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| No LFB on this site! Having also discussed this with a couple of regular site users, it appears that the general consensus is not to branch out into LFB vehicles. Actually it was unanimous! Although I had planned to make the new section quite separate, given the amount of free time I have had recently it might be best to concentrate on the original aims. | Sun 14/01/2007, 19:43 |
| January 6th Metrobus Fleetlist Updated to 6th January '07, but s/vs show no changes from December listing. Note: Reply edited by John Lloyd-Martin, 12/01/07, 14:00. | Fri 12/01/2007, 14:00 |
| London Fire Brigade Vehicles From a purely personal point of view, Tom, I think this site is ideal as it stands. I accept the fact that it is LTSV ''plus'', but I think it hits the spot for just that - LTSV. On some of our trips I know we have discussed other support vehicles, but if this site was extended to Fire Vehicles, then what else ? It could become a repository for all company support vehicles, Post Office, Network Rail, Ambulance etc, & that to me would be a shame. If there is the need out there to cover other vehicles, commencing with Fire Brigade, & I believe there are books on that subject, then fine, but could they exist on a separate site of their own? My opinion is keep this site for what it is, & does very well.I am sure your web expertise would produce a highly usable product again, but personally I would rather see it on its own site ! John in Leeds | Thu 04/01/2007, 10:46 |
| Ditto And to yourself, Tom and other contributors. | Sun 24/12/2006, 17:58 |
| Metrobus S/vs to 22/12/06 Metrobus s/v fleet list updated as at 22/12/06, & not showing any of the 89-- series vehicles ( 3 Galaxies, 3 Focuses {Focii?] & single Peugeot). Have these gone already, or have they been misssed from the list I wonder? John L-M | Fri 22/12/2006, 23:25 |
| LX56FLA at Catford? As it was reported at the garage prior to being licensed I think it likely that it is one of theirs, but perhaps based elsewhere once commissioned. The two Mondeos will not be reported as they are probably management cars. | Sun 10/12/2006, 17:56 |
| New list to 9th December New Metrobus list to 9th December with Mercedes crew buses show. Note: Reply edited by Ray, 10/12/06, 16:17. Note: Reply edited by Ray, 16/12/06, 17:15. | Sun 10/12/2006, 16:17 |
| Is 5535F a write off? Were the cars on top of each other (which would suggest they were for scrap), and if so, was 5535F at the top?! I will add a note to the vehicle record for now, and mark it as withdrawn. Cheers. Tom. | Thu 07/12/2006, 23:45 |
| 1468W sold! 1468W sold on e-bay tonight. So what happens to it now? BEA livery?....service vehicle grey?....caravan?....garden shed? Are you out there buyer? | Sat 02/12/2006, 00:02 |
| AEC Regal 1468W for sale It certainly looks better than it did a couple of years ago. See http://www.ltsvplus.com/pic_view.php?selpic=956 for evidence! | Mon 27/11/2006, 23:28 |
| Still don't get First SV numbering! A Ford Transit seen today carried 180 on the fuel filler and 2 on the rear! | Mon 27/11/2006, 23:12 |
| New List again unchanged Another list, to 27th November, now on Metrobus website. | Mon 27/11/2006, 20:11 |
| Seems one has been found Reg's of the Toyotas seemed from a distance to end LCX/LCY/LCZ for three of them so the prefix seems to be RE | Mon 27/11/2006, 18:17 |
| No change given! Latest Metrobus list to 19 November shows little SV change | Sun 19/11/2006, 17:34 |
| Corgi does SVs? They are also apparently doing (Q)1035CD. There has been a bit of talk about the accuracy of these vans, especially the red Anglia. Maybe by the time they are released they will have corrected the obvious errors. The price is not too bad for four (admittedly very small) models. | Sat 18/11/2006, 19:07 |
| 4958F Tom, I recorded this vehicle twice, on 21/8/99 and 16/7/02, probably from the train passing Acton, and each time I wrote T180TPP. Sorry but certainly can't remember whether I saw the front or the back of it! | Mon 13/11/2006, 22:47 |
| Profits are up! Latest Metrobus list to 27th October now on their website. Note new 9008! | Thu 02/11/2006, 12:49 |
| So many sightings! It is probably just as well that there are not a huge number of contributors. We have already chalked up over 8000 sightings, 4300 this year alone! Thanks everyone. | Thu 02/11/2006, 01:23 |
| Metrobus allocations Cheers Ray. I have updated the allocation records for the Metrobus vehicles. | Thu 19/10/2006, 23:07 |
| New update Now updated to 17th October | Thu 19/10/2006, 19:24 |
| Taxi at Canada Water Used to work near Canada Water station . I am sure that the black taxi in question is used privately by one of the LT station contollers. John Note: Reply edited by John, 17/10/06, 20:46. | Tue 17/10/2006, 20:45 |
| Metrobus SV List Metrobus have updated their Fleet Lists to 27th September 2006. The SVs section shows no changes from the last (August) list. | Sun 01/10/2006, 22:31 |
| 1456MR/1457MR I paid a visit to 1457MR on Saturday and can confirm it has the chassis number 0859078. I also stuck my head underneath to confirm it has a plain beam axle at the front and is thus a humble 6x4. | Mon 25/09/2006, 14:46 |
| 1456MR/1457MR I've just found two recent shots of my favourite Milly's on the excellent AEC fotopic site. Go to http://aec.fotopic.net/c1074119.html and enjoy. | Thu 07/09/2006, 21:37 |
| 5278V lives! Seen today heading through Eastbourne town centre. Still blue and white. Caught me by surprise and after very slow reactions I raised the camera and got the back of it heading down South Street. I wasn't really on the look out for SVs today! | Thu 07/09/2006, 20:03 |
| Metrobus August Update Metrobus have updated their fleet list as at 25th August. It now shows s/v 8017 as Mercedes Vito Dualiner RU06 TUU, allocated to Croydon, and has dropped the Vito 8016 RK05 OFZ. | Wed 30/08/2006, 21:40 |
| Yet more Militant Mularky A trip to Brooklands today to find and photograph XGP389W which we think is 1456MR and the chassis has the number 0860039 stamped on it which most definitely makes this 1456MR as that is 1456's chassis number as stated in that fine old reference book SUP15 - the original version that old folk like me bought new. I would conclude that XGP389W was carried briefly by 1457MR before transfer to 1456MR for some unknown reason. With regard to LTB URGENT, I don't believe that the Millys ever carried this in LT service, only in preservation but I'm open to correction. As far as I can tell the Millys only ever carried the full LONDON TRANSPORT URGENT in black and white while in LT service. | Mon 28/08/2006, 20:42 |
| T576FFC Seen in Tesco Pinner Green car park (as a ferry bus for control staff of the free Tesco service operated by Link Line). Plain white, so presumed to be with Link Line (like similar T571FFC), although I suppose it could be part of TGM who are the parent company. | Fri 25/08/2006, 20:51 |
| 5728F now with Street Maintenance? A picture added today shows 5728F in the Carlisle Lane base of TfL Streets. This presumably explains the change of logo. | Sun 20/08/2006, 10:03 |
| 5728F again By coincidence this passed me this morning, and it looked very fresh as if recently cleaned or repainted. It also has the mesh type of tail-lift. | Tue 15/08/2006, 10:07 |
| 5728F The lettering was 'proper' as per the Archive van (though I only saw the nearside). It was almost as if the Works & Building Dept had carried on and now supported TfL!!! | Fri 11/08/2006, 19:57 |
| 5728F This is interesting. Two other vehicles carry TfL lettering on white and blue livery, namely archive van 5684F and uniform service van 5816F. Neither of these sections would seem to need a dropside though. The silver street maintenance vehicles also carry TfL. Perhaps 5728F is a transfer or loan to them. Did the lettering look permanent or temporary? | Thu 10/08/2006, 13:12 |
| Van 17 come on down Traced to AY02RJO (at DX) | Tue 08/08/2006, 15:46 |
| YH05TVE at Eltham Noted at Eltham Bus Station 26/05/06 | Tue 18/07/2006, 21:48 |
| X278VWT with lettering This passed me in Southwark last week, with yellow jacketed personnel. Probably still in LUL use but it has been given lettering on the front, comprising the web address for Harprule hire. This is a municipal vehicle hire company. Perhaps it went back to them for maintenance recently. Or maybe it has now passed back to them and to another user. Observations would be welcomed. | Sun 16/07/2006, 19:13 |
| One down, four to go 21 is BT51WMM (thanks Ray). | Sun 16/07/2006, 18:22 |
| Whizzy web Hmm, it is definetly faster, but not because of anything I have done! | Sun 16/07/2006, 17:19 |
| Ref: Arriva Crew Ferry Numbers On a visit to Lea Valley Garage on 2nd April 06 no less than 9 of these vehicles were noted 20,21,23,24,26,27,28,39 and 42. Unfortunately, at the time I only recorded the fleet numbers and not the registration number - big mistake I have since learnt to take both ! | Mon 10/07/2006, 00:21 |
| Ex TGM SVs seen Have seen the following Travel London SVs recently: M544XFY (April 06 at Byfleet garage (TG)) N366HLA (April 06 at TG) P338UGH (April 06 at Fulwell (TF)) T575FFC (January 06 near Heathrow) Cannot help with the rest though - sorry! Note: Reply edited by K. PLY, 09/07/06, 17:37. | Sun 09/07/2006, 17:36 |
| When is a bus an SV and vice versa? Hi John. According to www.busspotter.fire-bug.co.uk X714HCD is a Mercedes-Benz 311D 8-seat minibus, as are X715 and X716. New to Speedlink/Airlinks, it seems they were licensed as PSVs so I guess we can ignore them. | Fri 07/07/2006, 09:33 |
| TGM SVs Tom, I can't confirm any of those you list but I did think I saw another one when I was last down - only seen briefly from a distance so no further details - but I am sure one was X714HCD ? Any records of that previously ? John, in Leeds | Thu 06/07/2006, 19:54 |
| June update Metrobus have updated their webiste to allow for transfers following the closure of Polhill. Note that Vito 8017 still does not appear however, so it is not fully up to date. | Sun 25/06/2006, 20:45 |
| Including UNKs in the database Thanks for the ideas. I am doing some tinkering this week and I'll post more details in a couple of days. Tom. In London. At work :( | Tue 06/06/2006, 11:26 |
| YH04VNV Two pictures of this apparently troubled car have been posted today! Take a look to see what I mean. | Tue 30/05/2006, 21:47 |
| YH04VNV Tom has a photo of this - it is a Fiesta car | Mon 29/05/2006, 13:38 |
| First Vans ! Once more, I will have to learn to read - I think I searched on XH04... John | Sun 28/05/2006, 17:07 |
| YH04VNV John, this is on the database already, and is believed to be a Ford Fiesta car like the other YH04Vxx vehicles with First. Tom. | Sun 28/05/2006, 16:09 |
| Cheers Hi John, nice to know that my work is appreciated. I suppose I should have either checked with my host what their back-up arrangements were, or done more frequent back-ups myself. Anyway, I've learned my lesson! Tom | Sun 28/05/2006, 16:07 |
| Updated Metrobus Svs The site contains updated SV allocations following the closure of South Godstone depot | Sun 28/05/2006, 13:22 |
| Possible suggestion The registration plate may give a clue. These usually show the manufacturer/supplier;if common ie 'London Buses', then they may be registering themselves. If mixed names (dealers) then they could be already registered prior to purchase/supply Ray | Sun 26/03/2006, 08:31 |
| Vehicle Licensing web site Thanks for the pointer Ray. This looks like a useful reference. Put in a reg and make and it gives you the license expiry, first registration date, engine capacity, basic colour and some other less useful info. I tried a couple of SVs and the first registration date came out as either the same (or a day before) as the vehicle new dates supplied officially from CDS. Can anyone confirm if CDS/DS/JNP register the vehicles themselves? Perhaps an easier question would be has anyone seen brand new vehicles going in to Acton on trade plates? | Sat 25/03/2006, 22:51 |
| 5664F x2 John, I tried Acton Works last night but YJV wasn't in the night's run-out; probably a daytime vehicle like most of the Connect vans. I will keep a lookout, maybe it has a different number on the nearside! If you feel like meeting up on a future visit to town, it would be good to see you. Cheers, Steve | Sat 25/03/2006, 22:22 |
| 5798M is BN55DXH Picture from Colin Lloyd posted today proves it. Now, about those Transporters.... :-) | Sat 25/03/2006, 16:00 |
| Will the 'real' 5664F stand up Checks on times of photographs, & my notebook for 22.03.06, now lead me to be virtually 100% certain that KC04YJV is the blue & white 85 T280 Transit that I photographed, carrying the incorrect serial of 5664F - properly allocated to KC04YGM. I had in fact logged KC04YJV ! What is not known is what the correct serial of KC04YJV should be. One to be aware of ! (Steve Howard - I consider you an expert !) John L-M Note: Reply edited by John Lloyd-Martin, 25/03/06, 14:04. | Sat 25/03/2006, 14:01 |
| 5664F Thanks for the undeserved compliment but I regret I can't help you on this. I have only seen the red 5664F by registration through the bars of Victoria Coach Station basement. Despite many visits to Acton I have not seen KC04YJV at all. Had I been at Acton on Wednesday rather than Tuesday this week I could have checked the vehicle while you photographed it!! Perhaps it's another inadvertant duplication by Acton staff of which there seem to have been a few in recent times. Regards, Steve | Fri 24/03/2006, 18:41 |
| Bus Station audit - still on the cards I still intend to set a date to check as many bus stations as possible, but its been so cold recently! | Thu 23/03/2006, 13:41 |
| 2391L My trusty Southdown Enthusiasts Club Fleetlist states that 2391L was acquired on 1/5/91 and numbered 91 being renumbered 991 on 20/07/96. | Sun 12/03/2006, 17:19 |
| 2391L working for First Fortunately not treated to Barbie livery like that poor DAF in Leeds! Interesting that the original booms are still fitted. | Fri 10/03/2006, 17:22 |
| Multi sightings That works pretty well ! Will definitely save some time. John L-M | Thu 09/03/2006, 23:14 |
| Stagecoach Website Thanks for the link Ray. This is in fact the same document that I get sent to me, and it does list a number of executive cars. It's a pity none of the other bus companies go this level of detail! | Thu 09/03/2006, 09:40 |
| Stagecoach website I just followed it through via Stagecoach London It is updated every four weeks (mainly for bus transfers) the last being period 11 to 6th February (so may have a later one today!) It appears to be on stagecoachbus.com/london.news2.html Note: Reply edited by Ray, 08/03/06, 21:18. | Wed 08/03/2006, 21:18 |
| SV data from web sites Hi Ray. I think getting info from other web sites is a good idea and would be interested in where the Stagecoach info was. The irony with Stagecoach is that the existing SV info here came from their official printed fleet lists. Why their web site lists different vehicles is a mystery! | Wed 08/03/2006, 20:56 |
| This might help a bit... When you are looking at a vehicles details, the URL will look something like http://www.ltsvplus.com/fdata_detail.php?id=2509. To quickly go to another numbered vehicle's details, edit the URL in the address bar and press return. At least you then do not need to navigate to each vehicle before entering sightings. I will still look for an ideal solution. | Wed 08/03/2006, 20:51 |
| Testing the water Tom. The half dozen entries were made to see whether the info on websites was a 'source' of information that could be used. Obviously the vehicles were 'selected' specifcally to gain a response. Without seeing the vehicles I cannot state what, if any, i.d. they have. I appreciate that all 'general' use vehicles you already show under the appropriate fleet numbers - which are not shown on the Stagecoach website. Ray Note: Reply edited by Ray, 06/03/06, 15:59. | Mon 06/03/2006, 15:58 |
| Metrobus Galaxy at Eltham I have removed the serial number incorrecly shown by me as 9001 for this sv. 9001 should of course have related to the Transit Connect, GY53CYJ - my mistake, & thanks Ray ! John L-M. | Sun 05/03/2006, 23:03 |
| Metrobus SVs Ray - thanks for the list. The crew didn't appear inebriated ! They definitely had a second vehicle with them, referred to as ''the one behind'' & that was the T-reg Transit. I did not see anything else remotely resembling a service vehicle. Perhaps they bought a cheapy secondhand ? John | Sat 04/03/2006, 10:57 |
| Logging multiple sightings Tom, There appear to be two options dependant on your flexibility with the site. A: on login be presented with a 'sighting details field(s)' to enter date & place thereof, & then recall individual vehicles with a check box that just requires marking with 'x' or whatever to link the sighting, or B: Build a list of several vehicles, and then fields to add date & place as above, and text to the effect '' add this sighting to all these vehicles - yes/no'' or similar. Those are my thoughts. John, in a snowy Leeds ! | Sat 04/03/2006, 10:54 |
| Metrobus The following are shown as at 7th January Ford Transit 7 seat minibus 8001 GV53 RHU (MB) 8002 GV53 RHY (MB) 8003 GV53 RHZ (PH) 8004 GV53 RJJ (MB) 8005 GV53 RJO (MB) 8006 GV53 RJX (PH) 8007 GV53 RJY (PH) 8007 GV43 RJY (PH) 8009 GV53 RKF (PH) 8010 GV53 MDX (GD) 8011 GP53 CPY (GD) 8012 GP53 COJ (GD) 8013 GP53 CLV (GD) 8014 GP53 RBX (CY) 8015 AM03 AGU (CY) Mercedes Vito Minibus 8016 RK05 OFZ (GD) Ford Galaxy car 8914 GU54 BJY (PH) 8915 GU05 HKO (PH) 8916 GU05 HNA (PH) Ford Focus car 8918 GU53 SZV (PH) 8919 GP05 EJA (PH) 8921 GY55 OMA (GD) Peugeot 206 car 8922 GR04 BPU (C) Ford Connect Controllers Van 9001 GY53 CYJ (GD) 9002 GY53 CZF (MB) 9003 GU53 MKJ (PH) 9004 GU53MHY (CY) 9005 GY53 CZH (CY) Peugeot Boxer Engineering Van 9006 CK05 KNV (LR) For Transit Engineers Van 9011 GY53 CYH (CY) 9012 GY53 CYP (GD) 9013 GY53 CZR (MB) 9015 EF52 OOC (PH) 9016 EX03 WVZ (C) Ford Transit Stores Flatbed Van 9014 EJ54 RVE (LR) Usual codes - LR = Lagoon Road | Sat 04/03/2006, 09:18 |
| Hired Transits at Aldgate There are still a couple of hired Transits at Aldgate, but some (or all) are actually used by the British Transport Police. For this location (and Victoria basement) I will only record hires if they are def in SV use, ie have LBSL staff, or labels, etc. | Sat 04/03/2006, 00:32 |
| Should I add hired vehicles to the database? It would mean we could track their movements and log sightings more easily. They do seem to hang around for a while, particularly the ones without dealership lettering. | Sat 04/03/2006, 00:29 |
| Metrobus Galaxies Strange title... Anyway, I thought I had seen a note about the Galaxies with Metrobus but I cant track it down now. If Ray or anyone has the details, please forward to me (or post them here) and I will get the details logged. I will start with GU05HNA anyway. Cheers. | Sat 04/03/2006, 00:22 |
| Other recent departures It would appear that the tanker trailer and the two tall-bodied uniform issue trailers have also gone from the yard at Acton. Does anyone have a last observation date? | Sat 04/03/2006, 00:17 |
| Transit at Eltham John - will keep my eyes open. Your comments however throw another worm into the can! GU05HNA is a Ford galaxy but should be fleet number 8916 (based at PH). 9001 should be Ford Connect reg GY53CYJ. I can't see any SV being earlier than 2003; were your friendly crew drunk? Ray | Fri 03/03/2006, 22:25 |
| AT Eltham Bus Station Van YH05TVE at Eltham Bus Station today (26/02/2006) | Sun 26/02/2006, 14:00 |
| Still available on the coast! After picking up a couple of copies for Tom I noticed the WH Smith on Eastbourne station still has plenty of copies of Heritage Commercials if anybody wants one. | Sat 25/02/2006, 02:17 |
| Welcome to LTSVplus A belated welcome to Christopher, and to other recently registered members who have yet to post anything. Feel free to make use of this forum for comments and chat about SVs; that's why I put it here. Also, pretty much any pictures of SVs would be welcomed. The more the merrier! Tom. | Sat 25/02/2006, 00:14 |
| Thanks for the help Thanks to DC for offering to get this for me. | Sat 25/02/2006, 00:11 |
| More Militant Mularky I've just spent a few hours studying old copies of LOTS's ''The London Bus'' and tracked the demise of the Millys from LT. 1456 shows as de-licensed and sent to Stonebridge (SE) garage in September 1980 due to a ''cracked chassis''. By December the status became ''Withdrawn'' and in May 1981 it shows as ''sold for preservation''. 1457 is shown as de-licensed in November 1982 and sent to the closed Turnham Green garage. By March of 1983 the status became ''withdrawn''. In April of 1983 it reads ''now preserved and registered XGP389W''. YES, 1457MR registered as XGP389W which is now carried by 1456MR. One final detail difference to add is that ''TOWING'' signs are definitely different and 1457's is mounted noticeably lower down. Note: Reply edited by Damon Cross, 23/02/06, 23:58. | Thu 23/02/2006, 23:58 |
| Militants You could look at the chassis number. One was O859 and the other O860. Should be on the front chassis member to the n/s of the radiator. There could be a military number on a plate - but these could be changed! John Harrington | Mon 20/02/2006, 20:34 |
| Militant Muddles - the clues Having studied many photos of 1456MR and 1457MR I have drawn the conclusion that the sure way to tell them apart is the mirrors. The photo that started the confusion has to be 1457MR with 1456's number plate. I just don't know why it has the wrong number plate. Both the vehicles carried the red on white LTB URGENT headboard in preservation but I haven't seen any evidence of this being carried in LT days! Both have been repainted in LT red in preservation. 1456 ran around for a time repainted but with most of the yellow and black bits in plain yellow (except the jib on the end of the crane). I think it went brown before this ever got finished. 1457 seems to have run around with its roof in primer for a while and several photos are in circulation in this condition, including the photo of it carrying XGP389W. 1457MR was finally fully repainted and had all the black and yellow bits done too. Close inspection of this vehicle at North Weald about 10 years ago showed all the LT lettering was still visible under the paintwork. Another clue is the mounting of the number plates. 1457 seems to have it firmly attached in the space where LT had the reversible ''TOWING'' sign. 1456 carries it mounted above this slot on a plate that seems to slot in. Thus the vehicle at Thamesmead is 1457MR. The vehicle illustrated in the book Wreck and Recovery is 1457MR also. The only one ever seen in the brown livery is 1456MR. And of course 1457MR has TWO mirrors on the drivers side, 1456MR has just the one. Next time I come across either vehicle I will photograph them both in detail. Anyone out there in position to get them both to Wisley in April???...now that would be a treat! Note: Reply edited by Damon Cross, 19/02/06, 12:12. Note: Reply edited by Damon Cross, 19/02/06, 12:13. Note: Reply edited by Damon Cross, 19/02/06, 12:18. | Sun 19/02/2006, 11:09 |
| XPG389W There is another photo at aec.fotopic.net/p3610822.html although this does not clarify the position (or does it?) | Sun 19/02/2006, 08:23 |
| L100 JMH Vehicle parked at Hyde Park Corner today (15/2/06) around 11.20am | Wed 15/02/2006, 14:10 |
| Astra Van Y732 KAE Noted in Eltham High Street on the 126 stand today (15/2/06) at 1.30pm until 5pm .It is a 1686cc diesel carrying a 'Tfl/Arriva official on duty' card. Headed north down Westmount Road at 5pm - another day finished? to DT?? Note: Reply edited by Ray, 15/02/06, 17:03. Note: Reply edited by Ray, 15/02/06, 17:03. | Wed 15/02/2006, 14:08 |
| Seen again! On Blackfriars Bridge on 6/02/06, this time tailing an out-of-service Peckham AVL. | Sat 11/02/2006, 21:04 |
| L100JMH L100JMH spent the afternoon at Victoria Bus Station today. At lunchtime a man got out of the cab and walked across to Sovereign Recovery's van EF03HKJ and drove off. This would seem to suggest that this rather splendid recovery truck belongs to Sovereign Recovery. Got some nice pictures of it too! | Sat 11/02/2006, 20:33 |
| VU05NNV Ray, I thought I saw this vehicle in the Acton Works car park on the night of 3/11/05 but as it was dark I was not sure that it wasn't NNW which I had already seen. Your observation seems to confirm that they both exist. Regards, Steve | Sat 11/02/2006, 18:41 |
| Another mis-match? There is a photo on p.83 of the 1980 edition of London Buses. This shows an LTB Urgent headboard only one driver's mirror but what looks like two nearside mirrors. See also the photo of the vehicle and RM1542 which shows the above Note: Reply edited by Ray, 04/02/06, 16:11. | Sat 04/02/2006, 16:04 |
| Audit I'm game ..if it's a day when I'm not working. I can go anywhere you want me to. Damon. | Thu 02/02/2006, 16:10 |
| Militant muddles I have a picture taken at the 1983 Chiswick Gala showing 1456MR (I think!) with LTB URGENT on the front. It has been freshly painted and has the registration XGP389W and just the one driver's side mirror so I presume this is 1456MR before it went brown. I also have a book called ''Wreck and Recovery'' which has a number of pictures of what I assume is 1456MR. One picture shows it at what looks like the back of the LT Museum with STL469 on tow. 1456's front box has LTB URGENT and the roof appears to be in undercoat. It is also carrying trade plate 626MF in this shot. It's a grainy black and white shot but ....you guessed it ...it looks like it's got TWO mirrors on the driver's side. So is this 1457MR? | Thu 02/02/2006, 16:09 |
| Arriva Van Tom I only briefly caught it from a passing 161 but it looked like an Astra. Ray Note: Reply edited by Ray, 02/02/06, 13:20. | Thu 02/02/2006, 13:20 |
| Audit I'd be quite happy to join in covering whatever area would assist the overall aim. | Wed 01/02/2006, 20:14 |
| Taxi at Canada Water There seem to be three possibilities for this. 1) It is a crew ferry vehicle for one of the operators serving Canada Water, 2) it is owned by one of the bus station staff or 3) it is a ''special/covert'' vehicle like 2500 (D98FHM). Let's see if it turns up anywhere else. | Wed 01/02/2006, 12:14 |
| LBSL vans - time for an audit? It seems likely that the last of the Movanos should have been replaced by know. Please let me know if you see any still going. An idea I had was to propose an audit of bus station SVs! Perhaps we could nominate a day (preferrably at the weekend) and try and cover as many bus stations as possible. If anyone is interested let me know. I can do South East London at least. Note: Reply edited by Thomas Young, 01/02/06, 11:55. | Wed 01/02/2006, 11:50 |
| Y732 KAE Thanks Ray. Do you know if this was a Vauxhall Combo like those used by Arriva London North for crew ferry duties? If so I will add it to the database. I've never seen an Arriva van at Eltham before. | Wed 01/02/2006, 11:41 |
| LBSL vans And then another Sprinter appeared from Acton Works as 5802M (suggesting there's probably a 5801M out there too). At the same time Movano 5208V drove into Acton - I thought perhaps for the last time - but it left again later so may still be in use (at Edgware?) There was still a Movano in Kingston Bus Station on the same day, 20/01/2006, number not known but probably 5210V. | Sun 22/01/2006, 22:27 |
| KG05YUL This vehicle was in and out of Acton Works four times while I was at Acton on Friday. It appeared to have 3 seats in the back with probably only luggage space beyond that, thus only a 5 seater in total. Seems to be too small to be called a minibus but as the basic vehicle is not a car can this variant be called an estate? | Sun 22/01/2006, 22:20 |
| Lewisham sighting Only thing I can add is that the driver was wearing a yellow hi-vis vest with an all red roundel. He was dealing with staff sitting in an ETB bus having parked in front of it. | Sun 22/01/2006, 16:30 |
| 5691F details confirmed A second sighting of this van (at Lewisham) has confirmed the details. Anyone know what an unmarked red van is for??? | Sun 22/01/2006, 01:50 |
| 5425V Steve - Coincidence or what ? but thanks for that. I have actually looked again at some pictures taken the same day I was at GHO, by Clive Greedus, & I realise now having mapped out some registrations on that day, that LK52 KA 'U', must have been a private vehicle. It appears to be, from a small part of the regn only, a maroon saloon. I will have to try harder in future ! Cheers again - John | Fri 20/01/2006, 17:11 |
| Still there VO51 WDW still at Aldgate on 11/01/2006 and 10/02/2006 Note: Reply edited by Ray, 10/02/06, 14:13. | Fri 20/01/2006, 16:55 |
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