somewhatfoolish Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 Sad Y tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 3 hours ago, cms206 said: For the first time since March 23rd, all of our school buses are back on the road tomorrow morning. Went round and did the oil and water on them all this morning, fuelled them all yesterday. They're as ready as they're going to be. I've got my 975k-mile Volvo B12B back for this school year, it's been scrubbed and disinfected. Wish us luck. Small world...P865GND. If memory serves, Volvo B10M-55, Alaxender PS and ex-Stagecoach Bluebird. Spent a good few hours on it on the 307 when I commuted into Aberdeen by bus - which means no later than 2006. Makes me happy to know she's still on the go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 First day of school. They grow up so fast. This is my 11th August return to schools. CreepingJesus and colino 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auntiemaryscanary Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 54 minutes ago, cms206 said: First day of school. They grow up so fast. This is my 11th August return to schools. Hope it all goes well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Eyersey1234 Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 14 hours ago, cms206 said: For the first time since March 23rd, all of our school buses are back on the road tomorrow morning. Went round and did the oil and water on them all this morning, fuelled them all yesterday. They're as ready as they're going to be. I've got my 975k-mile Volvo B12B back for this school year, it's been scrubbed and disinfected. Wish us luck. Chodspeed with it. cms206 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyersey1234 Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 A couple more EY ones I got recently, the bottom one is broken down after the fucker started overheating big time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyersey1234 Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 And here's another one. Fleet number 706, named Dave Wallace after an Elloughton driver who died in 2005 around the time the bus was new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Two weeks in and so far, so not dead. Had a Q-type yesterday whilst mine was off for a four weekly but I neglected to take a photo so here's my Panther B12B after my usual Wednesday afternoon run. Eyersey1234, CreepingJesus, LightBulbFun and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyersey1234 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Two of our new ADLs, both are for the x46 Hull to York run. All 8 have bike racks on board, the first in the fleet, also no mirrors they have cameras instead. Vantman, HarmonicCheeseburger, CreepingJesus and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 There was a good reason for the five point turn in our local high street. The road ahead was blocked by a serious rta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gopnick Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 On 1/4/2016 at 10:22 PM, Inspector Morose said: That last photo is of the first production Daimler Fleetline. New to Blue Bus and passed to Derby Corporation in1976, the same year it, along with many other fascinating buses were lost (Cummins V6 engined Fleetline anyone?) I worked as a driver for Tailby and George aka Blue Bus Services back in the late 1960's. Prototype Fleetline 7000HP had a Cummins V6 engine which spent more time in the workshop than on the road as did the Daimler Roadliner with the same engine. 324 pictured above was the fastest of the Fleetlines and was a pleasure to drive; it spent its life on the Derby Etwall Burton run whereas 7000HP was left on the more leisurley Derby Repton Burton route. I was only there for a couple of years and remember being deeply upset when I heard about the fire at Willington depot. Lovely company to work for and lovely passengers on the 2 stage carriage routes. Sadly I have no photographs to submit. Vantman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2cvspecial Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 On 2/10/2019 at 8:36 PM, Eyersey1234 said: Nice to see TYD 911W still exists. Other ex Safeway of South Petherton vehicles that I know still exist are MYB 33, a Bedford OB, ASV 900 (ex ETP 184) a Dennis Lancet and TYC 250G, an AEC Reliance new to H&C of South Petherton. HUM is now in use again i think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyersey1234 Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 1 hour ago, 2cvspecial said: HUM is now in use again i think K835 HUM is showing as SORN but might have been taxed in the last day or two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2cvspecial Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 pre covid 19 (SARS COV2 ) CORONAVIRUS CRISES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Morose Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 So now the West Midlands hums and whines to the sound of electric buses once again after a gap of 50 years. This time there are no wires in the air and the electricity is safely* stored on-board. There are running on one route (the No. 6 ) in Birmingham and there are now some in Coventry on a route somewhere, apparently. rml2345 and martc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Morose Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 While trying to avoid this human malware, I have been going through my print collection. Low and behold this fine specimen I photographed around 1991 or so when a band of us were scurrying around trying to photograph the last surviving "Jumbo" Fleetlines of WMPTE. This one was with the Wickford Majorettes as their transport to events in the locale. It went on to be preserved and is now owned by some drummer, apparently. RoadworkUK and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 18 minutes ago, Inspector Morose said: So now the West Midlands hums and whines to the sound of electric buses once again after a gap of 50 years. This time there are no wires in the air and the electricity is safely* stored on-board. There are running on one route (the No. 6 ) in Birmingham and there are now some in Coventry on a route somewhere, apparently. *anorak mode activated* the electrickery bus in Cov is route 9 E007 on the no6 route is named "Moneypenny" to show nxwm have a sense of humour! *anorak mode deactivated* Inspector Morose 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 I had to look-up the electric bus - it's a BYD ADL Enviro400EV. The batteries and motive power are Chinese, the body and interior fittings are British. This picture on the ADL website is intriguing. It's obviously in a London livery, but it was registered with an East Yorkshire number (YX) and the background looks very much like Scarborough, which begs the question - are they made at Plaxton's works? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 My normal chariot is off for annual test for the next few days so I'm on this for most of the week. Not that I'm complaining... Eyersey1234, Zelandeth, LightBulbFun and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyersey1234 Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 On 9/1/2020 at 7:32 PM, martc said: I had to look-up the electric bus - it's a BYD ADL Enviro400EV. The batteries and motive power are Chinese, the body and interior fittings are British. This picture on the ADL website is intriguing. It's obviously in a London livery, but it was registered with an East Yorkshire number (YX) and the background looks very much like Scarborough, which begs the question - are they made at Plaxton's works? I believe some of them are made at Scarborough. A lot of buses get factory registered these days, it's something to do with the registration process being easier for the manufacturers to do than the operator. martc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyersey1234 Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 31 minutes ago, cms206 said: My normal chariot is off for annual test for the next few days so I'm on this for most of the week. Not that I'm complaining... What sort of bus is that @cms206? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83C Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 Volvo B10M with an Alexander Q-type body. We had a few ex-Timeline examples at Arriva Shrewsbury, they were great motors. Eyersey1234 and LightBulbFun 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 As 83C says, these are Alexander Belfast Q-type bodied B10Ms. We imported probably two thirds of this batch of fifty but we only have a handful now; DAZ 1503 and DAZ 1522 under canabalisation, and DAZ 1515/16/31/33/42/47 in service. The Timeline ones were all Mk3s from memory, ours are 285bhp Mk4s with 5-speed autos so they go quite well for what is effectively a service bus. 83C, LightBulbFun and Eyersey1234 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyersey1234 Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 I thought it looked like an Alexander body but wasn't sure if it was a Tiger chassis or B10M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83C Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 2 hours ago, Eyersey1234 said: I thought it looked like an Alexander body but wasn't sure if it was a Tiger chassis or B10M They bodied both - pre-1990 most were Tigers (some using Volvo THD10x-series engines) afterwards they were B10Ms. @cms206 is spot on with the Timeline examples being Mk3 B10Ms, although they gave away 30 or so bhp to the Mk4s they still shifted well. This was my favourite - it had a properly beefy engine and was utterly reliable - not once did it fail while I was there, despite repeated thrashings on the limited-stop Shrewsbury-Telford X5 service (timed 29mins each way, a minute to unload and reload, then go again, mostly being thrashed along a dual carriageway) and countryside jaunts to Welshpool. Arriva Midlands North tried putting these Scania L113s on the X5: Nice machines, good hill climbers and used a lot on a longish route to Market Drayton and Hanley. They went back to B10Ms on the X5 after the 3rd Scania in two weeks popped a head gasket, because they couldn’t stand being driven flat out at 52-55mph whereas the B10Ms were cruising at 62-65. Eyersey1234, LightBulbFun and cms206 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyersey1234 Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 We used Scanias on National Express work in the mid 90s and they were dreadful, they spent more time off the road than on it, but the ones we have now are fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willswitchengage Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 Who is paying for buses to be run right now? The railways have been re-nationalised in all but name. Are the bus companies getting extra subsidies or just haemorrhaging money? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyersey1234 Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 58 minutes ago, willswitchengage said: Who is paying for buses to be run right now? The railways have been re-nationalised in all but name. Are the bus companies getting extra subsidies or just haemorrhaging money? The government has been subsidising the industry since March. Immediately after lockdown our passenger numbers fell overnight to less than 10% of normal levels, I believe they are now at about 50%. If they hadn't subsidised them the industry would probably have ran out of money by now to be honest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyersey1234 Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 My chariot for the day. Unusual in having both old and new East Riding/Hull registrations on the same plate. martc, LightBulbFun and Six-cylinder 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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