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| ex Transit gloria saturday Note: Reply edited by Ray, 07/03/09, 17:24. | Sat 01/11/2008, 16:45 |
| Base Toys Cortina Now available on EBAY so must be released. | Thu 30/10/2008, 12:05 |
| And here are the first pictures Courtesy of NorrieSprinter, here are some pictures of the forthcoming Creative Master Northcord MB Sprinter van in LBSL Incident Response Unit livery. Click any photo for a larger view.           | Wed 29/10/2008, 23:04 |
| CMNL Sprinter on its way I have been sent some photos of this model, which I hope to publish when I get home tonight. In the meantime, there are a couple of photos on the news page of http://www.britishmodelbuses.com/. As expected, the model is based on a long-wheelbase van, but the difference is not hugely noticeable. | Wed 29/10/2008, 12:03 |
| News Release today ukvan 1004 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter : London Buses Creative Master Northcord Limited is pleased to announce the release of ukvan 1004, the second replica on its most popular Mercedes-Benz Sprinter panel van model tooling. ukvan 1004 represents London Buses Service Fleet number 6352M (WM57 DYJ). London Buses currently operates a fleet of 26 Mercedes-Benz Sprinters, for network operations, that entered service at the very start of 2008. 6352M is allocated at Stratford Bus Station as an Incident Response Unit. The Sprinter has reflective side and rear flashes as well as the light bar at the back on the roof. The London Buses Roundel and registration number of the Sprinter van are also carried on the roof. Key features of the ukvan 1000 series, exemplified on ukvan 1004, include interior detail showing the driver’s instrument binnacle, steering wheel, single driver’s seat, and also chassis detail that includes replicated drive-train and exhaust system as well as fuel tank and spare wheel. The windscreen wipers are individually made pieces and therefore the models are not suitable for children under 14 years of age. The ukvan 1004 model carries a numbered Limited Edition Certificate showing that it is one of a run of only 1700 pieces worldwide. | Tue 28/10/2008, 08:58 |
| Will drivers get one each? Note: Reply edited by Ray, 07/03/09, 17:25. | Thu 23/10/2008, 14:37 |
| All change please! Note: Reply edited by Ray, 07/03/09, 17:25. | Sun 19/10/2008, 17:37 |
| ukvan 1004 The CMNL News Release giving details of the forthcoming releases for Period 3 / 2008 gives October 2008 as the Production Date for this item. On top of that will be delivery time. The p/p shows it as being WM57 DYJ (6352M) - same as recently added photo to this site HTH Norrie | Mon 13/10/2008, 22:58 |
| New Metrobus vans Note: Reply edited by Ray, 07/03/09, 17:25. | Mon 06/10/2008, 21:10 |
| Base Toys Beaver The Leyland Beaver ''low-loader'' from Base Toys appears to have been released. I'll race ya to the shops! | Mon 06/10/2008, 19:33 |
| CMNL van £6 plus £1.50 postage from the Yardley Wood Bus Club. Find them at www.ywbc.co.uk Note: Reply edited by Damon, 21/09/08, 23:42. | Sun 21/09/2008, 23:36 |
| October 'Buses' £7.29 at Auto Models (p.74) or £8 on p.23 at Transmac. | Fri 19/09/2008, 12:49 |
| October release coming up http://goldstarstockists.net/live/catalog/product_info.php/manufacturers_id/159/products_id/21680 gives a reasonable price to acquire a full fleet! Note: Reply edited (changed to hyperlink) by Tom Young, 16/09/08, 23:07. | Tue 16/09/2008, 19:52 |
| Where's my CMNL IRU then? While various websites still show this model as being due in July, a couple are now quoting late September. Still not seen any images of it though. | Mon 15/09/2008, 22:19 |
| Shark pictures You're not looking at your fish tank by any chance? | Fri 12/09/2008, 16:45 |
| fottypok Must be me then - too far away down here on the coast. | Fri 12/09/2008, 15:35 |
| Base Toys Cortina ....and now there's a Mk 1 Cortina Radio Car on its way! | Fri 12/09/2008, 05:43 |
| Metrobus fleet renewal Thanks for spotting that. As a reminder, the fleetlist (with links to photos of some vehicles) can be found at http://www.metrobus.co.uk/fleet.php. I guess these vans were bought on a tight Budget! | Thu 11/09/2008, 23:25 |
| Base Toys at LTM The first 3 models mentioned are now on sale in the LT Museum shop. Sorry if this is old news. | Thu 11/09/2008, 23:18 |
| Fotopic Works OK from here. | Thu 11/09/2008, 23:16 |
| YET MORE Base Toys Another one due from Base Toys soon. This time we have a new casting which is an LT Leyland Beaver ''low loader'' artic. Very nice. I wonder what they'll come up with next? | Thu 11/09/2008, 13:41 |
| LS334 It may be my PC ...or may be just me but this appears to be one of those nasty photopic sites where you can't actually see most of the pictures! Urghh! | Thu 11/09/2008, 13:39 |
| Metrobus 9092 Van 9092 is now pictured on the Metrobus site and is shown as still in original owner's livery. Presumably this will be changed or is it on hire? Are the other two (9091/3) also in original colours as they are both not new? I am keeping the original posting but updating as Metrobus change their site. There have been 5 to date (in 3 weeks)! | Sun 07/09/2008, 16:21 |
| Pole carrier for sale again In the latest issue of ''Bus and Coach Preservation'' (Vol 11 No 5 October 2008) published today there is a pole carrier for sale on page II of the Busmart bit at the back. Said to be the only known survivor it's a bargain at £2,800 having been dry stored. There is a photo of it in the advert too. But I'm still not sure which one it is as both 1080Q and 1081Q are reported as preserved but I suspect one has been mistaken for the other. It is my belief that 1081Q is the true survivor and is the one that turned up at the Chiswick open-day in 1983. Can anyone out there confirm? | Fri 05/09/2008, 12:49 |
| Am I losing my mind? I am sure I deleted this already. Perhaps it got restored during a back-up..., anyway, I will knock it out again. Thanks. | Sat 02/08/2008, 23:58 |
| Once again the question is put LX56FLA is not recorded on the DVLA! Did this exist? | Mon 21/07/2008, 19:22 |
| 1014MY I've only seen 1014MY once, at Stockwell garage I think it was. Could have been 1971 or 1972. 1013MY however was gone by 1962; never seen a picture of it. | Sat 28/06/2008, 14:52 |
| re your e-mail 09/06/08 this vehicle registration along with PN57YTY on a Volkswagon Transporter were seen by me on the 03/06/08 in Chapel St by Griffith House at approx 21.40. There were approx 12/13 vehicles parked on road and in the car park area. Others were :6015V,6267V,5868V,5885F,6028F,5880F,6006F,5912V,6421F,6356M,5881F. Regards Steve Warman Gerrards Cross P.S. new e-mail address is stevenwarman788 'at' aol.com. Note: Reply edited by Tom Young, 13/07/08, 22:17. E-mail address obfuscated. | Tue 24/06/2008, 12:59 |
Note: Reply edited by Steve Warman, 24/06/08, 12:59. | Tue 24/06/2008, 12:46 |
| The Ghost of 28 East Thames other Transit (KB57OPL) is also decorated as such - note reg. Note: Reply edited by Ray, 30/05/08, 16:01. | Fri 30/05/2008, 15:57 |
| The Ghost of 27 East Thames Transit van KB57OSC has IRU markings on the side as per the IRUs. It is white, however, and should not be mistaken as a ghost if seen after dark. (Presumably may also apply to the other new East Thames van which may therefore be the ghost of 28!) Note: Reply edited by Ray, 29/05/08, 16:27. Note: Reply edited by Ray, 29/05/08, 16:27. | Thu 29/05/2008, 11:39 |
| IRU fleet confirmed as 26 vehicles A press release last week referred to TfL having obtained 26 Mercedes-Benz 315 CDi Sprinter vans for use as Incident Response Units. A bit late but it does provide us with the MB model number, which is not carried on the vehicles. It also confirms that the 26 examples already reported represent the entire fleet. | Tue 27/05/2008, 16:00 |
| Metrobus in May A check on the Metrobus site, shows their lists current to 10th May. As previously, there is no 8016 shown or 8099. The list also still shows the two newish '08 Vito Dualiners 8026 & 8027. No allocation changes given. | Sun 11/05/2008, 17:24 |
| 89Q at Brighton Pictures of 89Q can be seen on Neil Fraser's excellent AEC website. http://aec.fotopic.net/ Tue 06/05/2008, 15:50 | |
| And the winner is... Alan! | Tue 01/04/2008, 20:21 |
| Go-Ahead Volvo recovery truck This has been seen around Putney this year (by my son) but I saw it at the Oval (passing) on 2/4/2008. Note: Reply edited by Ray, 02/04/08, 18:44. | Tue 01/04/2008, 06:35 |
| So close... just one more.... The sightings count is now at 19,999. The person who submits the 20,000th sighting will win nothing at all. Cheers! | Fri 28/03/2008, 22:35 |
| And now a Tipper Next from EFE is a Thames Trader tipper in LT livery. There's also a very nice Mammoth Major tanker in Southdown livery due out soon. | Sun 09/03/2008, 10:17 |
| We have a winner Kudos to Alan H for reporting the vehicles that became the first 08 regs, and the 8000th vehicle added. Sightings put on a final spurt but managed to get only as far as 19418. But wait, I am forgetting that the database includes 329 placeholders (ie numbers that were not used). Which means there are currently 8007 vehicle 'records', but just 7678 actual vehicles listed. Come to think of it, a couple of vehicles are repeated, as in those that went from CDS to the bus companies. So... I'm going to bed! Note: Reply edited by Thomas Young, 03/03/08, 23:19. | Mon 03/03/2008, 23:18 |
| Photo (same) of TV27 The same photo can be found in 'A Journey Through Time' published by the LT Museum in 1992 (ISBN 1-85669-022-9) | Mon 03/03/2008, 18:50 |
| Metrobus fleetlist queries Right, so the list was updated on 1st March with a pair of '08 reg Vitos (thanks Alan!), but 8016 is off again, and 8099 is also not included! Me confused. | Mon 03/03/2008, 18:13 |
| Kx56RDO I saw both of these on Thursday at Lillie Bridge. KD (6017F) was at West Kensington while KG (6002F) was in the main yard. | Sat 01/03/2008, 16:51 |
| Nearly there With today's additions the vehicle record count goes to 7999 so I think this is a given! | Sat 01/03/2008, 16:48 |
| Who, me? Not me guv, I was just innocently trying to bump up the forum posting count (and encourage others to help do the same). Cheers! | Thu 21/02/2008, 16:19 |
| Dodgy Dealing With the 'loss' of information in May 2006, was there some inside knowledge on this bet? | Thu 21/02/2008, 15:53 |
| My money is on 8000 vehicles There are only 20 more to go. | Tue 19/02/2008, 22:47 |
| Oh, and the Galaxy cars... I forgot about the four un-numbered LBSL Ford Galaxy cars. Like the 55xxF Transits and Zafiras, these date from late 2003/early 2004 and so should be ripe for replacement. Enough of this speculation. What I can say is this. Anything that happens, happens. Anthing that, in happening, causes something else to happen, causes something else to happen. Anthing that, in happening, causes itself to happen again, happens again. | Mon 18/02/2008, 15:30 |
| Golfs as well? I was reminded today that the four un-numbered VW Golf cars have possibly also been replaced recently. Any reports of these would be useful. However, yet two more variables to throw into the equation concern the silver cars marked up for LBSL Infrastructure (un-numbered Astras AP57WRJ and LN57USB and VW Touran 6397VW) and the three white Transits (YH05TVE/VDO/VDZ) that have been on hire since 2005. | Sat 16/02/2008, 23:41 |
| Metrobus - Added Valentine's Day Special Surprise, surprise; the Metrobus Fleetlist, updated yesterday, shows changes to their list of Crew Vehicles & Ancillary Fleet. 8016 RK05 OFZ, Mercedes Vito Dualiner, appears back on the list allocated to Croydon. 8099 Ford Focus car regn GV07VGJ is new & also shown allocated to Croydon. Allocation changes are as follows:- 8002 from Orpington to Croydon,presumably an exchange for 8013 going from Croydon to Orpington ! Likewise, 9001 moves Orpington to Croydon & 9002 goes the other way ! Things can change. | Fri 15/02/2008, 22:39 |
| IRU speculation My totally uneducated guess is that the 14 Hondas (known to date) and 24 IRUs might approximately replace 11 Focuses (5287-5297), 15 Zafiras (5559-5573) and 12 Transits (5578-5589). But that's probably just coincidence. | Sun 10/02/2008, 18:17 |
| Mr Grimsdale! Ah, I remember it vaguely. Was there a level crossing incident? In my memory it was black and white... | Sat 02/02/2008, 21:14 |
| Norman Pitkin Norman Pitkin (and Mr Grimsdale) were involved in the film 'The Early Bird' where Norman was a milkman trying to save Grimsdale's dairy from being taken over by a larger firm. The film was on the TV recently as part of the Norman Wisdom season | Sat 02/02/2008, 20:49 |
| Matadors and Spaniards Having found this post I cannot resist asking whether anyone has a picture of an AEC Matador at the Spaniards (the pub on Hampstead Heath that is!) - or indeed any service vehicle there. I have photographed many buses at the Spaniards but have never seen a service vehicle there. The nearest I can claim is the LT Museum's T219 (which was staff ambulance 428W in the Second World War) on the occasion of the Central RF 40th anniversary rally at Finsbury Park and runs over route 210. I also know that preserved RT1 (1037J) re-enacted its 1939 press run to the Spaniards, but I was not present. | Thu 10/01/2008, 18:49 |
| Metrobus - No changes This Year - yet The Fleet list has been updated as of today, 4th January, but not surprisingly, shows no alterations to SVs or their allocations. Happy New Year !John | Fri 04/01/2008, 20:36 |
| HO Transits Wow, they seem to do almost every possible variant of Transit. But at 1:87 and quite pricey, I don't think I'll be tempted to spend my nappy money on them. Now if someone were to make a Transit Connect... in any scale... a notable ommission methinks. Anyway, the Cararama Transit is nice, cheap and a more suitable 1:72. | Wed 02/01/2008, 23:23 |
| And a Nappy New Year! Thanks for the messages. And as for the 'few remaining members I have yet to see', there are in fact 117 members registered on LTSVplus. Admittedly a couple seem to have registered more than once but it seems there are more of 'us' out there than initially thought. Perhaps I will try and arrange another social or day-out soon. Cheers. Tom. | Wed 02/01/2008, 23:20 |
| More Greetings The same from me to all the members. I do hope to be in London late Feb/early March, so should see some of you then. Happy Christmas. John | Mon 24/12/2007, 21:27 |
| London Bus routes quiz number 2 I have just thawed out from standing at Hayes Station a couple of weeks ago where the same three prefixes appeared but with different numbers i.e. E6, H50, U4, U5 | Sun 23/12/2007, 18:19 |
| Metrobus bus update The Metrobus site has been updated to include the buses taken over from First but no other vehicles are shown. | Tue 11/12/2007, 20:22 |
| Pictures I can confirm that it is not (currently!) possible for visitors to upload their photographs directly. I would be happy to receive any pictures by e-mail, and will publish those that are appropriate. However, if your pics are of London Fire Brigade vehicles then can I recommend you to take a look at Thomas Jefferson's site at http://www.lfbsite.com/index.htm. I am sure he would also be interested in your pictures. Hope this helps. Tom | Fri 07/12/2007, 21:24 |
| Pictures You can't post pictures yourself. E-mail them to the Chief Webmaster (tom@ltsv.com) and if he likes them then he might put them on the site (he's a very nice chap). ...but he doesn't really do fire appliances on here ... Hope that helps.. | Fri 07/12/2007, 15:54 |
| Metrobus - no Surprises ! No changes either to the Ancillary fleet vehicles, or allocations - 25th November 2007 | Tue 04/12/2007, 23:09 |
| BX02WYO Hmmm, this came up when I was doing SUP24C, and I left it out. I have now deleted it from the database as well. Cheers. | Sun 04/11/2007, 23:03 |
| Metrobus - no October changes The Metrobus Fleet, dated 6th October, shows no changes (again) to either S/v fleet or allocations | Mon 08/10/2007, 15:07 |
| Brought forward Their introduction has been brought forward and they are now in use at most if not all ERU bases | Sat 22/09/2007, 16:38 |
| More registration bits At least the KJ07 series kept itself to itself, using the range KPT to KYO (so far). But the KD07 and KH07 series are well mixed, all starting with a D. Confirmed duplicates to date are DNY (KD07DNY=6271F, KH07DNY=6335F) and DWZ (KD07DWZ=6190F, KH07DWZ=6214F). Take care when reporting! | Sun 09/09/2007, 21:58 |
| East London website Now the ELBG website is up and running it seems that (at 13th August) they still quote Clements Road. However, the service vehicles are no longer listed (and Enviro 400 18500 is deemed 'surplus') | Sun 09/09/2007, 15:34 |
| Base Toys The Base Toys Trader is spoilt by the cab doors being too short. The choice of 1135F is unfortunate as the unique style of fleet name precludes the use of the cab on other vehicles. It also needs a tilt to complete whereas there were other grey/green combinations that were simple open lorries with standard lettering that would have been a better subject. However, it is correct that there was a knowledgable guiding force behind the production of this model, and also the BRS liveries that have come out at the same time. It turned out to be someone I've known for a number of years, so I've put him right on his minor error! As a result he's asked me for suggestions for other LT models from the existing castings, a task I happily throw open to this forum. Note: Reply edited by Clive G, 02/09/07, 13:02. | Sun 02/09/2007, 13:01 |
| Corgi vans The small cars and vans from Corgi are a little large, being 1/72 scale. The LD01 van is correct 1/76 but the green is not the correct shade, and its a shame they did not copy the colour they'd used (inappropriately instead of red) on their first Regent tower wagon some years ago. The other fault with the livery is the London Transport lettering which is too large. | Sun 02/09/2007, 12:39 |
| Traced There is a photo of KE03PTU on the site. | Fri 31/08/2007, 15:42 |
| Metrobus SVs - incs a photo The Metrobus SV fleet, as at 18th August 2007,shows no changes to the fleet or allocation, but there is now a phootograph on there of 8019, for anyone interested. | Mon 20/08/2007, 22:10 |
| Try this one Route 82 crossed (Rotherhithe Tunnel) itself at Brunel Road up to 1968 Note: Reply edited by Ray, 06/08/07, 15:27. | Mon 06/08/2007, 15:26 |
| Corgi 1:76 SV set is out and more Base Toys The Corgi set is out and it has to be said it's very good. You get 1410F which is transit van (Tom will like that) in grey with markings on the door for LONDON TRANSPORT (in red) and DISTRIBUTION SERVICES MANAGER (in black) and black fleetnumber. It has the petrol front so I assume that 1410F was petrol engined - seems likely? Second is 1056AS, an Austin LD van in Chiswick green with gold underlined LT fleetname on the main bodyside, and a small white ''PUBLICITY'' behind the cab door. Fleetnumber is also in white. Next we have a rather nice little Bedford HA , 2015B with white fleetnumber and gold LONDON TRANSPORT on the door undeneath which is a white DISTRBUTION SERVICES MANAGER. Finally we come to the rogue which is a red Anglia van. This has no fleetnumber and a white bullseye with LONON TRANSPORT across the bar which is on the main bodyside. Under the bullseye is a white ''55 BROADWAY,WESTINSTER S.W.1'' and the door carries ''LT JOBSTERS ABBEY 1234''. This seems to be a replica of the daft larger version in the Vanguards range. Why didn't they just do an authentic version of the Anglia? The set was bought for £14.95 at the Worthing rally yesterday although we later saw it for £12.50 on another stand ..Doh! Also seen were some more from Base Toys which includes a Leyland Cruiser artic in red which is just begging for a slap of grey paint to make a nice 2389L. Lots of potential in this expanding range and the early ones can be had for bargain prices. Note also that you can separate body and chassis as they hold them together with little screws and this makes modifications nice and easy. Note: Reply edited by Damon Cross, 30/07/07, 19:46. | Mon 30/07/2007, 10:56 |
| Transfers for 1:76 service vehicle models The Model Bus Company do a few usefil bits & bobs for SVs. Their range includes BREAKDOWN TENDER (gold on black or white on black) and EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT (gold on black or white on black with bullseye centre). They also have some smaller gold LT fleetnames which may be suitable and other ones in red, plus an assortment of roundels and bullseyes of allsorts. Although I've not tried this myself, it may also be worth using parts of bus legal lettering for cab doors. These are usually available in white and some in gold but I don't know of any red versions which would be useful. MBC also still have full sets for their eariler kits of SVs. Note: Reply edited by Damon Cross, 28/07/07, 10:56. | Sat 28/07/2007, 10:54 |
| Well done Base Toys! Take out your copy of the Capital Transport Service Vehicle book by Kim Rennie and Bill Aldridge and turn to page 75. The middle picture is of 1135F and it appears that the base toys model is very accurate. 1135F did have a green body and and a rather unusual underlined fleetname. Somebody at Base Toys is obviously taking a lot more care than Corgi and EFE seem to manage. Well done Base Toys - more of the same please. | Tue 24/07/2007, 11:32 |
| Metrobus S/Vs - no change The Metrobus Crew vehicles & ancillary fleet lists, as at 22nd July '07 - show no change, in vehicles or allocations. | Mon 23/07/2007, 15:52 |
| CB&C Breakdowns The use of trade plates would have occurred if the (say) tractor was not licensed. | Tue 12/06/2007, 06:32 |
| Towing Country Buses I've consulted with a couple of friends who worked for LT on the Country area and have the following answers: TOWING BUSES: Where possible another bus would be used to tow a dead one, engineers usually attending in another bus anyway. In more difficult circumstances where maybe a suspended tow was required then a tender would be summoned from the central area. SPECIAL EVENTS: I've also looked through some Country Area traffic circulars and note that the arrangements for events like Epsom Races state that the Merton Matador would be available at Epsom Station. In one instance they refer to a Matador being available at Camberwell. This points to a reliance on the central area for heavy towing facilities. TRACTORS: Tractors were generally used for shoving things around rather than towing. It has been suggested to me that the tractors lived at the larger garages where unlicensed and sometimes rather dead buses were stored. The tractors were therefore probably used for shoving such vehicles around. Note: Reply edited by Damon Cross, 11/06/07, 23:21. | Mon 11/06/2007, 23:20 |
| CB&C Breakdowns Giving further thought to the problem, there were a number of tractors allocated which could have been called upon to tow vehicles viz 342X (SA) 462X(MA) 464X (WA,GR) 465X (SA) 467X (RG) 626X (HG,SA) 627X (RG) 629X (GY) | Sat 09/06/2007, 18:33 |
| CB&C Breakdowns Rule 30 of the CB&C Rule Book states - If a vehicle breaks down, needs repair on the road, or is subject to a PSV report, the driver or conductor must report the situation by telephone as quickly as possible - Coaches: In the Metropolitan Police area Green Line Control must be notified who will then obtain assistance from the nearest Central Bus garage. Ouside the Met Police Area the nearest Country Bus garage must be notfied. Buses: the nearest Country or Central Bus garage must be notified. (edited) The 'red book' states that lifting gear can be obtained from WY, CY, DT, DG, GR, GD, HH, LH, NF, SA, ST, SJ and WR but normally calls should be made to the Fire Service. Presumably a breakdown tender would eventually be summoned in both instances from a Central garage Note: Reply edited by Ray, 09/06/07, 07:01. | Fri 08/06/2007, 23:24 |
| LFB Fleetlist 2007 Thanks Kim. I downloaded this list and it is excellent, except that it does not include the all-important fleet numbers. Most can be worked out, or gleaned from elsewhere, but a comprehensive list would be nice. | Thu 31/05/2007, 20:45 |
| Another jump in sightings total Another 2679 sightings have just been added via the back-door. Some of you are really keen! | Thu 31/05/2007, 20:31 |
| LFB fleetlist 2007 I agree that LTSV should do what it does best but this site http://www.lfbsite.com/index.htm has a 2007 LFB fleetlist including support vehicles. | Tue 29/05/2007, 19:51 |
| Tom gets out his AtoZ and says... ...yes, I do mean West Cromwell Road. Thanks for spotting that one. By the way, T75 is a Cobul BLV26105 (2-axle tow-a-van box, non-streamlined) added to stock May 2005 but not yet entered on the database. | Mon 28/05/2007, 23:00 |
| Notes on Small Trailers Don't you mean ''seen from Cromwell Road West'', not Gloucester Road? | Mon 28/05/2007, 17:36 |
| East London Bus Group Ancillary Vehicles The website shows Fleet List Period 1, commencing 30th April 2007. That list shows no changes from their previous, & the details agree with those shown in the new SUP24C inc allocations. | Thu 24/05/2007, 16:18 |
| Metrobus S/v fleet is stable Metrobus fleetlist of Crew & Ancillary vehicles, to 12th May, shows no change in vehicles, or allocations, from April.Also concurs with the new SUP24C. Note: Reply edited by John Lloyd-Martin, 24/05/07, 16:06. | Thu 24/05/2007, 16:02 |
| Militants again - LTB URGENT headboard - updated I have recently come across a set of pictures of 1456MR doing a demonstration of the art of towing a Routemaster. Interestingly the bus is RML2691 which is the one sold to Gala Cosmetics in 1972. These appear to have been taken at Stonebridge Garage and I reckon it was when the RML was new in 1967. 1456MR would have been with LT around a year at that stage so I take it that it is in as converted condition which is thus of interest. To get to the point among other slight livery variations it carries a white headboard with the red LTB URGENT lettering that I thought it only carried in preservation. It also has a very shiny silver painted chassis, trade plate 493GF and no mention of a garage on the driver's door. So now we know, and I apologise for prattling on about Militants AGAIN! (Andy Lambert - get yer paintbrush out). NOTE: I've just noticed 1456MR has only ONE mirror on each side in this view. Note: Reply edited by Damon Cross, 25/04/07, 21:14. | Sun 22/04/2007, 19:06 |
| 'No Change' Metrobus Metrobus s/v fleet list & allocations still as they were as at April 8th. | Mon 09/04/2007, 17:14 |
| Millys again Cheers to Andy for posting the info about the Brooklands Milly. There are some interesting pics on his site. This may be wishful thinking but it would be really nice to get the two vehicles together one day.... Tom. | Tue 27/03/2007, 22:50 |
| The Mirrors have it Hi all. I can confirm that since I have owned Milly (1984) she has only had the one mirror and unless anyone ‘Knows’ otherwise it is the method I have always used. I was also confused by the pictures of 57 wearing Millys number plates for awhile! The main difference of course is that 1457RM is a 4x4 1456RM is a 6x6. You may also like to know that Milly now has her own website www.millytant.com and you can see more pictures at www.vehiclerecovery.org Regards Andy Lambert Note: Reply edited by Tom Young, 27/03/07, 22:44. Made web addresses into links. | Tue 27/03/2007, 22:03 |
| Metrobus in March '07 No changes to the S/Vs or allocations in the Fleetlist dated 15th March | Tue 20/03/2007, 22:04 |
| 4RF4 Uniform stores. A suggestion. Take a look at Tom's entry in the LTSVplus forum about 1468W being for sale on e-bay. Follow the link and you should find some pictures of this vehicle on e-bay. These pictures include a rear door. As this one had a later life as a caravan I would suggest that this vehicle remains in a uniform store state structurally. As this item has ended on e-bay the pictures seem to be a bit iffy loading but I've saved them to my PC just in case. Alternative suggestion is to contact EnsignBus who bought 1468W and ask if you can have a closer look assuming you don't live in Aberdeen or somewhere. Ensign are in Purfleet. The Capital Transport service vehicle book states that two were converted at Northfleet garage and two were done at Hertford so there may be some differences. | Mon 05/03/2007, 01:08 |
| 1468W update 1468W gets a mention and a picture in an article on EnsignBus in the April edition of Bus and Coach Preservation Magazine which is out now. | Tue 27/02/2007, 20:36 |
| Metrobus February Fleetlist Now updated to 18th February, but no change from previous two updates. | Tue 20/02/2007, 19:59 |
| Blame the BBC If it takes 40 poles to make one 'rood' - how many Russians does it take to make one 'offensive'? TW3 1962 | Thu 01/02/2007, 12:54 |
| I want a Pole Carrier It would look great in my living room. Mind you, I would also like a Czech Transporter and a Swede Mover. (sorry) | Wed 31/01/2007, 22:35 |
| New Mercedes Lorry The first person to name the model of this truck (Actros? Axor? Atego? Acne?), or better still supply a photograph, wins a bucket of kudos! | Wed 31/01/2007, 22:33 |
| Plans for 2007 Although I have been keeping myself busy with other projects it would seem a good time to review how this web site is doing and what can be improved (and I am not talking about bringing in fire engines this time!). The idea of listing published photographs has come up again and will be investigated. Another suggestion was to have more on models. With this I think that articles are the best approach, perhaps with their own index page. (The only article I could do at the moment would be titled 'die-casts models that would be suitable for repainting as service vehicles if you had the time'!) There is no reason why photos of SV models should not be included in the main photograph database, with their own category. An aide to finding service vehicles (i.e. a directory of locations, with maps) would probably still be of use to many and I have some work in progress. One issue is the sheer number of sightings being reported. While this is generally a good thing it does mean that the sightings list for last year runs to 112 pages and finding specifics can be tricky. It would be useful to know how people want this to work. I would presume that you might want to see what was seen at a particular location. Options include increasing the page length to 100 records, allowing selection of month/year or just year, or the option to limit to sub-sets (eg CDS, Bus-co, etc). I find the tiny icons alongside the fleetlists quite useful and attractive, but they may be a pain for people not on broadband. Would it be worth adding an option to members profiles to turn these off? Historical info (eg allocation histories) is a worthwhile long-term aim but the immediate benefits compared to the amount of work required make this a low priority. Similarly trade-plates and pre-1939 numbers. Any comments, or further suggestions? | Wed 31/01/2007, 22:29 |
| 1468W new owner LOTS reports that 1468W was bought by Ensignbus for their museum. Thus it is saved but will no doubt be restored as a bus rather than a uniform issue unit. It does not yet feature on their website though. | Wed 17/01/2007, 19:57 |
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