Temporary allocations - when new
Posted: 21:01 Wednesday 13th July 2016
Tying-in with a current discussion about Evesham and Leyland National No. 658, I would like to add that it could have been 654 or 655 that spent their entire lives at EM -- instead, for them, it was weeks or days !
I saw these two, brand new at EM garage, and was shocked to discover they had been moved to Coalville "almost immediately".
(In fact, I wonder if they entered service with Evesham at all ? -
This website shows them as having entered service in 9/77 at EM and transferring to CE in 10/77, but that could be "on paper" only - ?)
There are probably a lot of examples of temporary allocations when new --
I saw one or two which were possibly never recorded by the PSV circle -
6010/11 on the 315 (Stourbridge - Kidderminster-Worcester) just before the delivery of Kidderminster's 6012-6021.
I GUESS that a common example MIGHT have been when brand new single-deckers (especially the dual-purpose ones) entered service on Midland Red's summer peak coach services, before settling down somewhere else ?
(Any memories from our Mr.Tim Brown ? )
I saw these two, brand new at EM garage, and was shocked to discover they had been moved to Coalville "almost immediately".
(In fact, I wonder if they entered service with Evesham at all ? -
This website shows them as having entered service in 9/77 at EM and transferring to CE in 10/77, but that could be "on paper" only - ?)
There are probably a lot of examples of temporary allocations when new --
I saw one or two which were possibly never recorded by the PSV circle -
6010/11 on the 315 (Stourbridge - Kidderminster-Worcester) just before the delivery of Kidderminster's 6012-6021.
I GUESS that a common example MIGHT have been when brand new single-deckers (especially the dual-purpose ones) entered service on Midland Red's summer peak coach services, before settling down somewhere else ?
(Any memories from our Mr.Tim Brown ? )