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Post by admin on Apr 4, 2013 19:09:25 GMT
Your Unusual Sightings & Allocations for this month. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2013 21:03:57 GMT
Today.
STAGECOACH:
Pointer 34458 on 53 - Mansfield Move branded.
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vwd14
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Post by vwd14 on Apr 4, 2013 22:13:59 GMT
First Sheffield:
37111 - 97, never seen anything other than a President on this route
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Post by josh on Apr 5, 2013 10:50:03 GMT
Tm travel dual door leyland olympian 1109 was parked in sheffield interchange then went out on I presume the 218 to bakewell
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Post by swfcforever on Apr 5, 2013 13:16:38 GMT
First B7L 60709 on 56
First ALX400 31129 on 52
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Post by swfcforever on Apr 5, 2013 13:17:03 GMT
Stagecoach Sheffield 16937 Route Branded 87 on 88
Stagecoach Sheffield 22615 Route Branded 79-83 to Ecclesfield on Arundel Gate at 12:07
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2013 19:58:49 GMT
Today.
Sheffield.
FIRST:
ALX 400 31139 on 95.
Trident President 33041 on 47/48.
B7L Eclipse 60719 on 98.
B9TL Gemini on 81/82/85 - think it was 37115.
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Post by TC60054 on Apr 5, 2013 22:09:28 GMT
Trident 33064 on 51s this afternoon
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Post by busman53 on Apr 6, 2013 15:09:40 GMT
75 Branded B9TL 37479 was on the 53 on Friday evening. It wasn't on there all day - Is their something that runs on to the 53 at Ecclesfield around 21:00/22:00 or was it a changeover?
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Post by busman53 on Apr 6, 2013 15:10:18 GMT
06/04/2013 - First South Yorkshire:
B7TL President 32218 on the 53.
B10BLE 60857 on the 17/35.
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Post by swfcforever on Apr 6, 2013 18:17:37 GMT
Stagecoach Sheffield Spryte 33239 on SL3 to Moss Way on Ochre Dike Lane at 10:31
First B7L 60728 and Trident 32955 on 82
Sheffiled Community Transport Enviro200 MX12CGE on 29
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2013 19:23:45 GMT
Today.
Sheffield.
FIRST:
B7L Eclipse 60709 on 47/48.
B7RLE Eclipse 69020 on 17/35/36.
B9TL Gemini 37111 on 97.
Rotherham.
FIRST:
B7L Eclipse 60735 on 34.
STAGECOACH:
E200 36007 on 19/19A/19B.
Doncaster.
FIRST:
B9TL Gemini 37505 on 54/75 - P&R branded.
Olympian Royale 31673 on 15.
Pointer 40974 on 19.
ALX 400 32273 on 66.
B9TL Gemini 37500 on 54/75 - P&R branded.
Solo 50233 on 66 - 41/49 DO Darts branded.
ALX 400 32271 on 50/50A.
STAGECOACH:
Spryte 33231 on 224.
Barnsley.
STAGECOACH:
E200 36177 on 6.
ALX 300 22812 on 93A.
Mylennium 39631 on 1.
Solo 47283 on 222 - Townlines 6 branded.
E200 36183 on 12/43/44.
TATES TRAVEL:
Marshall Dart LT02 ZDM on X12.
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vwd14
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Post by vwd14 on Apr 6, 2013 21:07:59 GMT
Unidentified B7L Eclipse on the 81 (in Sheffield) this evening.
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vwd14
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Post by vwd14 on Apr 6, 2013 21:21:46 GMT
Forgot to put this up yesterday (Friday 05/04/2013):
Stagecoach Sheffield 22909 - 52
First time on routes 35 and 37 in Sheffield yesterday (Friday). Was on them between the city and Meadowhall. It was an experience I will never forget. I know Sheffield is noted for its hills, but I just can't believe how steep some of the hills the buses go up are! It is madness to be putting B7Ls on these routes - what they desperately need are B10BLEs for a bit of muscle when hill climbing. I got 60890 on the 37, and 61633 on the 37. They were both absolute heaps. In particular, 61733 is the worst B7L I've travelled on in a long time - it nearly gave up the ghost on Jenkin Road tonight, and then after it (eventually) got through Grimethorpe (on route 37) the warning buzzers started going off on it.
To be fair, those routes are incredibly demanding on any bus, with all the speed ramps, the incredibly tight turns in places (some skill on the driver's part to drive through parts of these routes for sure), bumps etc. If these buses are generally on these routes, even with the best of maintenance, they're going to be in bits after a while. However, the B10BLEs are just so much quicker (and better made), it strikes me as the obvious thing to do with these routes is to give them B10BLEs. B7RLEs would probably be good too. I really believe that half the reason the B7Ls are disliked so much on this forum is because so many of them are in a very bad way condition wise. If they were overhauled, they would be much better. I was on 60718 on Thursday night, it even idled properly and was flying along - in fact, apart from it rattling, it was a very good bus. If every B7L was like 60718, I don't think there would be a lot of reasons to complain about them.
Cork has a lot of B7Ls, but most of them are a lot better than the ones here, although a few of them are total sheds too.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2013 11:13:46 GMT
B7Ls have been crap since the day they left the factory.
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