Pensnett Garage

[John]

4199 now has NXWM logos all round, and now looks one of the smartest Tridents at Pensnett

Is it TWM liveried? I fail to recall

Yes it is. The only Y-TOH Trident left at Pensnett in TWM livery

[Trident 4609]

4199 now has NXWM logos all round, and now looks one of the smartest Tridents at Pensnett

Has had the logos for some time now :) (Yes the standard NX logos like WN tridents) Think I posted it in reply to one of your comments in the return thread :)

[winston]

Looks as though the reserve fleet at PE has expanded again by another 10 new inmates:

510
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24034040@N07/11172580766/

643
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24034040@N07/11137540594/

651
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24034040@N07/11137714783/

665
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24034040@N07/11137519284/

1443 (& 1467 in the back ground)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24034040@N07/11160737604/

1473
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24034040@N07/11172616874/

1478
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24034040@N07/11134812734/

1555
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24034040@N07/11134820605/

3606
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24034040@N07/11140505394/

A couple of photo's showing some of the issues now effecting certain members of the Merc fleet (example 1648)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24034040@N07/11186691235/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24034040@N07/11186730484/

Dart ALX200 3613 is also now stored at Pensnett

I also noticed that 1642 whilst returning to the garage is suffering from badly corroded skirt panels on the offside at least

[Ashley]

1648 was on the 276 last night if of interest

[Jack2001]

2099 on the 140/241 today

[Stuharris 6360]

Looks as though the reserve fleet at PE has expanded again by another 10 new inmates:

510
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24034040@N07/11172580766/

643
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24034040@N07/11137540594/

651
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24034040@N07/11137714783/

665
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24034040@N07/11137519284/

1443 (& 1467 in the back ground)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24034040@N07/11160737604/

1473
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24034040@N07/11172616874/

1478
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24034040@N07/11134812734/

1555
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24034040@N07/11134820605/

3606
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24034040@N07/11140505394/

A couple of photo's showing some of the issues now effecting certain members of the Merc fleet (example 1648)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24034040@N07/11186691235/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24034040@N07/11186730484/

Dart ALX200 3613 is also now stored at Pensnett

I also noticed that 1642 whilst returning to the garage is suffering from badly corroded skirt panels on the offside at least

I do wonder how they pick the vehicles to be withdrawn, looking at 1536 & 1549 they both looked in good condition,

[winston]

Looks as though the reserve fleet at PE has expanded again by another 10 new inmates:

510
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24034040@N07/11172580766/

643
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24034040@N07/11137540594/

651
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24034040@N07/11137714783/

665
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24034040@N07/11137519284/

1443 (& 1467 in the back ground)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24034040@N07/11160737604/

1473
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24034040@N07/11172616874/

1478
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24034040@N07/11134812734/

1555
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24034040@N07/11134820605/

3606
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24034040@N07/11140505394/

A couple of photo's showing some of the issues now effecting certain members of the Merc fleet (example 1648)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24034040@N07/11186691235/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24034040@N07/11186730484/

Dart ALX200 3613 is also now stored at Pensnett

I also noticed that 1642 whilst returning to the garage is suffering from badly corroded skirt panels on the offside at least

I do wonder how they pick the vehicles to be withdrawn, looking at 1536 & 1549 they both looked in good condition,

They are both non-refurbished, and some of the oldest remaining, therefore their book values will be lower than others

[Stuharris 6360]

Just saw 2 mercs following each other on the 244 Towards Dudley, Surprised one wasn't told to go empty to Dudley to save time.

[nitromatt1]

Just saw 2 mercs following each other on the 244 Towards Dudley, Surprised one wasn't told to go empty to Dudley to save time.

What they often do is run a 244E to Netherton and turn to a 243 there, or indeed Old Hill if they're very late.

[Stuharris 6360]

Just saw 2 mercs following each other on the 244 Towards Dudley, Surprised one wasn't told to go empty to Dudley to save time.

What they often do is run a 244E to Netherton and turn to a 243 there, or indeed Old Hill if they're very late.

it was 1543 & 1743 running together.

What made it worse, i was shopping in Cradley Heath High St a little while later and the two of them passed me still running together on the 243.

[nitromatt1]

241 is running in pairs tonight it seems, just saw 2100 and another B7 in convoy

[Jack2001]

241 is running in pairs tonight it seems, just saw 2100 and another B7 in convoy

When coming home today the 241 was 25 mins late when it arrived. I think it was 2089. When I got on the jammed packed 241 a late 140 (2154) pulled up in front of us and then 3 mins from Dudley another 241 overtook us. I think it was 2100. So there was a 140 plus 2 241's from Rowley regis-Quinton  running in pairs. Might explain why there was 2 241's running in pairs. Probably because of one road when it was the 140 (Hagley road) ;)

[nitromatt1]

241 is running in pairs tonight it seems, just saw 2100 and another B7 in convoy

When coming home today the 241 was 25 mins late when it arrived. I think it was 2089. When I got on the jammed packed 241 a late 140 (2154) pulled up in front of us and then 3 mins from Dudley another 241 overtook us. I think it was 2100. So there was a 140 plus 2 241's from Rowley regis-Quinton  running in pairs. Might explain why there was 2 241's running in pairs. Probably because of one road when it was the 140 (Hagley road) ;)

That's a different pair to the one I saw, 2100 was defo the one running late, was on the 15:23 from Dudley but arrived in Halesowen at 16:35 with the 15:53 right behind

[Jack2001]

241 is running in pairs tonight it seems, just saw 2100 and another B7 in convoy

When coming home today the 241 was 25 mins late when it arrived. I think it was 2089. When I got on the jammed packed 241 a late 140 (2154) pulled up in front of us and then 3 mins from Dudley another 241 overtook us. I think it was 2100. So there was a 140 plus 2 241's from Rowley regis-Quinton  running in pairs. Might explain why there was 2 241's running in pairs. Probably because of one road when it was the 140 (Hagley road) ;)

That's a different pair to the one I saw, 2100 was defo the one running late, was on the 15:23 from Dudley but arrived in Halesowen at 16:35 with the 15:53 right behind

The 241 I was supposed to catch was the 15:23 too. ;D Unless 2089 was the one on time and 2100 was the late one ;)

[nitromatt1]

241 is running in pairs tonight it seems, just saw 2100 and another B7 in convoy

When coming home today the 241 was 25 mins late when it arrived. I think it was 2089. When I got on the jammed packed 241 a late 140 (2154) pulled up in front of us and then 3 mins from Dudley another 241 overtook us. I think it was 2100. So there was a 140 plus 2 241's from Rowley regis-Quinton  running in pairs. Might explain why there was 2 241's running in pairs. Probably because of one road when it was the 140 (Hagley road) ;)

That's a different pair to the one I saw, 2100 was defo the one running late, was on the 15:23 from Dudley but arrived in Halesowen at 16:35 with the 15:53 right behind

The 241 I was supposed to catch was the 15:23 too. ;D Unless 2089 was the one on time and 2100 was the late one ;)

The 15:23 was definitely meant to be 2100 as I see the same bus every day doing the 08:05 and 16:05 from Halesowen and today it was 2100, I didn't see the fleetnumber of the one on time, so that must've been 2089 :)