(12 May 2022, 9:19 am)Unber43 wrote Pretty sure all breakdowns on Sunday will be taken to other depots

Possible. I remember an EGL broke down at Gateshead and got took back to the depot by Alpha

https://flic.kr/p/2meoqjC

Has 5293 been officially withdrawn?

5289 is now being stripped of parts at Deptford.

(16 Jun 2022, 10:20 am)morritt89 wrote 5289 is now being stripped of parts at Deptford.

What actually happened to that?
It was last in service on the 26th March, on the 61.

(16 Jun 2022, 1:19 pm)nova347 wrote What actually happened to that?
It was last in service on the 26th March, on the 61.

Bus fire in Ashbrooke wasn’t it?

(16 Jun 2022, 1:57 pm)Drifter60 wrote Bus fire in Ashbrooke wasn’t it?

A Citaro, on fire? That sounds very unlikely 

(11 Jun 2022, 9:39 am)Michael wrote Has 5293 been officially withdrawn?

He makes a good point,whats actually happened to 5293

(16 Jun 2022, 3:17 pm)V514DFT wrote He makes a good point,whats actually happened to 5293

Sitting at Riverside. Missing back panels and looks in a bad state

I think 5293 was waiting for a replacement engine, but given its age and the pointlessness of the Sunderland District branding in the first place it's possible that they've shelved that plan and are withdrawing it instead. I think the ex-IOW (5481-7) Citaros had different engines to the refurbished Citaros, or else they could've used one of the engines out of them in the if any of them were salvageable.

(16 Jun 2022, 6:29 pm)wibblejunior wrote I think 5293 was waiting for a replacement engine, but given its age and the pointlessness of the Sunderland District branding in the first place it's possible that they've shelved that plan and are withdrawing it instead. I think the ex-IOW (5481-7) Citaros had different engines to the refurbished Citaros, or else they could've used one of the engines out of them in the if any of them were salvageable.

5329 has the engine from one of the 5481 - 87 batch. 5327 has the gearbox from one of that batch.  

Think I missed what happened to the 5481-87 batch! Did they all go for scrap, or were any of them sold on for further use or possibly even retained within GNE?

(17 Jun 2022, 6:56 am)Ianthegoon wrote Think I missed what happened to the 5481-87 batch!  Did they all go for scrap, or were any of them sold on for further use or possibly even retained within GNE?

All of them got stripped for spares for scrap