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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,857 ✭✭✭Csalem


    A shot of KC 173 on Lower Gardiner Street with a 27 to Bonnybrook, on the northside of Dublin. 17th April 1986

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    Scan KC 173 by Rail Scene Ireland, on Flickr


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,857 ✭✭✭Csalem


    Found these pictures at home recently taken just over twenty years ago on the 25th January 1993 in Dun Laoghaire. They show some unnumbered Plaxton Verde/DAFs "P" buses just after being delivered. Unfortunatley on the day there were no markings on the bus to identify which was which.

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    Scan P Dun Laoghaire 25/01/1993 by Rail Scene Ireland, on Flickr

    Some more here:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/60501971@N08/sets/72157640959500275/with/12518040364/


  • Registered Users Posts: 686 ✭✭✭joegriffinjnr


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    Volvo B5LH, coming to Dublin for a 6 month trial. Bus Eireann will get one aswell.

    (photo ukbuspicts)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 879 ✭✭✭TheBandicoot


    Wasn't the other electric bus DB had on trial seriously damaged in an accident or something?


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Wasn't the other electric bus DB had on trial seriously damaged in an accident or something?

    Yeah, it was gutted in a fire in Essex after Dublin Bus finished their trial of it.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 767 ✭✭✭SimonQuinlank


    Double or single doors?


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,407 ✭✭✭Trebor176


    From what I can understand is that the white one (DM1) will be a single door, and possibly a B5TL, while the other one (DM2) will be in a green livery and will be dual door, and it seems it will be a B5LH. One of these will be allocated to Conyngham Road, while the other is rumoured to be heading for Phibsboro depot. Both will be trialled for the six months only.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,857 ✭✭✭Csalem


    This was in Dublin yesterday. Don't know anything about it:
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    2290/ZV-1 0444 O'Connell Bridge 20/02/14 by Rail Scene Ireland, on Flickr


  • Registered Users Posts: 980 ✭✭✭macroman


    Csalem wrote: »
    This was in Dublin yesterday. Don't know anything about it:
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    2290/ZV-1 0444 O'Connell Bridge 20/02/14 by Rail Scene Ireland, on Flickr
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/shamrock_105/12671097195/in/photostream/

    It appears to be in preservation over here.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,857 ✭✭✭Csalem


    macroman wrote: »

    Cheers. Did a bit of searching and found this picture of it when it was working in Toronto. Also gives history of the bus:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/ttc1326/11881166494/


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  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Not really ideal for preservation in Ireland, being left hand drive, but I'd certainly be curious to see it. :) Interesting that there's a Detroit Diesel engine in there - I wonder if it sounds like a KD?


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,857 ✭✭✭Csalem


    Can't remember what it sounds like it. But do recall that it was stopped beside an AV on the 9 at the junction of Abbey Street/O'Connell Street and when lights went green it pulled off but the 9 beside stalled and then broke down!


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,005 ✭✭✭✭AlekSmart


    Karsini wrote: »
    Not really ideal for preservation in Ireland, being left hand drive, but I'd certainly be curious to see it. :) Interesting that there's a Detroit Diesel engine in there - I wonder if it sounds like a KD?

    Considering how few GM engined Buses were allowed to be retained for preservation,I'd suggest this is a good second choice.

    Its worth noting that this bus has the EXACT same Engine/Transmission combination as the KD...GM6V-71 mated to an Allison V-730 3 Speed Automatic Gearbox

    It also underlines the substantial divergence of thinking on how the European and American thinking on Vehicle Logevity stacks up.

    2290 entered service in 1982 and recieves a :eek: MID-LIFE:eek: rebuild 20 YEARS later.....then a Life Extention rebuild a further 7 years after that....remaining in revenue service until 2011...those figures,representing as they do,REVENUE EARNING service,are impressive indeed.

    The also underline one of the primary reasons why CIE embarked upon the General Motors Detroit Diesel crusade back in the late 1970's.

    The longetivity of the Detroit's in Railway service was impressive,and so were the statistics from North American Bus & Coach Operations....however it is fair to say,that the operating conditions in this particular corner of Europe were not ideal for a high revving 2-stroke diesel engine operating in a non-stationary mode.....The rest,as they say,is History :)

    Judging from the bark of the exhaust on 2290,I would think that it's exhaust system is different to that which attempted to silence our KD fleet,I wonder if it has had some aftermarket treatment to clean it's act up and sap a few horsepower in the process ?

    Also of interest in that Flickr set of images is the preponderance of Bicycle Racks fitted to TTC buses....with not so much as a unicycle to be seen on any of them....?


    Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.

    Charles Mackay (1812-1889)



  • Registered Users Posts: 2,857 ✭✭✭Csalem


    99 D 41, or as I like to call it AV 0, belonging to Finnegans of Bray, taken today 27/02/14:
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    99 D 41 Bray 27/02/14 by Rail Scene Ireland, on Flickr


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,284 ✭✭✭dublinman1990


    I found some more photos of this year demo buses for Dublin Bus.

    http://www.dublinbuses.com/demos2014/index.html

    dm1-3.jpg


  • Registered Users Posts: 759 ✭✭✭testarossa40


    Csalem wrote: »
    99 D 41, or as I like to call it AV 0, belonging to Finnegans of Bray, taken today 27/02/14:

    99 D 41 Bray 27/02/14 by Rail Scene Ireland, on Flickr
    Ehrm... I think DT0 might be more apt given it's Trident lineage 'n'all ;)


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,857 ✭✭✭Csalem


    Yes it was a Dennis Trident but it was the basis upon which the AV order was placed, and lead to the 658 ALX 400s in the Dublin Bus fleet.

    Anyhoo some shots of RH 31 taken this evening:
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    RH 31 O'Connell Street 01/03/14 by Rail Scene Ireland, on Flickr


  • Registered Users Posts: 759 ✭✭✭testarossa40


    Csalem wrote: »
    Yes it was a Dennis Trident but it was the basis upon which the AV order was placed, and lead to the 658 ALX 400s in the Dublin Bus fleet.
    Yes, also the 10 Dennis (or Transbus if you prefer) Trident 2-chassised, Cummins-engined ALX400s -the DT series I referred to.

    I remember very well 99-D-41 on demo to DB - many mornings it took me out to Ballycoolen as the 38A - anybody know what engine it runs? Is it the Cummins also?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 879 ✭✭✭TheBandicoot


    I found some more photos of this year demo buses for Dublin Bus.

    http://www.dublinbuses.com/demos2014/index.html

    That's a really nice looking bus. Does DM1 have a window along the stairwell? Dm2 doesn't seem to and the pic of DM1 isn't clear enough to tell.

    Seems to be better placement of stairwell/centre door. Is the hidden assault alarm button in the cab a standard feature of current DB's?


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,284 ✭✭✭dublinman1990


    That's a really nice looking bus. Does DM1 have a window along the stairwell? Dm2 doesn't seem to and the pic of DM1 isn't clear enough to tell.

    Seems to be better placement of stairwell/centre door. Is the hidden assault alarm button in the cab a standard feature of current DB's?

    DM1 has a window along the stairwell like the new Gemini 3's that are a new spec for buses in London.

    I wouldn't know about the assault alarms buttons myself. I have never seen them located to the other buses of the fleet.

    According to Irishbuses.com, it says that DM1 will be trialled on the 120 out of Phibsboro and DM2 will be trialled on the 151 out of Conyngham Road.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,857 ✭✭✭Csalem


    The new Ghost Bus, AV 63, was on O'Connell Street yesterday.

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    AV 63 O'Connell Street 12/03/14 by Csalem's Lot, on Flickr

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    AV 63 O'Connell Street 12/03/14 by Csalem's Lot, on Flickr


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Ooh, never knew they had a new Ghost Bus. Couldn't have the character as the older ones though.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,857 ✭✭✭Csalem


    I believe AV 64 will also be joining it.


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,284 ✭✭✭dublinman1990


    The exterior of AV 63 looks fantastic in your photos, Csalem.

    Will you get an opportunity to get photos of the interior soon?

    Also, here is a photo from Darren Hall's Flickr of Bus Eireann's new WST1 Streetlite Max demonstrator bus in Broadstone.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/darren_hall/13111395655/in/photostream/


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 879 ✭✭✭TheBandicoot


    I was going to comment that it is parked in a cycle lane, but actually all the bus stops are positioned so that buses have to stand in the cycle lane to serve them.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,857 ✭✭✭Csalem


    The exterior of AV 63 looks fantastic in your photos, Csalem.

    Will you get an opportunity to get photos of the interior soon?

    Also, here is a photo from Darren Hall's Flickr of Bus Eireann's new WST1 Streetlite Max demonstrator bus in Broadstone.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/darren_hall/13111395655/in/photostream/

    As the Ghost Bus tour is €28 it might be a while before I get to see the interior of the bus :) I did the tour about six years ago so it is on my list of things to do again.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 611 ✭✭✭MGWR


    Only seen a few foreign bus pics on here.

    This is a postcard showing a trolleybus running in Los Angeles' Laurel Canyon way back in 1921. Found this on a search for trolleybus images. The 10-cent fare would be $2.38 today (equivalent to €1.71); but LA's Metro Bus base fare is $1.50 (€1.08) at the time of writing.
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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,857 ✭✭✭Csalem


    A picture of RH 31 on the Ghost Bus last night:
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    RH 31 O'Connell Street 22/03/14 by Csalem's Lot, on Flickr


    And D 450 when it was a normal bus on the 14th April 1988:
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    Scan D 450 by Csalem's Lot, on Flickr


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 611 ✭✭✭MGWR


    Who was it that picked that unflattering yellow colour for the second Atlantean paint job all those years ago? Yellows are among the pigments most susceptible to damage due to sunlight, too.


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  • Moderators Posts: 9,936 ✭✭✭LEIN


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