(16 Mar 2014, 2:07 pm)Dan wrote I'm not going to reveal much more as we're gradually going through each of the previously established vehicles on order...!
At present, the decision is that the "Lime" will receive heavy-weight vehicles. While Citaros are a good option, they are currently proving to be troublesome at Stanley. I'm not aware of any other depots having major issues, but Stanley can't seem to keep the "Diamond" branded examples on the road. Of course, the previous decision of ordering Citaros went well with the idea of depot standardisation and all that jazz, but it's entirely possible that other services at Stanley won't receive cascaded Mercs anymore either.
That said, introducing a new vehicle type may not be a good idea either; realistically, a demonstration vehicle ought to be organised prior to them being ordered. Volvo B8RLEs are at present the only other option (suggested by citaro5284 a few weeks ago) for the "Lime". If they get their hands on a demonstration vehicle, they could be on the cards instead of Mercs.
Could say the same about the Omnicity's on the Red Kite also, Stanley was pretty much odd workings Galore yesterday, with the following seen and photographed.
6014 on the 45
5254 on the X43
5338 on the 44
3833 on the 45
4847 on the 45
5237 on the X70
Can only think there would of been a few more missing off the Diamond/Red Kite Yesterday, and god knows what was on the Lime Yesterday, Might as well give Stanley half the investment for this year at this rate.