Cumfybus

[Quackdave]

RE: Cumfybus

(25/08/2012 21:24)Quackdave Wrote:  (re withdrawn vehicles)

As this is now getting rather long, I think we'll leave larger vehicles to another day! :-)

OK, here goes... but first of all, a couple of updates to the foregone notes on smaller vehicles: Aleros YU02 GRK and YN03 UYA are both definitely still in use, GRK seen today in Huyton and UYA within the last few days. UYC, on the other hand, is parked up at the front of Kirkby Britonwood yard with a fair part of its front end removed. Finally, I suspect that at least two of the Renaults are also laid up in the same yard, although they are obscured by other vehicles so couldn't definitively identify them.

(Is it the case that Kirkby depot is no longer used operationally, but only for storage?)

On to the larger vehicles!

OLYMPIANS - both now sold on, as noted previously.

TRIDENTS - X662 and X665 have both been retaxed within the last couple of months. Both were most recently noted at Southport, so are possibly intended for schools and/or Tesco free bus? (does this still run and is it still Cumfy who operate it?)
X661 still shows as licence due 01-SEP-12 on DVLA, so presumably withdrawn, and X664 is SORN. Two Tridents are parked up at Kirkby and I presume them to be these latter two.

DART/CAETANO - all four still laid up at Kirkby with SORN as they have been for a while.

DAF/MYLLENNIUM - following a brief renaissance on the 139 these all appear to have recongregated back at Southport. Six remain licensed but all expire within the next 3 months:

V116 LHG Licensed: due 01-NOV-12
V117 LHG Licensed: due 01-NOV-12
V735 HEO Licensed: due 01-DEC-12
V472 HKY Licensed: due 01-OCT-12
V474 HKY Licensed: due 01-DEC-12
V475 HKY Licensed: due 01-DEC-12
C12 MFY (V476 HKY) SORN: due 01-DEC-12
C19 MFY (V473 HKY?) SORN: due 01-DEC-12

I suspect that we still have an ID problem with this last one, since the fleetlist (and every other fleetlist I've seen) shows C19 MFY and V475 HKY as the same vehicle, which clearly cannot be the case, since both now exist concurrently. The logical conclusion seems to be that V475 HKY was actually C18 MFY, making C19 MFY the former V473 HKY. However I still don't think this helps us as to their original identities: C19 MFY might still be the original V1 GMT, or it could be the original V6 GMT, depending on when the error originated. Any volunteers to visit Southport depot and check the body number plate?

Finally on to the backbone of the fleet:
OPTARE SOLO
There are at least eleven Solos laid up at Kirkby. The ones I could identify are S248 KNL, X177 NWR, H6/7/14 CFY. I strongly suspect that the other four ex-Go North East ones are amongst the others.
S248 KNL, which briefly saw use earlier this year, is now once again SORN, joining its sisters, and another Solo to recently receive a SORN is YS02 UCB.

As to what is actually in use - I am fairly sure I've seen all the OUBs out in service recently apart from T417. I haven't seen H12 or V232 for a while, so these are two to keep an eye on when their current tax expires imminently.

Here are the current DVLA statuses of the Solos up to 04 reg:
S248 KNL SORN: due 01-AUG-13
H9 CFY (S249 KNL) SORN: due 01-MAR-13
H10 CFY (S250 KNL) SORN: due 01-JUL-13
H11 CFY (S252 KNL) SORN: due 01-MAR-13
S255 KNL SORN: due 01-MAR-13
H6 CFY (T295 BNN) SORN: due 01-NOV-12
H7 CFY (V273 DRC) SORN: due 01-AUG-13
H12 CFY (V272 DRC) Licensed: due 01-OCT-12
H14 CFY (V274 DRC) SORN: due 01-AUG-13
T412 OUB Licensed: due 01-NOV-12
T416 OUB Licensed: due 01-NOV-12
T417 OUB SORN: due 01-NOV-12
T418 OUB Licensed: due 01-NOV-12
T419 OUB Licensed: due 01-NOV-12
T421 OUB Licensed: due 01-OCT-12
V232 LWU Licensed: due 01-OCT-12
V234 LWU SORN: due 01-OCT-12
X173 NWR Licensed: due 01-DEC-12
X174 NWR Licensed: due 01-DEC-12
X176 NWR Licensed: due 01-MAY-13
X177 NWR SORN: due 01-APR-13
X181 NWR Licensed: due 01-DEC-12
X182 NWR Licensed: due 01-DEC-12
H16 CFY (Y264 KNB) Licensed: due 01-JUN-13
VX51 RBF Licensed: due 01-APR-13
YS02 UCB SORN: due 01-AUG-13
YS02 UCC Licensed: due 01-JUL-13
YS02 UCD Licensed: due 01-JUL-13
VU52 UEM Licensed: due 01-OCT-12
MX53 FDF Licensed: due 01-SEP-13
MX53 FDU Licensed: due 01-SEP-13
MX53 FDY Licensed: due 01-SEP-13
YN53 ZWJ SORN: due 01-JUL-13
YN04 LXA Licensed: due 01-MAY-13
YN04 LXB Licensed: due 01-JUL-13
YN04 LXC Licensed: due 01-MAY-13
MX04 VLU Licensed: due 01-APR-13
MX04 VME Licensed: due 01-JUL-13

I didn't go any further than this as I'm pretty sure all Solos newer than this are still in use, apart from burnt out PKU:
MX54 KYH
MX05 OSW/OSY/OTA
MX55 WDD/WDE/WDF/WDG
MX06 YXV/YYA/ABN, EH06 UNY
MX57 CDO/CDU
MX08 DHG/DHL/DHV/DJE
MX09 MJK/MJO/MJU/MJV/MJY/MKA
YJ59 PKA/PKC/PKD/PKE/PKF/PKK/PKN/PKO/PKV
YJ12 GXA/GXB/GXC/GXD/GXE/GXF/GXG/GXH/GXK/GXL/GXM/GXN/GXO