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Post by jamiekku120w on Sept 8, 2015 23:58:56 GMT
Noticed a Dennis pointer dart in service for powells a few days ago that I hadn't seen before. T468EGT. Has this been at powells for a while or a recent acquisition
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Post by jakerton43 on Sept 9, 2015 7:19:09 GMT
Noticed a Dennis pointer dart in service for powells a few days ago that I hadn't seen before. T468EGT. Has this been at powells for a while or a recent acquisition Been there ages now. |
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Post by tomtom11928 on Sept 10, 2015 6:29:28 GMT
A recent acquisition looks to be an Alexander ALX400 (not sure but likely to be a Dennis Trident engine), with select registration AD02 POW. It was in allover white with Powells logos, and it was on the 683 college run this morning. I read on a yahoo group site that are 2 here but 5 due in total. Surprised me when I went to college and saw a decent looking powells bus to get on. Brakes are a bit squeaky but apart from that it was good on the 681 |
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Post by jamiekku120w on Sept 13, 2015 0:05:43 GMT
I read on a yahoo group site that are 2 here but 5 due in total. Surprised me when I went to college and saw a decent looking powells bus to get on. Brakes are a bit squeaky but apart from that it was good on the 681 The arrival of these deckers explains why F354WSC has gone for scrap. Am I right in thinking that the oldest decker left is now L247SDY? Can still remember those olympians and metrobuses running round Sheffield when powells operated the 82 and 97 routes. OFS683Y and GYE604W were favourites of mine. |
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Post by jakerton43 on Sept 13, 2015 8:30:40 GMT
Surprised me when I went to college and saw a decent looking powells bus to get on. Brakes are a bit squeaky but apart from that it was good on the 681 The arrival of these deckers explains why F354WSC has gone for scrap. Am I right in thinking that the oldest decker left is now L247SDY? Can still remember those olympians and metrobuses running round Sheffield when powells operated the 82 and 97 routes. OFS683Y and GYE604W were favourites of mine. *L246, plus they've acquired extra school services. |
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Post by tomtom11928 on Sept 13, 2015 10:09:02 GMT
The arrival of these deckers explains why F354WSC has gone for scrap. Am I right in thinking that the oldest decker left is now L247SDY? Can still remember those olympians and metrobuses running round Sheffield when powells operated the 82 and 97 routes. OFS683Y and GYE604W were favourites of mine. *L246, plus they've acquired extra school services. Haven't seen many of their deckers in a while, even though I could theoretically see 10+ of their buses each day. The TRC buses are done by single deckers or coaches, the new decker hasn't been seen in a while. Maybe in the paintshop to go into Powells blue? |
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Post by dougie on Sept 13, 2015 17:05:11 GMT
Surprised me when I went to college and saw a decent looking powells bus to get on. Brakes are a bit squeaky but apart from that it was good on the 681 The arrival of these deckers explains why F354WSC has gone for scrap. Am I right in thinking that the oldest decker left is now L247SDY? Can still remember those olympians and metrobuses running round Sheffield when powells operated the 82 and 97 routes. OFS683Y and GYE604W were favourites of mine. I think I remember F354WSC when new in Edinburgh many years ago... Nice to be reminded of the time when Powells competed commercially - in the days when Tracky's Terrier operation was suffering a "death of a thousand cuts" - before Stagecoach gave some serious competition on routes like Ecclesall/ Parson Cross - Powells filled that gap with their vehicles (between school runs). Must be ten years ago now since those routes were withdrawn? |
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Post by DPL233 (33LUG) on Sept 13, 2015 18:02:44 GMT
The arrival of these deckers explains why F354WSC has gone for scrap. Am I right in thinking that the oldest decker left is now L247SDY? Can still remember those olympians and metrobuses running round Sheffield when powells operated the 82 and 97 routes. OFS683Y and GYE604W were favourites of mine. I think I remember F354WSC when new in Edinburgh many years ago... Nice to be reminded of the time when Powells competed commercially - in the days when Tracky's Terrier operation was suffering a "death of a thousand cuts" - before Stagecoach gave some serious competition on routes like Ecclesall/ Parson Cross - Powells filled that gap with their vehicles (between school runs). Must be ten years ago now since those routes were withdrawn? The 82 went in 2008 I recall. |
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Post by jamiekku120w on Sept 15, 2015 16:48:12 GMT
I think I remember F354WSC when new in Edinburgh many years ago... Nice to be reminded of the time when Powells competed commercially - in the days when Tracky's Terrier operation was suffering a "death of a thousand cuts" - before Stagecoach gave some serious competition on routes like Ecclesall/ Parson Cross - Powells filled that gap with their vehicles (between school runs). Must be ten years ago now since those routes were withdrawn? The 82 went in 2008 I recall. Think the 97A went before that as it was competing with first's own 97A. I remember back in summer 2004 when first were on strike the powells 97 was the only way into town from southey green and most of the buses had standing loads especially the 3.15 to southey as that was the last bus. Was a nice change to travel on olympians and metrobuses |
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Post by 29721 on Sept 28, 2015 15:50:58 GMT
Noted today on service 18 was N555POW (select reg) looked to be a wright bodied Volvo single deck in same livery as the tridents.
Dave
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Post by jakerton43 on Sept 28, 2015 18:29:56 GMT
Noted today on service 18 was N555POW (select reg) looked to be a wright bodied Volvo single deck in same livery as the tridents. Dave Scania. (Y49 HHE). |
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Post by 29721 on Sept 28, 2015 18:36:34 GMT
Thanks Jakerton43, only saw it briefly, looks well.
Dave.
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Post by 29721 on Apr 14, 2016 7:54:22 GMT
Optate solo KX03KZC is now in service wearing new fleet livery, at least 1 more solo has been acquired but has evaded me to press.
Dave.
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Post by tomtom11928 on Jun 29, 2016 21:29:59 GMT
I haven't the fleet number but one of the buses that normally does the Thomas Rotherham College 681 crashed last week. It's off the road as the 680/681 have been combined into one service this past week.
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Post by syjunkie on Feb 27, 2018 0:10:26 GMT
Just seen a picture on Flickr of an e300 on powells 18 service. Regards SN54 HXG
Is this new to powells?
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