey wrote I'm in agreement with Andreos and Tom on the points they have made in relation to the Cadets.
And what about that massive Hill Climb up to Winlaton, literally 2 Seconds after you come out of Blaydon, I had 5210 on the 49B a few months back and that struggled, if it was a Cadet I could them going up in Flames after a few trips up there, along with the Banks at the Opposite end of the Route towards Wardley.
I have to say the best option is to send them to Percy Main for the 17/17A in exchange for a Few Renowns from there, like Tom has suggested. Other than that where else could they go in the Go North East Fleet.
If worst comes to worst, they will have to be transferred elsewhere again - that, or they'll stay at Riverside, and the allocation will simply be four of the single door Volvo B10BLEs with those Cadets taking the reserve role instead.
The idea behind it is so that the vehicles are kept 'local', or as local as they can be. Cramlington is about 10 miles away from Percy Main at a rough guess, so that's hardly local... Wardley is pushing it, but Winlaton and Metrocentre are both local and vehicles can be sent there to replace the Cadets easily. Kind of like the Cadets at Washington!