Arriva - Unusual Workings

[Bob]

2629 has been working out of Stafford last couple of days to help out ailing fleet....

2346 S346YOG Engine Problems
2266 Y266YBC Gearbox
2627 V227KDA Diff

Thats what happens when you have a fleet with a woeful age profile lol. Is S346 YOG the one with the engine from the withdrawn mpd? Or is it S345 YOG? Whichever one it is its awful...on it on the 74a once and it couldnt grt any power up, and it kept shaking and almost rocking back and forth when changing gears like the gearbox was confused or something lol. Oh well least staffords got the pleasure of some versas comin soon. ..

[tphi12000]

3774 on the 7E in Lichfield this morning.

[Trident 4609]

MPD on the 68 today (Didn't catch the fleet number but I think it was a 51 plate) go in through Heath Town towards Wolverhampton about 15:30. Mainly ALX300 bodied B10BLE 360*/361* operate the daytime 68's

[Bob]

Not for much longer the alx300 are going. .expect to see more mpds lol

[Trident 4609]

What is the usual allocation for the 25/6 bob? I don't know most of the CK allocations but. Imagine it gets basically anything that's thrown on there?

[covlad27]

What is the usual allocation for the 25/6 bob? I don't know most of the CK allocations but. Imagine it gets basically anything that's thrown on there?

It will be pulsar 2s within the next few weeks sime are parked up at cannock branded ready to go

[Bob]

Pye greens get anything yea, mpds, sb120s often route 1 commanders , stafford pulsars,  61 plate pulsars, centros, w109 ewu usually on there, volvos and whenever deckers are on loan there allways put on.

[Trident 4609]

What is the usual allocation for the 25/6 bob? I don't know most of the CK allocations but. Imagine it gets basically anything that's thrown on there?

It will be pulsar 2s within the next few weeks sime are parked up at cannock branded ready to go

I was referring to the allocation now before the pulsars are allocated :) Thanks for the info Busman99 and Bob :)

[Tony]

Pye greens get anything yea, mpds, sb120s often route 1 commanders , stafford pulsars,  61 plate pulsars, centros, w109 ewu usually on there, volvos and whenever deckers are on loan there allways put on.

Two I saw today when I got of the train were 2701 (branded for the 2 route) and 3605

[Ashley]

Referring to Nathans comments about the 68. MPD's appear every other day on that route, I noted three or four last week

[Trident 4609]

Referring to Nathans comments about the 68. MPD's appear every other day on that route, I noted three or four last week

Must have slipped my mind then. There was a 74/5 branded VDL on there today

[Ashley]

They've lost their O/S and N/s branding but think they forgot to do the rears. Think it's the same story for all of them or just a couple

[Bob]

O/S and N /S branding?

[Ashley]

The 74/75 branding has been removed from some of the Pulsars if not all of them. However it has only been removed from the offside and nearside. Not the rear (braces himself for a rant)

[Bob]

I thought it was only the one that had the branding removed. Oh well maybe theyre about to have a respray