(28 May 2014, 11:58 am)Dan wrote I've corrected the mistake regarding 4950's registration. Ta.

Just as an update to everyone; although I have not added any of the updates as given in the above quote, a large number of vehicles now have quite a comprehensive history section.

Since last night, I have mainly focussed on adding the details of all repaints I could find details of. From this - paired with Go North East's Archive - I think I will be able to piece together the majority of the movements that have occurred. Any help would still be appreciated to fill in the gaps.

I'm yet to add their former fleet numbers from London, but most of the Volvo B7TLs in the fleet now have quite a comprehensive history. A number of the Volvo B10BLEs in the fleet also have a rather comprehensive history, outlining various repaints. This also applies to some of the Scania L94s. The DAF SB120s have details for about half of their lives.

Forgot to mention, check the dates for the loop repaints .

As well as the Cats Fast Scanias, the Solars on the 35 were also Route 19.

524 NA52 AWG
Gained “Simply Washington”/”Washington's Dedicated Local Bus Services” Sub Branding before being Repainted Silver in 2010 for Washington Street Shuttle

535 NA52 AWX
November 2008 Repainted Blue for Kingfisher Services 69/69A

536 NA52 AWY
November 2008 Repainted Blue for Kingfisher Services 69/69A

537 NA52 AWZ
November 2008 Repainted Blue for Kingfisher Services 69/69A (?)

538 NA52 AXB
November 2008 Repainted Blue for Kingfisher Services 69/69A

539 NA52 AXC
November 2008 Repainted Blue for Kingfisher Services 69/69A

540 NA52 AXD
November 2008 Repainted Blue for Kingfisher Services 69/69A(?)

541 NA52 AXF
Repainted White in November 2010 (Possibly Before)

542 NA52 AXG
Repainted White in November 2010 (Possibly Before)

543 NA52 AWH
Nothing Needs Updating

544 NA52 AXJ
Gained “Simply Turn Up and Go” Sub Branding for Service 150 (In Current Form Drifter Service 60) in May 2005 (Possibly Before), Then it was Repainted Silver in September 2006 and Branded for Doxford Clipper, Transferred to Consett after being Repainted Yellow in September 2009 before being Branded as Venture, and in December 2013 was Debranded and Transferred to Peterlee for East Durham Branded Services to Replace Older MPD's within the Fleet.

545 NA52 AXK
Repainted Yellow in October 2009 and was Branded Venture and in December 2013 was Debranded and Transferred to Peterlee for East Durham Branded Services to Replace Older MPD's within the Fleet.

546 NA52 AXM
Repainted Silver in September 2006 and Branded for Doxford Clipper, Transferred to Consett after being Repainted Yellow in September 2009 before being Branded as Venture, and in December 2013 was Debranded and Transferred to Peterlee for East Durham Branded Services to Replace Older MPD's within the Fleet.

547 NA52 AXN
Repainted Silver in September 2006 and Branded for Doxford Clipper, Repainted in Corporate Liver in May 2013 before being Transferred from Deptford to Saltmeadows in January 2014
548 NA52 AXO
Repainted Cream for Black Cats in 2006, Debranded in 2011 and in Turn Recieved Nexus Logos before being Repainted plain green base livery in November 2011, latterly gaining "North Tyne Links" branding.

549 NK53 TKD
Repainted Cream for Black Cats in 2006, Debranded in 2011 and in Turn Recieved Nexus Logos before being Repainted plain green base livery in November 2011, latterly gaining "North Tyne Links" branding.

550 NK53 TKE
Repainted Cream for Black Cats in 2006, Debranded in 2011 and in Turn Recieved Nexus Logos before being Repainted plain green base livery in November 2011, latterly gaining "North Tyne Links" branding.

551 NK53 TKF
Repainted Cream for Black Cats in 2006, Debranded in 2011 and in Turn Recieved Nexus Logos before being Repainted plain green base livery in November 2011, latterly gaining "North Tyne Links" branding.

553 NK53 TKN
Repainted Cream for Black Cats in 2006, Debranded in 2011 and in Turn Recieved Nexus Logos before being Repainted plain green base livery in November 2011, latterly gaining "North Tyne Links" branding.

554 NK53 TKO
Repainted Cream for Black Cats in 2006, Debranded in 2011 and in Turn Recieved Nexus Logos before being Repainted plain green base livery in November 2011, latterly gaining "North Tyne Links" branding.

555 NK53 TKT
Repainted Blue in September 2006 and Branded for Magic Roundabout, Repainted Yellow in September 2009 and Recieved White Logos with “Go North East in Red in June 2010 and was Branded Tynedale Links shortly after (Would of been within the Timeframe of the GNE/Arriva Depot/Vehicle Swap).

556 NK53 TKU
Repainted Blue in September 2006 and Branded for Magic Roundabout, Repainted Yellow in September 2009 and was Branded Tynedale Links shortly after (Would of been within the Timeframe of the GNE/Arriva Depot/Vehicle Swap).

557 NK53 TKV
Repainted Blue in September 2006 and Branded for Magic Roundabout, Repainted Yellow in September 2009 and Recieved White Logos with “Go North East in Red in June 2010 and was Branded Tynedale Links shortly after (Would of been within the Timeframe of the GNE/Arriva Depot/Vehicle Swap).

558 NK53 TKX
Repainted Blue in September 2006 and Branded for Magic Roundabout, Repainted Yellow in October 2009 and Recieved White Logos with “Go North East in Red in June 2010 and was Branded Tynedale Links shortly after (Would of been within the Timeframe of the GNE/Arriva Depot/Vehicle Swap).

559 NK53 TKY
Repainted Blue in September 2006 and Branded for Magic Roundabout, Repainted Yellow in September 2009 and Recieved White Logos with “Go North East in Red in June 2010 and was Branded Tynedale Links shortly after (Would of been within the Timeframe of the GNE/Arriva Depot/Vehicle Swap).

560 NK53 TKZ
Repainted Blue in September 2006 and Branded for Magic Roundabout, Repainted Yellow in September 2009 and Recieved White Logos with “Go North East in Red in June 2010 and was Branded Tynedale Links shortly after (Would of been within the Timeframe of the GNE/Arriva Depot/Vehicle Swap). In September 2013 Vehicle was transferred from Hexham depot to Consett depot, with its "Tynedale Links" branding removed as a result and in December 2013 was transferred again, this time to Peterlee for the East Durham Network as a result of replacing older MPD's in Fleet and the Investment of New Optare Solo SR's for the Venture Network.

561 NK53 TLF
Repainted Blue in September 2006 and Branded for Magic Roundabout, Repainted Yellow in October 2009 and Recieved White Logos with “Go North East in Red and was laterBranded Tynedale Links shortly after (Would of been within the Timeframe of the GNE/Arriva Depot/Vehicle Swap). In September 2013 Vehicle was transferred from Hexham depot to Deptford depot, and was de-branded as a result.

562 NK53 TLJ
Repainted Blue in September 2006 and Branded for Magic Roundabout, Repainted Yellow in October 2009 and Recieved White Logos with “Go North East in Red and was laterBranded Tynedale Links shortly after (Would of been within the Timeframe of the GNE/Arriva Depot/Vehicle Swap).In October 2009 -Vehicle was repainted into a plain yellow base livery and was Branded for Tynedale Links. In November 2011 Vehicle was repainted into a plain green base livery, latterly gaining "North Tyne Links" branding.

563 NK53 TLN
In June 2010 Vehicle was repainted into a plain yellow base livery. In November 2012 Vehicle was repainted into a plain white base livery, later gaining branding for the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for a new contract Go North East have gained.

564 NK53 TLO
Vehicle was Repainted Yellow in June 2010 seeing usage at Gateshead/Deptford and Percy Main Depot before later being Transferred to Saltmeadows in September 2013 for Nexus Contracted Service 27X, It then Transferred to Peterlee in January 2014 for usage on the East Durham Network to Displace older MPD's in the Fleet

565 NK53 TLU
In June 2010 Vehicle was repainted into a plain yellow base livery and saw usage at both Deptford and Washington Depot before being Branded in September 2013 as "Venture".A few Months later in December 2013 the Vehicle transferred from Consett depot to Peterlee depot, and was Debranded and into it's Plain Yellow Base Livery, where now sees usage on the East Durham Network after Replacing older MPD's in the Fleet, following the Investment of New Buses for the Venture Network.

566 to 569
Vehicles were bought New in 2003 for Chester le Street Depot and were used on Services 34/34A, They were then Repainted in 2008 into the Corporate Swoop Livery with Sub Branding for the M2/M3and were Transferred to Washington Depot, They were then Repainted Silver in April 2010 before being Branded as Washington Street Shuttle, they were then Repainted Green in September 2013 and then were Transferred to Percy Main Depot in December 2013 and were Branded for the North Tyne Links Network, Replacing older MPD's in the Fleet.

570 NK53 TMU
Vehicles were bought New in 2003 for Chester le Street Depot and were used on Services 34/34A, They were then Repainted in 2008 into the Corporate Swoop Livery with Sub Branding for the M2/M3and were Transferred to Washington Depot, They were then Repainted Silver in April 2010 before being Branded as Washington Street Shuttle. In November 2013 it was Repainted in Corporate Livery and was be used as a Spare Vehicle to 603-606 which were Transferred from Deptford to Washington for the W5/W6.

571/572
In December 2006 these Vehicles were repainted into Go North East's new corporate livery and then in June 2010 they were repainted into a plain yellow base livery. They were then repainted into a plain maroon and cream base livery in December 2011, latterly gaining "The OK Way" branding for Crook-based "The OK Way" service 18.

573/574
In June 2010 the Vehicles repainted into a plain yellow base livery and later gained East Durham Branding

603 to 606
Repainted Silver in September 2006 and Branded for Doxford Clipper, In May 2013 they were Repainted into Corporate Livery and were later Transferred to Washington Depot in November 2013 for usage on Services W5/W6 alongside 570.

618/619
Both Vehicles were New to Redby in 2005 before Go North East bought there Assets in January 2008, Both Vehicles were then Repainted Yellow in May 2008 and were Branded Venture and were Transferred to Go North East's Consett Depot, They then seen further Repaints of Yellow in September 2010 and June 2013 and both occasions were Rebranded for the Venture Network, In December 2013 Both Vehicles were then Debranded and Transferred to Peterlee Depot for usage on the East Durham Network, As a Result of Investment in New Vehicles for the Venture Network, This also allowed them to Replace older MPD's in the Fleet aswell.

V. helpful, Adam. Ta!
I know I've already added some of the things which you've noted (perhaps after you started producing that, as there is quite a lot there) and I'll probably do those tomorrow.
Can anyone add any more to what Adam has just done?

(28 May 2014, 7:06 pm)Dan wrote V. helpful, Adam. Ta!
I know I've already added some of the things which you've noted (perhaps after you started producing that, as there is quite a lot there) and I'll probably do those tomorrow.
Can anyone add any more to what Adam has just done?

I thought I would have a look through to see what the updates were like which were previously noted by yourself, mainly on a few MPD's, which was when I spotted a few of the East Durham Examples had previously been Kingfisher, then it clicked other Examples had been in Magic Roundabout Livery, which lead to 4 Hours of checking over Every MPD's Vehicle History to make sure everything was up to date, plus the fact that I was rather bored and nothing to do anyway, glad I could be of assistance Dan, if need any Photos etc i'd be happy to help in that Area of the Fleet List also.

Adam - that is the longest post I've ever seen

571 and 572 led a bit of a nomadic life after leaving Chester. Spent time on Wearside and Winlaton, before ending up in their current liveries.

Can't remember 566 to 572 being in Chester for long prior to the 2006 changes, as the Metroriders were still kicking about on the Chester town services and the 177/178.
That's not to say they weren't though. Just can't remember seeing those few vehicles amongst the Metroriders.

Edit: I think I can remember the 734 being worked by a couple of MPD's, prior to the 2006 changes. The PVR would mean that it wouldn't require all of the vehicles mentioned.

Just a little note to say I've updated the history section for all of the ex-London Volvo B7TLs in the fleet.

Their history section now contains details of their loan fleet number (i.e. 9xxx) and their re-numbering to present format (i.e. 6xxx) where appropriate. It also contains details of their fleet numbers from when in use with London General and London Central. It also contains details of the dates when they all first entered service, as a number of them didn't enter service a few months after they were first acquired. I'm just going through them now to add details of movements from when they first entered service to now.

I shall continue to keep you all updated as/when updates occur.

Slightly incorrect in some of that info

The batch 554 - 572 were all bought brand new and placed into service at the old south shields depot prior to its closure.

554 to 564 were then transferred to sunderland.
565 to 570 were transferred to washington
571 and 572 were transferred to chester le street

565 - 569 never operated from chester le street and did not operate service 34

(29 May 2014, 12:44 pm)ifm001 wrote Slightly incorrect in some of that info

565 - 569 never operated from chester le street and did not operate service 34

Just been looking back through Flickr and the above looks to be correct, but they did operate on the 34/34A, But would of been off an Interworking with the M3 as can been seen in the following link with "Metrolink M3" Sub Branding on the 34A in Chester le Street.
//www.flickr.com/photos/chriswhitesbusphotos/10981851165/

Still incorrect as such. Those services inc 34s were operated by Go Wear Buses from the Washington depot. They were never located at chester le street depot that batch.

(30 Mar 2014, 4:27 pm)Dan wrote That excluding the time it was branded "Coaster"? Was also based at Stanley for a while if memory serves.

Thanks for collecting all the info though!

3869 has also had a short loan up at Stanley. Can't remember a precise date though.

As an update, all Transbus MPDs new in 2003 now have a complete Vehicle History section.
There are a few things I've questioned regarding MPDs 561, 562, 564, 571, 572 and 574. The others should be spot on. Hopefully I'll be able to amend the history section for those MPDs in future.
That's 450 vehicles with a complete Vehicle History section now - approximately 65% of the entire fleet! Coppercap40 sent me a PM earlier asking what my plans were for the section, and as I've told him, I'll repeat on here so everyone knows...

The Go North East fleet list is the 'lab rat', mainly because I have the most interest in that operator over the other two, and because I have the majority of the information I need for this operator with little intervention from anyone else - so it's a case of as/when I have the time to update, I will.

Once I've got a fairly conclusive Vehicle History section for each vehicle, I intend to complete the Arriva North East fleet list, followed by the Stagecoach North East fleet list.

After this, I intend to go back through every item on the fleet list for all three and start adding photographs of how these buses appear in real life, at present. In the same order as before.

After this, I intend to go back through all of them again, adding hyperlinks to photographs to track the buses as noted in the Vehicle History section. You can see an example of this on 4923, where I've linked to one of Kuyoyo's photos.

Obviously, 100% completion is a long way off yet. The most important thing is keeping them up-to-date with present day movements and building up from there. Most of the time, I update the GNE fleet list in 'real time', recording things as/when they occur. Likewise with tyresmoke, for the ANE fleet list. The SNE fleet list is usually updated every month when the latest fleet cards are distributed.


'Tis looking good though!

(13 Aug 2014, 3:48 pm)Dan wrote There are a few things I've questioned regarding MPDs 561, 562, 564, 571, 572 and 574. The others should be spot on. Hopefully I'll be able to amend the history section for those MPDs in future.

Managed to get the information on those fairly quickly.

GNE's Fleet Archive document has been updated accordingly to add the info too.

I've prepared almost everything for 2002, though there is a distinct lack of information available for the ex-London Vykings on GNE's Fleet Archive.

As soon as I have all of these details, I'll do another update - which should tie us over for updates until w/c 25th Aug, providing I get these details next week.

Just some minor info in 3974

The Vehicle was Branded in September 2012 not October 2012, unless this Vehicle is 3979, which also received Vodafone Branding
https://www.flickr.com/photos/adammalarkey/7962967280/

Edit for the above, 3979 isn't noted on the fleet list as having Vodafone Branding - http://northeastbuses.co.uk/fleet/gnefle...eetno=3979 - Whereas it did, as shown on one of your own photos Dan - https://www.flickr.com/photos/danielgrahamm/8620809711/

It was also loaned to Washington Depot in May 2013, due to Vehicles Shortages, believe it was only for a Day though
https://www.flickr.com/photos/adammalarkey/8749907627/

Was just checking what Fleetnumber (PJ02 PZA) was, as said Vehicle is available in Model Form, in London General Livery, and I am buying said Model on Monday off another Enthusiast at Seaburn.

(23 Aug 2014, 2:53 pm)NEBCD Malarkey wrote Just some minor info in 3974

Thanks - details added. The reference was designed to be in regards to the swap between 3974 and 3981 as the former had received an advert for Vodafone and GNE wanted to keep both of the ones with ads together, though after a few e-mails, the transfer of 3981 is uncertain.

3981, along with a number of other Volvo B7TLs, are said to have been allocated to Metro Replacement work. I'm guessing that this was a last minute decision, instead of it going to Chester.


Since your post, I've been working on the fleet list. To provide an update:

• All Dennis MPDs new in 2002 now have a complete Vehicle History section, with the exception of 524. There is no information prior to 524's withdrawal in December 2013 on GNE's Fleet Archive. I believe the vehicle was new to Washington, so it may be that it never actually transferred out of Washington Depot from December 2002 to December 2013 and was only ever repainted time and time again, as this was a similar story for the "MetroLINK" Scania L94s. I want to confirm this before trying to do anything further with this vehicle, though.
  
• All Scania L94s new in 2002 now have a complete Vehicle History section. The details of two transfers for 4991/4992 are missing from GNE's Fleet Archive, so I've chased this up and I'll hopefully get a reply next week. As 4989/90 have lived very similar lives and only arrived a few months before 4991/92, I've added the details for these now too.
  
• Although the Vehicle History section for all of the East Lancs Vyking bodied Volvo B7TLs is now complete, I feel it's a bit vague in places and could do with a tidy up with more details being added for clarification in future. I'll probably end up doing this when I'm adding photos.

I'm still currently going through and copying the details of the MPDs over from Word to NEB, so give me 15 mins or so before jumping in to do corrections (thinking of you here, danpick!)

That's 501 of 689 vehicles now complete, which equates to approximately 73% of the entire fleet.

(23 Aug 2014, 5:44 pm)Dan wrote Thanks - details added. The reference was designed to be in regards to the swap between 3974 and 3981 as the former had received an advert for Vodafone and GNE wanted to keep both of the ones with ads together, though after a few e-mails, the transfer of 3981 is uncertain.

3981, along with a number of other Volvo B7TLs, are said to have been allocated to Metro Replacement work. I'm guessing that this was a last minute decision, instead of it going to Chester.


Since your post, I've been working on the fleet list. To provide an update:

• All Dennis MPDs new in 2002 now have a complete Vehicle History section, with the exception of 524. There is no information prior to 524's withdrawal in December 2013 on GNE's Fleet Archive. I believe the vehicle was new to Washington, so it may be that it never actually transferred out of Washington Depot from December 2002 to December 2013 and was only ever repainted time and time again, as this was a similar story for the "MetroLINK" Scania L94s. I want to confirm this before trying to do anything further with this vehicle, though.
  
• All Scania L94s new in 2002 now have a complete Vehicle History section. The details of two transfers for 4991/4992 are missing from GNE's Fleet Archive, so I've chased this up and I'll hopefully get a reply next week. As 4989/90 have lived very similar lives and only arrived a few months before 4991/92, I've added the details for these now too.
  
• Although the Vehicle History section for all of the East Lancs Vyking bodied Volvo B7TLs is now complete, I feel it's a bit vague in places and could do with a tidy up with more details being added for clarification in future. I'll probably end up doing this when I'm adding photos.

I'm still currently going through and copying the details of the MPDs over from Word to NEB, so give me 15 mins or so before jumping in to do corrections (thinking of you here, danpick!)

That's 501 of 689 vehicles now complete, which equates to approximately 73% of the entire fleet.

I would of been 10 Years Old when both sets of Vehicles entered Service at Washington, But I do believe 523-531 spent there whole working life at Washington Depot. Think there was more MPD's at Washington at the time than just 523-531, As you had Services W2/W3/W4/W5/W6/186/293/393 and 493 and a few more which used MPD's, And there is no way 8 MPD's could cover the PVR of all those Services.

532 spent some time at Washington in 2010 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjm-photog...462375209/

Might worth asking the likes of Gary Mitchelhill and few other older Enthusiasts about 533 to 548, Because you would think that for all those Services the PVR would be over 20 at least, Anyway I have put a post on Facebook asking if anyone knows any more details of the MPD's, hopefully we'll get some feedback.

(23 Aug 2014, 6:19 pm)NEBCD Malarkey wrote I would of been 10 Years Old when both sets of Vehicles entered Service at Washington, But I do believe 523-531 spent there whole working life at Washington Depot. Think there was more MPD's at Washington at the time than just 523-531, As you had Services W2/W3/W4/W5/W6/186/293/393 and 493 and a few more which used MPD's, And there is no way 8 MPD's could cover the PVR of all those Services.

532 spent some time at Washington in 2010 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/gjm-photog...462375209/

Might worth asking the likes of Gary Mitchelhill and few other older Enthusiasts about 533 to 548, Because you would think that for all those Services the PVR would be over 20 at least, Anyway I have put a post on Facebook asking if anyone knows any more details of the MPD's, hopefully we'll get some feedback.

MPDs 524-542 were new to Washington Depot. All of this is in the notes section for those vehicles.

I'm fairly confident that what we've got on the fleet lists for those MPDs is fairly conclusive.

(23 Aug 2014, 6:35 pm)Dan wrote MPDs 524-542 were new to Washington Depot. All of this is in the notes section for those vehicles.

I'm fairly confident that what we've got on the fleet lists for those MPDs is fairly conclusive.

Was just going to confirm that having looked through the GNE Archive on Simplygo,com, and 543-548 were New Deptford also, in case that isn't noted, Shame the Archive only goes back as far as 2003 as would be very useful for the Years before that.

(23 Aug 2014, 5:44 pm)Dan wrote Thanks - details added. The reference was designed to be in regards to the swap between 3974 and 3981 as the former had received an advert for Vodafone and GNE wanted to keep both of the ones with ads together, though after a few e-mails, the transfer of 3981 is uncertain.

3981, along with a number of other Volvo B7TLs, are said to have been allocated to Metro Replacement work. I'm guessing that this was a last minute decision, instead of it going to Chester.


Since your post, I've been working on the fleet list. To provide an update:

• All Dennis MPDs new in 2002 now have a complete Vehicle History section, with the exception of 524. There is no information prior to 524's withdrawal in December 2013 on GNE's Fleet Archive. I believe the vehicle was new to Washington, so it may be that it never actually transferred out of Washington Depot from December 2002 to December 2013 and was only ever repainted time and time again, as this was a similar story for the "MetroLINK" Scania L94s. I want to confirm this before trying to do anything further with this vehicle, though.
  
• All Scania L94s new in 2002 now have a complete Vehicle History section. The details of two transfers for 4991/4992 are missing from GNE's Fleet Archive, so I've chased this up and I'll hopefully get a reply next week. As 4989/90 have lived very similar lives and only arrived a few months before 4991/92, I've added the details for these now too.
  
• Although the Vehicle History section for all of the East Lancs Vyking bodied Volvo B7TLs is now complete, I feel it's a bit vague in places and could do with a tidy up with more details being added for clarification in future. I'll probably end up doing this when I'm adding photos.

I'm still currently going through and copying the details of the MPDs over from Word to NEB, so give me 15 mins or so before jumping in to do corrections (thinking of you here, danpick!)

That's 501 of 689 vehicles now complete, which equates to approximately 73% of the entire fleet.

Very Impressive, What Vehicles are left, I'm not doing anything until Match of the Day is on, So I could have a look through and see if I can dig out any further details.

(23 Aug 2014, 6:43 pm)NEBCD Malarkey wrote Was just going to confirm that having looked through the GNE Archive on Simplygo,com, and 543-548 were New Deptford also, in case that isn't noted, Shame the Archive only goes back as far as 2003 as would be very useful for the Years before that.

Someone hasn't looked at what I've been doing since 4pm!

Everything on the Fleet Archive, plus repaints that I am aware of, has been noted (for all vehicles new 2002 onwards). As such, it's fairly conclusive. I haven't got details for every repaint, but I've got almost all of them from 2009 onwards and most from 2007 - 2009.

I have been regularly e-mailing the guy who updates the Fleet Lists (and Allocation/Archive) for Go North East to get details on anything that is missing from the Fleet Archive. When details are missing from the Fleet Archive, there have been a large amount of movements and he has referred people to the Fleet Allocation document for a list of specific movements. When he advises me of the movements, he is altering the Fleet Archive document so that this is no longer an issue.

(23 Aug 2014, 6:46 pm)NEBCD Malarkey wrote Very Impressive, What Vehicles are left, I'm not doing anything until Match of the Day is on, So I could have a look through and see if I can dig out any further details.

Everything new before 2002. I'm working backwards on the grounds that the newest stuff in the fleet has the most information available.

I've already started on the Tridents, Solar Fusions and coaches new in 2001 - and I was just going to call it a day after that.

Any details of repaints 2007 onwards should already be on there, and any recent movements likewise.

(23 Aug 2014, 6:51 pm)Dan wrote Everything new before 2002. I'm working backwards on the grounds that the newest stuff in the fleet has the most information available.

I've already started on the Tridents, Solar Fusions and coaches new in 2001 - and I was just going to call it a day after that.

Any details of repaints 2007 onwards should already be on there, and any recent movements likewise.

I've now added all details from Go North East's Fleet Archive document for Dennis Tridents 3885-91 to the notes section on our fleet list. There are no details whatsoever for 3890/91, and details for 3885-89 are limited. I have requested further information if there is any and it's just been missed off the Fleet Archive, but I'm doubtful we'll hit lucky here... The dates for when they entered service are thanks to the DVLA Tax Check tool, which gives the date for when the vehicle was first taxed (ie approximately when the vehicle would have first hit the road).

Volvo B10Ms 7080/82 now have a complete Vehicle History section.

Solar Fusions 4950-53 now also have a complete Vehicle History section. I wasn't 100% sure when these vehicles were repainted, but the earliest photo I could find was from September 2006, and Nexus had released a statement in September 2006 on their website regarding the Centrelink busway (and I'm sure the Solar Fusions were repainted/refurbished to coincide with the opening of the busway). If anyone has a more definitive date for when these vehicles were repainted, do comment below.

(23 Aug 2014, 8:34 pm)Dan wrote I've now added all details from Go North East's Fleet Archive document for Dennis Tridents 3885-91 to the notes section on our fleet list. There are no details whatsoever for 3890/91, and details for 3885-89 are limited. I have requested further information if there is any and it's just been missed off the Fleet Archive, but I'm doubtful we'll hit lucky here... The dates for when they entered service are thanks to the DVLA Tax Check tool, which gives the date for when the vehicle was first taxed (ie approximately when the vehicle would have first hit the road).

Volvo B10Ms 7080/82 now have a complete Vehicle History section.

Solar Fusions 4950-53 now also have a complete Vehicle History section. I wasn't 100% sure when these vehicles were repainted, but the earliest photo I could find was from September 2006, and Nexus had released a statement in September 2006 on their website regarding the Centrelink busway. If anyone has a more definitive date for when these vehicles were repainted, do comment below.

I think 3890/3891 have been at Percy Main for all of their lives.

(23 Aug 2014, 8:36 pm)Tom wrote I think 3890/3891 have been at Percy Main for all of their lives.

I assumed just as much, given that all photos I can find of them on Flickr have been in white for service 327!

EDIT: Just found this one from May 2002, further reiterating this...

(23 Aug 2014, 8:36 pm)Tom wrote I think 3890/3891 have been at Percy Main for all of their lives.

Probably, i know they were there in 2003 but cant find any pics of either before hand so yes, id probably say that you're right.

4982 in White in July 2009
https://www.flickr.com/photos/123339929@...964944842/
And there no Photos of it in Derwent Ranger Livery either on Flickr

(23 Aug 2014, 8:47 pm)Robert wrote Probably, i know they were there in 2003 but cant find any pics of either before hand so yes, id probably say that you're right.

In addition to the photo linked to in my post above, I've found another from December 2002 - so I think we can safely assume that they have indeed worked for Percy Main for all of their lives at GNE. I'll confirm this in my e-mail tomorrow though.

That's another 13 vehicles done (I've done as much as I can for now with 3885-89), bringing the total up to 514/689... Round that up to be approx. 75% of the entire fleet!

Tomorrow's plan?
In addition to getting the news done tomorrow, I intend to get all of the 25 Scania L94UBs new in 2001 done, and I'll also try and do all 35 Volvo B7TLs (this should be fairly easy, given that I've already done half of the job by jotting down when they arrived into the fleet, what their fleet number down in London was, etc). If I manage to get all of this done, I intend on getting the ex-Arriva and ex-Oxford Volvo B10BLEs done, given that they've joined the fleet fairly recently and haven't moved about too much, so that should be pretty easy too. That should take us up to 602/689 (approximately 87% complete).

In reality, that 87% will soon become a higher percentage, with a number of vehicles being withdrawn prior to the new academic school year. For obvious reasons, I'm not going to waste time on adding information for the Volvo Olympians, withdrawn vehicles, or "Lime" branded vehicles. I'm not going to do anything for the withdrawn buses in the fleet (for obvious reasons), nor am I going to do anything for the remaining Olympians in the fleet (given that some will be withdrawn in a week's time and the remaining ones by Christmas) - we're looking at this getting to >90% without me doing a thing...

So... What's left?

• Dennis Tridents 3801-3804, 3858-3880
  
• Volvo B10BLEs 4896-4925
  
• ..and at a push, Volvo B10BLEs 4841-4843, 4845-4847

The repaints for the above have most likely already been done by me early on in the project, and it'll be a case of going through the Fleet Archive to add as much as we can before turning to GNE for help again.

I'm setting no targets for getting this completed by a certain date, but I am eager to get it finished before I go back to school...

(23 Aug 2014, 9:14 pm)NEBCD Malarkey wrote 4982 in White in July 2009
https://www.flickr.com/photos/123339929@...964944842/
And there no Photos of it in Derwent Ranger Livery either on Flickr

I'll update that tomorrow morning. It would have been the spare for the Derwent Ranger services, hence why it is in white.

Can't actually find any photos of 4978-82 carrying Derwent Ranger branding. 4991 certainly carried that branding, so I suspect 4989/90/92 did too. I can only find the one photo of 4992 carrying "Twenty One" branding too, and none of the others...

(23 Aug 2014, 9:17 pm)Dan wrote I'll update that tomorrow morning. It would have been the spare for the Derwent Ranger services, hence why it is in white.

Can't actually find any photos of 4978-82 carrying Derwent Ranger branding. 4991 certainly carried that branding, so I suspect 4989/90/92 did too. I can only find the one photo of 4992 carrying "Twenty One" branding too, and none of the others...

Yeah, from what i can remember 4989-4991 all carried Derwent Ranger branding but when they were moved (presumably for the orbit) and replaced by 4978-82 didnt eventhough service 47 was still referred to as the Derwent Ranger whilst these B7RLEs operated the service.