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Go North East: Former Fleet Members Living On

Go North East: Former Fleet Members Living On

#524
JP6004
JP6004
RE: Go North East: Former Fleet Members Living On
(08 Sep 2017, 4:55 pm)EL1TE wrote 6041.

That was a while back......not long after the Streetdecks entered service
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#528
JP6004
JP6004
RE: Go North East: Former Fleet Members Living On
(08 Sep 2017, 5:22 pm)Ianthegoon wrote Yes, it was the Facebook post that I noticed.  Also the interesting apparent conversion to left-hand drive, if the photo is to be believed!

Image just been flipped
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#529
Ianthegoon
Ianthegoon
RE: Go North East: Former Fleet Members Living On
(08 Sep 2017, 5:23 pm)JP6004 wrote Image just been flipped

Indeed!   Smile

It was actually the transposed tree-bar that first drew my attention to the fact the photo had been manipulated.
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#533
RBZ 5459
RBZ 5459
RE: Go North East: Former Fleet Members Living On
(12 Oct 2017, 5:35 am)EL1TE wrote 549 (though the fleet list says it was sold for scrap??):
https://www.flickr.com/photos/135097870@...364264930/

549 was sold to Express Motors via Davies PSV Breakers & Dealers in Ruthin. 547 and 548 were also sold to Davies at the time - 547 now scrapped with 548 still kicking around somewhere.


RBZ5459 | flickr | THV

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#534
Dan
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Dan
Go North East: Former Fleet Members Living On
Davies have a habit of salvaging parts from four or five different buses to make one "good" bus, then selling the good bus on, as has happened here.

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#535
G-CPTN
G-CPTN
RE: Go North East: Former Fleet Members Living On
(12 Oct 2017, 12:20 pm)Dan wrote Davies have a habit of salvaging parts from four or five different buses to make one "good" bus, then selling the good bus on, as has happened here.

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And why not?

Sensible use of 'resources' (recycling).

I was brought up in an age of 'make do and mend' (immediately after the War when new items were scarce).
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Dan
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Dan
RE: Go North East: Former Fleet Members Living On
(12 Oct 2017, 11:11 pm)G-CPTN wrote And why not?

Sensible use of 'resources' (recycling).

I was brought up in an age of 'make do and mend' (immediately after the War when new items were scarce).

Indeed! Davies seem to be one of the more proactive bus breakers - not just scrapping a bus, but potentially making a bit more money on it by spending the time on recovering and using the good components in these various poor condition MPDs, to create a good bus.

Davies sold 3831 onward to Ramsey Breakers, Huntingdon, last month. No word as of yet on the remaining seven MPDs which they bought.

In terms of what has been sold to Ensign Bus recently - 6008 and 6029 have both since been acquired by First Kernow (thought to be temporary loans to alleviate vehicle shortages in their elderly fleet, where reliability is probably lacking), while 3978 has been acquired by Newport Transport Ltd.
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