I have tidied up all the pages for Metrobuses 2001-2075 on my website including putting their histories here. Any corrections welcome as would be any photos of
2002/4/8/10/12/14/15/26/29/33/35/36/38/40-43/46 & 49 anyyone would be willing to let me use to comeplete the set http://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/gonebatches/2001-2435/2001-2435.html
Tony
Picture of 2012 in Walsall on 29th Apr 1989 attached
Alan Nicholls
Quote from: Tony on April 26, 2020, 05:53:43 PM
I have tidied up all the pages for Metrobuses 2001-2075 on my website including putting their histories here. Any corrections welcome as would be any photos of
2002/4/8/10/12/14/15/26/29/33/35/36/38/40-43/46 & 49 anyyone would be willing to let me use to comeplete the set http://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/gonebatches/2001-2435/2001-2435.html
Tony,
Jumping the gun here as I know you've only asked for any corrections for 2001-2075 but I can see that there are vehicle histories for 2076-2085 too. This batch of 10 are listed as being new to Quinton (other sites such as WMT2944's Flickr site say the same) but I'm sure they were new to PB, and moved to QN when they were a few months old.
I started secondary school in September 1980 and remember catching these to and from school on the 11. I recall them as along with 7006/7 they were the earliest Metrobuses on the Outer Circle.
Here are a couple of pictures of 2077 and 2083 when nearly new with the black skirts the Mk1s were delivered with, on routes PB 46 and 91 respectively.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/walsall1955/5648653025
https://www.flickr.com/photos/geoffsimages/5652409571/
Happy to be corrected on this if others know better.
Cheers
Quote from: Mike K on April 27, 2020, 07:17:55 PM
Tony,
Jumping the gun here as I know you've only asked for any corrections for 2001-2075 but I can see that there are vehicle histories for 2076-2085 too. This batch of 10 are listed as being new to Quinton (other sites such as WMT2944's Flickr site say the same) but I'm sure they were new to PB, and moved to QN when they were a few months old.
I started secondary school in September 1980 and remember catching these to and from school on the 11. I recall them as along with 7006/7 they were the earliest Metrobuses on the Outer Circle.
Here are a couple of pictures of 2077 and 2083 when nearly new with the black skirts the Mk1s were delivered with, on routes PB 46 and 91 respectively.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/walsall1955/5648653025
https://www.flickr.com/photos/geoffsimages/5652409571/
Happy to be corrected on this if others know better.
Cheers
They were Mike. Those have been tidied up now
Tony picture of 2004 attached hopefully?
On a separate note could you advise me how to access the psv lists that were previously on google?
Quote from: midlandred2003 on April 28, 2020, 07:37:21 AM
Tony picture of 2004 attached hopefully?
On a separate note could you advise me how to access the psv lists that were previously on google?
Thanks.
Your return email address didn't work for me to reply
use the old link but remove the space between 'all operators' should work
Tony a few pictures for you to use.
Still unable to access the psv lists.
Tony,
On the front page of the main website, there seems to be a "time machine" with the dates of the "Latest photographs added":
25th April 2020
27th April 2020
28th April 2020
27th April 2020
I know the lockdown is dragging on, but for dates to go backwards, that will make it feel even longer than it is;-)
Some good photos though.
Many thanks
7001 perry barr 30/07/1981
2827 lea hall 03/05/1979
Histories up to 2223 now done
https://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/gonebatches/2001-2435/2001-2435.html
How come metrobus 2185 was based in so many garages in its early years? Was it a promotional vehicle of some sort?
Quote from: j789 on May 03, 2020, 03:34:10 PM
How come metrobus 2185 was based in so many garages in its early years? Was it a promotional vehicle of some sort?
Because of its adverts as pictured. One bus would be painted then keep moving garage to spread the advert around
On the page for 2432 there is a picture of 2342 as well as the pic of 2432.
Quote from: Tony on May 02, 2020, 12:50:48 PM
Histories up to 2223 now done
https://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/gonebatches/2001-2435/2001-2435.html
Great photos and garage history info. Please do keep these updates coming.
One minor point on 2137. This one passed to Quinton along with 2138 and 2139 on Dudley's closure on July 1993 (the current history shows it at Dudley from 1989 before being loaned to Bee Line in Sept 1994).
Quote from: Mike K on May 04, 2020, 10:46:37 PM
Great photos and garage history info. Please do keep these updates coming.
One minor point on 2137. This one passed to Quinton along with 2138 and 2139 on Dudley's closure on July 1993 (the current history shows it at Dudley from 1989 before being loaned to Bee Line in Sept 1994).
Thanks Mike
Corrected now. I hope to have all the Mark 1s done today exept the 16 I have no photos for.
If anyone has a photo of
2177, 2179, 2186, 2194, 2342, 2345, 2348, 2351, 2356, 2368, 2378, 2381, 2401, 2411, 2413 or 2415
I could use, I would be extremely grateful
7006 selly oak 30/12/79
3459 selly oak 16/09/79
2400 quinton garage week before closure!
Quote from: midlandred2003 on May 05, 2020, 10:13:26 AM
2400 quinton garage week before closure!
Thanks Steve
I'll add these.
I don't suppose I am luck enough in you having any of the missing 16 above?
Looking back I wish that I had taken more pictures.
NEC 231078
X west mids 680/685 Brierley hill depot last day
2351, Paradise Circus, 3rd March 1990
Quote from: busfan2847 on May 05, 2020, 03:44:41 PM
2351, Paradise Circus, 3rd March 1990
Thanks for the offer, but I think that is 2357, not 2351
Quote from: Tony on May 05, 2020, 09:01:16 AM
Thanks Mike
Corrected now. I hope to have all the Mark 1s done today exept the 16 I have no photos for.
If anyone has a photo of
2177, 2179, 2186, 2194, 2342, 2345, 2348, 2351, 2356, 2368, 2378, 2381, 2401, 2411, 2413 or 2415
I could use, I would be extremely grateful
Metrobus 2381 is in the same photo of 2255 so that could possibly be used for that one.
Quote from: j789 on May 05, 2020, 04:52:55 PM
Metrobus 2381 is in the same photo of 2255 so that could possibly be used for that one.
Cheers, hadn't spotted that
All Mark 1 histories now on except the missing 15
Just 2177, 2179, 2186, 2194, 2342, 2345, 2348, 2351, 2356, 2368, 2378, 2401, 2411, 2413, 2415 wanted now
Tony
The allocations for 2278 show it going to reserve in Jan-1992 and being sold in Mar-2002. I am sure it was at PB from Sep-1997 until withdrawn in Mar-2002 and I think it was at WB in the mid 1990s?
Also you have buses moving from Coventry Rd to other depots in Oct-1986. I am sure that Coventry Rd closed a year earlier (25th Oct 1985).
Thanks for putting this work in. The allocation histories bring back happy memories!
Quote from: busfan2847 on May 06, 2020, 07:50:28 PM
Tony
The allocations for 2278 show it going to reserve in Jan-1992 and being sold in Mar-2002. I am sure it was at PB from Sep-1997 until withdrawn in Mar-2002 and I think it was at WB in the mid 1990s?
Also you have buses moving from Coventry Rd to other depots in Oct-1986. I am sure that Coventry Rd closed a year earlier (25th Oct 1985).
Thanks for putting this work in. The allocation histories bring back happy memories!
Many thanks for finding any errors. If you spot any Coventry Road ones in 1986 would you mind making a note of the fleetnumbers so I can recheck them please
Tony
2187-2193 and 2334 are the ones I have seen so far.
Also there do not appear to be any histories for 2210, 2346, 2347 and 2353.
Alan
Quote from: busfan2847 on May 06, 2020, 07:50:28 PM
Tony
The allocations for 2278 show it going to reserve in Jan-1992 and being sold in Mar-2002. I am sure it was at PB from Sep-1997 until withdrawn in Mar-2002 and I think it was at WB in the mid 1990s?
Also you have buses moving from Coventry Rd to other depots in Oct-1986. I am sure that Coventry Rd closed a year earlier (25th Oct 1985).
Thanks for putting this work in. The allocation histories bring back happy memories!
I'll second that - great to see the allocation histories. A lot of the many vehicle movements were news to me. It was so much more interesting when there were lots of smaller local garages.
Tony, a couple of small observations on some of the histories:
2333 is showing as new to Hockley - I think it was new to Liverpool Street (along with all of the 2326 to 2360 batch)?
2375-2378 are showing as transferred from Hockley to Quinton in 4/86. I'm sure that these 4 moved to Harborne first in Oct/Nov 1985 along with 2373/4 (the histories for 2373/4 are correct) before then moving to Quinton soon after when Harborne closed in 4/86.
Hope you don't mind these pedantic observations. I can only really offer any input on HE/QN vehicles I'm afraid, my knowledge was very centred on the garages local to me.
Yes the histories information is very useful and interesting, thanks for your hard work on doing this. Would you ever consider doing a post 1986 book about WMT and it's successes similar to what Malcolm Keeley did with his book about the West Midland up to 1986 as it would be great to have an up to date reference book about all the vehicles used since then (I can appreciate this would be very time consuming though so may not be viable).
Tony a couple more pictures
Another Mystery I have come across doing these Histories.
Where is 2932?
I have no trace of it since sale in 2007 but it was still passing MoTs up to 2013 and is still SORN today.
Does anyoneone know where it has been or is?
Quote from: Tony on May 10, 2020, 10:45:11 AM
Another Mystery I have come across doing these Histories.
Where is 2932?
I have no trace of it since sale in 2007 but it was still passing MoTs up to 2013 and is still SORN today.
Does anyoneone know where it has been or is?
Being/Been converted into a "mobile stage" apparently, according to the link bellow. And 2 big doors on the offside now.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/148610075@N04/35856480304/in/photolist-WCvQnE-S2uHHS-RZ8jEa-RWAhXY-QCiDJ6-p3xXiQ-einAfA-aWMjbF-86efdT-m7rXKf-cAj3t1-oYT5jA-cJ9off-FyLspf-cB2ofU-cBp9eu
Wander what the location of where its being stored is?