(05 Oct 2014, 8:25 pm)Dan wrote Just to let you all know, this isn't an abandoned project...
Indeed, I've just fired off an e-mail this evening with my queries for the last few vehicles I'm yet to complete (of the ones that I am completing - ie everything but the 484x/485x Volvo B10BLEs and the remaining Olympians in the fleet).
I was so busy with other things last month that I completely forgot to send off that e-mail, but as I was updating things on the fleet lists today, I remembered to send it.
When I get a reply and have a chance to update those vehicles, I'll move on to providing a photo for each event in the Fleet History section for every vehicle in the fleet! This is the style I have adopted - only the date is hyperlinked, making it more presentable. If I cannot find any photographs for that event, it is left blank.
I've updated the photographs for all of the minibuses in the fleet too - some have been updated with better quality photographs while others have been updated with more recent photographs showing that vehicle at its current depot/in its current livery. I have deleted the photographs for those records which have not got an up-to-date photo showing what the bus looks like at the moment (542/45/46/64/66/69, 603/05/51).
With regards to some of the previous records I was updating:
Go North East's paper records for movements prior to 2003 are held at Chester-le-Street, meaning that I'm unable to confirm when 3890/91 transferred from Chester-le-Street Depot to Percy Main.
Other things I had question marks above, including some of the Scania L94s and Volvo B7TLs, have all now been updated to reflect the missing dates.
I've now updated the Vehicle History section for the fleet lists, including any missing dates and altering a few things...
- Volvo B10BLEs 4923 - 4925 were all new to Winlaton, rather than Gateshead, and this was the main inaccuracy that has been altered.
- Added some notable information for 3801 - 3804, but with this has come another question mark. Off memory alone, it is thought that 3801 - 3804 were re-deployed to Chester-le-Street after the arrival of the Dennis Trident/Plaxton Presidents, rather than Percy Main immediately, and 3801/03/04 were transferred later down the line (though there's not a definitive date for this, it's on the list to be checked with the paper records which are at Chester-le-Street).
I don't have definitive dates for when the Dennis Tridents were repainted pink for use on the "Angel", nor do I have dates for when they lost "Angel" branding in favour of "Sir Bobby Robson" or "ShowStopper" - if anyone else does, speak up!

All done now - just hunting down photos from now on.
(07 Oct 2014, 3:19 pm)Kuyoyo wrote 5251-3 worn the 'Go North East' swoop livery, 5254 was later repainted sliver/blue for the 309.
Sorted - think it was an assumption based on the fact that its life at Stanley was so short-lived...
