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RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015 - PH - BQA - 26 Feb 2015
Pretty sure I've just seen a Prestige on the 2, didn't catch which one though
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015 - PH - BQA - 26 Feb 2015
(26 Feb 2015, 8:03 am)mb134 wrote Pretty sure I've just seen a Prestige on the 2, didn't catch which one though
Don't think it was the 2, it was definitely a prestige though, heading through Bedlington. Also, it looks like (at least at 8) that the 2 and X22 were being diverted through Bedlington Station, then perhaps along Barrington road to Guide Post?
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015 - John_R - 26 Feb 2015
4807 is on 1/5 and will shortly be leaving Darlington on the 1
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015 - omnicity4659 - 26 Feb 2015
7458 was on 1/X10/X11s.
Should be on the 308, unless the last time I seen an ALX400 on 1/X10/X11/308 was a one-off.
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015 - omnicity4659 - 26 Feb 2015
(26 Feb 2015, 9:16 am)mb134 wrote Don't think it was the 2, it was definitely a prestige though, heading through Bedlington. Also, it looks like (at least at 8) that the 2 and X22 were being diverted through Bedlington Station, then perhaps along Barrington road to Guide Post?
1206 was out on DT runs, so 4051 might have been doing Advanced Training, possibly, I'll check with the supervisor at Ashington tomorrow.
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015 - PH - BQA - 26 Feb 2015
(26 Feb 2015, 5:03 pm)Tommy_1581 wrote 1206 was out on DT runs, so 4051 might have been doing Advanced Training, possibly, I'll check with the supervisor at Ashington tomorrow.
If it helps, I saw it entering Red Lion roundabout from the hill, as the 2 does, hence why I assumed it was a 2, however I didn't see where it went after that, as the staircase on my bus blocked it out.
It was around 8.00 if that helps, and it could havr been a 57, as I understand that some of the services that go down that road to Guide Post were on diversion a different way this morning.
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015 - Jimmi - 26 Feb 2015
(26 Feb 2015, 3:38 pm)John_R wrote 4807 is on 1/5 and will shortly be leaving Darlington on the 1
Yes, 4807 was on the 1/5 (even though it is blinded up for the 5A!)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127079988@N02/16467888160/
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015 - Stewy - 26 Feb 2015
(26 Feb 2015, 6:05 pm)Jimmi wrote Yes, 4807 was on the 1/5 (even though it is blinded up for the 5A!)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127079988@N02/16467888160/
the driver wasn't too pleased when I told him that his bus was in he looked for a pulsar and I turned around and said no its a gas bus
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015 - Kuyoyo - 26 Feb 2015
2833 appeared on the X66 this evening
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015 - omnicity4659 - 27 Feb 2015
(26 Feb 2015, 5:29 pm)mb134 wrote If it helps, I saw it entering Red Lion roundabout from the hill, as the 2 does, hence why I assumed it was a 2, however I didn't see where it went after that, as the staircase on my bus blocked it out.
It was around 8.00 if that helps, and it could havr been a 57, as I understand that some of the services that go down that road to Guide Post were on diversion a different way this morning.
I'll pass it on, 4051 has been playing "musical spaces" in Ashington depot recently, so it's been doing something...
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015 - omnicity4659 - 27 Feb 2015
At least one Sapphire E400 on either 35/35A or X20/20. Don't know which route as I just seen it from the bottom of my street when it passed on Hawthorn Road.
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015 - Kuyoyo - 27 Feb 2015
7437 on X12/X2
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015 - Dan - 27 Feb 2015
1415 on 43 while 1452 is on X2
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015 - Jimmi - 27 Feb 2015
(27 Feb 2015, 2:37 pm)Kuyoyo wrote 7437 on X12/X2
7438 also on X12/X2.
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015 - Jimmi - 27 Feb 2015
1321 on 46/48.
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015 - Jimmi - 27 Feb 2015
7438 on X12/X2
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127079988@N02/16479360579/
1321 on 46/48
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127079988@N02/16045589673/
1415 on 43
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127079988@N02/16664523962/
Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015 - R852 PRG - 28 Feb 2015
Captains Tale branded 1475 is on the X24!
Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015 - R852 PRG - 28 Feb 2015
Lowlanders 7454 and 7455 are on the X2/X12
Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015 - R852 PRG - 28 Feb 2015
Dart 1305 roaring around Bishop Auckland on the 6.
Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015 - R852 PRG - 28 Feb 2015
(28 Feb 2015, 12:20 pm)MarcTheA4 wrote Dart 1305 roaring around Bishop Auckland on the 6.
As is 1303.
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015 - Dan - 28 Feb 2015
You don't have to be in Haymarket for long to spot the odd workings...
2837 on 55
1505 on X10
7810 on X13
Unidentified MAX on X4
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015 - Malarkey - 28 Feb 2015
4662 on the 44
4514 on the 55
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015 - tyresmoke - 28 Feb 2015
(28 Feb 2015, 4:35 pm)Dan wrote You don't have to be in Haymarket for long to spot the odd workings...
2837 on 55
1505 on X10
7810 on X13
Unidentified MAX on X4
Same every day more or less.... 555 doesn't run on a Saturday though so I'd argue they can use 2837 as a Solo (it was on 55 last week too)
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015 - Dan - 28 Feb 2015
(28 Feb 2015, 6:01 pm)tyresmoke wrote Same every day more or less.... 555 doesn't run on a Saturday though so I'd argue they can use 2837 as a Solo (it was on 55 last week too)
As a last resort, maybe. What's the point in putting a vehicle out in service which isn't branded for the service it is allocated to? If there was no corporate liveried vehicles available (I'm not sure if the 55 needs a minibus or not), then 2837 should be allocated. Seems to be treated "as a Solo" every single day of the week, regardless of whether the Quorum Shuttle is operational or not...
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015 - omnicity4659 - 28 Feb 2015
New Max E400 on x21/x22
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015 - PH - BQA - 28 Feb 2015
7515 was on the X15, left Haymarket around 12.35
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015 - Kuyoyo - 28 Feb 2015
Not a rare working as such - but a very rare sight. Stockton's 'Sapphire' Streetlite 1551 became the first of the batch to be formerly sighted in Stockton High Street itself (1557 appeared in the Town Centre 4 weeks ago but only came as far as the DWP Office Stop on Bridge Road) this morning. Of course, we're still awaiting the answer to the query raised two weeks ago
(13 Feb 2015, 5:14 pm)tyresmoke wrote I think (but can't confirm just yet) that Stockton used a Sapphire Streetlite on the 7 today for half a trip! Solo 2803 went out this afternoon for it's first ever trip in service at Stockton (on the 7)
