(31 May 2015, 6:35 pm)Andreos1 wrote You can't be getting eezypeazy and myself mixed up - surely?
There was a mock up that was on display at places like the Garden Festival.
I actually mentioned the mock up at Stephenson Museum a few weeks back, thinking it was the same one, but had maybe been cut down in size.
Tommy said at the time, that the one at Stephenson was on the back of a trailer.
Whereas the one that was kicking about in the early 90's, would need more than a trailer hitched to the back of a car to shift it.
There was also one based at the depot in South Gosforth.
I recall going to open days there as a bairn and playing with the controls in the cab. If memory serves it also doubled as pseudo-simulator where the driver encountered various hazards on route. I say 'pseudo-simulator' as in reality it was just a taped video played on loop. Now matter how good your reactions were, you still caused some accident. Most would fall for it first time round, but on either the second or third attempt the illusion was shattered. I was not impressed.
This might have been the one on display at the Garden Festival but I'm not 100% sure.