[rosswatson]

Originally Posted by Cumberland Lad

I'm sure there's worse at LL already!

Yeah, the arse ends of the R---NBV's! I'm told 16652 is a chassis victim..

[Cumberland Lad]

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[rosswatson]

Originally Posted by Cumberland Lad

Oh FFS! That was the best one!!!

Noted that it's been missing from the 300 for a while now. It's been 16651/3/4 and either 16734 or 16447.
16654 seems very slow off the mark these days

[Cumberland Lad]

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[K777DAO]

Originally Posted by Cumberland Lad

Not as slow as 16653, dreadful bus! I've been off so I didn't know about 16652,

TBvH, Anything that has been roped in to LL to do 300/1's has been killed by the route iver a period of time, the 1665x's were decent when they first arrived from Chorley, and the P-VCK NCME examples were half decent when they first came too... It's going to take one hell of a solid drivetrain combo to tackle the route in terms of newer vehicles. AFAIK the only vehicles that really stood the test of time with that route were the K-DAO SWB Olympians!

[Cumberland Lad]

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[K777DAO]

Originally Posted by Cumberland Lad

The K reg Olympians were only on the 300's for a few years, they were replaced by the P reg N/C's that came from Ribble, which weren't here long, then came the R reg's, which have been on the 300's for at least 6 years, so they haven't done too bad really.

The K-DAOS were on from new though, and lasted a good 7 years until the VCK'S arrived... and 134 is still going fairly good to date... the Leylands were just that little bit better than the volvo replacements, but i suppose that is pure opinion!

[Cumberland Lad]

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[K777DAO]

Originally Posted by Cumberland Lad

14234 (or 1034 as it was) is still a very smooth bus, it just lacks power in comparison to how the Volvo's used to be. I would think that the Scania's will be around for along time, they are supposed to be very good.

TBH, i still know the deckers by the 10xx numbers!! haha (as Cainebj will vouch.. - i used to confuse him!) Shows my age! the scanias are supposed to be good, but a lot have been delivered with issues as of late i believe... i just hope these issues have been ironed out of lillyhall's!!

[Mattdw92]

47006 on 51 and 20130 on 50 with 'Moorclo' only on its display
Off on hols for 10 days

[Pricey2701@gma]

Are they going to brand the west cumbria scanias as they are not with the morecambe ones probably because on sundays they may run on the 2A or the 42

[cainebj]

34616 on Seaton.
47059 and 47062 on Harrington. 47059 STILL sounding like a dog yelping.
35248, 20923 and 14255 on 30 and 31.
16447 been on annexe after 600.
20918 on 48 this afternoon.
20473 Staff Shuttle.

[jonesy3001]

Originally Posted by Pricey2701@gma

Are they going to brand the west cumbria scanias as they are not with the morecambe ones probably because on sundays they may run on the 2A or the 42

Somebody made a mistake putting a scania on the 2a's.
I wonder if the R-NBV's will end up like this
http://www.railforums.co.uk/attachme...1&d=1279636662

[cainebj]

the 1545 50 was missed out. 20130 sat on the annexe, leaving everyone to cram onto 47006 on the 1600 51!
47617 is the other bus on Seaton.
20195, 20902, 20923 and 16647 on 30 and 31!
14257 done a catch up Moorclose Circular.
20919 flying around Staff Shuttle.
20921 on short 300.
16734 on full 300. i'm told 16651/3/4 are the others.
20913 on 53.

traffic has been rather ridiculously bad in Workington. various buses on 30 and 31 have been running late, and 1 driver decided to run his bus earlier than timetabled!

[K777DAO]

Originally Posted by cainebj

16734 on full 300. i'm told 16651/3/4 are the others.

all present and correct! I spent the afternoon in Carlisle, and spotted all four!
Usual Flurry of Darts and E300's flying around!
20977 on CE's mid afternoon 600 run

I followed 16651 home as far as Wigton... surprising turn of speed!!
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Originally Posted by jonesy3001

Somebody made a mistake putting a scania on the 2a's.
I wonder if the R-NBV's will end up like this
http://www.railforums.co.uk/attachme...1&d=1279636662

What a shame... 16655 was LL's best during her time here!