Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

[trixmax2000]

RE: Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

(01/01/2021 23:28)Bobbi_1042_Runcorn Wrote:  Scrappers / V.O.R at the Depot (on the 01/01/21)

921 - LJ51 DDF (Dart)(Ex-North Wales)
1023 - RX18 LNH
1026 - RX18 LNJ
2469 - Y469 KNF
2542 - DK55 FYF
2726 - Y726 KNF
4104 - CX55 EAM
4211 - LJ51 DHX

1023 - RX18 LNH & 1026 - RX18 LNJ
https://www.flickr.com/photos/168682173@...ed-public/
4104 - CX55 EAM & 4211 - LJ51 DHX
https://www.flickr.com/photos/168682173@...ed-public/
And more pic's
https://www.flickr.com/photos/168682173@N04/

Pic's are by me

1026 & 1028 are for driver change overs

[BD51 YCT]

RE: Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

(02/01/2021 11:26)trixmax2000 Wrote:  1026 & 1028 are for driver change overs

1023, not 1028.

[Busway_Bob]

RE: Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

(02/01/2021 11:26)trixmax2000 Wrote:  1026 & 1028 are for driver change overs

ah sorry, did not knew that, not been on the buses in 2020 to know that

[PAUL2511]

RE: Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

(02/01/2021 11:26)trixmax2000 Wrote:  1026 & 1028 are for driver change overs

4104 Just VOR

[Busway_Bob]

RE: Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

(02/01/2021 19:28)PAUL2511 Wrote:  4104 Just VOR

yeah and 4211 been here for a very long time tbh

[PAUL2511]

RE: Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

(02/01/2021 19:32)Bobbi_1042_Runcorn Wrote:  yeah and 4211 been here for a very long time tbh

Thanks

[T42 PVM (Moderator)]

RE: Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot
I dont think 4104 will ever see use again, the B7's are on their way out and this one has been parked up for some time now.

[Barney]

RE: Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

(03/01/2021 12:29)T42 PVM Wrote:  I dont think 4104 will ever see use again, the B7's are on their way out and this one has been parked up for some time now.

As it has had a recent repaint and clearly the intention was to keep it in service for a few more years, I suspect that the cost of repair is not economically viable. I'm sure I read somewhere that there have been occasions when a bus has been driven out of the paint shop and scrapped within days. Crazy!

[motormayhem1]

RE: Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

(03/01/2021 13:02)Barney Wrote:  As it has had a recent repaint and clearly the intention was to keep it in service for a few more years, I suspect that the cost of repair is not economically viable. I'm sure I read somewhere that there have been occasions when a bus has been driven out of the paint shop and scrapped within days. Crazy!

Apparently 4104 needs a new engine and few other bits and went to a private contractor to do the work but after being parked up in the contractors premises they decided to cancel the work and park it up.

[NathanR]

RE: Arriva North West - Runcorn Depot

(03/01/2021 13:02)Barney Wrote:  As it has had a recent repaint and clearly the intention was to keep it in service for a few more years, I suspect that the cost of repair is not economically viable. I'm sure I read somewhere that there have been occasions when a bus has been driven out of the paint shop and scrapped within days. Crazy!

2507 was an example, when it got repainted in 2019, but by February last year it was sent off for scrap due to it's knackered engine, but the chances are that if 2507 lived past lockdown without having a knackered engine then it could've likely been converted into a training bus, yet 2504/5 survive and still work passenger services at Wythenshawe and Speke, respectively.

Though, I always wonder why some buses are lucky to get new engines to get a extended lease of life, such as 2493, which got a new engine and differentials before transfer to Green Lane a few months ago despite having a model year of 2004 and on 54 reg. I wonder if the engines for such older buses are still in production today or they take the engines from older buses that are no longer reliable for service?