West Bromwich Garage

[MW]

1945. I never realised how loud the coolers were on the Scanias until they moved to WB

Yup they can get pretty loud. Not on B7TL level though, but definitely loud. Summer of 2015, I remember driving them up and down Warwick Road. You regularly see the YW ones with cooling fans on blaring up and down Stratford Road. I remember I managed to get 2206's (the bus, not the guy on here) cooling fans on, shortly before it broke down and needed a new alternator belt (unrelated to cooling I know, although it had a burning smell) on its second day in service. The first day it barely left the depot and broke down.

[Trident 4609]

4290 is on loan to West Brom today. It's on the 49.

[Tony]

4290 is on loan to West Brom today. It's on the 49.

It will be there for some time though. It's cover while WB put more E200s through paint

[Tony]

814 is now in the full WMB livery
http://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/0501-0830/814.html

[BK63 YWP]

814 is now in the full WMB livery
http://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/0501-0830/814.html

Crimson would of been better, this livery is quite bland

[paulb1973]

When I saw WMB - I thought of the WM Buses era (1994-96) and the blue/silver and red. Alas, not the same colours this time. Looks fairly similar to the crimson, from a distance I guess!

[Jack6101]

Wonder if it will gain branding for the 42/3

[Straightlines]

814 is now in the full WMB livery
http://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/0501-0830/814.html

What on Earth is going on with the front logo?

They clearly ignored any corporate branding guidance when doing that!

[winston]

What on Earth is going on with the front logo?

They clearly ignored any corporate branding guidance when doing that!

It's been changed since the orignal mock-up on 4878, presumably so passengers can tell NXWM & Diamond apart.
http://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/4700-4879/4878.html

[Mike K]

The two reds are so similar that it looks like just another plain red bus from a distance.

[V89MOA]

Just looks a rubbish London rip off, bring back the classy crimson!

[Jack]

Just looks a rubbish London rip off, bring back the classy crimson!

I agree, it reminds me of 4177 - London Lookalikes!

[Sh4318]

814 is now in the full WMB livery
http://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/0501-0830/814.html

I don't think it actually looks that bad. The thing that sticks out for me (or the opposite) is the colour of the font of the word 'Bus', it's hard to read

[paulb1973]

Is the Coventry version [if there is one] going to follow the same pattern - i.e. a lot of blue. Or will NXC just carry on painting buses in the current two-tone blue livery?

[SK68MEV]

Is the Coventry version [if there is one] going to follow the same pattern - i.e. a lot of blue. Or will NXC just carry on painting buses in the current two-tone blue livery?

two tone livery I think