Hudd by IH on the 31st May 2001

Leyland National 2 230 LWE 230W has been involved in an accident and as a result has been broken up for spares and what has been left has been sent away for scrap.

MCW Metrobus 708 D708 NKY Has returned from Central works after its MOT and has lost Ben Shaws Adverts and is now in company Red, White and Blue, looks pretty smart to tell you the truth. I think the next to lose overall advert will be Scania 266 L266 LHE, this will proberly be when it goes for its MOT.

Scania 268 L268 LHE is at Barnsley for its MOT.
Leyland National 2 241 MWE 241W is still at Barnsley after an engine failure.
Leyland National 2's 242 NKU 242X and 253 OHL 253X have had new gear boxes fitted
Scania 265 has been off the road for about a month now, because it is waiting for a new gear box being delivered.

A new training bus for Huddersfield to use is Leyland National 2(Short) FAO 927V Ex Road Car 927 I think !!.
The Leyland Leopard has been bought by an enthusiast. Excuse the spelling.

Huddersfield's repaint list is as follows:-
National's 231,241,242,245,247(front and rear),and 256
Scania's 276,277,279
Olympian's 625,638,664,666,667,670,and 672
Metrobuses 707,708,709,and 711
Dennis Dart's 430,431 and 432
This leaves:-
National 237 and 253
Scania's 265 - 269,275,278
Metrobuses 705 and 716.

Log of Barnsley, Huddersfield, and Cudworht by TractioN on the 29th May 2001

On the 0950 from Barnsley on MCW L Metrobus 710 direct (via the planet) to Huddersfield. Now what’s wrong with operating a direct bus from say, Meadowhall, Barnsley, Huddersfield, and possibly Manchester?

Straight to Waterloo then where in the yard was :-

Leyland Olympian 666 670

Scania 277

Inside depot 705, 256, 1 uni’d Leyland National, 275 (I think).

Nothing much else until I got to …

HUDDERSFIELD BUS STATION

Ok, my first proper look round Huddy Station today, and I thought there were a few people saying it has been re-done???

I hardly noticed a difference apart from :-

Annoying platform ends (anyone got names for these)
A one way door system (outside platform z) – to aviod this, go through the car park exit (that stinks) … but why the door.
Annoying doors that won’t open. I mean, what do you do when theirs an emergency.
And a sign saying "Sorry for the wrong info yesterday, 28 May 2001"
Just three of my pet hates of Huddersfield (besides the sun is never in the right place).

So, take more photos and then back to Waterloo to see if Scania 276 is around. Anyone know where it is??? I got 705 which was out of the shed, and then discovered the 235 home runs 20minutes late on weekdays.

Eventually got the 235 home (nooooooo, it was 710 AGAIN).

Barnsley & District – nothing special part from a Metrobus in Halifax JOC livery, and a Metrobus looking like it was in Go Green livery (as I type I forgot the company name).

Got back to Barnsley, and the next visit was YTC Barnsley. Nothing much there apart from 241 (Still) with it’s rear cover up.

Next to Cudworth to see loads of old stuff on land that belongs to one of the Carlton Scrap men. All I could see from the gate was :-

662 B662CET YTC Livery (ok, this was broke down across the road, ably assisted by YTC National 252.

Also …

One Leon un’id,

Yorkshire Rider (YR)

5248 (I think that should be 6248), and

NAT354M

plus a Wilts and Dorset VR,

RJA703R (Fingland)

First London GYE434W

Stagecoach Leopard ???275V (269) and

Leopard XPM876X

Also smashed by vandals ( I assume ) were ex Yorkshire Rider’s 6246 6260 6355 and KW?219V.

Hope this helps,

And sorry for going off topic on all three groups, but I couldn’t be bothered to split the post.

Comments, queries, corrections welcome. Though if you do, please snip appropriately.

Hudd by IH on the 27th May 2001

639 is in the workshops were the Lynx's get refurbished, having its new roof fitted with lights, windows, pannelling etc.

The Kirn has gone to a site in Bedfordshire(?) for testing.

Most of the coaches are out due to the high demand at the moment.

It was 660 in the top yard, after repaint.

233 was in an accident in the depot yard at Rawmarsh when another bus backed into it.

DT Atlantean is at USR awaiting a decision to its future.

USR by TractioN on the 26th May 2001

USR by TractioN on the 25th May 2001

Hudd by Tracky Insider on the 24th May 2001

311 should be ready to return to Shafton soon and this will see the withdrawal of 302-306, probably to B&D.

234 has been painted at Barnsley

T3 by TractioN on the 23rd May 2001

Leyland National 2 FAO927V latterly Road Car 298.

It is now in service from Huddersfield depot. It is green and yellow (Terrier livery) with big, black, bold, block capital lettering on the yellow on the side stating it's a DTU.

It's fleet number T3, so I can only assume the ex Andrews' Leopards T3 has now been withdrawn.

USR by IanB on the 22nd May 2001

A couple of observations from Upper Sheffield Road earlier......
MCW Metrobus 708 is in for a full repaint, and thus will loose its distinctive 'Ben Shaws' allover advert. Also in for re-paint is Merc 311.

De-roofed Olympian 639 now has a roof, and is in the process of having lights, windows etc fitted.

Lynx 286 is undergoing a full refurbishment.

Coach 1 (6078 HE) has had all logos, fleet numbers etc removed, but is still in 'coachlink' base colours.

No sign of any Kirn though!

Hudd by Tracky Insider on the 22nd May 2001

Strathtay C. Forbes on the 21st May 2001

A further acquired minibus is 181, but I have no more details on it, as it is dumped at Arbroath. 3 more Tigers have also been acquired as 436 (D439XRS) from Stagecoach in Bluebird. 437/8 (D277/8FAS) have come from Stagecoach in Fife.

Ex Andrews 435 (E214RDW) has been reregistered 365DXU, but I do not yet know the new mark for the previous carrier of this registration, Tiger 426 (originally D316SGB)

436 arrived back from Ferrymill this afternoon freshly attired in the OLD coach colours (ie no blue back)

230 Tracky Insider & Trev on the 19th May 2001

YTC LN2 230 involved in serious accident. Unknown whether it will be repaired or not.

REPAINT by TractioN on the 19th May 2001

YTC LN2 236 - repaint

Hudd by IH on the 18th May 2001

Leyland National 2 245 NKU 245X is now back in service fully repainted.

Leyland National 2 241 MWE 241W is out of service with engine failure.
MCW Metrobus 708 has gone to barnsley for MOT and a full repaint. Which means it will lose Ben Shaws Advertisements.
Theres a new T3....Leyland National 2(short) FAO 927V Ex Road Car 927. This replaces Leyland Leopard T3.

B&D by MaQ on the 18th May 2001

Barnsley and District are to lose service X12 and that it will be operated by Clarkson South Elmsall with 2 brand new buses from June. They also may loose the X10 Barnsley - Sheffield (via Meadowhall), 265 Barnsley - Sheffield and 266 Barnsley - Rotherham. Confirmation welcome.

Hudd by Tracky Insider on the 14th May 2001

RV1 *may* not be chopped up as previously thought. :) It was being put through MOT prep work today.
The Atlantean isn't now planned to be converted, not sure what will happen to this now as its tax runs out in the next month or so.

T3, LAO 927V, was outside the paintshop today ready for use.

Shafton by Shafton Man on the 13th May 2001

Some news from Shafton depot you may not know about...
Firstly, Merc 301 has moved over to Rawmarsh.In return, we have got Olympian 642 from Barnsley.
I think we are also to get Scania 291 from Doncaster soon, but dunno when.

Olympians by Tracky Insider on the 11th May 2001

657 on loan to Doncaster to cover for 629 which is at Rawmarsh for body repairs.

232 broken by Rawmarsh Insider on the 10th May 2001

232 suffering from gearbox and engine trouble.
A LN2 is the repair shop because a car as smashed into the side of it. Quite a few Rawmarsh buses are getting smashed windows in Turnscoe including 347/6 (not sure which one).

More mews by Tracky Insider on the 6th May 2001

Nationals, 245 having just reapinted

At Barnsley, ex RoadCar National MK2, FAO 927V was noted in Terrier style livery numbered T3.

More mews by Tracky Insider on the 5th May 2001

418 has been painted, also has the standard 'Budgetcard' advert on the back. This will eventually spread to all vehicles with each depot being done in line (and they might get BudgetCard ads as well). Also buses that pass through the paintshop and those at Barnsley are gaining new, improved red litter bins. For some buses i.e. Darts this is the first time they have had them.

Stars by Micheal A. Quinney on the 4th May 2001

Yorkshire Traction Mercedes Benz 811D Optare StarRider 301 F501EKY has been used by Rawmarsh depot recently.

Rear ads Micheal A. Quinney on the 4th May 2001

More buses have been fitted with the advert, these are:

613, by TractioN on the 1st May 2001

No news here yet. Come back soon.

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