Arriva North West - Bootle Depot

[M113 YKC]

RE: Arriva North West - Bootle Depot
2218, 2233 and 4420 (again) were on the 52/52A today. 2233 had a very bad gearbox problem when I had it this afternoon - struggling to go into gear throughout my journey on it, rolling back and shuddering like mad when pulling-off, making a bad howling noise when changing gear and smelling really bad with smoke coming into the bus at the back at times (and, on a different matter, horrendous-sounding brakes!). With recent X-ANC withdrawals, it'll be interesting to see if it's made roadworthy again because it certainly wasn't today!

2519 was on the 53 today and stayed out on 53A lates.

Forgot to mention that 2928 has been back out for a few days now after a long time on the pits.