Stagecoach North West Discussion

[K777DAO]

Who's 16446??

Well spotted! :roll: hahaha (Typing after a long day isn't the best of ideas!)
16647 and 16447 are easy to mix up though. 16647 hasn't been spotted for quite a while AFAIK, and is (i think) still on LL's "Active" roster....

 

[rosswatson]

Well spotted! :roll: hahaha (Typing after a long day isn't the best of ideas!)
16647 and 16447 are easy to mix up though. 16647 hasn't been spotted for quite a while AFAIK, and is (i think) still on LL's "Active" roster....

It was on 30/31 last week

 

[K777DAO]

It was on 30/31 last week

I suppose it's good news there are no further bad chassis' (as yet)... the thought of that particular batch being further affected after all the money being spent refurbing them is quite worrying!

 

[Cumberland Lad]

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[mbonwick]

16655 moved from LL before it's chassis was checked; clearly it deteriorated further at Barrow.

 

[K777DAO]

16647 is also fine, it was brought in to cover schools after the floods and seems to have hung around, I think all of LL's Oly's have been chassis checked now, with 16358 failing and being scrapped and ex LL 16655 going the same way following it's transfer to Barrow.

aye...
BTW.. liking the new sig! :roll:

 

[Cumberland Lad]

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[K777DAO]

How do you do that K777DAO???????

With a lot of spare time, and Macromedia Fireworks GIF animator! (i haven't posted an animated sig for a while! takes me on average Half an hour to an hour!) I see it as therapeutic!

 

[jonesy3001]

17017 went up to carlisle for repaint before going to lillyhall with 22814 coming back and Preston enviro400 trident 19031 was towed in by their truck at dinner.

 

[cainebj]

16447, 16652, 16654 and 16734 on 300. 16654's door was stuck open!!! well, the side next to the windscreen was!
20903 on short 300 again.
20129, 20473, 20945 and 47024 all been on 50. 20473 is out there now, 47024 ran back to Lillyhall.
47007 and 20931 on Seaton.
47062 (dead front LED yet again) and 47616 on Harrington.
53336 and 53337 on X4.
53338 and 53339 on X5.
52628 on SL Ltd Contract, with 20923 and 20473.
16647 and 34616 were on 30 and 31 with ALL 11 E300's (marked down on the calendar!). then 22596 went and died out, being replaced by 20195
20910 on 53.
20436 and 20994 on 600 then staff shuttles. 20436 done a run on 48 as well, it struggled off the annexe kinda. it done a "kangaroo hop", most common with learner drivers starting out in a petrol car

 

[Jamester]

The best Olympians (to drive) are 16651, 16652 and 16447.

I'm in Scotland and we have 16646 and 16656. Easily the best 2 Olympians in our fleet. Coming up for 13 years old but I'd rather drive them than '59' plate Enviros!

 

[rosswatson]

16647 and 34616 were on 30 and 31 with ALL 11 E300's (marked down on the calendar!). then 22596 went and died out, being replaced by 20195

That is a very rare occurrence these days. Noted 16647 as the only step entrance on today (Until 22596 disgraced itself!) Looking forward to seeing 17017 on the decker slot.

 

[cainebj]

That is a very rare occurrence these days. Noted 16647 as the only step entrance on today (Until 22596 disgraced itself!)

thats all 22596 is good for

 

[Gez.SCNW]

17017 went up to carlisle for repaint before going to lillyhall with 22814 coming back and Preston enviro400 trident 19031 was towed in by their truck at dinner.

Via the A6 in both directions

 

[K777DAO]

16447, 16652, 16654 and 16734 on 300. 16654's door was stuck open!!! well, the side next to the windscreen was!
20903 on short 300 again.
20129, 20473, 20945 and 47024 all been on 50. 20473 is out there now, 47024 ran back to Lillyhall.
47007 and 20931 on Seaton.
47062 (dead front LED yet again) and 47616 on Harrington.
53336 and 53337 on X4.
53338 and 53339 on X5.
52628 on SL Ltd Contract, with 20923 and 20473.
16647 and 34616 were on 30 and 31 with ALL 11 E300's (marked down on the calendar!). then 22596 went and died out, being replaced by 20195
20910 on 53.
20436 and 20994 on 600 then staff shuttles. 20436 done a run on 48 as well, it struggled off the annexe kinda. it done a "kangaroo hop", most common with learner drivers starting out in a petrol car

And out Whitehaven end, were:
16714 on 22
35248 on 31A
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Via the A6 in both directions

One of the best proper "Driving" roads in this area!!

 

[Dave The Bus]

This is just my thoughts and indicates no other prior knowledge, but..

Was the last harsh winter the accelerator that killed the chassis of the unfortunate Volvo's, they are getting old now, some 13 years i think someone said, and during the last bad spell of weather we had there was copious amounts of salt thrown down on the floor, which led to lots of salty slush being sloshed around..

With washes being frozen and this stuff just lingering on the buses, did this make things 'rust' more easily, the regular steam cleaning , whilst washing it off, may also have inadvertently caused more damage, by literally 'rubbing salt into the wound.'

Have they had the pot-hole effect, which for those who didn't know was water getting into cracks, freezing overnight and expanding, causing cracks to expand and leave them prone to further damage easier.

I know what it has done to my car, having had to brave the elements myself getting into work.

Discuss

 

[cainebj]

i'm told 33174 is possibly returning to North West in the next 2 weeks. it has apparently been covering for an accident damaged Solo in Manchester, of which is nearly repaired.

also, Carlisle's 33161 has had its Bright Tech LED unit replaced with a Bright Tech Dot Matrix with the amount of spare Hanovers around in NW, i'd have thought a Hanover would have been used, but it hasn't been the case! IIRC, Carlisle now has the most buses in service to still have Bright Tech Dot Matrix's! (6 Leyland Oly's, 6 Volvo Oly's, 1 Vario and now 2 mini Darts).

 

[rosswatson]

Via the A6 in both directions

Fine choice of road there Gez!

 

[jonesy3001]

i'm told 33174 is possibly returning to North West in the next 2 weeks. it has apparently been covering for an accident damaged Solo in Manchester, of which is nearly repaired.

also, Carlisle's 33161 has had its Bright Tech LED unit replaced with a Bright Tech Dot Matrix with the amount of spare Hanovers around in NW, i'd have thought a Hanover would have been used, but it hasn't been the case! IIRC, Carlisle now has the most buses in service to still have Bright Tech Dot Matrix's! (6 Leyland Oly's, 6 Volvo Oly's, 1 Vario and now 2 mini Darts).

Lancaster have 14195,20133,20463 and 21007 that are bright-tec apart from 14208 which has rollers all the rest of the fleet have hanover blinds.
The healthy heart bus should heading up or at workington.

 

[cainebj]

34616 on 50.
47006 on 51.
47007 and 47059 (still sounds like a dog yelping) on Harrington.
20919 and 20962 on Seaton.
20903 on 53 with blank display.
20905 on short 300.
16447, 16651, 16652 and 16654 on 300.
16734 on SL Ltd Contract.
47616 flying around as staff shuttles all afternoon, with a few catch up runs on 50, and the last 48 of the day.
the Profile for 1620 X4 didn't get back to Workington until 1640 (timetabled back in at 1605-ish), so a B10M of some description (possibly 20910, of which was flying around on shuttles after 600) went out at 1620ish to cover it.
20913 and 20923 on 30 and 31.

 

[rosswatson]

20919 and 20962 on Seaton.

962 now makes the slipping belt noises!

the Profile for 1620 X4 didn't get back to Workington until 1640 (timetabled back in at 1605-ish), so a B10M of some description (possibly 20910, of which was flying around on shuttles after 600) went out at 1620ish to cover it.

Could be a problem if 910 has gone out, as it should do 301 tonight! (Won't be back till eight)

 

[Gez.SCNW]

47022 on the 1440 Knott End, Belts came off 47488, will be getting swapped back over about now

 

[Ex-Nat-Ex Mark]

Stationned in Garstang overnight Fri /Sat were a 166??? Volvo Oly, a B10-B single and 17023. Does anyone know what buses should be on sleepout at Garstang each night?

 

[cainebj]

ex Kendal 20661 (K791 DAO) is in service down in Oxford with Red Rose

 

[K777DAO]

ex Kendal 20661 (K791 DAO) is in service down in Oxford with Red Rose

Good to see so many of the K-DAO's still out and about!!

 

[Gez.SCNW]

Stationned in Garstang overnight Fri /Sat were a 166??? Volvo Oly, a B10-B single and 17023. Does anyone know what buses should be on sleepout at Garstang each night?

one saloon and three deckers

 

[Paul Mcgill]

ex Kendal 20661 (K791 DAO) is in service down in Oxford with Red Rose

Red Rose Travel also have H617 ACK the MK2 B10M is ex Morecambe also H620 ACK dunno if both still there not been in the area for a long time.

 

[Chris26584]

16638-40 and 20794 at least are spending their summer holidays at Frenchwood. Had the joy of sampling 20794 yesterday and 16339 for the last couple of days and they put our B10M's and Olys to shame! 16640 has been freshly repainted.

 

[Dave The Bus]

16638-40 and 20794 at least are spending their summer holidays at Frenchwood. Had the joy of sampling 20794 yesterday and 16339 for the last couple of days and they put our B10M's and Olys to shame! 16640 has been freshly repainted.

Yep, that'll be right, we spent all that money and time putting in loads of new panels, and getting it sparkling, only to ship it out for the summer and have someone else enjoy its freshness.. just hope it comes back somewhere near the condition its in now! on the other hand, you can keep 20794!!

 

[cainebj]

20436 and 22600 on 301
47005 and 47006 been on town services and staff shuttle
47616 on maryport - Whitehaven 30