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Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015

Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015

RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015
(10 Feb 2015, 11:52 am)Stuart Phin wrote 2852 & 2858 on 1/5

Seems to a lot of solos on the 1/5 lately is darlo having problems with pulsars any idea yet as to when the streetlites are due
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015
(10 Feb 2015, 10:45 am)Stuart Phin wrote 1427 is on sapphire service 7 leaving Darlington at 10:52

Would it not be logical to try n swap 1427/1513 round if possible
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015
(10 Feb 2015, 11:59 am)ross13 wrote Would it not be logical to try n swap 1427/1513 round if possible

That would be logical but there about 15 mins apart by that I mean 1513 is in at 11:00 where as 1427 is in at 11:15
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015
(10 Feb 2015, 1:08 pm)Tommy_1581 wrote An unidentified Max X18 E400 is as usual on the 34.
Could they just be keeping near to the depot, as a spare incase one of the other MAX E400's break down/need to be replaced? 
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015
(10 Feb 2015, 1:21 pm)mb134 wrote Could they just be keeping near to the depot, as a spare incase one of the other MAX E400's break down/need to be replaced? 

Yep, they couldn't be bothered to put it on the X18.

I know who is exactly to blame for this odd working, and he's an anti-enthusiast miserable git.
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015
(10 Feb 2015, 11:57 am)ross13 wrote Seems to a lot of solos on the 1/5 lately is darlo having problems with pulsars any idea yet as to when the streetlites are due

It's due to Darlo being a couple of Pulsars short since 1410/24 went to Durham in exchange for 2 Omnicities.
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015
(10 Feb 2015, 4:56 pm)Stuart Phin wrote 1427 has now been taken off sapphire and now on service 12/12A 

Must have been taken off when it got back into Darlington.

Photo of 1427 seen on the 7 earlier today can be seen here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127079988@...otostream/
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015
(10 Feb 2015, 5:16 pm)Jimmi wrote Must have been taken off when it got back into Darlington.

Photo of 1427 seen on the 7 earlier today can be seen here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/127079988@...otostream/

To be honest from.That photo it looks like its had a bump as it has a dent in the bumper and it wasn't there at 10:45 when I seen it, I know the driver so I'll have to ask 
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015
(10 Feb 2015, 5:35 pm)Stuart Phin wrote To be honest from.That photo it looks like its had a bump as it has a dent in the bumper and it wasn't there at 10:45 when I seen it, I know the driver so I'll have to ask 

I took this photo at 1250.

It did another round trip after I took this photo.

Don't know what it is with the bumper on this bus, saw it a few months back and it looked like it was hanging off.
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015
(10 Feb 2015, 5:35 pm)Stuart Phin wrote To be honest from.That photo it looks like its had a bump as it has a dent in the bumper and it wasn't there at 10:45 when I seen it, I know the driver so I'll have to ask 

Zoomed in shot of the bumper.
.jpg 1427 bumper.jpg
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015
(10 Feb 2015, 5:39 pm)Jimmi wrote I took this photo at 1250.

It did another round trip after I took this photo.

Don't know what it is with the bumper on this bus, saw it a few months back and it looked like it was hanging off.

So another round trip would have been 15:30 back into Darlington, then it must have got taken off possibly replaced by 2850 as 2850 disappeared between 15:21 and 16.06, as 2850 was the spare bus, then that would explain where it went and then they changed a gas bus of the 12s for 1427 at 15:45
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015
(10 Feb 2015, 10:39 pm)Stuart Phin wrote So another round trip would have been 15:30 back into Darlington, then it must have got taken off possibly replaced by 2850 as 2850 disappeared between 15:21 and 16.06, as 2850 was the spare bus, then that would explain where it went and then they changed a gas bus of the 12s for 1427 at 15:45

I got 1427 from Durham at 1437 so it would have been back in Darlington at 1545.

Don't fancy the thought of a Solo on the 7 at that time especially.
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015
(10 Feb 2015, 10:44 pm)Jimmi wrote I got 1427 from Durham at 1437 so it would have been back in Darlington at 1545.

Don't fancy the thought of a Solo on the 7 at that time especially.

Hmmmm not to sure on that one then, but whatever happened 1427 was on 12 at 15:51 as I passed it on yarn road, the driver that had 1427 on the 12s had a gas bus to start with as he took it over at 15:10 as I went past it near sainsburys, then I went past the same driver at yarm road on 1427 
Marxista Fozzski
Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015
A 7 branded vehicle was in Peterlee earlier on about the same time I spied GNE 5375, dont know if it actually replaced anything

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RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015
(11 Feb 2015, 6:01 pm)MrFozz wrote A 7 branded vehicle was in Peterlee earlier on about the same time I spied GNE 5375, dont know if it actually replaced anything

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That may have been used to get ready for the next stop announcement that this service is getting as it looks like its on stand A and it also looks like there's 3 drivers on it 
Marxista Fozzski
RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015
(11 Feb 2015, 9:55 pm)Stuart Phin wrote That may have been used to get ready for the next stop announcement that this service is getting as it looks like its on stand A and it also looks like there's 3 drivers on it 
Correctomundo...It is on Stand A, I thought it may have been replacing a vehicle I had seen not 5 minutes previously at The Moorcock that was knackered
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RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015
(12 Feb 2015, 4:21 pm)Tommy_1581 wrote Shite photo that 

I expected better of you!   Big Grin
Haha, I was getting on the bus so I could only get a quick one with my phone.
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RE: Arriva North East: Rare & Odd Workings - February 2015
(12 Feb 2015, 4:36 pm)Jimmi wrote Dan may not have recovered from all that running he did for photos in Sunderland a few Sunday's back yet.

I haven't recovered from getting into school at more-or-less 08:00am on the dot every morning to get my coursework completed - before using all of my frees this week to work on it, too!

Have so much work that needs to be in for 16:00 tomorrow - was no chance of me hanging around to get better photos than the above. Sad