up where i live another Hybrid bus went up in flames this week the 5th oneIt’s still a tiny proportion of buses that are on the road.
Cars, lorries, trains are all having fires too.
Fires are much more likely on extreme high mileage engines. These old Tridents have several million miles on them.
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?
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.Tinner MMC 33457 on A17 duties today, seen on the 15:00 A17 service from St Ives to Madron
Thank you for the information @83G/84D ! Appreciate it!
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.
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.
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.
That is correct, it's been here since Saturday.@ClawzOneThirty 32097 was on L2 this morning suggesting it’s outstationed at Helston as it was seen on U4 earlier in the week.
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/
That’s the one I was referring to!
Thanks Clawzonethirty for the identification.
ADL hybrids do seem to be quite combustible.up where i live another Hybrid bus went up in flames this week the 5th one