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RE: Arriva North West and Wales Trainers - 33109 - 24/09/2014 14:27
Shame their gonna scrap the trainers off now, 8223 i've heard off a few winsford drivers is apparently quite a decent bus to drive. Shame its not still in service as it'd put a centro to shame anyday!!!
RE: Arriva North West and Wales Trainers - mathias - 24/09/2014 14:45
Most of the Volvo B10Bs were decent buses to drive.
Effortless acceleration from that big 10-litre engine in the back, much better than the weedy six-litre Cummins garbage in modern plasticky buses these days.
Hmmm.... wonder what they'll replace them with?
DLAs Trainers maybe?
Second thoughts, they'll put people OFF from driving a bus!
RE: Arriva North West and Wales Trainers - YN05 WKE - 24/09/2014 14:52
B10BLE's or Mylleniums as a replacement of theB10 trainers??
RE: Arriva North West and Wales Trainers - mathias - 24/09/2014 15:19
(24/09/2014 14:52)E208 WBG Wrote: B10BLE's or Mylleniums as a replacement of theB10 trainers??
Gotta be the B10BLEs, although some of their bodies are clunking and rattling like crazy these days. The poor state of some of Merseyside's roads doesn't help.
Trainer 8215 (L505 TKA) B10B/Endurance was sold to Presidential Travel late last year.
As seen here.....
https://www.flickr.com/photos/anw509/11819955886/sizes/c/
(Photo Credit; anw509)
RE: Arriva North West and Wales Trainers - X782 NWX - 24/09/2014 19:52
(24/09/2014 14:23)mathias Wrote: It's another B10B/Endurance.
Originally 6529, but now lettered as 8702 (M529 WHF), it seems to be on permanent loan to Salford City Council as an exhibition bus.
Thanks for that
RE: Arriva North West and Wales Trainers - LJ51 DDA - 24/09/2014 22:46
Wrexham currently doesn't have a trainer at the moment our allocated trainer is M110XKC (8205) but over the past few months we have had M519WHF (8219) M113XKC (8207) and even M429UNW (8229) have appeared here.
RE: Arriva North West and Wales Trainers - 33109 - 25/09/2014 07:01
Hopefully instead of scrap, arriva should put em up for sale. Other operators could use these for school/college contracts. They'd probs smarten up pretty well with a quick refurb, I know their getting on a bit but 8223 & friends are still going pretty well.
RE: Arriva North West and Wales Trainers - MX12CFE - 25/09/2014 11:13
(25/09/2014 07:01)33109 Wrote: Hopefully instead of scrap, arriva should put em up for sale. Other operators could use these for school/college contracts. They'd probs smarten up pretty well with a quick refurb, I know their getting on a bit but 8223 & friends are still going pretty well.
Hope one of the striders 8201 8202 or 8203 gets saved for preservation as they were a rare type to liverpool there were only the 3 of them.
RE: Arriva North West and Wales Trainers - Jack - 25/09/2014 13:19
What happened to 8206?
RE: Arriva North West and Wales Trainers - mathias - 25/09/2014 14:23
(25/09/2014 13:19)jcksmnr Wrote: What happened to 8206?
8206 (M112 YKC) B10B/Paladin1 went to Arriva Midlands....
https://www.flickr.com/photos/73096525@N02/8732335970/
(Photo Credit; Jamie Payne)