martc Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 Six-cylinder, Dick Longbridge, Carl1981 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted August 30, 2023 Share Posted August 30, 2023 Excuse the crap pictures but it was one of those moments where I couldn't really get the phone out in time. Came out of our office to see this over the road this morning. The internet says it's a Dennis Trident. But it is still in full Go Ahead London General livery complete with LT roundel. Except this van popped up at exactly the wrong time so I managed to get another equally crap picture of it going away with Roundel visible. But more to the point there didn't seem to be any Blue Star markings at all. All the old buses they brought in to take over the First Bus routes when they pulled out were at least plastered in Blue Star stickers. This looks like it has literally driven down from London straight in to service. I can't ever remember another bus in service in Southampton carrying London Transport roundels. Not even the Routemasters. I also saw DOE 26 later in the day. That too was red but didn't have roundels. But another thing I haven't seen in a long time in Southampton was the fact they have proper printed destination blinds rather than dot matrix. The fact that they have had to have blinds specially printed would suggest they are going to be here for a little while. I'll try and get better pictures at some point but I only really see them when I'm on delivery so I'm carrying a bundle of mail or pushing a trolley so it might take a while. CreepingJesus, MiniMinorMk3, Cookiesouwest and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 ... and so draws to an end my current spell back at Cumbernauld depot; no more Easterhouse until October 24th. This week's been a bit of a weird one; a wee short Monday shift (1244-2053), 8am spare Tuesday and 0701-1901 Wednesday and today, neither of which were entirely uneventful - vehicle shortages meant I never hit the road til 0915 yesterday and 0900 today. Rest days tomorrow and Saturday, then back to London Sunday onto a Monday backshift on the 425. I did do a London log of sorts on my last London update but haven't done one for up here... so here we go. Enviro 400MMC 10511 10512 (five times) 10518 10519 (four times) 10520 (twice) 10524 10918 10919 (twice) MAN/ALX300 trainer 22407 Enviro 200MMC 37482 37483 (twice) 37484 37485 37486 (three times) 37487 (three times) 37489 (four times) 37490 37491 (twice) 37492 (four times) 37493 (three times) 37494 (twice) 37497 London reports recommence next week! Yoss, High Jetter, Cookiesouwest and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 Well today's gone well... 1526 sign on, picked up 11367 at 1535, got two stops... power steering failure. Sat over an hour for a replacement bus which when it finally showed up is just out the workshop having been signed off earlier this afternoon... Remspoor, Coprolalia and Cookiesouwest 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms206 Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 Getting into the Spirit of things for my last bit tonight. Six-cylinder, Cookiesouwest, Remspoor and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 Forty years ago I was driving this. Six-cylinder, auntiemaryscanary, Dick Longbridge and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 Victoria 1968 busmansholiday, High Jetter, CreepingJesus and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 Herne Bay High Street, bus station on the right (recently demolished), and where the Esso pump is now a larger petrol station Dyslexic Viking, Eyersey1234, MiniMinorMk3 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 On 8/30/2023 at 6:59 AM, martc said: More Jubilee Buses SRM 13 SRM 18 martc, Remspoor, busmansholiday and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyslexic Viking Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 Something a little unusual has come up for sale here that I have never seen before, a Setra 208h. It is very original and untouched on the inside https://www.finn.no/b2b/bus/ad.html?finnkode=307806048 The exterior photos are a bit poor, so I found one online of the same bus model and these are small with incredibly small wheels. Unfortunately, I can't find much information about them. busmansholiday, CreepingJesus, LightBulbFun and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 busmansholiday, D.E, rml2345 and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon.k Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 I saw this on a schools run the other day - I couldn't believe it! The operator is Trooper's Lodge Motor Services who run some cool old buses/coaches, vans and recovery vehicles. wesacosa, Yoss, CreepingJesus and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Apologies for there being a me in the shot, but not only was this one-of-six Daimler CVG6 with centre-door a joy to drive, the video on it did amazingly well too. Keep-fit steering, three brake servos (one for each front wheel, one for the rear effectively acting on the handbrake mechanism), pre-select gearbox and a lovely Gardner six cylinder diesel. My favourite fact, not mentioned in the video, is that the brake lights are operated by a mercury switch, so only come on with sufficient G force! Only one conclusion to draw. I must feature more buses. Craig the Princess, martc, Crackers and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N19 Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 12 minutes ago, dollywobbler said: Apologies for there being a me in the shot, but not only was this one-of-six Daimler CVG6 with centre-door a joy to drive, the video on it did amazingly well too. Keep-fit steering, three brake servos (one for each front wheel, one for the rear effectively acting on the handbrake mechanism), pre-select gearbox and a lovely Gardner six cylinder diesel. My favourite fact, not mentioned in the video, is that the brake lights are operated by a mercury switch, so only come on with sufficient G force! Only one conclusion to draw. I must feature more buses. Do you need a PSV license to drive something like this, or is it de-classified? And I assume that normal 'driving other cars' cover doesn't extend to this insurance-wise... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookiesouwest Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 47 minutes ago, N19 said: Do you need a PSV license to drive something like this, or is it de-classified? And I assume that normal 'driving other cars' cover doesn't extend to this insurance-wise... I believe any bus over 30 yrs old, once registered as a private vehicle, can be driven on a car licence. Not sure the drive other car cover would work, if you pranged it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Morose Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 10 hours ago, dollywobbler said: My favourite fact, not mentioned in the video, is that the brake lights are operated by a mercury switch, so only come on with sufficient G force! And that the brake lights come on when you accelerate in reverse - a surprisingly common way of operating the brake lights on a certain age of cars and commercials. I still have a little bottle of mercury that someone recovered from all of the brake light mercury tilt switches in Bournemouth trolleybuses. Craig the Princess, busmansholiday and dollywobbler 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyesWeldedShut Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 7 minutes ago, Inspector Morose said: And that the brake lights come on when you accelerate in reverse - a surprisingly common way of operating the brake lights on a certain age of cars and commercials. I still have a little bottle of mercury that someone recovered from all of the brake light mercury tilt switches in Bournemouth trolleybuses. Not a secret poisoner are you? I had a pile of mercury tilt switches out of a series of late 70's farm/grassland machinery - they were there to cut the engine if we capsized the stuff on a hillside or into a ditch but they would, in a similar fashion to the buses, get triggered by a sudden lurch or the like - so they got removed. Very H&S back then wasn't it ? Craig the Princess 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 16 hours ago, jon.k said: I saw this on a schools run the other day - I couldn't believe it! The operator is Trooper's Lodge Motor Services who run some cool old buses/coaches, vans and recovery vehicles. Wow I didn't know Troopers Lodge had a school contract and thought all their classic buses were for private hire only. Here's another even older member of the fleet (a 1956 Exeter Corporation Guy Arab IV with Massey body). And something a little more in keeping with these beige pages: LightBulbFun, rml2345, RayMK and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Guru Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 2 hours ago, EyesWeldedShut said: Not a secret poisoner are you? I had a pile of mercury tilt switches out of a series of late 70's farm/grassland machinery - they were there to cut the engine if we capsized the stuff on a hillside or into a ditch but they would, in a similar fashion to the buses, get triggered by a sudden lurch or the like - so they got removed. Very H&S back then wasn't it ? At school in the 70s , we were allowed to dip our finger in a dish of mercury. It’s actually mercury vapour and mercury compounds that are really poisonous. The liquid is relatively safe though it can obviously give off vapour so sniffing it wouldn’t be a good idea. I think people working with it everyday were at risk , rather than school kids touching it once. We also had asbestos mats in chemistry back then. colino, Remspoor and RayMK 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 10 hours ago, Metal Guru said: At school in the 70s , we were allowed to dip our finger in a dish of mercury. It’s actually mercury vapour and mercury compounds that are really poisonous. The liquid is relatively safe though it can obviously give off vapour so sniffing it wouldn’t be a good idea. I think people working with it everyday were at risk , rather than school kids touching it once. We also had asbestos mats in chemistry back then. And we are not dead yet.😄 RayMK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted September 14, 2023 Share Posted September 14, 2023 An electric bus (nothing new under the sun) in NYC, NY, 1906. These sightseers were known as 'rubber neckers'. There's a song about these tours - MiniMinorMk3, Zelandeth, High Jetter and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 A bus in Barcelona, 1976 martc, busmansholiday and Dyslexic Viking 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 Bristol Area 1976 CreepingJesus, Dyslexic Viking, martc and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 Bristol 1979 busmansholiday and Dyslexic Viking 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 Understand that First has decided to trial a number of zero emissions buses on the same route and have chosen Sheffield's 51 service. This route has destroyed demonstrators since the 60's due to its brutal nature (everything from national speed limits, town centre crawling and big steep hills). The first one was Volvo BZL BV23NNT which I understand didn't even manage a single round trip. Must get the camera out... Remspoor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catsinthewelder Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 The 292 from Kidderminster to Ludlow would be perfect for destruction testing demonstrators but I don't think Black Diamond have ever had a new bus. I'm assuming it broke one last week as the usual full sized bus had been replaced with the front end of an Iveco Daily and the back end of a portacabin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon.k Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 I saw this near Calais in the summer. Remspoor, CreepingJesus and Asimo 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Morose Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 1 hour ago, jon.k said: I saw this near Calais in the summer. Well, at least they could grow tomatoes at the front. Actually, one of those for conversation isn’t the worst idea. Bags of internal space to build into, Merc power on the early ones but the electrics had a habit of going to sleep and could only made to function again with a laptop and Optares proprietary software. From 20 years ago. jon.k 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMinorMk3 Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 A couple of pictures of Wolverhampton in the 1980s High Jetter, lisbon_road, Carl1981 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Morose Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 Agricultural engined, smoke snorting buses with bone jarring suspension, cold blue formica and bare checker-plate interiors topped off with heat sticky red vinyl seats. What a time to be alive. Craig the Princess, rml2345, MiniMinorMk3 and 3 others 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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