(26 Jan 2015, 9:42 pm)Robert wrote We don't know what the B5TL is like on a day to day basis yet on a typical GNE service. The 3 week trial of BF63 HDC wouldn't have given us or GNE a real idea on how reliable they would be on a day to day basis. Just because it has a smaller engine, i think it would be wrong to assume that they'd break down a lot as Davey is suggesting.
They should've based it at Hexham on a full 10 board in comparison with a B9TL.