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Open top Volvo B7TL 37058 has seen very limited service this summer and has been parked up at Camborne for around a month now.
It was seen last week.
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Quite a bit. Almost a different bus. As delivered, B7TLs were 215hp with ZF Ecomat boxes set in Eco mode. The London deliveries also had the accelerator inhibitor that slowed acceleration to a crawl to prevent falls on pulling away from bus stops. All this along with the speed limiter can be removed to create a much better interurban bus.
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Mellor Strata Ultra KF19 LCV that was with OTS last month was in Camborne today. It will be interesting to see if it gets trialled on any routes in the coming days.


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According to bus times.org all 3 Atlantic Toaster Solos are on the A17 and all 3 Mousehole solos are on the M6!

Yellow Trident 33071 on T2.
 

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According to bus times.org all 3 Atlantic Toaster Solos are on the A17 and all 3 Mousehole solos are on the M6!

Yellow Trident 33071 on T2.
The M6 Solos will all expire tomorrow. They've been on the road for at least a couple of days.
 

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Saw it in Truro yesterday in the city centre, thought it must of been working for an independent operator, never knew Kernow was borrowing it
I can't see what use it could have. Same length as a short E200, but less capacity than the smallest Solo.
 

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I can't see what use it could have. Same length as a short E200, but less capacity than the smallest Solo.
Same, only the shortest or low use routes such as the two day a week 66 service from Penryn to Truro would be the most feasible routes

As we saw with the Plaxton Cheetahs, they never really had a role in the Kernow fleet, so the Strata would probably go the same way, spend most of its time in the depot
 

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From memory the previous one trialled was smaller and was only around for a matter of a few days and never saw service. Having said that I was told that one was tried out on the Mousehole run purely to see if it could get down there.

I don’t know the outcome if true.
 

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From memory the previous one trialled was smaller and was only around for a matter of a few days and never saw service. Having said that I was told that one was tried out on the Mousehole run purely to see if it could get down there.

I don’t know the outcome if true.
Oh, I didn't know that. I know a Solo SR was trialled in Mousehole because I saw it. Rumour has it it failed because the rear grounded on the "Old Post Office" corner.
 

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last working for Diamond Bus (North West)

OTS had it briefly last month, vehicle dimensions by the way are as follows for comparison with current Solo's on M6 or a Solo SR.
It arrived at Camborne this morning displaying "School bus" so has been used somewhere today.
 

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Tinner E400MMC 33461 taken off a westbound T2 service at Camborne with fresh bodywork damage. Replaced by Trident 33084.
 

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Trident on the T1 at lunchtime, but could have been the same one as above. I've seen M6s four times today, and all were the correct bus, but it MIGHT have been the same one each time!
 

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The Strata Ultra demo bus was used on Truro College service 243 this afternoon. Earlier in the afternoon it was seen at Penzance.IMG_2249rev2.jpg
 

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Trident on the T1 at lunchtime, but could have been the same one as above. I've seen M6s four times today, and all were the correct bus, but it MIGHT have been the same one each time!

33230 was also on Tinner services.
 

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Trident 33230 on T3 duties today

Pride Trident 33143 on Falmouth P&R services
 
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After several failed attempts earlier in the summer I finally managed to capture an image of a open top Volvo B7TL on service A4 this evening!ED2A2969rev.jpg
 

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Tinner 33464 on U1/U2 duties today, currently on the 12:40 U1 service from Falmouth Moor to Truro
 

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Tinner 33451 on the 20:50 87 service from Newquay to Truro

Trident 33242 on the 21:35 93 service from Truro to Newquay
 
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Anybody hear about 42860/TT03TRU? It's being scrapped due to a rotten floor, if anyone could supply photos of it, that would be appreciated

Also, WA56FTV's been in an RTC, not sure what's happening to it
 

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ClawzOneThirty I heard from a friend and a bus driver that 42946 has been scrapped.
 

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