Recent content by mainframe444

777 is now tracking on board T52. Just leaves 778 to enter service. M

Oops. Didn’t show up for me, should have refreshed the page!! Please remove.

Saw this on the GWR Enthusiasts Facebook page, there is a fire on the station footbridge at Paignton Station. All trains currently cancelled. Text below from National Rail detailing the disruption. https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service-disruptions/paignton-20260721/

According to Bustimes, 776 (BD65 EWH) appears to have made its maiden journey on the 18:05 6.0 Derby - Belper. M

Im what livery? Would it have been in use as a taxi? Sure it was ENC on the plate, and it looked very shiny! M

801 (YJ11 ENC) has come full circle! Just observed heading towards Ilkeston presumably to take up service, newly painted in My15 livery. No picture as I was driving! M

What is the reason that 772 (BD65 EWC) has not entered service on the sixes yet? M

Something I’ve been meaning to ask for a while… Before buses/coaches had annual testing (pre 1980s) and had a seven year certificate of fitness when new, how did a small operator without access to their own large workshop facilities manage to get the vehicle prepared for a test? M

Just seen this on TrentBarton’s Facebook, fewer services out of Meadow Road this morning…. “ Due to a police incident in Derby, we have been unable to move buses from our Meadow Road depot. At this moment in time (6:30am) the following services are not running: the villager xprss38 harlequin...

I know the picture you are referring to, the one (I think!) I saw was a while ago…. M

I’m sure I saw a photo of it stood in plain livery post repair in the yard at Langley Mill. Then again, my memory is not what is once was, so I’m probably wrong!! M

Am I right in thinking that 845 has been repaired, but not returned to service? M

This is a guess, but based on 842 being painted for Harlequin….. 836 to 840 for Swift 841 & 842 for Harlequin 843 to 845 for Comet. M

Rectified, retested and passed. M

Random question…. I understand that when the units began to get scrapped, a scrap unit was moved to the loading point between two operational units. Is this still the case, and if so what happens when they get down to the last set? M