New Driver Trainers

[willr7]

It is reported that there is a refurbished Volvo B7RLE driver training vehicle due for Worcester! Presumably this will mean the end of the road for 60340 & the new B7RLE will work alongside 60311 in the training department.

Mr E said on a Facebook post that "At the moment it’s two for Leicester, two for Potteries and one for Worcester. Five for South Yorkshire are due to be started at Thornton’s of Ashington the week after next."

Here is link to the picture shared my Nigel of two examples parked up at what looks like Leicesters depot. https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=121 ... 2567578502

[willr7]

Here is a picture of one the new Driver Trainer B7RLEs

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[DD12]

One is on the patch at WR today, - repainted but devoid of any decoration.

I THINK it's 66845, but I could only just see part of the registration plate.

Assuming it's to stay with WR, is this the first time ever that we've got a training vehicle newer than some of our service buses ??

Also, presumably , the two at Leicester will have to be upgraded to Euro6 soon (?).

[willr7]

One is on the patch at WR today, - repainted but devoid of any decoration.

I THINK it's 66845, but I could only just see part of the registration plate.

Assuming it's to stay with WR, is this the first time ever that we've got a training vehicle newer than some of our service buses ??

Also, presumably , the two at Leicester will have to be upgraded to Euro6 soon (?).

Good to hear, i'll keep an eye out for it!

As it stands Potteries have got 66805 and Leicester have 66838 & 66841.

It's certainly astonishing that WR currently has 17 regular service buses (19 if you include the 2 B7Ls on loan) that are older than our proposed new training bus, which are usually the oldest vehicles in any fleet!

[TimBrown]

One is on the patch at WR today, - repainted but devoid of any decoration.

I THINK it's 66845, but I could only just see part of the registration plate.

Assuming it's to stay with WR, is this the first time ever that we've got a training vehicle newer than some of our service buses ??

Also, presumably , the two at Leicester will have to be upgraded to Euro6 soon (?).

Here are a couple of photographs of 66845 MX05 CGU on Worcester Padmore Street 'patch' and reproduced by kind permission of my friend Bob Hemming a rail enthusiast who takes shots of buses for yours truly whenever he walks along Pheasant Street!

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[ANDREW]

A touch of Salt Road livery at the rear ??

[willr7]

A touch of Salt Road livery at the rear ??

For the sister training vehicles at Leicester there is a touch of the new 'Saffron' (88s) livery too, with the big yellow front! Still, a lovely livery no matter what

[TimBrown]

Photograph of 66845 on Padmore Street 'patch' with vinyls in place taken through the Pheasant Street fence by Bob Hemming on 10 December 2020.

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[ANDREW]

66845 in Bromsgrove around 09.00 this morning , caught me out wondering what it was for a moment !!