Fuzzytop
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All except one of the Monday-Friday diagrams run well in excess of 1000 miles:The locos are mechanically knackered. They spent 30 years as flagship workhorses, often running in excess of 1000 miles a day, even some of the current diagrams still exceed that if I recall correctly. Eversholt had the right idea around a decade ago when they suggested replacing the 91s with new locos but keeping the Mark 4s.
NL401 1A02 etc - 1120 miles
NL402 1A04 etc - 764 miles
NL403 1A13 etc - 1172 miles
NL404 1A09 etc - 1119 miles
NL405 1Y00 etc - 1120 miles
The fleet gets considerably more downtime now though, with the twelve remaining locomotives sharing just five diagrams (or usually four).
It's been a tough few weeks but I don't think the 91s are so knackered that they need pulling this year. If the will was there, they could surely continue for a bit longer yet. The Mark 4 coaches certainly could.