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Post by vjaska on Sept 28, 2016 12:09:26 GMT
If only I had the money - one of my favourite batch of Tridents |
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Post by M1104 on Sept 28, 2016 17:52:51 GMT
If only I had the money - one of my favourite batch of Tridents Mine too! Only a pity they left the fleet so young in comparison to the unrefurbished 52 reg WVLs. |
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Post by snoggle on Sept 28, 2016 19:45:46 GMT
If only I had the money - one of my favourite batch of Tridents Mine too! Only a pity they left the fleet so young in comparison to the unrefurbished 52 reg WVLs. Looks like it's sporting Weardale Motor Services' livery. I wonder why it's shown as being at Leicester? At a dealer? |
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Post by M1104 on Sept 29, 2016 12:07:53 GMT
Mine too! Only a pity they left the fleet so young in comparison to the unrefurbished 52 reg WVLs. Looks like it's sporting Weardale Motor Services' livery. I wonder why it's shown as being at Leicester? At a dealer? Indeed it is as they appear to also advertise via eBay. Have seen quite a few car dealerships do similar during searches. |
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Post by M1104 on Oct 8, 2016 14:37:33 GMT
Former Airbus M1014 owned by Lee Rose. This was one of the breed with the four speed Voith gearbox (4th first kicking in at 1:29). youtu.be/yz1F9BxQ5To |
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Post by snoggle on Oct 8, 2016 15:54:45 GMT
Former Airbus M1014 owned by Lee Rose. This was one of the breed with the four speed Voith gearbox (4th first kicking in at 1:29). youtu.be/yz1F9BxQ5To I'd completely forgotten the "melodic" (ahem) whining a Metrobus makes as it slows to a halt. Full range of melodies on that video.   |
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Post by rygr500 on Oct 18, 2016 9:19:29 GMT
Ex Arriva DDL12 (S312 JUA) still going strong (and taxed until December 2016) www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG6wPVISEjkStill sounds so good. I remember these on the 412 before it became DD. Shame they have since lost their orange seat covers which they kept for so long. Also still going are: DDL 6 and DDL 3 (according to the TAX/MOT Government site - they are taxed until March 2017 and December 2016 respectively). Unfortunately, all of the ex 407 ADL's have all now been withdrawn - i'm surprised the DDL's outlived the ADL's, given they are a year or two older. I know the ADL's are hated by some but I did love jumping on one to come home after college. I guess the ADL's to me are what the DLA's are to others  |
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Post by vjaska on Oct 18, 2016 18:06:06 GMT
Ex Arriva DDL12 (S312 JUA) still going strong (and taxed until December 2016) www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG6wPVISEjkStill sounds so good. I remember these on the 412 before it became DD. Shame they have since lost their orange seat covers which they kept for so long. Also still going are: DDL 6 and DDL 3 (according to the TAX/MOT Government site - they are taxed until March 2017 and December 2016 respectively). Unfortunately, all of the ex 407 ADL's have all now been withdrawn - i'm surprised the DDL's outlived the ADL's, given they are a year or two older. I know the ADL's are hated by some but I did love jumping on one to come home after college. I guess the ADL's to me are what the DLA's are to others DDL12 was my favourite of the batch as it sounded more throaty on the 255 & 289. The seats were more red I thought? The ADL's wern't great - slow, clapped out and made worse by the youth of Croydon deciding they needed 'redecorating'. Didn't mind riding them the odd time but always hoped a DWL or PDL would turn up instead on the 166, 312 or 407. |
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Post by COBO on Oct 23, 2016 6:04:03 GMT
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Post by snowman on Oct 23, 2016 6:28:11 GMT
The VLEs are 11m, Lots fleet books list them as 11m. Are you getting them confused with the 10.6m SLEs |
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Post by COBO on Oct 23, 2016 6:35:39 GMT
The VLEs are 11m, Lots fleet books list them as 11m. Are you getting them confused with the 10.6m SLEs Thanks for the correction. No I thought thar the VLEs were 10.6m because London Bus Net labelled them as 10.6m. |
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Post by vjaska on Oct 23, 2016 12:18:54 GMT
The VLEs are 11m, Lots fleet books list them as 11m. Are you getting them confused with the 10.6m SLEs Thanks for the correction. No I thought thar the VLEs were 10.6m because London Bus Net labelled them as 10.6m. London Bus Net doesn't always label them with the right length - best example of this is the Euro IV Enviro 400's being listed as 9.9m when they are actually 10.1m. |
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Post by COBO on Oct 23, 2016 12:34:06 GMT
Thanks for the correction. No I thought thar the VLEs were 10.6m because London Bus Net labelled them as 10.6m. London Bus Net doesn't always label them with the right length - best example of this is the Euro IV Enviro 400's being listed as 9.9m when they are actually 10.1m. I see. So are the other LWB Volvo B7TLs like for example Arriva London VLW's and London Sovereign VLPs etc in London 11m? |
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Post by vjaska on Oct 23, 2016 14:25:57 GMT
London Bus Net doesn't always label them with the right length - best example of this is the Euro IV Enviro 400's being listed as 9.9m when they are actually 10.1m. I see. So are the other LWB Volvo B7TLs like for example Arriva London VLW's and London Sovereign VLPs etc in London 11m? Nope - LWB Wright Eclipse Gemini B7TL's are all 10.7m and LWB President B7TL's are 10.6m |
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Post by COBO on Oct 23, 2016 14:29:03 GMT
I see. So are the other LWB Volvo B7TLs like for example Arriva London VLW's and London Sovereign VLPs etc in London 11m? Nope - LWB Wright Eclipse Gemini B7TL's are all 10.7m and LWB President B7TL's are 10.6m Thanks for the information. |
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