(24 May 2015, 8:42 pm)Malarkey wrote In all fairness the Ex London B7TLs struggle on any form of hill e.g. Sheriffs Hill upto Q.E. Hospital or that hill up Consett on the 15/15A Route, sure there will be plenty of other examples and not just Fell Bank, Obviously these vehicles have lost quite a few Horses over there Years of Public Service.
Don't remind me of Presidents on the 15/15A after the one I had the other week which would do no more than 15mph between Earl's House and Lanchester the other week. 6010 was woeful too.
They are quite old now and before joining GNE they spent many years bombing round London doing slow speeds day and night so it is little wonder they don't take hills very well as they have not had an easy life.