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Post by overground on Feb 9, 2024 23:10:37 GMT
Just remembered, I saw the SYT liveried B9 being dragged North on the A1 last week. Curtains or repair elsewhere? 37529 Front RTC damage, I’m told it’s gone to Bus+coach world in Blackburn for repair. End life buses with less substantial damage have gone to PVS in the past |
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Post by donc on Feb 10, 2024 22:00:46 GMT
Just remembered, I saw the SYT liveried B9 being dragged North on the A1 last week. Curtains or repair elsewhere? 37529 Front RTC damage, I’m told it’s gone to Bus+coach world in Blackburn for repair. End life buses with less substantial damage have gone to PVS in the past Someone posted this on Facebook yesterday not sure when it was taken but a good pic.  |
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Post by tom123 on Feb 12, 2024 12:18:50 GMT
Just remembered, I saw the SYT liveried B9 being dragged North on the A1 last week. Curtains or repair elsewhere? If its the heritage one it's in use at York on loan will it return to OG in future why York with it don't they have all they new electric streetdecks ? |
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Post by tom123 on Feb 12, 2024 12:20:50 GMT
Just remembered, I saw the SYT liveried B9 being dragged North on the A1 last week. Curtains or repair elsewhere? 37529 Front RTC damage, I’m told it’s gone to Bus+coach world in Blackburn for repair. End life buses with less substantial damage have gone to PVS in the past decent bus one of favouite heritage bus hope it don't get scrapped still don't get why 37528 was painted from number 1 heritage Sheffield coporation tramways to Sheffield blue |
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Post by syjunkie on Feb 12, 2024 14:50:32 GMT
If its the heritage one it's in use at York on loan will it return to OG in future why York with it don't they have all they new electric streetdecks ? Already returned but was sent on loan along with some other vehicles from west yorkshire. They were sent on loan as York had an issue after having a power cut |
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Post by crossscythe on Feb 13, 2024 13:47:07 GMT
37529 Front RTC damage, I’m told it’s gone to Bus+coach world in Blackburn for repair. End life buses with less substantial damage have gone to PVS in the past decent bus one of favouite heritage bus hope it don't get scrapped still don't get why 37528 was painted from number 1 heritage Sheffield coporation tramways to Sheffield blue Unlikely that it will get scrapped. Buses are designed to get in to scrapes and the front ends are rather robust. The only bus that I recall coming off worse was an ALX400 that hit a Range Rover on Birley Spa Lane and the entrance step collapsed, I think it was sorn. |
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Post by markno16 on Feb 13, 2024 17:38:54 GMT
decent bus one of favouite heritage bus hope it don't get scrapped still don't get why 37528 was painted from number 1 heritage Sheffield coporation tramways to Sheffield blue Unlikely that it will get scrapped. Buses are designed to get in to scrapes and the front ends are rather robust. The only bus that I recall coming off worse was an ALX400 that hit a Range Rover on Birley Spa Lane and the entrance step collapsed, I think it was sorn. A very good chance it would get scrapped considering its age - a few of its mates have already gone! |
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Post by swfcforever on Feb 13, 2024 18:21:48 GMT
37529 Front RTC damage, I’m told it’s gone to Bus+coach world in Blackburn for repair. End life buses with less substantial damage have gone to PVS in the past decent bus one of favouite heritage bus hope it don't get scrapped still don't get why 37528 was painted from number 1 heritage Sheffield coporation tramways to Sheffield blue From what i recall 37528 was repainted from Sheffield Corporation livery due to the gold lining, actually having gold in the gold paint. Presume it was the cost. |
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Post by dougie on Feb 13, 2024 20:19:48 GMT
It’d be a shame to see one of the more interesting vehicles scrapped, especially with the “No Smoking” stickers in the windows (lovely touch)
But First seem to only paint buses in heritage colours once they are fairly mid life so they don’t last
And a lot of the local fleet is of a similar vintage, with the clock ticking…
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Post by Mainline on Feb 13, 2024 20:23:35 GMT
Afaik 37529 is in or around Blackburn having repairs.
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Post by duncan on Feb 13, 2024 22:10:41 GMT
decent bus one of favouite heritage bus hope it don't get scrapped still don't get why 37528 was painted from number 1 heritage Sheffield coporation tramways to Sheffield blue From what i recall 37528 was repainted from Sheffield Corporation livery due to the gold lining, actually having gold in the gold paint. Presume it was the cost. I believe it was sticky tape not paint. |
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Post by duncan on Feb 13, 2024 22:24:49 GMT
I get the feeling first felt they had quite a negative brand perception so looked to break away from it. There are way too many issues within First at the moment centering round all the mini empires built up by mediocre middle managers to try and protect themselves. A good Start was made in breaking some of them locally but the GM who was doing it was undervalued despite the figures showing his work was paying off. A lot of his work is being undone now by the idiots he was in the process of removing. Quality repaints were applied to many of the fleet before the inevitable corner cutting kicked in and once again shoddy repaints are the norm. First are under No illusions that their brand is damaged, this was highlighted over 10 years ago in meetings at the time. It must cost Go Ahead fortunes on resprays Go ahead have standards of Fleet presentation throughout the group and factor this into their running costs. Employing and training High quality painters need not be prohibitive and the results speak for themselves. ( No buses with 12 year old paint on Go ahead). Interesting fact, "Buses of Somerset" was kicked off by a manager who came from Go-Ahead |
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Post by crossscythe on Feb 14, 2024 17:20:32 GMT
It’d be a shame to see one of the more interesting vehicles scrapped, especially with the “No Smoking” stickers in the windows (lovely touch) But First seem to only paint buses in heritage colours once they are fairly mid life so they don’t last And a lot of the local fleet is of a similar vintage, with the clock ticking… Powell's used to operate a 28 year old Metrobus on the 82. 16 years isn't old if the bus is built to a high standard. |
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Post by markno16 on Feb 14, 2024 20:56:09 GMT
It’d be a shame to see one of the more interesting vehicles scrapped, especially with the “No Smoking” stickers in the windows (lovely touch) But First seem to only paint buses in heritage colours once they are fairly mid life so they don’t last And a lot of the local fleet is of a similar vintage, with the clock ticking… Powell's used to operate a 28 year old Metrobus on the 82. 16 years isn't old if the bus is built to a high standard. As debated a number of times previously, 16 years old is mid-end life of a bus nowadays. So many more things to go wrong with modern vehicles, all in the name of efficiency and accessibility. Don’t forget a Metrobus may have been great at 28 years old but no use to anybody in a wheelchair! |
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Post by overground on Feb 14, 2024 23:56:47 GMT
decent bus one of favouite heritage bus hope it don't get scrapped still don't get why 37528 was painted from number 1 heritage Sheffield coporation tramways to Sheffield blue From what i recall 37528 was repainted from Sheffield Corporation livery due to the gold lining, actually having gold in the gold paint. Presume it was the cost. It was repainted into “standard” livery just after 37529 had been painted into SYT livery and 69527 into Mainline livery. I think it was done because it looked tatty and possibly the amount of heritage liveried buses |
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