Vanhool Manual
6 May 2006 11:27:25 -0700
Hello All
I'm a leader of a scout group and we have just bought a
vanhool acron coach. It needs a bit of work doing to it and we
desperatley need a workshop manual for it.We also need a manual for a
voith hydrolic retarder, does any body know where we could get one of
these from or point us in a gen ...
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Why do the police get free travel on the buses?
Sat, 06 May 2006 03:30:30 +0100
Our policemen and women are not poorly paid. They are probably one of
the best paid professionals who don't need a university degree. Yet
they travel free on most public transport systems. Even Ian Blair,
the boss of the Met on his ¡ê250K salary presumably can travel for free
all over London by public transpor ...
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REQ: Optare Solo ID History
Fri, 5 May 2006 10:51:16 +0100
Hey folks,
MX03YDG Oe M920, currently/last known with Hampson & Furness (Speedwell of
Hyde).
Does anyone have any other operators of this vehicle? (apart from Whippet,
where it was apparantly new to).
Cheers
Chris
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Driving in Birmingham
3 May 2006 06:59:05 -0700
Specially for Ivor and all the other West Midlands contributors here is
a bus driver's view of the route from Birmingham High Street to Camp
Hill.
It is amazing how little of this part of Birmingham is still the same
19 years later
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2635076933143680241&pl=true
This ...
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Fake Passes
Mon, 01 May 2006 14:28:42 GMT
Do any other companies have a scheme like this?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/4955644.stm
Kevin ...
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Freedom passes unchecked
Fri, 28 Apr 2006 10:44:49 -0500
Is it illegal for busdrivers to question passengers' disability (or
apparent lack thereof) when fit young men get on and use their orange
Freedom Pass on London buses?
I am gobsmacked how I have never seen any of the young men challenged ONCE
over their card, which is blatantly in it's orange "Freedom Pass" ...
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oap not allowed on bus with paint
Thu, 27 Apr 2006 09:04:32 GMT
Item on the bbc.
It says an oap was not allowed to travel on a bus because she was carrying a
tin of paint,
It also says the driver was correct, yet the bus company still sent the
passenger flowers and an apology
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/4923116.stm
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ECW Olympain
24 Apr 2006 11:20:59 -0700
Hi,
Just wondered if theres any way to tell a low-height ECW bodied Leyland
Olympian from a full height one from looking at it? I know the Northern
Counties bodied ones you can tell from the size of the front windows,
but there doesnt seem to be any difference on ECW bodies.
Hope someone can help!
Thank ...
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PD3 Slack Adjusters
24 Apr 2006 10:18:39 -0700
Hi,
Can anyone point me in the direction of a set of slack adjusters for a
leyland PD3, I have been calling scrappies all over the country with no
success.
Please help!
Paul
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Maintenance costs of buses
Mon, 24 Apr 2006 17:35:02 +0200
Can someone give me an estimate of the maintenance costs of a bus, per km
(or mile)? Are coaches used for long-distance services cheaper to maintain
than buses for inner-city transit? ...
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