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RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - January 2016 - Kuyoyo - 22 Jan 2016

1595 on 23


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - January 2016 - Kuyoyo - 22 Jan 2016

(22 Jan 2016, 4:06 pm)tyresmoke 1485 on 7

[Image: 24249215940_495f780243_c.jpg]Arriva North East 1485 (NK61 CYY) by Tony Kuy, on Flickr

(22 Jan 2016, 4:07 pm)Kuyoyo 1595 on 23

[Image: 23916580454_1f5b6616db_c.jpg]Arriva North East 1595 (NK15 AAU) by Tony Kuy, on Flickr


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - January 2016 - Kuyoyo - 23 Jan 2016

1454 today's Pulsar allocation on 17a

EDIT: And it's joined by 1456 on the board behind


Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - January 2016 - Jimmi - 23 Jan 2016

2851 on X66/X67.
1440 on 63.


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - January 2016 - scania driver - 23 Jan 2016

(23 Jan 2016, 10:48 am)Jimmi 2851 on X66/X67.
1440 on 63.
Using Solos quite regularly on X66/7 ? Guess D'ton short of Scanias ?


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - January 2016 - South Tyne Lad - 23 Jan 2016

(23 Jan 2016, 11:06 am)scania driver Using Solos quite regularly on X66/7 ? Guess D'ton short of Scanias ?

I believe 2 more ex 21A Scanias are still in refurbishment for the X75/X76 though one of them has entered service confirmed on NEB.


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - January 2016 - Cock Robin - 23 Jan 2016

(22 Jan 2016, 4:06 pm)tyresmoke When buses come into fleet into depot - they take the MOT dates of whichever bus they're replacing. This can sometimes see new vehicles being MOT'd a month or so after they've arrived.

1922 on 9/27/27a
1458 on X66/X67 (in place of 1404) - 2851 is too
1485 on 7, while 2804 is on 17

That's silly!


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - January 2016 - scania driver - 23 Jan 2016

(23 Jan 2016, 11:55 am)Cock Robin That's silly!

You'd have thought that the MOT history and dates appertaining to a vehicle would stay with it for its lifespan. I may be wrong?


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - January 2016 - omnicity4659 - 23 Jan 2016

(23 Jan 2016, 11:55 am)Cock Robin That's silly!

What's silly about it? Explain? 

PSV, MOTs whatever you call it cost money. Why test two buses when one will be withdrawn anyway? It's probably easier for the people who do the tests, that they don't have their schedules clogged up...

There seems to be quite a few remarks coming from you recently, Cock Robin, like you're trying to be clever. I thought the forum got over the snide remarks...obviously not. Probably how we don't see many bus staff on these forums.


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - January 2016 - Stuartphin1639 - 23 Jan 2016

(23 Jan 2016, 11:37 am)South Tyne Lad I believe 2 more ex 21A Scanias are still in refurbishment for the X75/X76 though one of them has entered service confirmed on NEB.

Yeah I do believe we're very short on scanias at the minute, by all accounts when I was talking to a driver the other day

4654 is looking very sorry for it's self in the garage

4647 is in pieces

4658 is away for refurbishment

And then if anything breaks down then there isn't really a replacement, as the spare are 4643/4/50 so if there's more than three off the road it's going to throw up rare workings


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - January 2016 - Stuartphin1639 - 23 Jan 2016

Interurban liveried pulsar on the X66/X67 does anyone know which one it is? Just left Middlesbrough at 14:00 ish


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - January 2016 - Kuyoyo - 23 Jan 2016

(23 Jan 2016, 2:08 pm)Stuartphin1639 Interurban liveried pulsar on the X66/X67 does anyone know which one it is? Just left Middlesbrough at 14:00 ish

Just passed it on Mandale - it's 1450 again


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - January 2016 - BusLoverMum - 23 Jan 2016

Big'un's Haymarket haul.(someone had to)

Max x10/11 on x9
Max x7/8 on x11
Max x9 on x10 (I'm sensing a theme,vhere)
7487 on x7
2825 on 46
X18 on x15


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - January 2016 - citaro5284 - 23 Jan 2016

(23 Jan 2016, 3:00 pm)BusLoverMum Big'un's Haymarket haul.(someone had to)

Max x10/11 on x9
Max x7/8 on x11
Max x9 on x10 (I'm sensing a theme,vhere)
7487 on x7
2825 on 46
X18 on x15

And somewhere along the line....A Max will have been on a 308..haha!


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - January 2016 - buss14 - 23 Jan 2016

lj03 mhu is on the 35


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - January 2016 - Cock Robin - 23 Jan 2016

(23 Jan 2016, 1:19 pm)GX03 SVC What's silly about it? Explain? 

PSV, MOTs whatever you call it cost money. Why test two buses when one will be withdrawn anyway? It's probably easier for the people who do the tests, that they don't have their schedules clogged up...

There seems to be quite a few remarks coming from you recently, Cock Robin, like you're trying to be clever. I thought the forum got over the snide remarks...obviously not. Probably how we don't see many bus staff on these forums.

You're the one who's trying to be clever. And not just with me either. You're talking out your a*se. Why test a bus if its only been tested a month before just cos that's the date the bus that's withdrawn was due for test? So if you then transfer it to another depot do you change the date and do it early again. Waste of money when there's other things they could be spending it on.


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - January 2016 - omnicity4659 - 23 Jan 2016

(23 Jan 2016, 3:56 pm)Cock Robin You're the one who's trying to be clever. And not just with me either. You're talking out your a*se. Why test a bus if its only been tested a month before just cos that's the date the bus that's withdrawn was due for test? So if you then transfer it to another depot do you change the date and do it early again. Waste of money when there's other things they could be spending it on.

You're charming, aren't you? 

I would be "typing out of my a*se", but I use my fingers instead...


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - January 2016 - Kuyoyo - 23 Jan 2016

1492 now out on 5/5a

[Image: 23949562434_728d1dd398_c.jpg]Arriva North East 1492 (NK61 CZF) by Tony Kuy, on Flickr


Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - January 2016 - S813 FVK - 23 Jan 2016

7609 on X24


RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - January 2016 - S813 FVK - 23 Jan 2016

(23 Jan 2016, 4:00 pm)GX03 SVC I would be "typing out of my a*se", but I use my fingers instead...

And making comments like this is just going to be used as evidence to back up his point...