Unusual Workings February 2013

[Trident 4609]

Wolverhampton

126 branded trident on the 59
A merc on the 28 (didnt catch the fleet number as it was dark and i was in the car and only caught a quick glimpse. Only the second time i've seen a merc on the 28

[Mike K]

99 branded E200 on 22/23 - liable to cause confusion
2143 also on 22/23

[Stuharris 6360]

2153 was on the 72 today with its electronic blinds set.

Take it they have now been reprogrammed!

[John]

1845 > 46 (not sure whether this one counts)

Dont think so, all I ever see on the 46 these days is omnilinks

1845 Is a leather seated Omnilink, that usually sticks to the 952. These ones are unusual on other routes. If there is any route these frequently appear on it is the 638. One of these is quite unusual on the 46, but normal bus seated OmniLink's are usual on the 46, yes. The 952 had a 70** and a 19** on it today.

[Tony]

2153 was on the 72 today with its electronic blinds set.

Take it they have now been reprogrammed!

2122 was also still on the 71/72

[the trainbasher]

4811 276

[4006]

Wolverhampton

126 branded trident on the 59
A merc on the 28 (didnt catch the fleet number as it was dark and i was in the car and only caught a quick glimpse. Only the second time i've seen a merc on the 28

WN
6 branded 2075 on 79
126 branded 4575 on 59
4320 on the 10 (amongst other routes!)
1676 on 28 (so they will fit round Union Street!!)

[Sh4318]

E400 - 120. Think it was 4802, due to the lack of Hagley Road branding, connection bars and a megarear

[Ash]

820 was on the 40 (WB) yesterday.

[wbdriver]

unknown WB enviro on 42 and 43 today, gemini on the 40

[Ash]

unknown WB enviro on 42 and 43 today, gemini on the 40

Has there been any recent buses recently withdrawn from WB or any that are expected to be very soon since the arrivals of the enviro 200's.

There was a branded X51 gemini on the X51 today but the front blind was hardly working only showing Bir and that was it not sure which one it was but suppose this is when branding comes in handy as you will expect the bus to be an X51 when looking at it.

[Rob H]

4441 (61/63) > 97A

[ilovetea4370]

Has there been any recent buses recently withdrawn from WB or any that are expected to be very soon since the arrivals of the enviro 200's.

There was a branded X51 gemini on the X51 today but the front blind was hardly working only showing Bir and that was it not sure which one it was but suppose this is when branding comes in handy as you will expect the bus to be an X51 when looking at it.

It was 4686 and it wouldnt start for the 15:50 departure from Walsall, not sure what happened to it in the end but the driver basically told us it was the 51 or train...

Wasnt very hot with the fleetnumbers today but I did notice:
Y TOH Trident 10
361* ALX200 45
Solo on the 28
4681 7

[Sh4318]

4125 or 4127 - 51

[Tony]

Lots of unusual workings all round today while ticket machines were sorted.

Every bus in the fleet had to have either a replacement ticket machine fitted, or be parked close enough to its home garage wifi to be reprogrammed. This was done in 3 ways.

At West Bromwich where i was helping stocks of reprogrammed machines were taken to the bus station and replaced during short layover, while buses with a longer layover were taken to the overflow park which has wifi and the machine reprogrammed that way.

Other garages including BC sent any spare buses to the city centre, changed with buses in service which were then taken back to the garage within wifi range