West Bromwich Garage

[Ronnoc]

I saw 4503 & 4504 on there today, lots of 47** Geminis on there today. Is it my imagination or has 4504's cooling fan been fixed?

I think so, now it's 4503's cooling fan that is a problem now.

[2900]

IMO the scania that have arrived at West Bromwich condition wise look no better maybe worse than the MERCS they,ll replace.
1951 had its rear bumper painted brilliant white using BQ,s finest own brand, it really does blend in well with the mucky white, the arse of this bus is a real eyesore, panel gaps all over the place, nothing lines up, I think it's mend and make do with these at the moment, crimson treatment could be long time coming as west broms scania,s aren't assigned to any particular route, as all drivers have been requested to type train on them.

[Liberator9]

@2900

Yeah AG really haven't done great on their appearance - quite a number have off white colour panels applied and 1942 has a red surround headlight as opposed to silver. 1933 just looks a mess at the front. The headlight panels also seem to look tired out now. YW who have the rest of that late 2009/early 2010 batch have done far far better. Most still look very good with little panel damage etc. They look neat - 1923 and 1928 look a bit odd as they've gained the vivid red at the front, but kept the silver light surrounds after accident damage. Other than that YW's still look great externally.

[WB]

I agree with this about the scania buses arriving at west brom also! 1953 seems to be the only one thats fit for service! 1952 arrived with so many defects that its still off the road and 1951 has had a bright white rear bumper and has just been left sat at the back of the garage :(

[Liberator9]

Great preparation work by AG there....to be honest, when riding them, they don't seem as good as YW's either. Hopefully WB can sort them out, and they also get a trip to the paint shop!

[Stu]

From a passenger's perspective, I noticed nothing wrong whenever I travelled on 1952 in its last days cruising up and down the Warwick Road, what defects are keeping it off the road?

[WB]

From a passenger's perspective, I noticed nothing wrong whenever I travelled on 1952 in its last days cruising up and down the Warwick Road, what defects are keeping it off the road?

Not sure whats keeping it off the road if im honest. Its in the work bay so cant see whats being done. I was told by an engineer that it had been checked over and had issues

[AV4248]

4734 is in West Bromwich bus station parked in the unload stand don't know what for though.

[P419 EJW]

4734 is in West Bromwich bus station parked in the unload stand don't know what for though.

4734 was in Wolverhampton Bus Station this morning.

[domino.99]

4734 was in Wolverhampton Bus Station this morning.

And about half hour ago as well

[BK63 YWP]

4734 was in Wolverhampton Bus Station this morning.

Type training maybe?

[AV4248]

Type training maybe?

Doubt it they're part of the 47xx batch which WB already have most of.

[BK63 YWP]

Doubt it they're part of the 47xx batch which WB already have most of.

For the WN drivers i was on about. WN drivers only trained on e400 hybrids duno if that means they can drive any e400? But i think Tony said once trained on either e200 or e400 you can drive both

[John]

For the WN drivers i was on about. WN drivers only trained on e400 hybrids duno if that means they can drive any e400? But i think Tony said once trained on either e200 or e400 you can drive both

The 47** Enviro400s and the Hybrids have different dashboards (The same dashboard as 4830 onwards), so type training would be needed on both. Tony's comment was referring to the Enviro200/400 MMCs

[BK63 YWP]

The 47** Enviro400s and the Hybrids have different dashboards (The same dashboard as 4830 onwards), so type training would be needed on both. Tony's comment was referring to the Enviro200/400 MMCs

Thank you for the clarification @John