I left at about 1:00. No doubt I'll have been captured in a few shots getting in the way . The driver from Chester who brought 5258 (can't remember his name, it'll come back to me) then took 5360 'out for a spin'. I'd only just started poking around in cabs and getting on the buses from GNE when a Percy Main driver (I think he had brought 5245 as I then started to walk and talk with him) told me to get off because people weren't meant to be on the buses and somebody had gone and opened all the doors. He told me the units for Percy Main (I know it has been debated on here a lot so I'll just tell you what I wrote down)
Unit 1; 309, 310, X39, 19, 17
Unit 2; 1, 40, 41, 80
The only buses I got a chance to get on were 3833, 6044, 6085 (I was about to sit in the cab when control came on telling all drivers on the 35 about a diversion, no doubt in the past somebody will have responded back on the radio ), 6109, 641 (still got that nice, fresh, new smell) and 5383, where I was told to move along. Pat Armstrong was there as well. Two little kids were pressing the emergency door button and when the one on 5258 didn't open the first time, they physically pushed the doors open and the left one appeared to be jammed and wouldn't move, so if anyone saw 5258 with half a door open, thats why.
I also saw Alex Dodds on 641 with his video camera out.
RE: North East Bus & Coach Show 2014
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