Diamond Bus - Discussion

[winston]

The Esteem is on the 4M today

How does it look in allover blue? Did you manage to get a picture of it?

Here it is at Merry Hill earlier
http://wmbusphotos.com/centralConnect/30408.html

It does look smart in allover blue. A lot better than its previous livery with Kent Top Travel

I totally agree with that John!  ;)

[PM]

The Esteem is on the 4M today

How does it look in allover blue? Did you manage to get a picture of it?

Photo will be on the main site later.  Not the best.  The weather has changed since I came out this morning

Internally on the Ensign photo's they looked smart, externally the Esteem bodywork looks a bit naff & bulky.

Can't believe it's been thundering in Jan.....  :o

Yeah the interiors looked fine but the headroom was possibly a bit lacking at the back but then again plaxton centro's aren't great when it comes to that and even headroom on eclipses can feel a bit limited at the back in places.

The esteem arguably looks better on the scania chassis like preston bus have but maybe it was more designed for that as opposed to for the b7rle?

Has it really?!

If you compare the B7RLE & Scania Esteems (both in offside shots), it's noticeable that the window line on the B7RLE is higher, so of which has been taken up belwo the headlights in the front lower panels. Also the Preson Bus examples have more black to make the windscreen/windows look deeper & the the bodywork between the cab & passenger windows has been painted black to goo effect

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-w0-uJPNJSeQ/TWWdDENbqUI/AAAAAAAAEvU/nHhyXqrW2ps/s1600/pb_1.png
http://www.thebusgallery.co.uk/p973835095/h6EBFFF1C#h6ebfff1c

Sure have, hail, thunder & lightening in Kingswinford

That is true-I reckon they should have painted the area behind the cab and behind the emergency door black but other than that it looks very smart and thanks to Tony for the photo.

Who would have thought the north east could have better weather than the Midlands :P

[PM]

I imagine most people are aware of this already but if not, http://diamondbuses.com/news/NewDiamondValuefareslaunchedintheBlackCountry_178.html

reveals an exciting new fares promotion which could help to boost a number of diamond's commercial black country services. It is nice to see returns on the 42/43 and actually being advertised on the 40. We just need them advertised on buses then job done!

[Solo1]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stanjack/12140545524/   one of the  centro's now in the new lvery

[PM]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stanjack/12140545524/   one of the  centro's now in the new lvery

Thanks for posting that Solo1 so now we know 2 royale's are repainted. Looking at your photostream as well 30412 is now in service, meaning just 30413 is yet to enter service :)

[winston]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stanjack/12140545524/   one of the  centro's now in the new lvery

Thanks for posting that Solo1 so now we know 2 royale's are repainted. Looking at your photostream as well 30412 is now in service, meaning just 30413 is yet to enter service :)

That one has the large overpowering Diamond logo's down the side as well, it's as though they are getting painted at two different places. I prefer the smaller more subtle sized logo's on most of the ex Transdev B7RLE's

[PM]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stanjack/12140545524/   one of the  centro's now in the new lvery

Thanks for posting that Solo1 so now we know 2 royale's are repainted. Looking at your photostream as well 30412 is now in service, meaning just 30413 is yet to enter service :)

That one has the large overpowering Diamond logo's down the side as well, it's as though they are getting painted at two different places. I prefer the smaller more subtle sized logo's on most of the ex Transdev B7RLE's

It does and I also prefer the smaller logos as they look smarter. It must make replacing bits of logos more difficult if they are of various sizes. I would like to see some standardisation as currently there are eclipses missing bits of logos...

[winston]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stanjack/12140545524/   one of the  centro's now in the new lvery

Thanks for posting that Solo1 so now we know 2 royale's are repainted. Looking at your photostream as well 30412 is now in service, meaning just 30413 is yet to enter service :)

That one has the large overpowering Diamond logo's down the side as well, it's as though they are getting painted at two different places. I prefer the smaller more subtle sized logo's on most of the ex Transdev B7RLE's

It does and I also prefer the smaller logos as they look smarter. It must make replacing bits of logos more difficult if they are of various sizes. I would like to see some standardisation as currently there are eclipses missing bits of logos...

The smaller logo's are better as on the Eclispe's they don't overlap on to the skirt panels which are more prone to accident damage than most

[598]

Question, sorry if it's a bit off topic guys but I've seen one or two diamond vehicles displaying V.O.R. on the blind. What does it mean??

[Stu]

Question, sorry if it's a bit off topic guys but I've seen one or two diamond vehicles displaying V.O.R. on the blind. What does it mean??

VOR = "Vehicle Off Road"

Some people have seen this used when a vehicle is going back to depot, possibly to indicate there is a fault with it.

[vinh1000]

Noticed the 16 is I think all hybrid today not something you see often :)

[nitromatt1]

Noticed the 16 is I think all hybrid today not something you see often :)

The 16 is fully hybrid every Sunday in my observation, and the 50 is fully hybrid/normal Versas

[PM]

Noticed the 16 is I think all hybrid today not something you see often :)

The 16 is fully hybrid every Sunday in my observation, and the 50 is fully hybrid/normal Versas

I see other buses eg MPDs or centros on the 50 on Sundays as well. The 27 is often signature SR solos on a sunday...

[PM]

Question, sorry if it's a bit off topic guys but I've seen one or two diamond vehicles displaying V.O.R. on the blind. What does it mean??

VOR = "Vehicle Off Road"

Some people have seen this used when a vehicle is going back to depot, possibly to indicate there is a fault with it.

Also displayed on paper signs put in the windows of buses off the road either temporarily due to a fault or on buses withdrawn to indicate that they are not to be taken out in service. It is a good idea as it stops buses with faults being taken out and indicates which buses need attention.

[vinh1000]

Noticed the 16 is I think all hybrid today not something you see often :)

The 16 is fully hybrid every Sunday in my observation, and the 50 is fully hybrid/normal Versas

50 had 2 darts on that ive seen
16 had a dart on last week i remembrer