(26 Aug 2014, 9:45 pm)Marcus wrote Not sure if I'm right here, but I recall seeing an image taken in 1999 in Chester of 4853. Was that batch at Chester back then? Or, was if even a batch back then? One could assume that, seeing as none were branded back then, they were just allocated with ease.
I believe 4850-4855 (and possibly a few others) were new to Chester back in 1998. They then transferred to Stanley for use on services 765/766 and 775/778. They remained there until they were repainted green for Lime then moved back down to Chester and saw use on mostly service 729.