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Post by WH241 on May 2, 2022 8:56:29 GMT
Metrobuses along with Olympians & Titans were my earliest memories - Metrobus wise, it was riding the 37, 118 & 196 as well as two trips on the 337 to Richmond as a kid (boy that was a fun route in the 90's). Loved the screaming of the Voith box and that clunk into 3rd. The other interesting vehicles were the VC's at SW for the 133 & 196, really solid workhorses and the NV's at SW & Q which were nippy buses I took a ride on an L on the 468, it was painful climbing Knight's Hill, I think it was the Hydrocyclic box ones (that made a sneezing sound every gearchange), the panel at the back of the bus near the rear window was loose, so there was plenty of diesel fumes as the Gardner engine did it's best on tough terrain a mate and I with little to do took a ride on the then new Tramlink in Croydon. Their Voith sisters on the 2 were an interesting alternative to a thrash along Park Lane on a TA on the 16. Time flies, it only seems like yesterday capitalomnibus would say the Ex Norwood VLAs and their deafening fans would be on the 123 forever (I feel the same way about the Antiques Roadshow on the 318 right now ) Riding the first DLAs on the 242 when brand new was great, the early ones had no rear window which was annoying, so it could be a bit gloomy at the back of the bus... seeing them through to their end of their working lives on the W3 (though LV mistreated them ) the best DLA thrash was on the 370 before the VLAs then DWs took over I remember those early DLAs on the 242! So dark and dingy they also had a weird seat layout at the back with two long rows facing each other.
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Post by mkay315 on May 2, 2022 11:49:15 GMT
I took a ride on an L on the 468, it was painful climbing Knight's Hill, I think it was the Hydrocyclic box ones (that made a sneezing sound every gearchange), the panel at the back of the bus near the rear window was loose, so there was plenty of diesel fumes as the Gardner engine did it's best on tough terrain a mate and I with little to do took a ride on the then new Tramlink in Croydon. Their Voith sisters on the 2 were an interesting alternative to a thrash along Park Lane on a TA on the 16. Time flies, it only seems like yesterday capitalomnibus would say the Ex Norwood VLAs and their deafening fans would be on the 123 forever (I feel the same way about the Antiques Roadshow on the 318 right now ) Riding the first DLAs on the 242 when brand new was great, the early ones had no rear window which was annoying, so it could be a bit gloomy at the back of the bus... seeing them through to their end of their working lives on the W3 (though LV mistreated them ) the best DLA thrash was on the 370 before the VLAs then DWs took over I remember those early DLAs on the 242! So dark and dingy they also had a weird seat layout at the back with two long rows facing each other. Not to mention going upstairs the headroom was not in my favour with me being 6ft2. Didn't stagecoach have those low height tridents with no windows. I think it may have been TA1-98 (17001-98)
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Post by vjaska on May 2, 2022 16:42:54 GMT
I remember those early DLAs on the 242! So dark and dingy they also had a weird seat layout at the back with two long rows facing each other. Not to mention going upstairs the headroom was not in my favour with me being 6ft2. Didn't stagecoach have those low height tridents with no windows. I think it may have been TA1-98 (17001-98) Yes the S BWC & T KPU batches were those - I much preferred the V MEV that came after with the standard spec
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Post by londontravel on May 28, 2022 10:03:43 GMT
I loved the roar of the first Euro2 Trident engines, it only seems like yesterday when I was having my first ride on one of them on the 277. Time flies. I wish we could go back to the London liveries of 20 years ago I remember when Metrobuses ran on the 277.
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