Unusual Workings October 2013

[Nathan4775]

2142 - 45 daytime board, I remember LS Saying one comes out at 14:25 or something and stays out till late, but this was at 13:50 or 13:55 I seen it

[Sayeed]

4144 cannot even display 11E on its destination!

Well, it did this time as I was standing at Lordswood Rd bus stop by Harborne Pool Centre, 2 buses came at once and Trident was on the front and to be honest when I spot the Trident I instantly thought I thought that 24 but was wrong...

P.S: I wouldn't post bogus stuffs in here and never did.

[Liverpool Street]

2142 - 45 daytime board, I remember LS Saying one comes out at 14:25 or something and stays out till late, but this was at 13:50 or 13:55 I seen it

Yes and it does a 98 first so the Pershore bit would be 1600 or aomething.

If that's true about 2142 it is a true rare working.

[Stuharris 6360]

4144 cannot even display 11E on its destination!

Well, it did this time as I was standing at Lordswood Rd bus stop by Harborne Pool Centre, 2 buses came at once and Trident was on the front and to be honest when I spot the Trident I instantly thought I thought that 24 but was wrong...

P.S: I wouldn't post bogus stuffs in here and never did.

This is interesting, Sayeed is 100% he saw 4144 on the 11E, so there must be some sort of explanation, nothing at BC does a school run and then does an 11E to get it back to nearer garage does it?

[Liverpool Street]

4144 cannot even display 11E on its destination!

Well, it did this time as I was standing at Lordswood Rd bus stop by Harborne Pool Centre, 2 buses came at once and Trident was on the front and to be honest when I spot the Trident I instantly thought I thought that 24 but was wrong...

P.S: I wouldn't post bogus stuffs in here and never did.

This is interesting, Sayeed is 100% he saw 4144 on the 11E, so there must be some sort of explanation, nothing at BC does a school run and then does an 11E to get it back to nearer garage does it?

No.

[Nathan4775]

It just doesnt make sense for BC to run a 11E trip or for AG to loan a Trident ?  :-\

[Stuharris 6360]

To be honest, think the only thing for it is to ask Tony politely to ring BC and ask them to tell him what 4144 did today.

[Tony]

If you try putting 11A; 11C or 11E into the destination on any BC bus it will just come up 'bad route' and leave the external display blank. When a bus moves garage it has to have the magic box plugged into it at the receiving garage which copies all that garages routes into the display and erases all the originating garages services. As 4144 was at BC today it didn't have any other garages magic boxes plugged into it

[Sayeed]

It just doesnt make sense for BC to run a 11E trip or for AG to loan a Trident ?  :-\

Probably came off from 9 instead of running dead back to City?

[Nathan4775]

It just doesnt make sense for BC to run a 11E trip or for AG to loan a Trident ?  :-\

Probably came off from 9 instead of running dead back to City?

But I still dont see why BC would be on the 11E ? reading tonys above post it seems very unlikely

[nitromatt1]

2085 on 276/244

Also 2097 is still out on the 141 tonight

[Kevin]

If you try putting 11A; 11C or 11E into the destination on any BC bus it will just come up 'bad route' and leave the external display blank

"bad route"
anyone else have a quick chuckle to themselves at the thought of this? In my head I'm imagining the bus screaming back at the driver "no don't do this to me"

[spudnick]

It just doesnt make sense for BC to run a 11E trip or for AG to loan a Trident ?  :-\

Probably came off from 9 instead of running dead back to City?

But I still dont see why BC would be on the 11E ? reading tonys above post it seems very unlikely

As illogical as it seems it definitely was on the 11 yesterday, confused the hell out me but I saw it at 10:00 in Kings Heath heading anticlockwise with '11E Harborne' on the blinds.

[uniquicity]

I just saw 4187 on the 11E to Perry Barr (clockwise) on Lordswood Road.

[B.C Driver]

I tried putting up 11E on my break last night on 4611, and it came up as 'bad route' ie - blank

Though I remember back in 2010 about a month before LH closed and some BC buses had already had the new LH routes programmed into the destination, but others hadnt. So its not impossible....

However, I dont know what rotas at BC would do part of the 11, Im guessing maybe the Harborne rota (22 and 23), but I havnt seen any notices in the garage regarding route learning for the 11.