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FSR probably do have a spare capacity at Wick.
Now lets look at the senario,
1. Its holiday time ( Yes we railway staff are allowed to take holidays )
2. The spare conductor was more than likely covering a holiday conductor.
3. Try getting a rest day man at that time of the morning in Wick.
4. The next nearest FSR depot is Inverness, 160 miles away.
I think what I would have done would be to put a spare conductor from Inverness in a taxi and sent him/her to Brora or maybe Lairg depending on the position of the train, which is easy to find out by keeping in touch with the RETB signallers, and the trian could then have continued in service from there.
My opinion only Les
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