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Started by Stu, July 07, 2012, 07:35:14 PM

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Ally

And now 39685 is the latest Stagecoach breakdown victim, seen at 05:40am this morning (I believe it had been working the 03:15am 767 from Nuneaton, Red Deeps). Judging by the spill on the road when I had finished earlier, it looks like yet another coolant pipe bursting, now the 4th I've witnessed in a year on this same bus type!
If it was the 03:15am, then it would have broken down about 04:15am. I bet the on-call engineer was happy about being dragged out of bed at that time!

Pic: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1566279090319314&l=ce42007e6b

It must have been fixed pretty soon after, as I just had it on a 57 half an hour ago.
~ Alistair (A.K.A. Ally)
~ Originally from Bedworth, Warwickshire. Now residing in Bristol
~ CSA at National Express, Bristol
~ https://www.facebook.com/alistair.transportchat

Trident 4609

4325 currently parked up in Dudley Bus Station with its bonnet up. 4580 parked acrosd the road in the layby with its hazards on also

the trainbasher

KV51KZH being attended to at Morrisons Five  Ways


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John

PB not doing good this morning.

Gemini on the 65 broken down at the stop past Lancaster Circus
4251 at Perry Common with a coolant leak (was on the 7, replaced by 1863)
4241 on The Priory Queensway with a flat tyre (also on 65)

John

West Brom weren't doing too good either by the looks of it! 4249 and another ALX400 both on Colmore Row (4249 looked like it had lost coolant). An engineer had brought another ALX400 as a change bus for one of them

Kevin

#1460
Quote from: John on April 08, 2015, 12:27:50 PM
PB not doing good this morning.

Gemini on the 65 broken down at the stop past Lancaster Circus
...

This would explain why I was late this morning.
Actually saw it when I eventually came past on the next 67 (which naturally was late, that one departure usually is) but assumed because it was at that bus stop there he had just parked up before getting into town to start service
Now in exile in Oxfordshire....
 

Tara4352

4231 had water dripping out of it
4249 ran out of water

andrew1991

Poppy was dragged back to Pensnett around 7pm this evening

P419 EJW

#1463
632 broke down by Stand K in Wolverhampton Bus Station. Hazard lights on, blind set to "Sorry! Not in Service", inspector and engineer in attendance.

Edit: 632 is back in service now.

Ally

2159 broken down in Bedworth about half an hour ago, hazards going and Not In Service showing but no visible leaks etc. so I'm assuming it just conked out.
~ Alistair (A.K.A. Ally)
~ Originally from Bedworth, Warwickshire. Now residing in Bristol
~ CSA at National Express, Bristol
~ https://www.facebook.com/alistair.transportchat

NXWM Spectra

WA's 4307 currently broken down on Wednesfield High Street. Was due to do the 16:17 89 from Wolverhampton.

Trident 4609

4550 parked up on Birmingham Red/Thompson Ave this afternoon with its bonnet up and coolant leaking onto the road.

Niall

4748  had an engineer on board and and the bonnet open in Bearwood bus station when I passed it at 12:23 today.
I'm on Flickr and Youtube

Sh4318

6126 got towed away on a Mansfied truck on Moor Street around 12pm
Class 153, 155 and 156. The Super Sprinters
Local Routes: 21, 89, 48/A, 12/A, 54/A
Semi-local routes: 80, 87

Westy

1758 on the 301 is an early casultiy this morning as it broke down(with ?) at Proffit Street junction.

Passengers transferred to 1762 on the 29.

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