I'm on 684 (Little Pinks) and its shaking like mad when its not moving.

(03 Nov 2024, 6:37 pm)Tiger5105 wrote Is this the biggest white elephant in the Go North East fleet?
6337 last ran in service, i believe in May 2023 when it carried the Silver and Purple jubilee livery.
No sign of any progress as its sat at the front of Hownsgill for a while now.



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You could argue 729/730 the merc sprinters rival this for a complete waste of money - amazed they do t just cut their losses and sell them on.

(04 Nov 2024, 12:45 pm)Michael wrote I'm on 684 (Little Pinks) and its shaking like mad when its not moving.

Yes, it's an Optare Solo.

(04 Nov 2024, 4:40 pm)deanmachine wrote Yes, it's an Optare Solo.

I rarely use GNE so didn't know how bad it was!, are all the Solo's like that??

(27 Sep 2024, 8:50 pm)Tiger5105 wrote Its parked up at the front of the depot, minus front lower panel and headlight surrounds.
Its been off the road since last May! I bet the 69 plate E400 MMCs cant be that far behind, mileage wise now!


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(03 Nov 2024, 6:37 pm)Tiger5105 wrote Is this the biggest white elephant in the Go North East fleet?
6337 last ran in service, i believe in May 2023 when it carried the Silver and Purple jubilee livery.
No sign of any progress as its sat at the front of Hownsgill for a while now.



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(04 Nov 2024, 3:08 pm)xpm wrote You could argue 729/730 the merc sprinters rival this for a complete waste of money - amazed they do t just cut their losses and sell them on.

It was sitting at Saltmeadows for a while and seemed to move around alot. Last time I was near hownsgill a few weeks back they were still working on it, or at least appear to.

(04 Nov 2024, 4:46 pm)Michael wrote I rarely use GNE so didn't know how bad it was!, are all the Solo's like that??

I think it's an "Undocumented Design Feature" .....

Passed 5370 and its still got a half light and half dimmed display, i suppose it will get fixed soon its only been 2 years

(04 Nov 2024, 4:46 pm)Michael wrote I rarely use GNE so didn't know how bad it was!, are all the Solo's like that??

I think it must be due to an engine mount or something going bad, but yeah, you see an older solo sitting idling at it'll be slowly rattling itself to death. The first gen Solos were much more noticeable with it, but I guess the SRs are getting rather old now too.