Wellglade (Trent Barton, Kinchbus, TM Travel, Notts and Derby, Midland General)

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RE: Wellglade (Trent Barton, Kinchbus, TM Travel, Notts and Derby, Midland General)
Solar 623 is now in service on the Kinchbus 9, meaning the route is now fully ran by solars.

Excels 234, 264 and 266 are now all back in service at Derby, presumably to cover for the Sixes refurbishments. They all wear the 2003 standard Trent Barton livery which has been reapplied following their time at Kinchbus.

Notts and Derby Solar 598 has been fitted with a power blind and an init machine, as all journeys on the route accept Trent Barton's mango card.

Eclipse 724 is now operating out of Langley Mill having been the star of the show at last Sunday's 100th Birthday celebration. Solar 679 is at Derby in its place.

Speaking of the 100th birthday, as well as a number of vintage vehicles, there were a number of in service vehicles on display and around the depot as follows:

On display
Scania irizar i4: 75 (Red Arrow)
Optare Tempo/ Tempo SR: 312 (Black Cat) 333 (i4)
Optare Solo/ Solo SR: 480 (Royal Derby) 496 (Allestree) 498 (Ruddington Connection)
Scania Solar: 662 (Skylink Nottingham)
Mercedes Citaro: 695 (Calverton Connection)
Volvo Eclipse: 713 (Indigo) 724 (Trent Barton 100) 737 (Swift) 739 (Rapid 1) 743 (Two)
Optare Versa: 804 (My15) 809 (Spondon Flyer) 822 (Threes)

In the workshop area
Volvo Olympian: 28 (Notts and Derby)
Northern Counties Paladin: 131 (Driver trainer but in trent buses livery)
Optare Excel: 234, 257, 264 (All Trent Barton spares)
Optare Solo: 413/414 (Trent Barton spares)
Scania Solar: 624 (Villager) 635,667,680 (Trent Barton Spare) 656 (Rainbow 1) 688 (Sixes, being refurbished)
Volvo Eclipse: 750 (The Two)
Optare Versa: 802 (My15)
Plaxton Centro: 1179 (TM Travel)

Finally, solars 674 and 679 were being used on the bus wash demonstration.

The event was a huge success and raised £5,000 for the Lewis Mighty fund, Trent Barton's charity of the year.

All photos on this post © Matt Burley