(22 May 2016, 6:34 pm)Dan Pleased you all had a great day.
It was incredibly busy, and I didn't expect there to be such a huge demand for the 'name in lights' thing we had going on! You all certainly kept me on my feet.
I hope the tour around the different departments at Riverside was not only fun, but informative too. The tour of our very own 'starship enterprise' (the Service Delivery Centre!) should have given you a bit of an insight into what goes on behind the scenes to get services running back to schedule. I know I thought the SDC was amazing when I saw it for the first time - citaro5284 and I regularly say how there's more screens in there than PC World on the Team Valley!
I did try and stop to talk to those of you that approached me, but couldn't chat for too long as my queue seemed to get bigger and bigger by the second!
(22 May 2016, 6:34 pm)Dan Pleased you all had a great day.
It was incredibly busy, and I didn't expect there to be such a huge demand for the 'name in lights' thing we had going on! You all certainly kept me on my feet.
I hope the tour around the different departments at Riverside was not only fun, but informative too. The tour of our very own 'starship enterprise' (the Service Delivery Centre!) should have given you a bit of an insight into what goes on behind the scenes to get services running back to schedule. I know I thought the SDC was amazing when I saw it for the first time - citaro5284 and I regularly say how there's more screens in there than PC World on the Team Valley!
I did try and stop to talk to those of you that approached me, but couldn't chat for too long as my queue seemed to get bigger and bigger by the second!
(22 May 2016, 7:10 pm)Jimmi As far as I'm aware, there's nowt you can do when this happens. I've been having this issue for the last hour and a half. Seems that many people have been having problems uploading as I've only seen four uploads in this 90 minutes and there is many people saying they've been having this issue on the Flickr Help Forum https://www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/
(22 May 2016, 7:35 pm)S813 FVK All that horn beeping did start to get a little annoying after a while. For once i was actually hoping that staff would go and kick them off the vehicles.
(22 May 2016, 7:10 pm)Jimmi As far as I'm aware, there's nowt you can do when this happens. I've been having this issue for the last hour and a half. Seems that many people have been having problems uploading as I've only seen four uploads in this 90 minutes and there is many people saying they've been having this issue on the Flickr Help Forum https://www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/
(22 May 2016, 7:35 pm)S813 FVK All that horn beeping did start to get a little annoying after a while. For once i was actually hoping that staff would go and kick them off the vehicles.
When i was standing infront of 8335 looking into 5428 (not that there is much to see with it being the same as the other streetlite micro-hybrids) the person in it started pressing the horn with the intention, i guessed, of making me jump out of my skin. Luckily for me, the horn was reasonably quiet and i didnt react at all - hope i didnt disappoint them too much!
(22 May 2016, 7:46 pm)South Tyne Lad I'm having the same problem, I've just gave up for uploading photos tonight, Going to do it tomorrow.
(22 May 2016, 7:46 pm)South Tyne Lad I'm having the same problem, I've just gave up for uploading photos tonight, Going to do it tomorrow.
(22 May 2016, 7:10 pm)Jimmi As far as I'm aware, there's nowt you can do when this happens. I've been having this issue for the last hour and a half. Seems that many people have been having problems uploading as I've only seen four uploads in this 90 minutes and there is many people saying they've been having this issue on the Flickr Help Forum https://www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/
(22 May 2016, 7:10 pm)Jimmi As far as I'm aware, there's nowt you can do when this happens. I've been having this issue for the last hour and a half. Seems that many people have been having problems uploading as I've only seen four uploads in this 90 minutes and there is many people saying they've been having this issue on the Flickr Help Forum https://www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/
(22 May 2016, 2:27 pm)BusLoverMum He loved it. spent a ridiculous amount of time staring at the underside of that citaro.
(22 May 2016, 2:27 pm)BusLoverMum He loved it. spent a ridiculous amount of time staring at the underside of that citaro.
(22 May 2016, 7:57 pm)Jimmi Probably best to do that, as I can't see you (or anyone) getting anywhere with it tonight. I've got to upload more photos from yesterday, uploaded two last night but nothing from Chesterfield yet.
(22 May 2016, 7:57 pm)Jimmi Probably best to do that, as I can't see you (or anyone) getting anywhere with it tonight. I've got to upload more photos from yesterday, uploaded two last night but nothing from Chesterfield yet.
(22 May 2016, 7:35 pm)S813 FVK All that horn beeping did start to get a little annoying after a while. For once i was actually hoping that staff would go and kick them off the vehicles.
(22 May 2016, 8:27 pm)citaro5284 Did Big'un get some decent photo's?
(22 May 2016, 8:27 pm)citaro5284 Did Big'un get some decent photo's?
(22 May 2016, 9:54 pm)BusLoverMum They turned out OK, even though it was busy and the sun was a bit bright.
We both got a picture of the tyre shed. Litt'un spent a lot of time looking at that one. He has a bit of a thing for tyres! Can't remember the last time big'un built a leg model that kept its wheels for more than 5 (well guarded) minutes.
(22 May 2016, 9:54 pm)BusLoverMum They turned out OK, even though it was busy and the sun was a bit bright.
We both got a picture of the tyre shed. Litt'un spent a lot of time looking at that one. He has a bit of a thing for tyres! Can't remember the last time big'un built a leg model that kept its wheels for more than 5 (well guarded) minutes.
(23 May 2016, 5:29 am)citaro5284 It is quite nice to see behind the scenes, things like the tyre store and the bus wash as examples. What did he think of the buses up in the air and I bet you had to run thru the wash!
(23 May 2016, 5:29 am)citaro5284 It is quite nice to see behind the scenes, things like the tyre store and the bus wash as examples. What did he think of the buses up in the air and I bet you had to run thru the wash!
If you want some suggestions for how to make this event bigger and better if it will become an annual event. I went to a similar thing at Transdev Lancashire United which was the best one is ever been to.
The entire depot was open for people to roam around, they got round the risk of this by ensuring a quantity of spare buses had been relocated to the bus station in advance of the event, therefore there was a guarantee that there would be no bus movements.
The tour included the engineering department.
There was also a bus tug of war which caught the imagination of the public and got the staff involved with lots of banter and friendly rivalry. There was also ferret racing which I wasn't sure how that fitted in.
Did take a photo very similar to what Malarkey has posted, So ive decided to not upload that one.
Anyways I'm going to upload 1 a day instead of batches as I hate uploading in batches.
Heres the first one
https://www.flickr.com/photos/140662069@...592669004/
(23 May 2016, 7:33 pm)South Tyne Lad Did take a photo very similar to what Malarkey has posted, So ive decided to not upload that one.
Anyways I'm going to upload 1 a day instead of batches as I hate uploading in batches.
Heres the first one
https://www.flickr.com/photos/70333100@N...62069@N02/
(23 May 2016, 7:33 pm)South Tyne Lad Did take a photo very similar to what Malarkey has posted, So ive decided to not upload that one.
Anyways I'm going to upload 1 a day instead of batches as I hate uploading in batches.
Heres the first one
https://www.flickr.com/photos/70333100@N...62069@N02/
(23 May 2016, 7:37 pm)citaro5284 Try again...thats the Transdev Solo
(23 May 2016, 7:37 pm)citaro5284 Try again...thats the Transdev Solo