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Started by Ash, March 17, 2012, 06:40:59 PM

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Jack6101

4931 just been took of the 87 at oldbury towards Birmingham going back to garage
Local routes
74-Dudley -great bridge-west Brom-soho road-hockey-Birmingham
87-Dudley-tividale-oldbury-smethick-Dudley road , city hosp, Birmingham
126-Dudley-Birchley island-bearwood-Birmingham
14- Dudley - Oakham -whiteheath- blackheath- Quinton - helsowen
14A- Dudley - Oakham ( city road ) - blackheath - oldhill - Cradley Heath- quarry bank - merry hill

4369Beast

Quote from: Jack6101 on April 26, 2019, 02:35:07 PM
4931 just been took of the 87 at oldbury towards Birmingham going back to garage

What was it replaced with?

Jack6101

Local routes
74-Dudley -great bridge-west Brom-soho road-hockey-Birmingham
87-Dudley-tividale-oldbury-smethick-Dudley road , city hosp, Birmingham
126-Dudley-Birchley island-bearwood-Birmingham
14- Dudley - Oakham -whiteheath- blackheath- Quinton - helsowen
14A- Dudley - Oakham ( city road ) - blackheath - oldhill - Cradley Heath- quarry bank - merry hill

Jack6101

6970 is a beast of a bus
Looks amazing in person and already got the next stop annocements
Local routes
74-Dudley -great bridge-west Brom-soho road-hockey-Birmingham
87-Dudley-tividale-oldbury-smethick-Dudley road , city hosp, Birmingham
126-Dudley-Birchley island-bearwood-Birmingham
14- Dudley - Oakham -whiteheath- blackheath- Quinton - helsowen
14A- Dudley - Oakham ( city road ) - blackheath - oldhill - Cradley Heath- quarry bank - merry hill

aSingh

6787 at WB, parked at front entrance.
Singh

2900

One of west broms platinums involved in a fender bender on great Charles st yesterday afternoon
S##t happens in this job. We Oldbury rota drivers were just having laugh who gona be first to be involved in a incident with the new plattys.
Well at least we got that monkey off our backs now.

979

Quote from: 2900 on April 30, 2019, 11:19:14 AM
One of west broms platinums involved in a fender bender on great Charles st yesterday afternoon
S##t happens in this job. We Oldbury rota drivers were just having laugh who gona be first to be involved in a incident with the new plattys.
Well at least we got that monkey off our backs now.
6973 has been repaired and has now got a different shade of grey on the o/s front side panel looks awful on a brand new bus.

MasterPlan

Just seen 4679 go past me on the way to Northfield. That's one hell of a lot of dead mileage!
Local Routes: 002, 39/39A, X21, 46, 76.
Localish Routes: 18, 23, X22.

j789

Quote from: MasterPlan on May 03, 2019, 06:40:09 AM
Just seen 4679 go past me on the way to Northfield. That's one hell of a lot of dead mileage!

It's not really that massive the lost mileage. The 48 route is very windy and long but running direct to Northfield from West Brom garage is probably only about 10 miles - it probably runs from West Brom through Oldbury up to the M5 junction 2 island, then down Wolverhampton road/south then West Boulevard and Barnes Hill up to Northfield. That time in the morning probably takes less than 30 minutes too.

Zander

We get 50mins to run dead to Northfield from the garage, most of us do that mentioned above, takes about 25mins tops

MasterPlan

Quote from: j789 on May 03, 2019, 06:10:29 PM
It's not really that massive the lost mileage. The 48 route is very windy and long but running direct to Northfield from West Brom garage is probably only about 10 miles - it probably runs from West Brom through Oldbury up to the M5 junction 2 island, then down Wolverhampton road/south then West Boulevard and Barnes Hill up to Northfield. That time in the morning probably takes less than 30 minutes too.

Yeah I knew it'd be quicker than the actual route itself but still thought it might be quite long compared to most dead runs. Saw it going up Shenley Lane.
Local Routes: 002, 39/39A, X21, 46, 76.
Localish Routes: 18, 23, X22.

aSingh

The new platinums seem to be breaking down one after the other. 6976 the latest to also needing a new belt after shredding its original
Singh

2900

Quote from: aSingh on May 04, 2019, 11:36:12 PM
The new platinums seem to be breaking down one after the other. 6976 the latest to also needing a new belt after shredding its original
Nothing new, new buses you always get teething problems

aSingh

#3508
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/double-decker-bus-hits-bridge-16276149

Bus: 4963
Bridge height: 12.4
Driver was a master driver.
Singh

markcf83

Don't judge me until you've walked in my size ten shoes.

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