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Post by atlantean on Jul 9, 2011 11:05:33 GMT
The location of FWA450V can be seen on Google Maps HereReason for Editing: added quote from previous page |
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Post by barrycygnetbus on Jul 9, 2011 19:00:16 GMT
Very interesting, does not look as bad as i thought it might, with what people have been saying. One to keep a eye on.
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Post by stug on Jul 10, 2011 10:05:11 GMT
Great news that this has been preserved. I hope there will be an open day again one day soon - last one a couple of years ago was great!!  |
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Post by gareth388 on Jul 10, 2011 18:32:37 GMT
The last open day was a good day for all concerned! I'd love to organise another but at the moment health and safety consideratons caused by the aging Tram Sheds is preventing me from doing so.
We moved 2013 into the sheds on Saturday, and yes it was a very tight squeeze!
We've found one or two probems with it, the most serious is water pouring out of the heat exchanger on the gearbox. This is first on the list, and then there is a couple of air bags to do.
All in all, its pretty reasonable.
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Post by novawheels on Jul 12, 2011 6:53:29 GMT
And amazingly, after those photos, we've video of 2013 in action during the last weeks of operation before withdrawal!
Jump to around 2:12... ;D
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Post by gareth388 on Jul 12, 2011 21:08:24 GMT
Thanks for that Andrew!
How lucky was that?! Some great film.
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Post by 02southeranc on Jul 13, 2011 13:54:45 GMT
Incidentally, is there much history of the DABs operating services, during the Mainline/First Mainline era, other than the 501 and 502? Any rare workings? I remember them appearing on school runs (even after the withdrawal of the 502 itself). The 501, of course, continued after the end of bendibus operation.
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Post by andyrad on Jul 13, 2011 14:03:14 GMT
Didnt they operate on the 69 for a while too?
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Post by barrycygnetbus on Jul 13, 2011 15:11:37 GMT
 Taken Norton Lees Road, Sheffield. One of the Bendi-Buses use to come on the 20 Route at 3-45pm every week day. Note the Veolia style of lack of destination blind. Only ever went to Hemsworth and never came back. (Sorry for the poor quality taken with a old 110 camera and film before digital days). |
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Post by 02southeranc on Jul 13, 2011 16:00:27 GMT
Many thanks for that picture, certainly didn't know that they ever operated around Norton Lees!
Presumably, the blinds were limited to only a few destinations by the mid 90s? They were very faded by the end of the operative lives in Sheffield, after perpetually displaying Meadowhall and Batemoor for a rather long time!
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Post by jimmy75 on Jul 13, 2011 17:11:49 GMT
Incidentally, is there much history of the DABs operating services, during the Mainline/First Mainline era, other than the 501 and 502? Any rare workings? I remember them appearing on school runs (even after the withdrawal of the 502 itself). The 501, of course, continued after the end of bendibus operation. 41 cystal peaks if you look on the video about syt banning smoking you will see inspectors getting on an arctic on the 41 which was a reguler thing. 552 city ballifield i think this was a peak only service which was run by artics. |
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Post by jimmy75 on Jul 13, 2011 17:13:27 GMT
Didnt they operate on the 69 for a while too? Yes they did operate on the 69s when they where first painted into rotherham mainline livery. |
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Post by atlantean on Jul 13, 2011 17:34:19 GMT
Didnt they operate on the 69 for a while too? 2011-2013 were used on the 69 after they were painted into Rotherham Mainline livery. Route branding for the 69 was added to the trailers. A picture on Flickr of 2013 with the 69 branding. www.flickr.com/photos/db3435/3191627257/ |
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Post by firstgroup65 on Jul 13, 2011 17:41:49 GMT
Taken Norton Lees Road, Sheffield. One of the Bendi-Buses use to come on the 20 Route at 3-45pm every week day. Note the Veolia style of lack of destination blind. Only ever went to Hemsworth and never came back. (Sorry for the poor quality taken with a old 110 camera and film before digital days). Look at the bus stop in the 1980's and early 1990's. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2011 18:14:36 GMT
The bendi-buses did my school bus around 1999 to shuttle us between the two parts of the School. Metrobuses & Dominators were used as well.
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