Withdrawn Vehicles

[Tony]

4141; 4143; 4145; 4146; 4170 now all in the top yard at Miller Street

[Eric Shaw]

It may be necessary to clear Pensnett of withdrawn vehicles if they need to set up charging points for the electric buses for the 120.

[paulb1973]

I note Scania Bendibuses 6022/32 left for scrap recently - so that type has disappeared from the fleet, in fact just five articulated vehicles remain in service (at Coventry). 6012 went to PVS, and by the sounds of it, 6016 has gone there too.

Are 4141/43/45/46/70 considered withdrawn or in reserve? - sometimes there isn't much difference between the two.

[don]

I'm guessing space is being freed up to allow the vehicles ultimately replaced by the 38 new buses and any other changes to be parked up for either spares recovery or resurrection if required - 11 Bendies could = berths for 20 odd normal length buses?

These days quite a number of the reserve buses do end up resurrected back in service but the days of having garages (Lea Hall and Miller St) full of long withdrawn buses which never see service again has long gone I would think.

[markcf83]

Eleven bendy buses are about the length of eighteen double deckers if you leave a gap of a foot between them.

[karl724223]

It may be necessary to clear Pensnett of withdrawn vehicles if they need to set up charging points for the electric buses for the 120.

who said Pensnett doing the 120 with electric buses maybe they need charging up inside a garage not on a open yard

[Jack6101]

West Brom or Birmingham central ??

who said Pensnett doing the 120 with electric buses maybe they need charging up inside a garage not on a open yard

[MW]

Imagine BC somehow became the only garage without standard buses. Standard as in Crimson/Red & White. So Platinums, Hybrids, Electric and maybe even coaches lol.

[winston]

who said Pensnett doing the 120 with electric buses maybe they need charging up inside a garage not on a open yard

Electric charging points don't need to be inside a garage, Go Ahead London's Waterloo depot that houses their entire fleet of fully Electric BYD/ADL E200MMC on former Red Arrow routes 507 & 521 are charged outside. The depot setup of an open plan yard with only a covered engineering bay is very much the same as Pensnett.

https://www.ukpowernetworks.co.uk/internet/en/news-and-press/press-releases/Electric-buses-are-breath-of-fresh-air-for-London.html

More likely they don't trust PN drivers with them :-P

[Tony]

4140 & 4197 have joined the ever growing collection of Tridents at Miller Street

[karl724223]

4140 & 4197 have joined the ever growing collection of Tridents at Miller Street

any plans for 4197 depending on inspection

[Tony]

any plans for 4197 depending on inspection

Not at the moment

[paulb1973]

Is this the current location of the first batch (4125-4224) of Tridents dating from 2001? The withdrawn/reserve fleet locations may not be right and I'm assuming 4130/80-81 are all at YW, I have 4164 as reserve ex-WA:

BC = 4148/66/72/76-77/79/83 (7)
CV = 4142/44/90/4203-4/6-23 (23)
PN = 4147/85/98 (3)
WA = 4125/27/54/57/61 (5)
WN = 4132-37/39/50/52-53/60/63/68 (13)
YW = 4130/80-81 (3)
Training Fleet = 4129/31 (2)

Withdrawn/Reserve = 4126(??r)/4140(MS)/4141(MSr)/4143(MSr)/4145(MSr)/4146(MSr)/4149(MSr)/4151(MS)/4155(??r)/4159(MS)/4162(MSr)/4164(??r)/4167(??r)
4169(WN)/4170(MSr)/4171(MS)/4173(??r)/4186(MS)/4187(MS)/4189(MS)/4193(PN)/4194(PN)/4195(PN)/4196(PN)/4197(MS)/4201(MS) (26)

Scrapped/sold (18) :
4174/4188/4199 sold to Trevor Wigley for scrap 1/18
4158/4175/4200/4224 sold to Trevor Wigley for scrap 12/17
4128/4138/4156/4165/4182/4184/4191 sold to PVS, Barnsley for scrap 9/17
4192 donated to Coventry (City) College 9/17
4202/4205 sold to PVS, Barnsley for scrap 8/17
4178 sold to PVS, Barnsley for scrap 12/16

[Tony]

Is this the current location of the first batch (4125-4224) of Tridents dating from 2001? The withdrawn/reserve fleet locations may not be right and I'm assuming 4130/80-81 are all at YW, I have 4164 as reserve ex-WA:

BC = 4148/66/72/76-77/79/83 (7)
CV = 4142/44/90/4203-4/6-23 (23)
PN = 4147/85/98 (3)
WA = 4125/27/54/57/61 (5)
WN = 4132-37/39/50/52-53/60/63/68 (13)
YW = 4130/80-81 (3)
Training Fleet = 4129/31 (2)

Withdrawn/Reserve = 4126(??r)/4140(MS)/4141(MSr)/4143(MSr)/4145(MSr)/4146(MSr)/4149(MSr)/4151(MS)/4155(??r)/4159(MS)/4162(MSr)/4164(??r)/4167(??r)
4169(WN)/4170(MSr)/4171(MS)/4173(??r)/4186(MS)/4187(MS)/4189(MS)/4193(PN)/4194(PN)/4195(PN)/4196(PN)/4197(MS)/4201(MS) (26)

Scrapped/sold (18) :
4174/4188/4199 sold to Trevor Wigley for scrap 1/18
4158/4175/4200/4224 sold to Trevor Wigley for scrap 12/17
4128/4138/4156/4165/4182/4184/4191 sold to PVS, Barnsley for scrap 9/17
4192 donated to Coventry (City) College 9/17
4202/4205 sold to PVS, Barnsley for scrap 8/17
4178 sold to PVS, Barnsley for scrap 12/16

reserve 4181 is back at BC

[BN]

Is this the current location of the first batch (4125-4224) of Tridents dating from 2001? The withdrawn/reserve fleet locations may not be right and I'm assuming 4130/80-81 are all at YW, I have 4164 as reserve ex-WA:

BC = 4148/66/72/76-77/79/83 (7)
CV = 4142/44/90/4203-4/6-23 (23)
PN = 4147/85/98 (3)
WA = 4125/27/54/57/61 (5)
WN = 4132-37/39/50/52-53/60/63/68 (13)
YW = 4130/80-81 (3)
Training Fleet = 4129/31 (2)

Withdrawn/Reserve = 4126(??r)/4140(MS)/4141(MSr)/4143(MSr)/4145(MSr)/4146(MSr)/4149(MSr)/4151(MS)/4155(??r)/4159(MS)/4162(MSr)/4164(??r)/4167(??r)
4169(WN)/4170(MSr)/4171(MS)/4173(??r)/4186(MS)/4187(MS)/4189(MS)/4193(PN)/4194(PN)/4195(PN)/4196(PN)/4197(MS)/4201(MS) (26)

Scrapped/sold (18) :
4174/4188/4199 sold to Trevor Wigley for scrap 1/18
4158/4175/4200/4224 sold to Trevor Wigley for scrap 12/17
4128/4138/4156/4165/4182/4184/4191 sold to PVS, Barnsley for scrap 9/17
4192 donated to Coventry (City) College 9/17
4202/4205 sold to PVS, Barnsley for scrap 8/17
4178 sold to PVS, Barnsley for scrap 12/16

4169 moved to top yard at PN yesterday.