First Bus - Potteries

[Cheese]

Interesting bus, longer than all the rest with high backed seats as well. Never got to ride on it unfortunately though surprising it didn't stay at Worcester seeing as that type of E300 was unusual across First at the time, before E300's went to Potteries, think Scotland East have one as well.

Pair of them at First Scotland East 62411/2 (SN03WMJ/U), not sure they have ever been in First livery, always in an overall ad livery, they might possibly be owned by Falkirk Council?

[PM]

Pair of them at First Scotland East 62411/2 (SN03WMJ/U), not sure they have ever been in First livery, always in an overall ad livery, they might possibly be owned by Falkirk Council?

Those are they, look to be standard First spec though which suggests First ordered them/Transbus built as Demo's to their spec

[T840MAK]

So after recieving a barrage of abuse, general obvs from today.

66305 - 1/2 shorts
65706 - 10
43875 - 5
63097 - 3/4/4A

66309 with its fuchsia front on 3/4/4A
25 seems to mainly be deckers with just 66303 and 65041.
60316 60317 in their usual places in the yard
65034 with its fuchsia front parked up.

[DVXXII]

The two non DDA withdrawn vehicles left at AG, 40009 (which was heavily stripped) and 42354, have been moved in the last day or so. Not sure if these have been moved to join the other withdrawals at NE or been towed away for scrap. 67602 moved from between them at the weekend. Not noted out working so most likely undergoing repairs and/or repaint.

[barry619]

So after recieving a barrage of abuse

Abuse from who, a driver?

[PM]

Some Potteries changes coming up http://www.firstgroup.com/potteries/news-and-service-updates/planned-changes/service-changes-21-february . Looks to be mostly more pruning back.

Anyone else think the Potteries logos on the bottoms of windscreens of Eclipse/Solar bodied B7RLE/Scania's looks properly odd?!

[Cheese]

66851 on the 10 in Stafford, very rare for a Volvo B7RLE to be in Stafford.

[DVXXII]

Not much of interest at the depot yesterday. Fuscia fronted 66309 is still here, beginning to think it's swap with an ALX400 decker from Leicester is now off the cards. 67602 is now out of the garage, but still in the old livery - was hoping this was to be the first with a new fuscia fronted livery here but it's not to be :-(

Reported elsewhere are sightings that 65035 has now had a fuscia front applied and is out in service.

[DVXXII]

Noted at the depot today that 65036 has now emerged from the paint shop with a fuscia front. They're certainly getting through these Omnicities fairly quickly. Fuscia fronted B7L 66309 has been in the depot for most of the week, presumably suffering further troubles, as it has recently been off the road for a number of weeks.

[Ashley 60171]

65035 also now has had a fuchsia front repainted.
65036 has had a raspberry front end repaint

65730 and 66839 on the 10 today.

[barry619]

65035 also now has had a fuchsia front repainted.
65036 has had a raspberry front end repaint

I have seen one of the fuchsia-fronted OmniCitys this week. They are repainting the whole bus rather than just applying a coloured front. Odd that the decision has been to repaint buses that already carry the current corporate livery rather than any of the battered old heaps that are still in obsolete Barbie colours, but this is First after all.

[Ashley 60171]

I have seen one of the fuchsia-fronted OmniCitys this week. They are repainting the whole bus rather than just applying a coloured front. Odd that the decision has been to repaint buses that already carry the current corporate livery rather than any of the battered old heaps that are still in obsolete Barbie colours, but this is First after all.

65039-42 should be priority as these are Barbie. Then some money spent on the recently acquired Darts/Solos/E300's/B7TL's in general. Either that or some new stock.

[capital Potter]

65035 also now has had a fuchsia front repainted.
65036 has had a raspberry front end repaint

65730 and 66839 on the 10 today.

Are the fuchsia fronts a different shade to the raspberry fronts

[Bob]

Well fuchsia is pink and raspberry is red so more a different colour than shade lol

[capital Potter]

Well fuchsia is pink and raspberry is red so more a different colour than shade lol

I agree but the raspberry fronts are more a shade of pink.