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RE: Arriva North West - Bootle Depot - MPTE1955 - 10/07/2012 17:59
If as rumoured the 68 is only at Green Lane for 3 months we can only assume that arriva have plans for somewhere.
RE: Arriva North West - Bootle Depot - ste - 10/07/2012 22:23
T reg DLA on the 62 today at Penny Lane around 5ish - forgot the fleet number despite getting a clear view of it.
RE: Arriva North West - Bootle Depot - M113 YKC - 10/07/2012 23:15
(10/07/2012 22:23)ste Wrote: T reg DLA on the 62 today at Penny Lane around 5ish - forgot the fleet number despite getting a clear view of it.It was T303 FGN (4063), which was on a 62/62A duty. Me and my friend were by Green Lane/West Derby Road when we seen it; it took a while for it to click in my head that 'deckers shouldn't be coming out of there anymore!
RE: Arriva North West - Bootle Depot - ste - 11/07/2012 11:58
I wasn't far of I was tempted to say 4073 haha
RE: Arriva North West - Bootle Depot - M113 YKC - 11/07/2012 14:37
Pulsar 2 MX59 FFW (3018) is out on the 52/52A today; I haven't seen this one for a while (well, since it entered service again!), unless it's just been avoiding me!
RE: Arriva North West - Bootle Depot - M113 YKC - 11/07/2012 16:22
Bootle's short-(ish)-lived Plaxton Pointers, R604 MHN (2104) and R607 MHN (2107), seem to be off somewhere:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/anw509/7550431418/in/photostream/
(Credit to "anw509" on Flickr.)
RE: Arriva North West - Bootle Depot - CX54 DKD - 11/07/2012 16:40
I have to say, I'm surprised they've not had more cannibalisation for panels and parts before going off to scrap! They still look reasonably intact!
RE: Arriva North West - Bootle Depot - MPTE1955 - 11/07/2012 18:30
I was thinking that as well, looks like engines are still there as well. Whilst I am on this thread I was passing the depot on the 61 and there was a palatine parked in the main yard.
RE: Arriva North West - Bootle Depot - MPTE1955 - 12/07/2012 12:11
7551 is now in service at Bootle, it is on the 52 this afternoon.
RE: Arriva North West - Bootle Depot - M113 YKC - 12/07/2012 17:30
(12/07/2012 12:11)MPTE1955 Wrote: 7551 is now in service at Bootle, it is on the 52 this afternoon.Indeed it was! The oldest bus at Bootle allocated to the "flagship services" of the depot... I managed to ride on it and, to be honest, it was alright - better than sister-bus R569 ABA (7569)! It seemed to have strange gear-ratios, and as an obvious result of that, it was a bit sluggish. It sounded great, though, and the ride-quality was nearly perfect (the gearbox-jolting was the only "issue"). There seems to be another Plaxton Pointer 2 with a black skirt-line-thing parked in the (empty!) depot - another R-ABA (7569 was out on the 58, for the record)?
Pulsar 2 MX59 FFZ (3020) was out on the 61 and Enviro400 MX09 LXM (4430) was out on the 56 - both this afternoon.