Arriva St Helens Paint Shop & Repair Centre

[motormayhem]

RE: Arriva St Helens Paint Shop & Repair Centre
Unsure as the front end as been wrapped in a cling fim type covering so its just a waiting game i think.

[motormayhem]

RE: Arriva St Helens Paint Shop & Repair Centre
The decission as been made that 4499 is to be repaired at st helens body shop and work as started on it now the enviro 400 have been done for wrexham.

[motormayhem]

RE: Arriva St Helens Paint Shop & Repair Centre
4412 and 4414 parked up in jackson street on the front fence near the depot en.trance

[motormayhem]

RE: Arriva St Helens Paint Shop & Repair Centre
Had a look around this morning:
PAINTSHOP....
2416,2237,2908

BODY/ENGINE SHOP....
2720,CX05 AAJ,4499,2423,2433,2680.

OUTSIDE....
2450,2814,2816,7620,2322,4059,4015,4073,3317,3365
7622,7623,2320,2316,2274,2273,2318,2316,2319,2328

[DEM777Y]

RE: Arriva St Helens Paint Shop & Repair Centre
Have 2814/6 finally departed then?

[MPTE1955]

RE: Arriva St Helens Paint Shop & Repair Centre

(07/05/2013 11:13)DEM777Y Wrote:  Have 2814/6 finally departed then?

No, if you look MM has said that are outside.

[DEM777Y]

RE: Arriva St Helens Paint Shop & Repair Centre

(07/05/2013 12:32)MPTE1955 Wrote:  

(07/05/2013 11:13)DEM777Y Wrote:  Have 2814/6 finally departed then?

No, if you look MM has said that are outside.

Oooops! And I checked the list twice to make sure I didn't make a berk of myself!

[B10B6514]

RE: Arriva St Helens Paint Shop & Repair Centre
DEM mate 2814 and 2816, in fact the whole batch (the rest of which are stored in the North East after use by the former Scottish unit) are not on North West's books but belong to Arriva UK. I would think that by now after 18 months off the road they are being stored depreciating their book value before eventual scrapping. A waste really because a small independent may have managed to have had 4 or 5 years use out of them.
Saying that the B6 series was not Volvo's usual piece de resistance was it? Being plagued by a distinct lack of power.

[MPTE1955]

RE: Arriva St Helens Paint Shop & Repair Centre
They have been wasted though, doing nothing for that long, particularly when they are better than marshall darts and some of the pointers. Not great and not had a full life's use really.

[motormayhem]

RE: Arriva St Helens Paint Shop & Repair Centre
From what i remember there was a couple of the st helens batch that wasnt to bad in the power dept as i think it was 2805/6 that pulled away with some speed and had a really good kick down on it too.
They where a lot more comfortable than the darts and marshalls and would of been ok for a small independent to upgrade there fleet.