(22 May 2015, 11:22 am)Martin Rogers wrote The 33xxx ALX200s, have a clear history of Chassis Decay, so a Scrapyard somewhere, should be the best place for ALL such vehicles. Why on earth, would you wish to Preserve glorified rust ?.

It cannot be denied that it would be an expensive and potentially very risky project, for the aforementioned reasons, but 1101 (R101 KRG) was the first of a batch of 26 of its kind to be introduced to Stagecoach in Sunderland in November 1997, which also saw the introduction of low-floor 'easy-access' status to the Sunderland fleet. This is why this vehicle is quite special to enthusiasts in the North East, and probably why there was an interest to preserve it.

Enthusiasts did seem to take quite a shine to 33101 in its later years. I think it was ultimately dependent on the price being right for a group of enthusiasts to preserve 33101, but as this hasn't been mentioned for quite some time, I'm not entirely sure if it's still on the horizon?