Thank mate

There are 6 Yutongs at Slatyford for Stockton Depot with a further 14 to arrive and will be kept at Slatyford until Stockton’s chargers are sorted. 20 at Slatyford that’s half of their original order and I’ve been told it will be a couple of weeks before they’re done.

This guy man

26281 back in service in Stockton today after a few days off the road. I’m starting to wonder if that one is going to Slatyford or if it’s just staying at Stockton.

27172s been out today in the new steel blue livery " also known as the now no longer " Trial Livery " Midnight blue ect!

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Here's the photo

Prefer to call it the Dark Despair livery.

Also when I think if Steel Blue, is the shade of blue they used on the special British Steel liveries painted on Class 37 or Class 60 like this one here - https://www.flickr.com/photos/locohunter/6842425539

73091 enter service today at Stockton depot hope see more soon.

(25 Mar 2025, 1:09 am)Rapidsnap wrote Prefer to call it the Dark Despair livery.

Also when I think if Steel Blue, is the shade of blue they used on the special British Steel liveries painted on Class 37 or Class 60 like this one here - https://www.flickr.com/photos/locohunter/6842425539

The shade looks fairly close to that used on the Optare Solos new to Carlisle in 2015.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/emdjt42/22643155936

Just asking is stagecoach Stockton depot new Charge knot for off been reading or bit go yet.

27738 seems to be at Walkergate today having been off the road since 29th January when on loan to Slatyford. Anyone know why this is at Walkergate?

26281 has finally made it to Slatyford from Stockton which means all of the 262’s are now at Slatyford and Stockton will now hopefully be getting more electric buses into service to replace the older buses.

(28 Mar 2025, 9:32 am)ReDemPTiion wrote 27738 seems to be at Walkergate today having been off the road since 29th January when on loan to Slatyford. Anyone know why this is at Walkergate?

I've noticed 37315 is back at Stockton but nothing else seems to have left Slatyford since they lost the 35.

36081 is in blue!

(28 Mar 2025, 3:35 pm)Dans_bus_photos wrote I've noticed 37315 is back at Stockton but nothing else seems to have left Slatyford since they lost the 35.

37315 went back to replace 27509 which had a broken gearbox and they aren’t going to fix it due to age and the yutongs coming into service. 

We (Slatyford) definitely have too many buses now we’ve received 26281, 24115 back on the road and the Sunderland loans.

(28 Mar 2025, 7:59 pm)ReDemPTiion wrote 37315 went back to replace 27509 which had a broken gearbox and they aren’t going to fix it due to age and the yutongs coming into service. 

We (Slatyford) definitely have too many buses now we’ve received 26281, 24115 back on the road and the Sunderland loans.

73091 has also entered service but only to replace 22889 which blew up spectacularly

(Yesterday, 2:31 pm)Teessider2014 wrote 73091 has also entered service but only to replace 22889 which blew up spectacularly

22889 was a good bus when it was at Slatyford sad to see that one gone too. 22885&22887 were also lovely buses at Slatyford hopefully they’ll have a couple more months at least

(Yesterday, 4:13 pm)ReDemPTiion wrote 22889 was a good bus when it was at Slatyford sad to see that one gone too. 22885&22887 were also lovely buses at Slatyford hopefully they’ll have a couple more months at least

22883 is rumoured to be off now as well - ongoing engine issues. 22874 hasn’t moved since January - been to MAN with performance issues and hasn’t moved from the same spot in the yard in bits for weeks now