Recliner wrote:

Yes, I was wondering what the problems are with moving undamaged LU
stock by rail. Some of the points that I could think of include:

snip

You forgot the big one:

Cost - Track access, locos and crews don't come for free. As such, it's
generally cheaper to send rolling stock round the country on the back of
a low loader than transport it by rail.

Cheers,

Barry