(24 Jan 2015, 7:20 pm)Racer_Experience wrote one of my friends used to work at Chester-le-Street depot now she no longer works for GNE next time i will be visiting her will be early February how i met her was December 2012 since then she has helped me through a lot and as a reward I even get gifts for special occasions like Birthdays etc me and her always have a laugh when we see each other last time i saw her something really epic happned to me while on X21 6024 my cousin became a papa while i was heading for Newcastle to catch my 27 home

there is a lot of female drivers at Riverside and Saltmeadows i have had a few driving my beloved 27 or 27X a few times and i enjoyed the ride

GNE seem to have been recruiting a lot of female drivers over the past few years, and it's something they should be given a lot of credit for. It's not easy in what is traditionally a male dominated industry.

(24 Jan 2015, 7:29 pm)MarcTheA4 wrote @Michael - Vykings are alright for short hops, don't know if I could do Bishop-Newcastle on one on the X21 like.

@citaro5284 - I guess the Volvo Presidents aren't as bad as the Vykings, I've always been fond of them for some reason. I didn't ride many Palatine 1s during my early days as a solo enthusiast, but I gather they managed okay. They were built to last forever, at the end of the day!

The Vykings themselves can't manage Bishop-Newcastle. I remember when they were on the 21, and they'd practically scream the whole journey.