Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

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RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(29/05/2013 23:49)R557 ABA Wrote:  

(28/05/2013 22:02)mbonwick Wrote:  There is no paint shop at Lillyhall, so there's no reason for anything to be heading there (other than for storage).
Within Cumbria & North Lancs, the depots are split as follows;

Lillyhall - heavy engineering (eg. Open Top conversions) and storage
Carlisle - paint shop
Morecambe - some storage, though LL is preferred.

Thanks, anyhow at least one of them was reupholstered it does seem a waste if they are going into storage. I'm under the impression that they're trying to get everything that's serviceable repainted or out of First livery before the 6 month takeover date which is the 13th of June I believe.

Talking of which Chester Volvo Olympian N536 LHG (16179) has had it's barbie eradicated, I must say it looks much smarter than the Royale done at Rock Ferry. http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomasharrison/8881864970/

It does look good - but why no orange or red - is this literally just a paint over the Barbie stripes job?