Hello everyone.

Behind the scenes we've been doing a lot of work on promoting our Bygone Era. We believe it's a fantastic resource, and would like more people to make use of it. Particularly in these unprecedented times where the Government are asking us to stay at home to protect the NHS and save lives, we'd love to play our part in engaging with enthusiasts and keeping everyone entertained.

With that in mind, we've started using social media to automatically select random files, and, where possible, showing an appropriate photo to support this file. See example below:
https://twitter.com/NEBuses/status/1251588567882559488

This is driven by photos on Flickr added to the 'North East Buses' group (https://www.flickr.com/groups/nebuses/) or by the 'NEBuses' tag.

If the system detects a photo with the relevant words from the file description, it will be used in the social media post.

So, with that in mind, if anyone has (or can find) any old bus photos that would support files from the Bygone Era, please add them to our Flickr group, or tag them with 'NEBuses'.

Thanks a lot,
Dan.

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Does anyone know why the AB4 isn’t showing up in Prudhoe as every time I’ve been out within the last few weeks to catch passing my flat (it goes right past it) that it doesn’t turn up when on the timetable on the app says its coming but it doesn’t actually appear


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Stagecoach have announced its scaled back its new order for the 2020/2021 financial year.


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1405 Opposite Bolam's in Sedgefield about 1 hour ago

I've not managed to get get a photo but I've noticed that the various pulsars on the 62 and 64 are using a new font on their blinds, now.

We've had the stalking people thread and now we've got this! 

Doesn't have to be limited to buses; trains can count too. 

5213 stalked me on a regular basis when it was Purple.
Lost track of how many times it turned up, no matter what time of day it was, what direction I was heading in or which variant of the 20 I was needing. 
I noticed that once it went spare, it still liked taking me places. 

Currently, it's the ex-SR Barbie sets that Heaton have. Literally can't get away from them. It's primarily 156 465 which follows me about, but they don't seem fussy.
I'd say its getting on 8 or 9 times since the New Year and it's been on various bits of track across the region. I tend not to use Northern as much as I used to, but when I do, it tends to be a Barbie. It even broke down on me at the end of February! 

There's been others, but non as stand out as those.

There's been all sorts of discussion over the years about favourite buses, but I can't recall anything similar about trains. 

So I thought I'd start a thread! 

Travelled on all sorts over the years, across the UK and Europe. 
Not sure why, but the mainstays of the ECML for the last 30/40 years are up there. 
The noise, the ride, the speed of the 43's and 91's and Mk3/Mk4 coaches mean they're both a favourite. 

The recent reallocation of 158's to the region, reminded me of my fondness for them. 
I rode the 159's a few years back for the first time when working down south - new metals and a new variety of stock was a winner as far as I was concerned. 
I've often viewed the 158's as like an uprated Cxxx OCN Metrobus and the 156 as one of the earlier Axxx BCN versions. 
Not always a fan of multiple units, but the 158's seem to have something about them. 

No idea what the Dutch call their double decker trains or what they have pulling them, but I do like them.