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RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - February 2017 - Jimmi - 12 Feb 2017
(12 Feb 2017, 11:42 am)S813 FVK wrote 5275 has always had a tachograph fitted - in its batch, it was the vehicle fitted with a tachograph (like 6071 on the TENs, 5391 on the X66 etc)According to a comment on my photo of 5275 on a Facebook Group last week:
5275 has had a Tachograph since new but was uncalibrated for quite a while, it wasn't calibrated until sometime early last year.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - February 2017 - Michael - 12 Feb 2017
(12 Feb 2017, 1:30 pm)EL1TE wrote When are the Citylink Citaros going for refurbishment?
Probables after the ex Durham Diamond and ex Blaydon Racers are done.
It looks like all the Citaro will be done.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - February 2017 - L469 YVK - 12 Feb 2017
(12 Feb 2017, 12:45 pm)Jamie M wrote I caused a dispute with a few drivers at Stanley with 5410. It does actually have a tachograph, it's just obscured within one of the units. It's taking retrofitting to a new level. When most people think of Tachos, they imagine the standard ones you see on the likes of the 63 plate mercs. Just a place where you enter your card. With the ones at Stanley, they're all inbuilt (95/96 are in the dashboard). It stumped people for a long time (obviously the drivers had some other form of documentation that also showed tacho'ing), but then an engineer spoke up [SMILING FACE WITH OPEN MOUTH]Is it similar to how the Tachographs are positioned on Arriva's VDL Pulsar Gemini dashboard (the ones that come with a tachograph)?
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - February 2017 - Jamie M - 12 Feb 2017
(12 Feb 2017, 2:57 pm)L469 YVK wrote Is it similar to how the Tachographs are positioned on Arriva's VDL Pulsar Gemini dashboard (the ones that come with a tachograph)?I'm not informed on other operators, sadly. 3995/6 do not have card slots for sure. It's a mechanism within the dashboard.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - February 2017 - Kuyoyo - 12 Feb 2017
(12 Feb 2017, 3:32 pm)Jamie M wrote I'm not informed on other operators, sadly. 3995/6 do not have card slots for sure. It's a mechanism within the dashboard.
That will be due to the fact that 3995/6 will have the old analogue Tachograph. Everything built since 2007 have Digital Tachogrpahs for the Tacho Cards.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - February 2017 - Jamie M - 12 Feb 2017
(12 Feb 2017, 3:38 pm)Kuyoyo wrote That will be due to the fact that 3995/6 will have the old analogue Tachograph. Everything built since 2007 have Digital Tachogrpahs for the Tacho Cards.That would be true, but if they stopped working, they would have forced to use the digital technology. Who's to say it wasn't retrofitted in the first place? No other N94 uses tacho. If you ever get a peak in the cab, you will see there be no card insert slot.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - February 2017 - Michael - 13 Feb 2017
Gateshead High Street West will reopen completely from first bus on Wednesday 15 February.
Services 1, 1A, 27, 56, 57, 58, Q1 and Q2 will therefore return to normal route southbound from Gateshead Interchange via Jackson Street and Gateshead High Street West, rather than use High West Street and The Gloucester.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - February 2017 - thetravelman - 13 Feb 2017
One of the New Durham Diamond Streetlites was at Bell Trucks today.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - February 2017 - dannygee - 14 Feb 2017
675 front destination keeps playing up. It just jumps around and no one can read it. This is mainly when driving. When heard drivers talking they say they keep reporting it. Dan why is this not fixed
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - February 2017 - Dan - 14 Feb 2017
(14 Feb 2017, 2:58 pm)dannygee wrote 675 front destination keeps playing up. It just jumps around and no one can read it. This is mainly when driving. When heard drivers talking they say they keep reporting it. Dan why is this not fixed
First I heard about it was on Sunday morning, and it was repaired by Hanover's engineer yesterday afternoon.
Let me know if you spot it again having issues...
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - February 2017 - dannygee - 14 Feb 2017
(14 Feb 2017, 4:39 pm)Dan wrote First I heard about it was on Sunday morning, and it was repaired by Hanover's engineer yesterday afternoon.
Let me know if you spot it again having issues...
Will do if i see it out and about. Also 673 (i think) has gone really dull
Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - February 2017 - Jimmi - 15 Feb 2017
694 now has Wear Xpress branding.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - February 2017 - Michael - 15 Feb 2017
(15 Feb 2017, 9:01 am)Jimmi wrote 694 now has Wear Xpress branding.
693 is supposed to be branded too
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - February 2017 - S813 FVK - 15 Feb 2017
Which Durham diamond Merc is currently being stored at the Motorhome Repair centre at Annfield Plain? That's if there is one there, I can only see the top half of the vehicle due to sitting on the bottom deck.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - February 2017 - Dan - 15 Feb 2017
(15 Feb 2017, 2:40 pm)S813 FVK wrote Which Durham diamond Merc is currently being stored at the Motorhome Repair centre at Annfield Plain? That's if there is one there, I can only see the top half of the vehicle due to sitting on the bottom deck.
5292 - been there since last month.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - February 2017 - S813 FVK - 15 Feb 2017
(15 Feb 2017, 3:14 pm)Dan wrote 5292 - been there since last month.
Ah thanks. When you look at the answer, it is the only one that it could have been but I was still under the impression that it was at Hogarths at Birtley.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - February 2017 - S813 FVK - 15 Feb 2017
(15 Feb 2017, 9:01 am)Jimmi wrote 694 now has Wear Xpress branding.
(15 Feb 2017, 9:11 am)Michael wrote 693 is supposed to be branded too
693: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bazza90/32537215770/in/photostream/
694: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bazza90/32793556921/in/dateposted/
I actually think it looks quite nice, even if its on the cluttered side.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - February 2017 - Ambassador - 15 Feb 2017
Arriva 7471 has just reversed into the front of 6120 taking out 6120 windscreen
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - February 2017 - EL1TE - 15 Feb 2017
Saw a Nexus solo being towed by 1001 on Felling Bypass, I believe it was 638 as it has had an incident at South Shields.
RE: Go North East: Latest News & Discussion - February 2017 - Michael - 15 Feb 2017
(15 Feb 2017, 3:48 pm)S813 FVK wrote 693: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bazza90/32537215770/in/photostream/
694: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bazza90/32793556921/in/dateposted/
I actually think it looks quite nice, even if its on the cluttered side.
It looks quite good on the Solo's, looking forward to seeing it on the Citaro's now.