(12 Feb 2017, 11:42 am)S813 FVK 5275 has always had a tachograph fitted - in its batch, it was the vehicle fitted with a tachograph (like 6071 on the TENs, 5391 on the X66 etc)According to a comment on my photo of 5275 on a Facebook Group last week:
(12 Feb 2017, 11:42 am)S813 FVK 5275 has always had a tachograph fitted - in its batch, it was the vehicle fitted with a tachograph (like 6071 on the TENs, 5391 on the X66 etc)According to a comment on my photo of 5275 on a Facebook Group last week:
(12 Feb 2017, 12:45 pm)Jamie M I caused a dispute with a few drivers at Stanley with 5410. It does actually have a tachograph, it's just obscured within one of the units. It's taking retrofitting to a new level. When most people think of Tachos, they imagine the standard ones you see on the likes of the 63 plate mercs. Just a place where you enter your card. With the ones at Stanley, they're all inbuilt (95/96 are in the dashboard). It stumped people for a long time (obviously the drivers had some other form of documentation that also showed tacho'ing), but then an engineer spoke upIs it similar to how the Tachographs are positioned on Arriva's VDL Pulsar Gemini dashboard (the ones that come with a tachograph)?
(12 Feb 2017, 12:45 pm)Jamie M I caused a dispute with a few drivers at Stanley with 5410. It does actually have a tachograph, it's just obscured within one of the units. It's taking retrofitting to a new level. When most people think of Tachos, they imagine the standard ones you see on the likes of the 63 plate mercs. Just a place where you enter your card. With the ones at Stanley, they're all inbuilt (95/96 are in the dashboard). It stumped people for a long time (obviously the drivers had some other form of documentation that also showed tacho'ing), but then an engineer spoke upIs it similar to how the Tachographs are positioned on Arriva's VDL Pulsar Gemini dashboard (the ones that come with a tachograph)?
(12 Feb 2017, 2:57 pm)L469 YVK Is it similar to how the Tachographs are positioned on Arriva's VDL Pulsar Gemini dashboard (the ones that come with a tachograph)?I'm not informed on other operators, sadly. 3995/6 do not have card slots for sure. It's a mechanism within the dashboard.
(12 Feb 2017, 2:57 pm)L469 YVK Is it similar to how the Tachographs are positioned on Arriva's VDL Pulsar Gemini dashboard (the ones that come with a tachograph)?I'm not informed on other operators, sadly. 3995/6 do not have card slots for sure. It's a mechanism within the dashboard.
(12 Feb 2017, 3:32 pm)Jamie M I'm not informed on other operators, sadly. 3995/6 do not have card slots for sure. It's a mechanism within the dashboard.
(12 Feb 2017, 3:32 pm)Jamie M I'm not informed on other operators, sadly. 3995/6 do not have card slots for sure. It's a mechanism within the dashboard.
(12 Feb 2017, 3:38 pm)Kuyoyo That will be due to the fact that 3995/6 will have the old analogue Tachograph. Everything built since 2007 have Digital Tachogrpahs for the Tacho Cards.That would be true, but if they stopped working, they would have forced to use the digital technology. Who's to say it wasn't retrofitted in the first place? No other N94 uses tacho. If you ever get a peak in the cab, you will see there be no card insert slot.
(12 Feb 2017, 3:38 pm)Kuyoyo That will be due to the fact that 3995/6 will have the old analogue Tachograph. Everything built since 2007 have Digital Tachogrpahs for the Tacho Cards.That would be true, but if they stopped working, they would have forced to use the digital technology. Who's to say it wasn't retrofitted in the first place? No other N94 uses tacho. If you ever get a peak in the cab, you will see there be no card insert slot.
Gateshead High Street West will reopen completely from first bus on Wednesday 15 February.
Services 1, 1A, 27, 56, 57, 58, Q1 and Q2 will therefore return to normal route southbound from Gateshead Interchange via Jackson Street and Gateshead High Street West, rather than use High West Street and The Gloucester.
One of the New Durham Diamond Streetlites was at Bell Trucks today.
(14 Feb 2017, 2:58 pm)dannygee 675 front destination keeps playing up. It just jumps around and no one can read it. This is mainly when driving. When heard drivers talking they say they keep reporting it. Dan why is this not fixed
(14 Feb 2017, 2:58 pm)dannygee 675 front destination keeps playing up. It just jumps around and no one can read it. This is mainly when driving. When heard drivers talking they say they keep reporting it. Dan why is this not fixed
694 now has Wear Xpress branding.
(15 Feb 2017, 2:40 pm)S813 FVK Which Durham diamond Merc is currently being stored at the Motorhome Repair centre at Annfield Plain? That's if there is one there, I can only see the top half of the vehicle due to sitting on the bottom deck.
(15 Feb 2017, 9:01 am)Jimmi 694 now has Wear Xpress branding.
(15 Feb 2017, 9:11 am)Michael 693 is supposed to be branded too
(15 Feb 2017, 9:01 am)Jimmi 694 now has Wear Xpress branding.
(15 Feb 2017, 9:11 am)Michael 693 is supposed to be branded too
Arriva 7471 has just reversed into the front of 6120 taking out 6120 windscreen
Saw a Nexus solo being towed by 1001 on Felling Bypass, I believe it was 638 as it has had an incident at South Shields.
(15 Feb 2017, 3:48 pm)S813 FVK 693: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bazza90/32...otostream/
694: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bazza90/32...ateposted/
I actually think it looks quite nice, even if its on the cluttered side.
(15 Feb 2017, 3:48 pm)S813 FVK 693: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bazza90/32...otostream/
694: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bazza90/32...ateposted/
I actually think it looks quite nice, even if its on the cluttered side.
