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RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Roland Pratt - 07 Aug 2014
(06 Aug 2014, 10:42 am)tyresmoke wrote It is fairly odd but won't be soon. It appears all 3 (4652/4/8) are allocated to the 21A today though, meaning it's all Pulsars on the 5s. As a result 1901 is on the 15 and 1916 is also out on the 6.
1910 was on the 15 as well.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Roland Pratt - 07 Aug 2014
(06 Aug 2014, 7:24 pm)Jimmi wrote I saw two drivers in the normal uniform on the 7 yesterday, it could be shortages or it could be the severe delays that the 7 is currently experiencing due to resurfacing works in Darlington which could possibly see shifts being changed around due to the delays?
Just remembered the X66 had a Pulsar on this morning.
1507. Stayed on all day.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Philly rf - 07 Aug 2014
(07 Aug 2014, 2:06 pm)Roland Pratt wrote Why would they have a route half Sapphire and half not? Defeats the whole object. And the contrast in seating would show up the Temsa seating even more!
Well they could use a pulsar
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - coldav - 07 Aug 2014
During days the 35/35A stands alone with 'ordinary' buses. It is only evenings and Sundays that it interworks with the X21 and so uses Sapphire buses. So there is not a mix of ordinary and sapphire buses at any time.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Philly rf - 08 Aug 2014
(07 Aug 2014, 7:57 pm)coldav wrote During days the 35/35A stands alone with 'ordinary' buses. It is only evenings and Sundays that it interworks with the X21 and so uses Sapphire buses. So there is not a mix of ordinary and sapphire buses at any time.
I meant during the day when the three streetlites come and there should be another three buses which are bound to be regular spec buses
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - tyresmoke - 08 Aug 2014
(08 Aug 2014, 9:48 am)Philly rf wrote I meant during the day when the three streetlites come and there should be another three buses which are bound to be regular spec buses
But the Streetlites are standard spec so where's the issue?
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Philly rf - 08 Aug 2014
(08 Aug 2014, 10:18 am)tyresmoke wrote But the Streetlites are standard spec so where's the issue?
Ah right I thought they where sapphire spec
Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - S813 FVK - 08 Aug 2014
Not sure if its been noted already but 1504 on 308s
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Philly rf - 08 Aug 2014
W401 vgj on x21 and v207 djr on x20
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Kuyoyo - 09 Aug 2014
No idea what is happening here but just passed 2805 on the X1 at Tesco in Stockton - about 3 minutes or so behind a more normal Gemini also heading north.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Dan - 09 Aug 2014
4658 on 21A
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Dan - 09 Aug 2014
4030 on 17A...this one unusual or not?
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Dan - 09 Aug 2014
4651 on X93s.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Roland Pratt - 09 Aug 2014
(09 Aug 2014, 7:39 am)Dan wrote 4030 on 17A...this one unusual or not?
Not really. There was a couple of Prestiges on on Wednesday.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Roland Pratt - 09 Aug 2014
(09 Aug 2014, 7:37 am)Dan wrote 4658 on 21A
They seem to have started putting them on there now rather than the 5.
Re: RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Dan - 09 Aug 2014
(09 Aug 2014, 8:15 am)Dan wrote 4651 on X93s.Unidentified Temsa Avenue also on there. Just left Scarborough not so long ago.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Dan - 09 Aug 2014
Yorkshire 211 working for Whitby on 94s today. I'm pleased about that!
Re: RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Dan - 09 Aug 2014
(09 Aug 2014, 10:00 am)Dan wrote Unidentified Temsa Avenue also on there. Just left Scarborough not so long ago.4655 likewise...
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Michael Euston - 09 Aug 2014
Two Temsas on the X4 today. One was 4713. Couldn't see the other number.
Re: RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Dan - 09 Aug 2014
(09 Aug 2014, 1:35 pm)Michael Euston wrote Two Temsas on the X4 today. One was 4713. Couldn't see the other number.4717
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Roland Pratt - 09 Aug 2014
(09 Aug 2014, 2:04 pm)Dan wrote 4717
So two Temsas and two Omnicities out of the 8, supposedly all double deck?!
Re: RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Dan - 09 Aug 2014
(09 Aug 2014, 2:15 pm)Roland Pratt wrote So two Temsas and two Omnicities out of the 8, supposedly all double deck?!The two aforementioned Temsas were out on the X4, rather than the X93.
There is one Temsa on the X93 (I didn't see a second - unless you did?) and two OmniCitys: 4651 and 4655.
Personally, I wasn't overly fussed about the OmniCitys turning up as the buses were fairly quiet compared to normal. They manage the hills better than the Volvo B7s.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Kuyoyo - 09 Aug 2014
(09 Aug 2014, 2:15 pm)Roland Pratt wrote So two Temsas and two Omnicities out of the 8, supposedly all double deck?!
3 singles out of 8, while deckers are away undergoing modifications (and one is presently restricted to the 81/81a).
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Roland Pratt - 09 Aug 2014
(09 Aug 2014, 2:17 pm)Dan wrote The two aforementioned Temsas were out on the X4, rather than the X93.
There is one Temsa on the X93 (I didn't see a second - unless you did?) and two OmniCitys: 4651 and 4655.
Personally, I wasn't overly fussed about the OmniCitys turning up as the buses were fairly quiet compared to normal. They manage the hills better than the Volvo B7s.
Oh yes, Sorry.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Roland Pratt - 09 Aug 2014
(09 Aug 2014, 2:28 pm)Kuyoyo wrote 3 singles out of 8, while deckers are away undergoing modifications (and one is presently restricted to the 81/81a).
Wednesday there was only one away, and none on 81/81As.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Roland Pratt - 09 Aug 2014
(09 Aug 2014, 2:35 pm)Roland Pratt wrote Wednesday there was only one away, and none on 81/81As.
And they've received 7491 since then.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Jimmi - 09 Aug 2014
(09 Aug 2014, 7:07 am)Kuyoyo wrote No idea what is happening here but just passed 2805 on the X1 at Tesco in Stockton - about 3 minutes or so behind a more normal Gemini also heading north.
I saw 2805 on the 56 in Durham this afternoon.
2812 was on the 46/48.
2820 on the 64.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - Kuyoyo - 09 Aug 2014
Surprised this one didn't get mentioned by its driver (as he is smiling like a kid with a new toy)
- 4508 is presently out on its second 5/5a board, working the 1750 5 to Easington and 1915 return.
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - coldav - 09 Aug 2014
4068 on the 2
RE: Arriva North East - Rare and Odd Workings - tyresmoke - 09 Aug 2014
4508 seen here working the 1235 5A from Middlesbrough to Brotton...
I may or may not have had anything to do with it's allocation today!