Stagecoach MCSL - Chester & Wirral Depots

[clarkethomas94]

RE: Stagecoach Chester & Wirral

(30/05/2017 07:25)33109 Wrote:  Recently a couple of the alx400 bodied deckers that work the sightseeing tours have been having problems. Couple have broken down lately, how many spares have they got if a couple are off the road for repairs etc?

Also I noticed the other day that the gold solos seem to all have personal registrations, this a stagecoach move or were they bought with them?

not a lot. 17479 has gone for a new engine so we only have 17455,70 and 502. 55 has a tendency to overheat and 502 brakes are locking on sometimes. Overall though these tour buses are far more superior to what has been on it before and are great to drive. The only criticism I have of them, driving them all day on the tours is that because they are only 3 speed voiths and you're driving round the city at 15 mph they do get hot quickly because you are revving the arse off them in 1st gear. we don't have any spare tour buses because 4 should be enough but with 79 VOR there really isn't any room for failures. The most you can have out in a day is 3 when its every 20 minutes.

Gold solos this has been mentioned before quite a while ago. These number plates have been on different vehicles over time. 17272 had the HSV plate before it was transferred to chester. 17272 and 17745 are now in gillmoss for storage incidentally.