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RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - tyresmoke - 11 Mar 2014
Probably also worth mentioning 1305 was on X4 when I passed it in Brotton...!
Stockton Prestige 4037 came back out to play around 1100 to replace a failed 1460 on services 5/5A!
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Jimmi - 12 Mar 2014
1617 & 1639 on Service 8/8A.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Jimmi - 12 Mar 2014
2808 on Service 64.
Leaving everyone to get on Service 7 because a Solo is not big enough to cope with peak time loadings.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Jimmi - 12 Mar 2014
(12 Mar 2014, 8:03 am)Jimmi wrote 1617 & 1639 on Service 8/8A.
Also an R reg Dart on Service 8.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - GuyParkRoyal - 12 Mar 2014
7608 and 7617 on the 308 today.
While 7801 is on X10 and 7802 on X4.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - citaro5284 - 12 Mar 2014
(12 Mar 2014, 5:56 pm)GuyParkRoyal wrote 7608 and 7617 on the 308 today.
While 7801 is on X10 and 7802 on X4.
Along with 7804 on the X4 as well.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Kuyoyo - 12 Mar 2014
A quartet of rare workings from Teesside today
4652 on the 9
4044 on the X3/X3a
1739 also on X3/X3a
1909 on the 6 in place of the originally allocated 1753
Meanwhile, 4704 4648/55 4068/91 plus another Temsa were all on the 22/64/64a.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - tyresmoke - 12 Mar 2014
Passed E400 7513 on the 81 in Guisborough this morning...
Noted 1313 on 49A in Durham too....
Been all over today me
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - robisdave - 12 Mar 2014
Why won't they allocate the E400's they have available to the route they were brought in for ? But then given the reliability of them it's probably best that passengers are given half a chance of getting to their destinations (Whitby/Scarborough) using the likes of 1743 and 4080
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - tyresmoke - 12 Mar 2014
(12 Mar 2014, 9:02 pm)robisdave wrote Why won't they allocate the E400's they have available to the route they were brought in for ? But then given the reliability of them it's probably best that passengers are given half a chance of getting to their destinations (Whitby/Scarborough) using the likes of 1743 and 4080
Exactly that reason, reliability. I'm sure 7513 has just returned from having a new engine fitted so it may be they're running it in on less demanding territory before sending it back to Whitby.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Davey Bowyer - 12 Mar 2014
(12 Mar 2014, 9:07 pm)tyresmoke wrote Exactly that reason, reliability. I'm sure 7513 has just returned from having a new engine fitted so it may be they're running it in on less demanding territory before sending it back to Whitby.
Engine refit and only 6 year old? The only thing that that engine is good for is your typical Killi to North Walbottle or Wallsend to Chapel House or at a push, a suburban route like the 308 or GNE 21. Anything more and for 7 years of consistent service and few breakdowns, you need either a DAF / VDL DB250, Scania N270UD, or a Volvo B9TL(240 for city / suburban), (270 for suburban / semi trunk and semi rural), (310 for trunk and rural).
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Kuyoyo - 12 Mar 2014
(12 Mar 2014, 9:55 pm)Davey Bowyer wrote Engine refit and only 6 year old? The only thing that that engine is good for is your typical Killi to North Walbottle or Wallsend to Chapel House or at a push, a suburban route like the 308 or GNE 21. Anything more and for 7 years of consistent service and few breakdowns, you need either a DAF / VDL DB250, Scania N270UD, or a Volvo B9TL(240 for city / suburban), (270 for suburban / semi trunk and semi rural), (310 for trunk and rural).
Sorry, but anything can have a new engine at any time, indeed 3 of Stagecoach Teesside's MAN E300s have had engine rebuilds already and they are 4 years old.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Jimmi - 13 Mar 2014
2843 on Service 8.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - tyresmoke - 13 Mar 2014
X1 branded Pulsar 1404 is on X66 this morning, seen in Stockton at 0755 towards Middlesbrough!
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - tyresmoke - 13 Mar 2014
Omnicity 4652 ended up on 21As today with Centro 1924 seeing use on 5/5A.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - citaro5284 - 13 Mar 2014
X10/X11 branded 7611 on 308
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Jimmi - 13 Mar 2014
4030 on Service X1/X2.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - tyresmoke - 13 Mar 2014
Another one I forgot was 1739 on X3 for Redcar.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Roland Pratt - 14 Mar 2014
(12 Mar 2014, 7:28 pm)Kuyoyo wrote A quartet of rare workings from Teesside today
4652 on the 9
4044 on the X3/X3a
1739 also on X3/X3a
1909 on the 6 in place of the originally allocated 1753
Meanwhile, 4704 4648/55 4068/91 plus another Temsa were all on the 22/64/64a.
4044 on X3 not unusual. Gets anything.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - citaro5284 - 14 Mar 2014
(13 Mar 2014, 4:26 pm)citaro5284 wrote X10/X11 branded 7611 on 308
X10/X11 branded 7624 on 308 today
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Adrian - 14 Mar 2014
(14 Mar 2014, 6:29 pm)citaro5284 wrote X10/X11 branded 7624 on 308 today
Regular working isn't it?
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Jimmi - 14 Mar 2014
1753 was on Service 21A today.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - tyresmoke - 14 Mar 2014
(14 Mar 2014, 8:20 pm)Jimmi wrote 1753 was on Service 21A today.
Oh dear so thats where that one ended up! We only had 3 Darts on 7's and 1771 on the 6 so I wondered where 1753 or 1769 ended up....
Stockton based Cadet 1915 some how ended up on a Durham working on the X1... presume it replaced something of Durham's in Middlesbrough around 0900 this morning?!
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - tyresmoke - 15 Mar 2014
Some unusual ones for Stockton today sees Pulsar 1446 and Omni 4652 on the 28
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Adrian - 17 Mar 2014
1416 on 57A
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Jimmi - 17 Mar 2014
(17 Mar 2014, 7:11 am)aureolin wrote 1416 on 57A
There's also a 61 reg Pulsar on - Just left Ferryhill on a Durham bound 56.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Jimmi - 19 Mar 2014
13 reg Arriva branded Pulsar on Service 7.
At least its not 1611, which I had a while back.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - tyresmoke - 19 Mar 2014
(19 Mar 2014, 7:53 am)Jimmi wrote 13 reg Arriva branded Pulsar on Service 7.
At least its not 1611, which I had a while back.
Think you will see this regularly for a while, as 1517 came off the road yesterday near Coatham Mundeville.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Jimmi - 19 Mar 2014
(19 Mar 2014, 8:25 am)tyresmoke wrote Think you will see this regularly for a while, as 1517 came off the road yesterday near Coatham Mundeville.
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/11085616.Driver_and_two_passengers_injured_in_A1_bus_accident/
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Dan - 19 Mar 2014
Unidentified Captains Tail Pulsar on 24. Arriving into PL now.