Go North East: Fleet Vehicle History

Dan

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24 Aug 2014, 1:15 pm #126

(24 Aug 2014, 12:56 pm)NEBCD Malarkey Update on the MPD's, I apologize if you already this information Dan, but I can't see the Details of the MPD's which were Withdrawn in December 2013, Just a few details that Chris White mentioned on Facebook.

All the 52 plate MPDs were new to Washington, though some were used by Deptford when new and they often interchanged with Deptford while in the black 'Turn Up and Go' branding (I often travelled on them on the old Silksworth 133 service which had turquoise TUAG branding). In the mid 2000s 535-548 moved to other depots such as Winlaton and Deptford, some becoming Kingfishers. 532 went white at Washington while 533 and 534 kept their black Simply Washington branding for years until they started moving around to Stanley, then Winlaton, one visited Percy main at one point. I forget which specific vehicles went where. I know 543 was a Winlaton bus before moving to Deptford to become an extra Black Cat.

533 on the 44 to Stanley
https://www.flickr.com/.../chriswhitesbu...6203115645

534 on the 17 to Whitley Bay
https://www.flickr.com/.../chriswhitesbu...5917964963

Hopefully fingers crossed there might be few details in there that you've missed Dan

Furthermore given that I can't see the Details of the Previously Withdrawn MPD's, would it be worth creating another Fleetlist for all the Vehicles previously within the Fleet, including Demonstration Vehicles that Go North East have had over the Years, I think it would be quite handy for those tracking down Old Details of Former Vehicles, although I do understand this maybe a lot Harder and more Time Consuming than doing the Standard GNE Fleetlist.

Another Idea I had for the current Fleetlist, was to have for each Brand, have 1 or 2 Photos of Vehicle in an Old Livery, I'll list a few examples below, Although I am guessing you may prefer to use more up to date images of the Vehicles in the Fleet.

4950 - In Centrelink Livery while on Loan to CLS for Service 21
https://www.flickr.com/photos/chriswhite...812020972/

4951 - In it's first Go North East Livery
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jncarter1962/3095656039/

And have 4952/53 with a Photo of them on the X40

There's no details of the MPDs withdrawn in December 2012 because they're no longer in the fleet (minus 524, which I've sent an e-mail to GNE's Fleet Co-ordinator to see if he has any information that vehicle) and I deleted them from the fleet list when they were disposed of.

I've more or less got all of those details on our fleet list already, apart from the TUAG branding details which I'll probably go back to at a later date. I'll go back at some point today to add the details of the Solar Fusion on loan to CLS.

We've previously discussed having an archive for buses no longer in the fleet, tracking them through to when they were withdrawn and then track them with their lives with other companies (if appropriate). See discussion here, instead of me repeating what I've said in the past. I still think that it would be best as an external feature from the fleet lists, as a downloadable PDF.

Regarding the photos, the idea is that the photo on the main page represents the information contained within the fleet list (i.e. if a bus is in gold base livery at Deptford, have that in the photograph), and when this no longer applies, the link to the photo would then go in the notes section bit.
See example here, with the rear ad that 4923 gained. Obviously the main photo is now outdated, but when I've finished the Archive section for each vehicle, I'll update that as/when I update the fleet list in general.