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up where i live another Hybrid bus went up in flames this week the 5th one
ClawzOneThirty
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One of the open top Volvo B7 Presidents was spotted in the Volvo Truck & Bus mechanics in Roche, any idea which one it is and what's happening with it?
Anybody know what route(s) 32097 will be doing tomorrow?
Anybody know what route(s) 32097 will be doing tomorrow?
Coincidentally I went past there yesterday morning and saw it . I thought I saw a second one at the nearby Mercedes Benz site but maybe incorrect. The one you mentioned was 32208.
32097 was parked on a stand at Camborne bus station on Saturday morning then departed out of service with two drivers on board.
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Thank you for the information @83G/84D ! Appreciate it!
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There's a Tinner on the A17 virtually everyday now - there was also one on the U4 at lunchtime. 53704 continues blindless on the M6, but at least it's still out there! Its paintwork is looking very faded (always a problem with pink, as First should be well aware) but a good wash would improve matters enormously, as the weather is not obliging.
Happy to be of help. I travel quite extensively around West and mid Cornwall for business and always keep a lookout for any buses of note.
Got two outstanding sightings to identify, one in mid Cornwall in use as a travellers vehicle and near a disused quarry in the south of the county. Neither relevant to this thread as far as I know but a challenge nonetheless.
Tinner E400MMC’s 33450 and 33457 on the A17 today. 33463 on the U4.
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Is the travellers vehicle an ex Plymouth citybus by any chance? I’m aware of a pcb bus being lived in mid cornwall.
No a former Stagecoach bus.
Haven’t come across that one yet!
Marshall Dart in Camborne for attention and E200 44079 has re-appeared here after I saw it at Penzance a month or two ago. Uni E400MMC 33477 taken off a T1 service and replaced by a Tinner MMC. Uni E400MMC's 33475 & 33478 also here but not in service.
After a spell in mid Cornwall green Dart 42560 was seen on the 1040 "39A" from Camborne to Penzance.
After a spell in mid Cornwall green Dart 42560 was seen on the 1040 "39A" from Camborne to Penzance.
@ClawzOneThirty 32097 was on L2 this morning suggesting it’s outstationed at Helston as it was seen on U4 earlier in the week.
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That is correct, it's been here since Saturday.
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Thank you very much @richw !
The stagecoach "bus" is an ex ministry of defense (MOD, basically ex gov't) military transport vehicle.
It was taken by stagecoach as a driver trainer, though sometimes it did get used on normal routes.
D235MEA is the reg, it's a Dodge G13: https://www.flickr.com/photos/146674753@N06/39593504672/in/datetaken/
The stagecoach "bus" is an ex ministry of defense (MOD, basically ex gov't) military transport vehicle.
It was taken by stagecoach as a driver trainer, though sometimes it did get used on normal routes.
D235MEA is the reg, it's a Dodge G13: https://www.flickr.com/photos/146674753@N06/39593504672/in/datetaken/
In the lay-by by Hewaswater?
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I know the one you’re on about. On the left as you’re heading to Snozell? It’s a Dodge G13 with Wadham Stringer bodywork and was one of a number Stagecoach bought for driver training.
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ADL hybrids do seem to be quite combustible.
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I don't know if anybody already knows or noticed, but 33144, 33158, and 33182 have all gone to the West of England fleet via Hampshire & Dorset.
Uni E400MMC 33478 and Trident 33240 on Tinner duties this afternoon.
The former broke down in Camborne town centre a short time ago on a Truro bound T1. It was revived by a fitter before taking its passengers to the bus station and going out of service.
E200 44919 arrived at Camborne under tow and Atlantic Coaster Trident 33233 was collected by the same tow truck.
The former broke down in Camborne town centre a short time ago on a Truro bound T1. It was revived by a fitter before taking its passengers to the bus station and going out of service.
E200 44919 arrived at Camborne under tow and Atlantic Coaster Trident 33233 was collected by the same tow truck.
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Yup, a friend of mine on LK51UZP saw 44919 on tow an hour or two ago
