First Bristol News April 2008


Repaints

32017/9/22/3  into Barbie 1

40006 repainted still Barbie 1.

46218/31/52 are now in Barbie 1 completing Weston repaints.

48221/2  still in Barbie 1

51086  into Barbie 1 last MB @ WM

46262 & 51086 @ WM

 

Former Badgerline 101 certainly caused a stir @ Cobham

this year when it turned up in this version of the old swiftlink livery.......

 

Barbie II should be history soon as Westons 46218/52 should be painted very soon. And Yeovils 46117,46227(still branded for the 54) 46901,51657,66503 some will be painted others may be leaving.

 

Raillink service 950 Avonmouth - Severn Beach will be finishing with the new timetable changes on May 18th as FGW are running more trains through to Severn Beach during Monday - Fridays. It now appears that this link will continue to run on saturdays every 2 hours.

 

3 New Darts have appeared in Dennis,s to replace the present Wessex Water trio 43821-3 in Bath, they are Enviro 200s and are in a new blue and white livery.

Fleet numbers or registrations arent known yet or a start date for them.

 

New Wessex water Dart (D Harries)

Repainted 66511 (thanks JJ)

Trident 32704 is the latest Park & Ride bus refurbished but all is not well because some how its carrying fleetnumber 30753 (The real 30753 is a First West Yorkshire Olympian/Northern Counties L888YTT based in Huddersfield).

 

30753(really 32704)

Former Weston Volvo,s L-R 38004/5/2

now Opentop parked in Penzance.

Former Badgerline Olympian 34969

looking smart in the sun at Falmouth.

 

 

 

Allocation changes

34064 noted working in Yeovil recently.

34963  BR - w (for scrap)

38010 WM - w (now being used as a driver recruitment vehicle)

41199/200  YL - First Cymru

51556  BH - YL

60976/80  LHw - scrap

61253  LHw - scrap

66511 is now back in service at Yeovil.

67121 Lhw - scrap

67226 TNw - scrap

 


SPW29/04/08