In message , at
14:32:11 on Wed, 8 Sep 2004, Darren ] remarked:
Why ask such a question ? Since BedPan / Thameslink electrification
WH PSB has sucessfully
managed to run the same railway for 15 years without routing HST to
Moorgate - or 319s to Junction Road Junction or any other
non-electrified diverging route, why would you except this happen now.

Because people do sometimes make mistakes?

During the Ipswich Tunnel closure, an Intercity set was routed on to
the Lowestoft Line, where the was no power.
Also a few years ago, an 86+set was routed away from the wires at Norwich.

And someone posted only a week ago about a GNER E* set that was sent
onto a branch with no electrification, somewhere well north of
Peterborough I think.
--
Roland Perry