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Post by pub146g on Aug 17, 2008 1:25:30 GMT 1
Arriva Wright Eclipse 1101 was on the 256 and it seems First Bradford has decided on using low-floor buses on the 670 on Saturday as I noticed 30915 on it while B9TL 37093 was on the 610 to Shipley. First Bradford now regard the 670 as a low floor accessible service, their website now advertises it as such. However, recent sightings seem to point to the usual couldn't care less attitude with B7TL's mixed among G reg Olympians.
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Post by pub146g on Aug 12, 2008 20:48:10 GMT 1
Thats a Normal type of Bus for the headingley routes. Anyway unidentified bus single decker scania n113 (the low floor one which for those of who saw it today was on the 38) was heading down Reamshead Approach yesterday at around 1720 or somwhere around there. That was 61134 (8995 WY). It was on the 8 service yesterday and worked 16.55 from Seacroft BS to Pudsey.
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Post by pub146g on Aug 9, 2008 11:28:27 GMT 1
The memories will be visible on the streets for a bit longer as ex BP Scania 'decker G379 NRC, now First 36930 is currently undergoing MOT and a new ticket for another 12 months. It's also had a partial repaint.
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Post by pub146g on Aug 1, 2008 23:02:14 GMT 1
Indeed, it was the partnership between Alexander and YR that gave it the name StRIDER. Yes that's right, and it's the reason West Riding/Yorkshire Woollen (as they were then) refused to have the Strider badge applied to any of their vehicles as it would be seen to be advertising a competitor.
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Post by pub146g on Jul 31, 2008 23:43:40 GMT 1
first school bus G609 OWR was on the 653 allday today wonder why first are putting dedicated school buses on normal service during the school holidays?? i'd take a 1/2 decent school decker over some of the early striders that get around the 91 & 88s! anyone know why some of the 51 plate Alx400s have lost their guide wheels? why didn't bramley get some guides on their scania wrights so they could be used on the 40s if push came to shove? I think the only 51 plate ALX to loose it's guide wheels is 30944 which lost them at the same time as 30941 -3 (Y796-8XNW) earlier this year. The wheels were transferred to Gemini 32449-452 but then the exercise stopped so am not sure if 30945-953 will loose theirs in due course.
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Post by pub146g on Jul 17, 2008 23:34:46 GMT 1
7548 & 7559 were completely destroyed by a fire at Torre Road garage, Leeds during the early hours of Friday 16th Nov 1984.
Other vehicles destroyed in the fire were 7516, 7526, Atlantean 6235 and Fleetlines 202, 212, 222. The remains of all the vehicles involved were cut up on site at Torre Road during early December '84.
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Post by pub146g on Jul 8, 2008 0:45:20 GMT 1
34234 P234MPU was on the 2/3/12/13s today 34238 was also on this group of services on Sunday along with at least one Royale and an R/YOV. I saw 34238 being changed over for a 37xxx on Vicar Lane after working the 19:01 from Brackenwood but I did wonder why on earth Hunslet Park had to put at least 4 Olympians out on the 2/3 etc on a Sunday.
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Post by pub146g on Jun 21, 2008 1:21:37 GMT 1
I think this is owned by Godsons of X Gates.
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Post by pub146g on Jun 3, 2008 22:31:53 GMT 1
Think it was about the end of April/early May.
Some Striders are reported to be coming off but it won't be in the near future. Not with the present vehicle shortage, Scania deckers and J reg Olympians still required to maintain the service, particularly on 44 and 49. This has not gone unnoticed by the regulars, especially the elderly who will sometimes greet you with something on the lines of "by, this is an' ol' bu**ar you've got, where's all new 'uns?"
There was also a readers letter in the Evening Post complaining about the motley selection of buses on the 49. Don't know what they mean, 31097's a cracking bus!
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Post by pub146g on Jun 3, 2008 22:04:11 GMT 1
Sorry folks, I posted my reply to the original question yesterday before I finished typing it!
It should have gone on to say that 61098 caught fire whilst on the 91 at Bramley Shopping Centre. The fire started in the engine compartment and the bus was damaged beyond repair.
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Post by pub146g on Jun 2, 2008 23:14:02 GMT 1
Just 7 all at Bradford.
30643 B137 RWY 30646 B501 RWY 30651 C146 KBT (Optare bodied) 30652 C148 KBT " " 30654 C150 KBT " " 30761 B143 RWY 30762 B144 RWY
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Post by pub146g on Jun 2, 2008 22:54:07 GMT 1
This caught fire whilst in service.
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Post by pub146g on May 30, 2008 21:42:48 GMT 1
cheers jackh, was there any reason why 61091 (bramely located) was on the X84 (hunslet route) though ? Hunslet Park were expected to have 61079-61093 after the changeover so i'm assuming those from Bramley have now moved. 61092 was operating on the Hunslet Park worked 46 Shadwell today.
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Post by pub146g on May 25, 2008 18:09:52 GMT 1
ALX400 31147 was operating 96 service this afternoon.bus was rather waily when passed asda. is this a sign of buses to come,all noisy wailing 1s up here. Is this wailing sound as you put it the cooling fan syndrome that many B7TLs suffer if not given right TLC. It will be. There's a few that are chasing 30953's dubious honour of being most noisy. Ones that come to mind are 30850, 30946, 31145.
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Post by pub146g on May 25, 2008 17:52:11 GMT 1
The miscellaneous selection of buses used on the 2/3/3A etc recently (Dual door Olympians, Royales, Striders and Darts) does rather undermine the £4 million investment to make this group of routes 100% low floor and boasted about in First publicity at the time.
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Post by pub146g on May 10, 2008 14:39:45 GMT 1
If the driver has actually stopped to allow a passenger to alight at an unauthorised stop then yes of course this is illegal and the driver will deserve any action taken against him/her. But, if somebody choses to alight as the driver is taking fares then there's not a lot he can do to stop them and the 'VOSA' officials etc should put such events down to being a fact of life, it's gonna happen.
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Post by pub146g on May 9, 2008 18:56:32 GMT 1
How would you stop it though? You get out of the cab and depending on who is trying to get off you could end up assaulted, or you drive on and miss people wanting to board? Friggin ridiculous! The fact is you can't really stop it. If someone is determined to alight where they shouldn't then if they get chance they will and indeed does regularly happen on service 36 out of leeds where the first dropping off point is the Queens Arms on Harrogate Rd. Those who would prefer to alight at Stainbeck Lane are seen to slowly edge to the frontmost seats in the hope that there is somebody at the stop to get on and as soon as the doors open they're off like lightning! Of course, if they want to alight at Stainbeck Lane then why not get a 2 or 3? The journey time may be slightly quicker on the 36 but if there's nobody to board at Stainbeck Lane then the said passengers go whizzing past their stop and end up having to walk back!
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Post by pub146g on May 8, 2008 20:51:05 GMT 1
66700 entered service onto the 1 this afternoon from Lawnswood School just after 3pm. One of the new B7RLEs on the 56 was 69336 with branding for the Scott Halls. And also 69342 on the 12. Totally inappropriate for this service, certainly for the time of day I saw it when the number of standing passengers almost looked to exceed those seated. As the bus finally pulled away from the stop the occupants of the crowded interior looked like cattle being whisked off to the market!
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Post by pub146g on May 6, 2008 23:05:19 GMT 1
Looks like they must have gone to S & A after use at Kirkstall. Amazingly I came across a photo of 69339 in service down there taken today by a member of a Hong Kong enthusiast group and he reported it to their message board! Anybody interested can view it here : www.hkitalk.net/HKiTalk2/redirect.php?tid=292382&goto=lastpost
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Post by pub146g on Apr 10, 2008 22:40:44 GMT 1
Further to yesterdays note Bramley based 32449/450 now have the guidewheels lost by the two ALX400's.
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Post by pub146g on Apr 9, 2008 19:30:10 GMT 1
Bramley based 30942/943 have both had their guidewheels removed and were in use on the 49 today providing additional low floor capacity to this route which in recent times has seen more step entrance buses than in the past.
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Post by pub146g on Apr 9, 2008 19:24:18 GMT 1
30921 was the Yellow/Green Line branded ALX400 which had guide wheels fitted and made regular appearances of the 56! Yes that's right and I think there were instances of others used on 56 as well. When 30916-21 moved to Cherry from Bramley in May/June'04 the 2/12 branding was applied to them all very shortly afterwards at a time when most if not all still had their guidewheels.
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Post by pub146g on Apr 4, 2008 1:09:14 GMT 1
Today i noticed that, 5772 30917 W772KBT 5706 30851 W706CWR 5702 30847 W702CWR all have had their guidewheels removed. Take it they're not to be used on the busways again! anyone else noticed any other vehicles without their guidewheels? 30846-30853 were not fitted with guide wheels as these originally had Yellow/Green Line branding so didn't use any guideways.
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Post by pub146g on Apr 4, 2008 0:53:06 GMT 1
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Post by pub146g on Apr 3, 2008 1:24:49 GMT 1
From a freind at Bradford : 37071-78 Red Line 640/1 37079-84 X6 37085-91 Routes 623-7 37092-95 Routes 681/2 37096-99 Routes 617/8 37100-02 Route 15 Didn't get 37067-70 but would imagine at least a couple will be 72. That's only a guess though. Although I was given this list in good faith from a contact at Bradford depot there are certain aspects that don't look right. For example looking at the timetable the 681/682 don't need 4 buses. The 4 for the 617/618 doesn't look right either. What really makes me suspicious though is that another website has a similar list but is also quoting 37067-37070 as going to be branded for the 711. Now come on, that only needs 2 buses and only runs 'til tea time using generally older vehicles so I certainly have my doubts about that one. Considering I was given this info on April 1st I'd treat it with caution until I can confirm that it's not an April fool joke! Wouldn't be the first time I've been given duff info by the good folk at Bradford, they once told me the entire single deck fleet was going to be replaced by Optare Solos and I almost put that into print although in that case I had my doubts right from the start. So, until the buses actually appear, don't treat the list as 100% accurate.
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