573 noted at Stephensons yard at Eaglescliffe this afternoon, freshly painted all white
St Oswalds Hospice are reporting that Go North East have kindly donated a double-decker bus to them.
But which one is it??!!!
(08 Sep 2017, 4:55 pm)EL1TE wrote [ -> ]6041.
That was a while back......not long after the Streetdecks entered service
(08 Sep 2017, 5:23 pm)JP6004 wrote [ -> ]Image just been flipped
Indeed!
It was actually the transposed tree-bar that first drew my attention to the fact the photo had been manipulated.
(27 Sep 2017, 7:56 pm)Dan wrote [ -> ]3828 still going strong: https://flic.kr/p/XQuPju
Indeed it is; I noticed it yesterday going past our office while we were all outside after our fire alarm went off!
(12 Oct 2017, 5:35 am)EL1TE wrote [ -> ]549 (though the fleet list says it was sold for scrap??):
https://www.flickr.com/photos/135097870@...364264930/
549 was sold to
Express Motors via Davies PSV Breakers & Dealers in Ruthin. 547 and 548 were also sold to Davies at the time - 547 now scrapped with 548 still kicking around somewhere.
Davies have a habit of salvaging parts from four or five different buses to make one "good" bus, then selling the good bus on, as has happened here.
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(12 Oct 2017, 12:20 pm)Dan wrote [ -> ]Davies have a habit of salvaging parts from four or five different buses to make one "good" bus, then selling the good bus on, as has happened here.
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And why not?
Sensible use of 'resources' (recycling).
I was brought up in an age of 'make do and mend' (immediately after the War when new items were scarce).
(12 Oct 2017, 11:11 pm)G-CPTN wrote [ -> ]And why not?
Sensible use of 'resources' (recycling).
I was brought up in an age of 'make do and mend' (immediately after the War when new items were scarce).
Indeed! Davies seem to be one of the more proactive bus breakers - not just scrapping a bus, but potentially making a bit more money on it by spending the time on recovering and using the good components in these various poor condition MPDs, to create a good bus.
Davies sold 3831 onward to
Ramsey Breakers, Huntingdon, last month. No word as of yet on the remaining seven MPDs which they bought.
In terms of what has been sold to Ensign Bus recently - 6008 and 6029 have both since been acquired by First Kernow (thought to be temporary loans to alleviate vehicle shortages in their elderly fleet, where reliability is probably lacking), while 3978 has been acquired by Newport Transport Ltd.
SN64 CTU is at Xelabus for the next few weeks.
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