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Post by scania60066 on Mar 3, 2016 22:32:16 GMT 1
"Black Smoke - this is the most common one and is really just an imbalance in the air to fuel ratio - too much fuel to not enough air. This means either too much fuel is being added to the mix or there's not enough oxygen being supplied to burn the fuel. The black smoke is full of particulates that are basically large diesel particles that normally would be burned as fuel. Any way you look at it, a diesel truck emitting black smoke is not going to be getting the optimal fuel mileage it should be getting." It can be caused by things such as poor air filtration/injectors/egr valve but the last line in the quote is key. You probably won't see it in the car as it's rapidly up to optimal revs, in a large diesel it happens at low revs, presumably due to the time it takes to get the bus moving & building revs. I've seen this on a few older buses, an Arriva Dennis Arrow, was chucking out loads of black smoke around Leeds train station, and seen this on a Volvo Wright Fusion Artic on the 1 too. Was back in 2007, Makes sense, I've only had to learn about that as my new cars a diesel, and was doing some research about the DPF. I've seen a vid of a first bendy b10la in Beeston blowing out plenty of black smoke Ahaha...
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Post by driver6540 on Mar 4, 2016 1:58:20 GMT 1
All the above post's are pretty much off-topic, But, just to clarify, black smoke ISN'T a problem. It's what's in the black smoke,(ie, unburned fuel, excessive hydrocarbons and other nasties which cause environmental damage) that are the real problem. It's perfectly natural for a vehicle, PSV/HGV or car to belch out what bystanders like you and me would deem excessive black smoke, but the reality is, providing none of the aforementioned things are prevalent, then in most cases the black smoke is harmless, and the vehicles concerned are more than capable of passing the MOT/DOT test, which obviously includes an exhaust emissions test. As for private cars, providing the DPF is regenerated regularly, and the EGR valve cleaned out or replaced periodically, then you should have no problems regarding emissions at MOT time. The key for any vehicle, be it HGV/PSV or private car, for optimum running/performance etc, is regular scheduled maintenance.
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Post by www.buseireann.ie on Mar 4, 2016 7:46:55 GMT 1
Black smoke is a problem even if it turns out to be harmless, which can't be known until the smoke is tested for a start, if your walking behind any diesel engine emitting black smoke in a slow moving traffic queue then I can tell you it stinks for a start! Next for buses they already have a bad image of being dirty, black smoke only adds weight to that image problem, finally if your driving behind any vehicle emitting black smoke then your view could be obscured meaning you could miss something vital ahead!
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Post by driver6540 on Mar 5, 2016 23:11:11 GMT 1
Black smoke is a problem even if it turns out to be harmless, which can't be known until the smoke is tested for a start, if your walking behind any diesel engine emitting black smoke in a slow moving traffic queue then I can tell you it stinks for a start! Next for buses they already have a bad image of being dirty, black smoke only adds weight to that image problem, finally if your driving behind any vehicle emitting black smoke then your view could be obscured meaning you could miss something vital ahead! How much more anal are you gonna get?. Clearly you have very little or no mechanical knowledge, perhaps posting because you like to be "controversial", hence your previous inane rant against LUFC fans. Whilst i fully support your right to express an opinion on this forum, It would be nice if you could actually take on board sometimes what people post as "fact". Finally if your're driving behind a vehicle emitting enough smoke to obscure your vision, surely common sense dictates you "hang back". Doh!!!
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Mar 13, 2016 0:42:35 GMT 1
As there are 10 single-deckers due for Keighley later this year, these could be the first batch to wear this branding. Will these be new buses or transferred? These are due to be new buses. The other new buses are 18 single-deckers for Blackburn and 11 double-deckers for Coastliner. No types disclosed at that stage.
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Post by Burnside on Mar 13, 2016 11:52:05 GMT 1
Was posted elsewhere that the 10 buses for Keighley are to be a mix of Optare Solo SR's and Versa's, which was a surprise as Transdev have never been enthusiastic purchasers of Optare products.
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Post by Arriva Wakefield on Mar 13, 2016 12:29:49 GMT 1
Was posted elsewhere that the 10 buses for Keighley are to be a mix of Optare Solo SR's and Versa's, which was a surprise as Transdev have never been enthusiastic purchasers of Optare products. Maybe not, but Alex has a lot of experience from his days with TrentBarton, and knows that they can come up with bespoke designs to the operators taste for the interiors, as shown by the Flying Tiger Versa's, that were to their own design.
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Post by SCH117X on Mar 13, 2016 14:03:24 GMT 1
Was posted elsewhere that the 10 buses for Keighley are to be a mix of Optare Solo SR's and Versa's, which was a surprise as Transdev have never been enthusiastic purchasers of Optare products. They have 19 Versas, 2 electric Solos, 4 Solos (ignored withdrawn 1254) and 8 Tempos. The only newer single deckers of other makes are the pair of ADLs at York acquired from York Pullman and the 11 Wrightbus Streetlites at Keighley and Burnley.
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Post by stevieinselby on Mar 13, 2016 19:33:24 GMT 1
Was posted elsewhere that the 10 buses for Keighley are to be a mix of Optare Solo SR's and Versa's, which was a surprise as Transdev have never been enthusiastic purchasers of Optare products. They have 19 Versas, 2 electric Solos, 4 Solos (ignored withdrawn 1254) and 8 Tempos. The only newer single deckers of other makes are the pair of ADLs at York acquired from York Pullman and the 11 Wrightbus Streetlites at Keighley and Burnley. Yes, they have been very happy to buy Versas over the years, and with the newer batch at Harrogate, it doesn't look like they regretted getting the first lot. The MAN E200s and non-EV Solos I don't really count as they came as part of the package when buying other operators (Veolia and Pullman), so may not have been the buses that they would have chosen themselves.
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Post by MetrolineGA1511 on Mar 13, 2016 22:23:05 GMT 1
Was posted elsewhere that the 10 buses for Keighley are to be a mix of Optare Solo SR's and Versa's, which was a surprise as Transdev have never been enthusiastic purchasers of Optare products. They have 19 Versas, 2 electric Solos, 4 Solos (ignored withdrawn 1254) and 8 Tempos. The only newer single deckers of other makes are the pair of ADLs at York acquired from York Pullman and the 11 Wrightbus Streetlites at Keighley and Burnley. These forthcoming Optare vehicles may be rare or new for Yorkshire, but as well as some in Lancashire, Transdev bought some Versas & Tempos for their London operation, which has since become part of RATP as a result of the Veolia / Transdev merger.
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Post by SCH117X on Apr 8, 2016 18:18:18 GMT 1
Anyone like to guess at the other two /photo/1
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Post by westyorkshirebus on Apr 8, 2016 19:11:39 GMT 1
Not a fan of the Blackburn one it has to be said. They've only recently got their act together with the Lancashire United livery and brand, which is still fairly new and modern, after the Spot On debacle.
The Burnley one seems to be Starship colours rather than Burnley Connect, which I guess it will replace as besides Mainline and Witch Way they don't have any standard services.
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Post by SCH117X on Apr 9, 2016 10:51:40 GMT 1
I'm wondering why their have not been any more vehicles repainted yet, with Harrogate nominally having two spares (3613 and 3614) I would expected to have seen the two tone red appearing on other vehicles and if the story is right about the Presidents all going to Keighley it would have been logical to repaint Harrogate vehicles so that their two Presidents could become two tone green spares for Keighley allowing Keighley vehicles to be repainted quicker.
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Post by sharksmith on Apr 17, 2016 11:12:04 GMT 1
Once the Witch Way and Mainline changes have come into play next month Transdev's promotional team will have a little time on their hands so just for fun I've got to thinking what might come next.
Alex stated in a tweet earlier this year that the buses which are refurbished this year will be branded so I'm hoping this means a batch of ex Lancashire Way Gemini's, which had been touted as to be coming to Keighley, might be refurbed and the 760 relaunched with it's own brand again.
So here are my suggestions for brand names
'The Green Machine'
'Aire Smiles'
'Aire O Flame'
or my personal favourite
'Aire we Go'
Any comments or other suggestions?
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Post by WYBS on Apr 17, 2016 12:12:44 GMT 1
Once the Witch Way and Mainline changes have come into play next month Transdev's promotional team will have a little time on their hands so just for fun I've got to thinking what might come next. Alex stated in a tweet earlier this year that the buses which are refurbished this year will be branded so I'm hoping this means a batch of ex Lancashire Way Gemini's, which had been touted as to be coming to Keighley, might be refurbed and the 760 relaunched with it's own brand again. So here are my suggestions for brand names 'The Green Machine' 'Aire Smiles' 'Aire O Flame' or my personal favourite 'Aire we Go' Any comments or other suggestions? Aire we go haha Loving it!
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Post by SCH117X on May 19, 2016 22:30:42 GMT 1
Latest graphic tweeted by Alex
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Post by timelesstable on May 27, 2016 16:43:21 GMT 1
Uni bus driver of 1013 clearly thought the Renown would look better with some of Scania Ominicity rear offside light when he went passed in Piccadilly taking most of them with him.
Having scrapped the rear half of the offside of 1013 along the rear offside corner of 1109 he finally pinged them out with the rear corner of 1013.
According to the comments between the engineer and the driver of bus 1109 it won't be repaired since it was scheduled to come off after Monday.
For the record when the accident occurred 1109 was stationary and parked correctly within a set of bus stop markings. 1013 carried on in service with minimal damage although the appearance of the offside looking rather scuffed with the scuff marks running all along the section below the windows.
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Post by SCH117X on Jun 3, 2016 18:40:55 GMT 1
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Post by SCH117X on Jun 4, 2016 14:56:07 GMT 1
Thought it was 3614 parked alongside the back wall at Harrogate Bus Station this pm but then passed it coming from Ripon on a 36; deduced therefore 3613 has been identially branded / promo. Not convinced by the fleetname crossing the two bands of red; on the offside The Ha stands outs from the rest being on the darker background and seems a bit tatty as a result. Presumably the nearside will be worst.
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Post by SCH117X on Jun 5, 2016 11:40:00 GMT 1
This picture off Flickr shows up the odd cross reds positioning caused by the sheer length of the fleetname which obviously could be sortened by having The and Bus Company above and below. It also shows a red top to the left side of the H which does show up on the darker red but not particularly well on the lighter red below the windscreen nor on the nearside making the H look a bit odd. www.flickr.com/photos/128789124@N06/27390218541/Nearside www.flickr.com/photos/128789124@N06/27427470816/
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Post by WYBS on Jun 5, 2016 11:51:27 GMT 1
I wonder if they'll repaint all the Presidents? By the time they finish repainting them, Keighley will probably have some Gemini's (then assuming presidents will go on school dutys). 2716 is already done, but they never bothered with the Olympians when the rest of the fleet got the Green and Blue livery.
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Post by SCH117X on Jul 15, 2016 20:46:11 GMT 1
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Post by SCH117X on Jul 16, 2016 14:57:52 GMT 1
Volvo B7 1837 is also fully branded for Harrogate
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Post by 112jct41 on Jul 16, 2016 15:59:11 GMT 1
Volvo B7 1837 is also fully branded for Harrogate 1837 is the one the photo you posted.
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Post by neukit on Jul 16, 2016 17:17:46 GMT 1
Volvo B7 1837 is also fully branded for Harrogate 1837 is the one the photo you posted. The reg looks like YJ07PDV to me (despite the caption), which would make it 1838. 1837 is YJ07PDU.
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