(09 Jun 2016, 8:04 pm)S813 FVK wrote I always thought they were quite powerful when going up banks - 6125 certainly isn't anymore - we managed to fly past it on 3831 tonight. The Solo on the 831 even had trouble getting past 3831 which shows that it certainly has some power behind it!
This is their strong point, usually, though 6133 fair plodded on the hills, disappointingly. It's the first 04 reg one I've been on for a long journey and it felt quite different to the 03 examples - that one does have a softer, less pain inducing suspension.
Given the deterioration of some of them, getting B&H's cast offs does feel like more of a short term fix for a rather yellow problem than something to see GNE through the next 5 years with an up to date fleet. Hopefully the next big purchase might update the Angels and TTX, which will relegate the better Omnidekkas to where the Lolynes and Presidents are now. Not that the cascades off either of those services would be suitable for the Newcastle-Stanley services.