New Deliveries / New Livery & Branding Discussion

[DavieDD2]

Cascade plan? I wonder if that involves Dundee at some point? Some Eclipse 2's to rid us of Presidents wouldn't go a miss...

[DJ]

Cascade plan? I wonder if that involves Dundee at some point? Some Eclipse 2's to rid us of Presidents wouldn't go a miss...

Why would you want to get rid of the Presidents? :(

[Westy]

Slightly off topic, but does WA 70 / 70a need E200's, because surely they could be used on the Darlaston corridor instead, in fact I saw the one on the 37 the other day!

(If you could get enough E200's together, then surely you could merge the 36 & 39?)

[Jack]

Slightly off topic, but does WA 70 / 70a need E200's, because surely they could be used on the Darlaston corridor instead, in fact I saw the one on the 37 the other day!

(If you could get enough E200's together, then surely you could merge the 36 & 39?)

I remember the 70 (prior to the E200's) was operated by Omnilinks and B7RLE's and the 70A was the usual B6. But would there be enough E200's for the 34/37 if the 39 was to be merged with the 36?

Can full size Single Deckers do the 70A? As when there is no spare E200's WA tend to put a Trident on it, which is smaller in length than a Omnilink/B7RLE.

[Gareth]

Why would you want to get rid of the Presidents? :(

Because they're almost 18 years old compared to 5?

[Tony]

Cascade plan? I wonder if that involves Dundee at some point? Some Eclipse 2's to rid us of Presidents wouldn't go a miss...

There is a plan to replace the Presidents but it doesn't involve this cascade.

[winston]

Because they're almost 18 years old compared to 5?

And there on core Dundee City Centre services, as the Presidents are even too old for the Fife schools work

13 single decks are leaving BC, so you don't need to speculate on which BC route might get thei

I'm thinking as follows:

E400's BC to NXC to replace Bendi's & loan NXWM liveried Tridents poss 4940-9
E400's BC to WB from 4928 batch
A few Crimson Tridents for PN
13 x B7RLE's split between WA & WN

[MW]

There is a plan to replace the Presidents but it doesn't involve this cascade.

Can you tell us what depots are involved @Tony ?

[DavieDD2]

There is a plan to replace the Presidents but it doesn't involve this cascade.

You're teasing us @Tony, prey tell... :)

[Tony]

Can you tell us what depots are involved @Tony ?

All except AG & BY, although AG probably will be in the final shakedown

[MW]

All except AG & BY, although AG probably will be in the final shakedown

Yeah I guessed AG wouldn't be very involved lol.

[Jack]

I have a nasty feeling PB will be getting rid of their ALX400's. I would be happy to see the back of 4291, as would most PB drivers. If some E400's from BC come and cascade them out? Hopefully not!

[Michael Bevan]

Either 6857 or 6858 has been spotted on the M6 heading Southbound.

[midlandred2003]

That was 6858

[Tony]

That was 6858

Arrived at BC a couple of hours ago, so I took it out in the yard for a photo
http://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/5001-9959/6858.html

6856 also came Saturday
http://wmbusphotos.com/NXWM/5001-9959/6856.html

At least one more due tomorrow