Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - December 2019
Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - December 2019
(11 Dec 2019, 10:17 am)Stanleyone Are those B5s not destined as spares for the X9/X10 being in Xlines spare livery?
(11 Dec 2019, 10:17 am)Stanleyone Are those B5s not destined as spares for the X9/X10 being in Xlines spare livery?
Nice to hear there is still an awkwardly long delay between the last stop announcement and the termination announcement. It's been so long since I've been on a service that has NSA all the way to the last stop.
*Proceeds to not bring up how long it's been since the X21 had NSAs*
Also, is anyone else having issues with Tapatalk logging them out of the forum constantly?
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(11 Dec 2019, 4:24 pm)streetdeckfan Also, is anyone else having issues with Tapatalk logging them out of the forum constantly?Yes and forum keeps disappearing from things I follow too
(11 Dec 2019, 5:16 pm)Jimmi Yes and forum keeps disappearing from things I follow tooGlad it's not just me then! I might have to start using the mobile site *shudders*
(11 Dec 2019, 5:16 pm)Jimmi Yes and forum keeps disappearing from things I follow tooGlad it's not just me then! I might have to start using the mobile site *shudders*
(11 Dec 2019, 4:24 pm)streetdeckfan Nice to hear there is still an awkwardly long delay between the last stop announcement and the termination announcement. It's been so long since I've been on a service that has NSA all the way to the last stop.
*Proceeds to not bring up how long it's been since the X21 had NSAs*
Also, is anyone else having issues with Tapatalk logging them out of the forum constantly?
Sent from my LM-G710 using Tapatalk
(11 Dec 2019, 4:24 pm)streetdeckfan Nice to hear there is still an awkwardly long delay between the last stop announcement and the termination announcement. It's been so long since I've been on a service that has NSA all the way to the last stop.
*Proceeds to not bring up how long it's been since the X21 had NSAs*
Also, is anyone else having issues with Tapatalk logging them out of the forum constantly?
Sent from my LM-G710 using Tapatalk
https://twitter.com/dangrahamgne/status/...22091?s=21
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Continuing from my post from the 2019/2020 predictions order thread
Dan, has kindly confirmed in the magazine, that the FAB 56 will enter the paintshop for a repaint and rebrand at some point in the next few weeks, and the rebrand is looking to be "Newcastle Sunderland Citylink"
Please have part of it red and the other part black....
(13 Dec 2019, 6:41 pm)BFK 5214 is stiill at Deptford, however VOR with gearbox failure.
(13 Dec 2019, 11:27 pm)Andreos1 #missingexpurplesolar
Awful vehicles from a passenger perspective.
Rattly, noisy, dirty, cold, damp - yet they're organising a swansong on Sunday?
Bet the regulars will be gutted
(13 Dec 2019, 11:27 pm)Andreos1 #missingexpurplesolar
Awful vehicles from a passenger perspective.
Rattly, noisy, dirty, cold, damp - yet they're organising a swansong on Sunday?
Bet the regulars will be gutted
(14 Dec 2019, 9:55 am)missedbus They were good when they were new, nice and smooth, and I used them daily on what was then the 35/35A between Shields and Sunderland. They were a revelation compared with the SPDs and Excels used beforehand, although the enthusiast in me preferred a B7RLE driven hard...
Still, they were the maids of all work before the Citaros arrived, and like an aged popstar whose voice is long gone, they've had their time but deserve a good send-off.
Also, 4976 at Deptford is the last bus in service in the traditional 4xxx single deck fleet numbering series as invented in 1975, so that'll be a sort of end of an era there too. 4961-5 hang on as training vehicles of course.
(14 Dec 2019, 9:55 am)missedbus They were good when they were new, nice and smooth, and I used them daily on what was then the 35/35A between Shields and Sunderland. They were a revelation compared with the SPDs and Excels used beforehand, although the enthusiast in me preferred a B7RLE driven hard...
Still, they were the maids of all work before the Citaros arrived, and like an aged popstar whose voice is long gone, they've had their time but deserve a good send-off.
Also, 4976 at Deptford is the last bus in service in the traditional 4xxx single deck fleet numbering series as invented in 1975, so that'll be a sort of end of an era there too. 4961-5 hang on as training vehicles of course.
With regards to the repainted Solar, it be interesting to see which Solar they've used as the 55 plated ones (5229-5233) never carried the wedge version of the livery and were delivered in the swoop style.
Wedge - https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjm-photog...825597642/
Swoop - https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjm-photog...825597642/
(14 Dec 2019, 2:45 pm)V514DFT Unlike solar 4939 which never saw the light of day,that was a real shame
(14 Dec 2019, 2:45 pm)V514DFT Unlike solar 4939 which never saw the light of day,that was a real shame
(14 Dec 2019, 5:44 pm)Rapidsnap Well it did, just never turned a wheel in service, 4939 (NK51OLA) was on display at one of the Bus and Coach shows, then it was damage by fire at Scania in Worksop, don't know if the vehicle itself caught fire or it was a victim of another vehicle catching fire at the time.Did GNE get a replacement for it? And had it been officially handed over to them at the time?
(14 Dec 2019, 5:44 pm)Rapidsnap Well it did, just never turned a wheel in service, 4939 (NK51OLA) was on display at one of the Bus and Coach shows, then it was damage by fire at Scania in Worksop, don't know if the vehicle itself caught fire or it was a victim of another vehicle catching fire at the time.Did GNE get a replacement for it? And had it been officially handed over to them at the time?
Either 4954 or 4955 was the replacement vehicle. They did have a Scania on long term loan until the replacement vehicle came, I recall it having Penguins plastered all over the exterior.
