Inspector Morose Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 3 hours ago, busmansholiday said: Nice selection of presenters.......... I'm not saying nothing.... busmansholiday and catsinthewelder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delux Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 At Autoshite Scottish meet today at Scottish bus museum. Drifted into workshops for some pics... More in my flickr album Here! AnnoyingPentium, CreepingJesus, Joey spud and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyG Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 Is that bottom one American, or a British/Scottish copy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OM646 Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 This presumably ex-UK bus was at my university! Only thing I know it's that the first reg dates from March 2003 Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delux Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 1 hour ago, AnthonyG said: Is that bottom one American, or a British/Scottish copy? Think it may be this one or similar... Sure one of our bus experts will be better qualified to answer that. (Pic borrowed from HERE! ) lisbon_road, AnthonyG and Remspoor 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83C Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 It’s an Alexander M-type body, made in Scotland. Pretty much all of them went to SBG companies if I remember correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Morose Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 It’s NAG120G the (probably) last surviving Bristol RE with this type of body. Built for the overnight Glasgow - London services. This body was designed originally for the RE and Bristol produced a 12 meter version of the RE for this order (the REMH). Originally powered by a Gardner 6LX, these weren’t the fastest things on the planet but they all intensively used clocking up some fearsome mileages. The body was eventually built on Seddon, Leyland and Volvo chassis and the REMH gained one more order, from United Automobile (with Plaxton bodies). In all, nearly 100 M types were built (on the various chassis) with just one going outside the SBG, to Ribble, built on a Leyland Leopard. After front line service, many ended up scrapped as they couldn’t be cascaded to bus service like their less outlandish forebears plus they were utterly humped. AnthonyG and delux 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 11 hours ago, Inspector Morose said: Bristol produced a 12 meter version of the RE for this order (the REMH). Originally powered by a Gardner 6LX, these weren’t the fastest things on the planet but they all intensively used clocking up some fearsome mileages Those are the ones that came with a length of wood to wedge the throttle pedal down as they were fucking heavy and hurt your legs IIRC (I wasn't involved in anything like that, honestly). AnthonyG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Guru Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 5 hours ago, busmansholiday said: Those are the ones that came with a length of wood to wedge the throttle pedal down as they were fucking heavy and hurt your legs IIRC (I wasn't involved in anything like that, honestly). Used to see them on the M6/M1 all the time pre Mega bus days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 First time I've actually had the misfortune to travel on a Streetlite. Good god they are shit. Worst ride I have ever experienced on a bus, this one is rattling more than those Chinese ones (BYD? Memory is failing me) they have in London. This is almost definitely the most actively unpleasant piece of public transport I have ever travelled on. Yoss 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyland Worldmaster Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 On 5/29/2022 at 11:54 PM, OM646 said: This presumably ex-UK bus was at my university! Only thing I know it's that the first reg dates from March 2003 Wright Gemini bodied Volvo B7TL. 😎 OM646 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J W Pepper Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 busmansholiday, martc, AnnoyingPentium and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Remspoor Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 8 hours ago, J W Pepper said: no image. Or is that a ghost bus?🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 On 5/30/2022 at 1:54 AM, OM646 said: This presumably ex-UK bus was at my university! Only thing I know it's that the first reg dates from March 2003 Former LX03 EEH, new as London General's WVL116, a Volvo B7TL with Wrightbus Eclipse Gemini bodywork, now with Unipessoal LDA (Impactjungle), Castelo Da Maia, Portugal. OM646 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 Sandsend station after closure of the Whitby West Cliff to Loftus line in 1958 and removal of the viaducts in 1960. What remained for passengers was the United bus service between Whitby and Middlesbrough. Is that a Wartburg estate behind? Eyersey1234, willswitchengage, busmansholiday and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 1 hour ago, martc said: Sandsend station after closure of the Whitby West Cliff to Loftus line in 1958 and removal of the viaducts in 1960. What remained for passengers was the United bus service between Whitby and Middlesbrough. Is that a Wartburg estate behind? If it is a Wartburg (and it does look like it) it is probably smoking as much as the bus but that bit is conveniently just out of shot martc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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busmansholiday Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 20 hours ago, martc said: Sandsend station after closure of the Whitby West Cliff to Loftus line in 1958 and removal of the viaducts in 1960. What remained for passengers was the United bus service between Whitby and Middlesbrough. Is that a Wartburg estate behind? Just further up that road was a big sign erected by United Auto (that's one of their Bristol LS's with ECW body) that said, IIRC, "Drivers must engage 1st gear NOW and keep in that gear until the next sign", or something similar. At the top of the hill was a sign telling you that you could change gear. I well remember the first time I saw that, some 44 years ago, and dropping my Duple bodied Reliance into bottom. It flew up, but I daren't risk changing up. That LS has just come down the hill and there was an identical sign at the top (vacuum braked buses didn't always stop!), hence the smoke, as it's been in 1st all the way down using the engine for braking. Nowadays buses have retarders and auto boxes. LightBulbFun, Yoss and martc 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slappy Posted June 7, 2022 Share Posted June 7, 2022 Spotted this morning on the muthaflippin school run! CreepingJesus, Dyslexic Viking, Remspoor and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 On 6/7/2022 at 10:41 AM, Slappy said: Spotted this morning on the muthaflippin school run! Fuck me sideways, there cannot be many of those heaps still running in service these days. Honestly haven't been in the cab of one of those for over 40years. Dyslexic Viking and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slappy Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 Normally on this run it's an 04 Wright (Volvo I presume) or a fairly early Solo, so this took me by complete surprise (pic from Flickr btw). On a different route that I use less often they also have a Duple too. A company with some taste! I hadn't even noticed it was a VAL until I looked up the reg, so transfixed I was by the wiper arrangement. The triangle of doom on that must be immense. dollywobbler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 3 hours ago, Slappy said: Normally on this run it's an 04 Wright (Volvo I presume) or a fairly early Solo, so this took me by complete surprise (pic from Flickr btw). On a different route that I use less often they also have a Duple too. A company with some taste! I hadn't even noticed it was a VAL until I looked up the reg, so transfixed I was by the wiper arrangement. The triangle of doom on that must be immense. Classic case of something breaking down and "Oh **** what's available?!?" I'd guess. Vast, vast, vast majority of school contracts these days have age limits on the vehicles allocated to them. When Aberdeenshire Council introduced a 10 year limit on theirs it must have wiped out the best part of a dozen of the smaller operators in the area overnight. The youngest coach we used to see on my run was around 20 years old, oldest knocking on 30. Company did no real stage work, it was all schools & private hires. No surprise that first time I drove by the school following the contract change 99% of the vehicles there were Stagecoach owned. Used to be probably 30 different operators only months before. catsinthewelder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Daviemck2006 Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 Classic case of something breaking down and "Oh **** what's available?!?" I'd guess. Vast, vast, vast majority of school contracts these days have age limits on the vehicles allocated to them. When Aberdeenshire Council introduced a 10 year limit on theirs it must have wiped out the best part of a dozen of the smaller operators in the area overnight. The youngest coach we used to see on my run was around 20 years old, oldest knocking on 30. Company did no real stage work, it was all schools & private hires. No surprise that first time I drove by the school following the contract change 99% of the vehicles there were Stagecoach owned. Used to be probably 30 different operators only months before.When I was at Hays of Huntly in 2004 our oldest was an old duple with Ford mechanics. It was 1977 registered and was fondly referred to as old Henry. It was a bugger to drive, there was gears in there somewhere. I was the only one who didn't moan about driving it so got it most of the time for my school run.Sent from my SM-A125F using Tapatalk puddlethumper and Vantman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelandeth Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 55 minutes ago, Daviemck2006 said: When I was at Hays of Huntly in 2004 our oldest was an old duple with Ford mechanics. It was 1977 registered and was fondly referred to as old Henry. It was a bugger to drive, there was gears in there somewhere. I was the only one who didn't moan about driving it so got it most of the time for my school run. Sent from my SM-A125F using Tapatalk Wasn't a light blue colour was it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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