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Post by vjaska on Jul 30, 2021 15:33:24 GMT
Abellio E200s 8118 - 8121 With Vision Bus Ex RATP Streetlite WS20274 has also joined Vison Bus recently - flic.kr/p/2mc2d1W (Credit to tomstransportsphotos) Thought that thing was dead, good to see it alive
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Post by Londontransport3 on Jul 31, 2021 11:49:42 GMT
Abellio E400 9450 With The Big Green Bus
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Post by LondonNorthern on Aug 6, 2021 15:42:24 GMT
RATP E200 DE20006 is now with Nu-Venture
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Post by Londontransport3 on Aug 7, 2021 14:15:43 GMT
VLA170 Preserved
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Post by 6HP502C on Aug 10, 2021 4:21:18 GMT
The Green Bus are selling off their Euro 2 and 3 engined buses, including 9732, 9738, 9743, 9748, 9760, NV129, NV164 and NV165.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2021 20:53:35 GMT
Cardinal Buses have sold their DC102, former Ealing Community Transport Caetano Nimbus-bodied Dart 102 (KX03 HZP), to Burrows Coaches of Blandford Forum in Dorset. It is now registered T666 BFX.
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Post by Londontransport3 on Aug 16, 2021 13:07:11 GMT
Ex Abellio E400s 9505-12 To Go Coach, 9450/51/55 with The Big Green Bus Company, Birmingham
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Post by LondonNorthern on Aug 16, 2021 19:23:15 GMT
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Post by mkay315 on Aug 16, 2021 19:56:39 GMT
The Green Bus are selling off their Euro 2 and 3 engined buses, including 9732, 9738, 9743, 9748, 9760, NV129, NV164 and NV165. Any idea where the volvos may end up?
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Post by LondonNorthern on Aug 18, 2021 14:32:20 GMT
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Post by M1104 on Aug 18, 2021 15:00:01 GMT
WVL371 now under Buses of Somerset as a spare for the Exmoor Coaster however I would have a few questions regarding it: 1. Would a B9TL be able to withstand a 1 in 4 gradient on Porlock Hill? 2. I've heard somewhere that there was a rule put into place regarding B9TL engines around installing a mod before TFL were allowed to purchase B9TLs again, is this true? 1) As long as maintenance is ample and their performance parameters are set to be less restrictive a B9TL will take that incline. The London ones often hill struggled in part due to their Diesel Particulate Filters (DPF) not being periodically cleaned out, resulting in the engine to automatically reduce performance as a failsafe. On top of that some buses were purposely governed to be slower as the B9TL are a bit more thirsty for fuel with their 9.4L engines with 260bhp turbos (E40Ds in comparison generally have 6.7L units with 250bhp turbos). 2) Long story short TfL initially didn't allow B9TLs to be ordered due to the fan clutch issues with Volvo's B7TL predecessors, which made the latter noisy beyond TfL's acceptable noise limit. TfL eventually allowed a trial with Go Ahead's VE1-3 for evaluation prior to allowing main order B9TLs.
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Post by vjaska on Aug 18, 2021 16:33:03 GMT
WVL371 now under Buses of Somerset as a spare for the Exmoor Coaster however I would have a few questions regarding it: 1. Would a B9TL be able to withstand a 1 in 4 gradient on Porlock Hill? 2. I've heard somewhere that there was a rule put into place regarding B9TL engines around installing a mod before TFL were allowed to purchase B9TLs again, is this true? 1) As long as maintenance is ample and their performance parameters are set to be less restrictive a B9TL will take that incline. The London one's often hill struggled in part due to their Diesel Particulate Filters (DPF) not being periodically cleaned out, resulting in the engine to automatically reduce performance as a failsafe. On top of that some buses were purposely governed to be slower as the B9TL are a bit more thirsty for fuel with their 9.4L engines with 260bhp turbos (E40Ds in comparison generally have 6.7L units with 250bhp turbos). 2) Long story short TfL initially didn't allow B9TLs to be ordered due to the fan clutch issues with Volvo's B7TL predecessors, which made the latter noisy beyond TfL's acceptable noise limit. TfL eventually allowed a trial with Go Ahead's VE1-3 for evaluation prior to allowing main order B9TLs. Do the London ones struggle up hills? Most examples I've used have made hills look like straight roads particularly the 432's WVL's as well as the WVL's at BX when they pop onto the 89.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2021 20:29:28 GMT
Ex-Metroline TE715 (LK56 FHH) has been acquired by Cardinal Buses, being reunited with sisters TE721/2 (FHR/S) that have been with Cardinal since March 2019.
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Post by capitalomnibus on Aug 18, 2021 22:08:28 GMT
A 1 in 4 gradient is a very steep hill. If it is an ex London B9TL, it needs to get kickdown back re-done on the throttle position sensor. They are gutless without them imo up hills. Even the standard pickup acceleration if kickdown is installed is faster.
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Post by richard on Aug 21, 2021 23:24:15 GMT
9507 now with Go Coach Hire LTD
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