(30 May 2013, 5:28 pm)Daniel wrote A Northern B10BLE broke down at Heworth today on the X3. Its replacement was "Drifter" Cadet 8259. 8259 was showing signs of being unwell after a run from Newcastle to Sunderland, and was replaced again.
Green MPD 506 was sent to Park Lane by an engineer after 30 minutes of waiting (and no doubt the driver actually radioed in beforehand also), but the driver went back to Deptford depot in the MPD to collect a "Wear Tees Xpress" B10BLE to work the return trip Newcastle to Sunderland.
Commendable that the driver caught up time on both occasions. Certainly a lot of fun and games on the X3's final days as it operates at present!
From reading your posts Daniel I feel as if you've been stalking me today, firstly regarding the Angel Hybrid etc at Gateshead Depot which seen as I was going up to Aiden House in my mates Car for the Tests for GNE.
Then the bit about the X3 at Heworth braking down, thing is I didn't see you once which is odd unless you were lurking in the shadows or I just wasn't paying attention to what/who was around me at the time.
I'm busy captioning my photos now so they'll be uploaded within the next hour or so.