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Post by fg49 on Jun 20, 2014 17:33:06 GMT
Attachment DeletedA Golden Tour ALX400 is in flames on a bridge somewhere in west London, I was told no emergency services had arrived at the time of photograph, I hope everyone on the bus is okay.
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Post by snoggle on Jun 20, 2014 17:37:46 GMT
View AttachmentA Golden Tour ALX400 is in flames on a bridge somewhere in central London, I was told no emergency services had arrived at the time of photograph, I hope everyone on the bus is okay. On the Westway apparently. |
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Post by TA1 on Jun 20, 2014 17:41:00 GMT
View AttachmentA Golden Tour ALX400 is in flames on a bridge somewhere in central London, I was told no emergency services had arrived at the time of photograph, I hope everyone on the bus is okay. On the Westway apparently. Golden Tours ALX400 156 V156MEV has gone up in Flames whilst running dead back on Westway,White City en route to it's garage in Alperton. |
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Post by fg49 on Jun 20, 2014 17:42:09 GMT
Ah, thanks guys.
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Post by l1group on Jun 20, 2014 17:54:11 GMT
This is the second time a Golden Tours Trident has gone up in flames out of service - previously this has happened at Heston on the M4 a few months ago
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Post by londonbusboy on Jun 20, 2014 17:55:18 GMT
Cant remember where i saw this but someone stated some of these trident fires are down to blocked air filters???
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Post by TA1 on Jun 20, 2014 18:03:52 GMT
This is the second time a Golden Tours Trident has gone up in flames out of service - previously this has happened at Heston on the M4 a few months ago Indeed a mere 53 weeks ago. The last one occurred on the 13/07/2013. |
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Post by ServerKing on Jun 20, 2014 20:15:13 GMT
I've seen the way they thrash the bus non stop  I followed one last Friday morning along the A40 from Shepherds Bush thru Holland Park towards Marble Arch... that Euro2 was taking a hammering... Nudging 40 at times - I was quite surprised this 3 speed Voith had such good acceleration... I'm used to posers in Merc AMG's burning me off the lights near Queensway, not buses... |
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Post by VPL630 on Jun 20, 2014 20:26:29 GMT
I've seen the way they thrash the bus non stop I followed one last Friday morning along the A40 from Shepherds Bush thru Holland Park towards Marble Arch... that Euro2 was taking a hammering... Nudging 40 at times - I was quite surprised this 3 speed Voith had such good acceleration... I'm used to posers in Merc AMG's burning me off the lights near Queensway, not buses... Was your car in Limp mode by any chance lol   |
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Post by ServerKing on Jun 20, 2014 20:34:21 GMT
I've seen the way they thrash the bus non stop I followed one last Friday morning along the A40 from Shepherds Bush thru Holland Park towards Marble Arch... that Euro2 was taking a hammering... Nudging 40 at times - I was quite surprised this 3 speed Voith had such good acceleration... I'm used to posers in Merc AMG's burning me off the lights near Queensway, not buses... Was your car in Limp mode by any chance lol Not at all... just keeping back as the engine was making worrying thud-thud-thud sounds on acceleration (his Cummins, not my 5 series  ), and he was all over the place like England's defence... I haven't seen a Euro2 Trident move that quick for a while  ...unsurprisingly, the media have caught up with the incident still, takes our minds off the football |
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Post by M1104 on Jun 20, 2014 20:41:34 GMT
I've seen the way they thrash the bus non stop I followed one last Friday morning along the A40 from Shepherds Bush thru Holland Park towards Marble Arch... that Euro2 was taking a hammering... Nudging 40 at times - I was quite surprised this 3 speed Voith had such good acceleration... I'm used to posers in Merc AMG's burning me off the lights near Queensway, not buses... Euro2 engined Tridents are high maintenance buses compared to later examples, but a well maintained one does deliver on performance. X reg Trident PDL10 that was at Stockwell was one such example. |
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Post by ServerKing on Jun 20, 2014 21:26:20 GMT
I've seen the way they thrash the bus non stop I followed one last Friday morning along the A40 from Shepherds Bush thru Holland Park towards Marble Arch... that Euro2 was taking a hammering... Nudging 40 at times - I was quite surprised this 3 speed Voith had such good acceleration... I'm used to posers in Merc AMG's burning me off the lights near Queensway, not buses... Euro2 engined Tridents are high maintenance buses compared to later examples, but a well maintained one does deliver on performance. Trident PDL10 that was at Stockwell was one such example. The quickest ones I think were the ones that used to be on the 3  Though I liked the original S reg ones that used to be on the 26 back in the day |
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Post by M1104 on Jun 20, 2014 21:28:58 GMT
Euro2 engined Tridents are high maintenance buses compared to later examples, but a well maintained one does deliver on performance. Trident PDL10 that was at Stockwell was one such example. The quickest ones I think were the ones that used to be on the 3 Though I liked the original S reg ones that used to be on the 26 back in the day The ones that were on the 3 had approximately 20% more power as the engines were uprated at 245 horsepower instead of 220. Not sure of the torque ratings, but they would have been more than the standard spec'd Tridents. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2014 0:11:45 GMT
I've seen the way they thrash the bus non stop I followed one last Friday morning along the A40 from Shepherds Bush thru Holland Park towards Marble Arch... that Euro2 was taking a hammering... Nudging 40 at times - I was quite surprised this 3 speed Voith had such good acceleration... I'm used to posers in Merc AMG's burning me off the lights near Queensway, not buses... Not all Merc AMG drivers are posers thank you very much! |
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Post by ServerKing on Jun 21, 2014 6:32:55 GMT
I've seen the way they thrash the bus non stop I followed one last Friday morning along the A40 from Shepherds Bush thru Holland Park towards Marble Arch... that Euro2 was taking a hammering... Nudging 40 at times - I was quite surprised this 3 speed Voith had such good acceleration... I'm used to posers in Merc AMG's burning me off the lights near Queensway, not buses... Not all Merc AMG drivers are posers thank you very much! Yh I guess the A Class ones don't show off as much as the ones in the convertibles.... I do like the noise the 6.3 engine makes in the convertible though Though you need a fuel card to run the thing |
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I followed one last Friday morning along the A40 from Shepherds Bush thru Holland Park towards Marble Arch... that Euro2 was taking a hammering... Nudging 40 at times - I was quite surprised this 3 speed Voith had such good acceleration... I'm used to posers in Merc AMG's burning me off the lights near Queensway, not buses... 
), and he was all over the place like England's defence... I haven't seen a Euro2 Trident move that quick for a while 
Though I liked the original S reg ones that used to be on the 26 back in the day 