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- 20:33 Wednesday 25th September 2019
- Forum: Preservation
- Topic: DD12 Revival
- Replies: 72
- Views: 96833
Re: DD12 Revival
Yes, had a surprise and welcome visit from Mech26wr and his good lady today at Wythall, my first day back after a two week holiday and the usual pandemonium had set in during my absence. Nice to see some good progress from Mech26wr and his team courtesy of Nigel E. One by one the little bits are all...
- 21:49 Sunday 25th August 2019
- Forum: Fleet Discussion
- Topic: Worcester Fleet Movements mid/late 2019
- Replies: 45
- Views: 25015
Re: Worcester Fleet Movements mid/late 2019
Hopefully the D10 will be ready by then, at the moment a large hole needs to be covered in the lower saloon floor (which was a little 'soft' anyway) where yours truly effected some overdue engine repairs without taking the engine / gearbox out. Then the retrimming can be completed. Still my all time...
- 19:22 Sunday 25th August 2019
- Forum: Fleet Discussion
- Topic: Worcester Fleet Movements mid/late 2019
- Replies: 45
- Views: 25015
Re: Worcester Fleet Movements mid/late 2019
I hope that there is an error re the dates for a Midland Red event at Wythall! This year's October event is 50 years of WMPTE (and you could say that was partly responsible for the demise of Midland Red??) and next year is another celebration of Midland Red, for which we hope that 6015 will be one o...
- 09:45 Wednesday 29th May 2019
- Forum: Fleet Discussion
- Topic: Alexander Dennis takeover.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5376
Re: Alexander Dennis takeover.
Tim, you are asking a lot if you expect ADL products not to rattle.........
- 22:14 Wednesday 1st May 2019
- Forum: Fleet Discussion
- Topic: Citaro woes.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9908
Re: Citaro woes.
Thank you Tim for the kind words re the Wythall RCL. It, along with many of the rubber suspension equipped BMMO's puts many of today's buses ride quality and handling to shame. The RCL at Wythall is one of the few remaining on its air suspension (rear). When we fished it out of its glass cage in the...
- 17:52 Wednesday 30th January 2019
- Forum: Services, Routes and Timetables
- Topic: Ledbury services.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2659
Re: Ledbury services.
Nearly did exactly the same in Ledbury in 1989 driving the D10 (4943) on our way to Swansea because some prat had parked badly. Don't think I'd have been too popular if I had piled our prize possession! It was an entertaining long weekend in which we took the D10, CM6, RCL2219, our 1930's Leyland Fi...
- 22:59 Sunday 9th December 2018
- Forum: Preservation
- Topic: Random Photos from the Back of the Shed
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5819
Re: Random Photos from the Back of the Shed
No wonder you disappeared of the radar for so long today taking photographs. Hope that you enjoyed your driver assessment session today in 5956 and didn't find it so different to the modern 'stuff'. S23's are very forgiving so it'll be an RCL next time and then to sort your redundant left foot out p...
- 19:30 Friday 31st August 2018
- Forum: Preservation
- Topic: Transport Museum Wythall 27 August 2018 pt. 2
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4596
Re: Transport Museum Wythall 27 August 2018 pt. 2
As one of those who was there virtually from day One and going through all of those photographs I am amazed at how much was achieved in those early days. The very second hand caravan that served as our mess room for those first years (and occasional overnight dosshouse) was very much a health and sa...
- 14:15 Thursday 23rd August 2018
- Forum: Preservation
- Topic: Bus Fest Gaydon 19 August 2018 part six.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4316
Re: Bus Fest Gaydon 19 August 2018 part six.
Hmmm, a pang of guilt here! As the guardian / maintainer of the BMMO fleet at Wythall I often have the difficult choice of whether to send out several Midland Red's to an event or keep them back at the Museum for people to pay to come and see them, and on Open Days ride on them. We are after all a c...
- 22:20 Thursday 31st May 2018
- Forum: Diamond Bus (Rotala)
- Topic: Public Enquiry
- Replies: 34
- Views: 25768
Re: Public Enquiry
Having just spent over an hour sat in a very dead (and hot) Diamond 42 this afternoon between Kidderminster and Bromsgrove (outside Parkgate Nurseries) I'm not best pleased with them (neither were the rest of the passengers........).