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Thank you for pointing that point out, I had not noticed it.

As I mention in my post above it is probably more likely that the current Plymouth/Bristol to Edingburgh service get routed via Cardiff, than the Cardiff - Nottingham service gets extended to Edingburgh.

I would also include Exeter, Salisbury, Truro, Plymouth, Bath,

My understanding was that the service would start in Bristol, go to Cardiff and then operate as a Cardiff Nottingham Service, but then go on to Edingburgh. I have not been able to find it, but I believe that there has already been a thread on this subject. However, in the post by...

Somehow I don't think the UK will opt for social collapse, it will be where it's finances and the world of business takes it. For the new type of trains that you want there has to be planning now in converting railway lines to be electrified, that can take 5 or more years and then take 10...

So if finances of the country are the same for the next 20 or more years or worse than they are today, such that not much in the way of track mileage is changed to be Overhead Electrified than we have today, then what?

That is fair points. However, the Government in the last 14 years has spent little or no money on electrification of existing routes. In fact, I would say that the money to electrify existing routes that would have been spent has gone on HS2. Whilst I see the need for HS2, there should have...

There is no reason why XC would stop using the Voyagers before 2049. Why would you think that they would stop using prior to 2049?

There is no 3rd rail network at Abingdon. Any train would only be using 3rd rail to Basingstoke, there is no point in extending it as beyond Basingstoke, you are better off having OHL. But that is my point by 2049, you would have new stock and yes it is possibly a Tri-mode fleet that is...

The Mk1 stock through the 1960's to the 1990's. Mk2 stock from 1964 to early 2000's and Mk3 stock from 1975 up to 2020 accept for those that have since been refurbished i.e. Chiltern, GWR and Scotrail which are still i service. You have to remember that in the past there was many carriage...

Since the only third rail destinations are Bournemouth and Southampton, why would any new trains need 3rd rail? As I pointed out in my earlier post, unless XC are going to extend the routes back to serving the likes of Brighton, Eastbourne and Dover, then there is no need for any new XC...

It would be more likely that the class 222's will go to Scotraill to replace the IC125 fleet, but like the class 222 units going to XC I think has also been mentioned to death. When it comes to fleet replacement, I do believe that it is down to the economy of the country, which at the moment...

If it was not for the fact that I don't think the three remaining class 360/2 units I don't believe have been used that much by the Global Centre for Rail Excellence, I would have said that the class 333 units could be used by them. If the class 360/2 units still exist when the class 333 units...

Not sure how you can have replacements for trains not received yet? By that I mean the 7 AWC class 221 units as per thread https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/7-extra-voyagers-for-cross-country.254798/ that will pass to XC once the class 805/807 units have started services with AWC. If...

As someone once said to me in these forums, it is not just about availability of engine parts when it comes to keeping locomotives going! As @CyrusWuff points out above, the class 67's drink fuel like it is going out of fashion and there is very little ability to convert the class 67's to...

The problem that you have got is that it is more difficult I would suspect to get parts for the class 67 locos, than the class 68 which is made by Stadler being based on their Eurolight locomotives. I believe that the class 67 loco's, where a one off design by Alstom and whilst the traction...

You are probably likely to be specifying 345s anyway, as there is not much else that can probably fit through the Crossrail tunnels, without major works needing to take place. The later versions of the class 172 i.e. 172/1 - 3 where more diesel versions of Electrostar trains. Could the same...

But many Preservation groups don't have deep pockets either nowadays. I am hoping that all will be saved in some way, even as you say if they are brought for parts. Which is good, but I do wonder if they will end up with a company like EuroPhoenix for example and then be used on rail...

I have created a thread https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/who-will-buy-the-drs-class-37-engines.261673/ in the Speculation Area asking as to who is going to buy the DRS class 37 loco's, as I cannot see them going to any of the preserved lines, due to financial issues.

I was wondering as to who will buy the DRS class 37 loco's that are for sale as per https://www.directrailservices.com/direct-rail-services-announces-retirement-of-class-37-locomotives/ Not sure why, but I cannot see the class 37's going to any of the preserved railway lines, as many of them...