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[martc]

Again we're in NuT.

[martc]

Salford.

[Snipes]

  On 03/06/2025 at 15:45, martc said:

They were designed to compete with the railways and airlines to transverse the vast distances of Australia.

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Did they achieve this at all? I'm guessing not lol.

[Snipes]

  On 03/06/2025 at 15:47, martc said:

ZIL-130 with APPA-4 trailers. Welcome to Russia. Nice.

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I was curious where Irkutsk is;

 

[martc]

  On 03/06/2025 at 16:36, Sir Snipes said:

I was curious where Irkutsk is;

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Imagine flying all that way in an Aeroflot Yakovlev or Tupolev and being met by a fleet of ZIL transfer buses. You would be proud of the achievements of the Motherland.

[SilverMachine]

  On 03/06/2025 at 15:48, martc said:

Again we're in NuT.

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not sure about the station hotel picture, but the colour one n the bottom im sure my lass would murder me if i said it was in nut... yes its close just over the bridge but they have shirts that are not mnochrome there....

[Dyslexic Viking]

Skoda 9TR rescue ep1.

 

They/he also have a Skoda 15TR ep1.

 

Buying it.

 

This channel also has a Scania and lots of other bus related stuff.

[Saabnut]

Arrived yesterday at Newby Hall in the Sherpa for Tractor Fest aka meeting mates for a weekend on the p*ss and this was one of the early arrivals. Show does not start until tomorrow....

[Inspector Morose]

  On 06/06/2025 at 07:02, Saabnut said:

Arrived yesterday at Newby Hall in the Sherpa for Tractor Fest aka meeting mates for a weekend on the p*ss and this was one of the early arrivals. Show does not start until tomorrow....

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one of a batch of 3 Bournemouth PS2s with Weyman bodywork. All three have been preserved. Originally built as coaches with sliding sunroofs, all three were converted for stage carriage work later in their lives, seating replacedwith ones.less solubrious, sunroofs sealed up and the heavy sliding door converted to power operation using the vehicles vacuum system.

Yup, a vacuum operated sliding door. When you press the close button, there's a deep heavy rumble of the door hurtling towards the front bulkhead closely followed by a gutteral thud as rubber edging meets doorframe with the weight of a young trees worth of wooden framed door behind it. Frightening and fascinating in one movement. 

Oh yes, of the three, I've managed to drive two of them 😁.

[Inspector Morose]

  On 06/06/2025 at 17:40, Inspector Morose said:

Oh yes, of the three, I've managed to drive two of them 😁.

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An offhand comment but does deserve a bit of an explanation.

You see, ever since I got my licence, a few friends and I took it upon ourselves to search out and drive as many different types of bus or coach as could find. We used to call it 'getting it in the book" although said bood never actually existed and was only a mental record of the weird and the wonderful pieces of omnibological machinery thatwe hard amangaed to cadge a drive of.

Needless to say, over they years I've managed to blag a drive of some incredibly rare and unusual stuff, all for now there reason than to 'get it in the book'. From Lynx to AEC Q, from crash box to Scania CAG (remember that?), AEC, Bristol, Daimler, Mercedes, Leyland, you sort of get the picture. 

Is there anything left to go in the book?  Well yes,there always will be. I haven't managed to drive a Borismaster and I missed out on getting a go in the only Alexander R type bodies IVECO when it was still existent but I believe the east lance bodied MAN is still around. Hmm, maybe I should see if I can track that down for a turn at the wheel. 

[Metal Guru]

  On 03/06/2025 at 16:36, Sir Snipes said:

I was curious where Irkutsk is;

 

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Turn left at Arsendofnowhere and drive 1000km along a dirt track until you reach 1950s Soviet Union.

[busmansholiday]

  On 06/06/2025 at 18:19, Inspector Morose said:

Is there anything left to go in the book?  Well yes,there always will be

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Tynesider ? (I have- why did they build it without PAS?)

[Inspector Morose]

  On 07/06/2025 at 15:29, busmansholiday said:

Tynesider ? (I have- why did they build it without PAS?)

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I had a shot of buying it a good few years ago as whoever owned it at the time was struggling to hind a diff. Apparently, it has a worldmaster diff for some reason. 

3 grand and would have been mine. Unfortunately, I was chasing a  running BMMO S23 at the time for the same money. I missed out on both. 

Why no pas? I'm sure it would have been possible but there was that school of thought amongst certain engineers that power steering wore tyres out quicker and so was unfavorable. A similar reason as to why the first Ward Dalesman was manual steered. 

[SunnySouth]

Nice ancient Slavecoach chod in retro livery in Torquay. Evidently one of the ‘we don’t buy new buses here’ outposts, lots of ‘survivors’ in evidence!

[SunnySouth]

  On 07/06/2025 at 15:29, busmansholiday said:

Tynesider ? (I have- why did they build it without PAS?)

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Did you get a go in that other hideous thing they concocted to go with it; the Wearsider?!

[Christine]

Tell me what this  is a model of please ! 

 

 

[quicksilver]

  On 14/06/2025 at 09:28, Christine said:

Tell me what this  is a model of please ! 

 

 

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This.

1954 Strachans-bodied Trojan DT ex Napier Aircraft Company. Reg OVB 345, it still exists in preservation.

[Christine]

Marvellous . Thank you . My father modelled lots of obscure things ! 

[SunnySouth]

  On 14/06/2025 at 10:32, quicksilver said:

This.

1954 Strachans-bodied Trojan DT ex Napier Aircraft Company. Reg OVB 345, it still exists in preservation.

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Shit me that’s aesthetically challenged!

[Christine]

Not now it isn't! 

 

[SunnySouth]

  On 14/06/2025 at 13:06, Christine said:

Not now it isn't! 

 

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It fucking is…👀😂 I’m not convinved that a Noddy paintjob has helped it a great deal!

[Christine]

Perhaps not..

[busmansholiday]

  On 14/06/2025 at 08:55, SunnySouth said:

Did you get a go in that other hideous thing they concocted to go with it; the Wearsider?!

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No, that was just a Route master with the cab moved back.  The Tyneside started off as a rear entrance Titan !

[Christine]

Lots of buses and coaches to shift !  Where ? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Christine]

There's a lot more too!  

[SunnySouth]

  On 15/06/2025 at 10:44, Christine said:

Lots of buses and coaches to shift !  Where ? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Ebay is your friend!

Either one job lot or batch them; i.e. Southdown stuff together, or different eras or companies etc etc.

Or alternatively, for an easier life, find a dealer who’ll make you an offer for the whole lot.

[High Jetter]

Watching an episode of Father Brown (don't judge me) recently, I was surprised to see this:

I've seen it in the metal and probably travelled on it when at school. I knew it was being preserved, but didn't know it was being hired out. An AEC Regal 11, AI suggests it's owned by Troopers Lodge Motor Services, but it doesn't show up on their website. Any of you knowledgeable bus people know any more about it?

[cms206]

Five shifts left before the buses turn red again for a spell... tonight's chariot is one of our pair of Optare Versas.

[busmansholiday]

  On 17/06/2025 at 21:04, cms206 said:

Five shifts left before the buses turn red again for a spell... tonight's chariot is one of our pair of Optare Versas.

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Off back to the smoke ??

[busmansholiday]

  On 14/06/2025 at 08:48, SunnySouth said:

Nice ancient Slavecoach chod in retro livery in Torquay. Evidently one of the ‘we don’t buy new buses here’ outposts, lots of ‘survivors’ in evidence!

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Lots of old shite currently but get there soon as Torquay depot is supposed to be going all electric with in the next year.

Last new deckers were the 67 plate ones for the 12. Last new single decks were the 56 plate Darts, 34866 was still earning it's keep a couple of weeks ago.