Then we have the hill climbing prowess of the Renk Doromat speed. You know it will get there the same day.
https://youtu.be/JB-XbiedWo8?si=i9WoV2hR4tIRiMdT
Go to the 3 minute 40sec mark. Just wonderous.
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- Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:18 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: ex-State Transit Vehicle Transmissions
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1598
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 4:15 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: ex-State Transit Vehicle Transmissions
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1598
Re: ex-State Transit Vehicle Transmissions
First in a Voith, by the admission of their own literature, is designed to get the engine into its optimum power & torque zone quickly, and when on a grade, hold it in that area to make hill climbs easier. The Voith DIWA851.2s certainly didn't always do that in the Sl202s I got to drive up vari...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 1:25 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: ex-State Transit Vehicle Transmissions
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1598
Re: ex-State Transit Vehicle Transmissions
They have proven to have reduced their fuel consumption by a small amount which adds up over time x number of buses. I bet Busways wishes they went the Voith route before, although I have observed drivers negating their benefits by holding the accelerator beyond the kickdown detent revving them out ...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:44 am
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: ex-State Transit Vehicle Transmissions
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1598
Re: ex-State Transit Vehicle Transmissions
Sometimes you need to spend money to save money!
Fuel is by far the biggest expense to running a motor vehicle.
Fuel is by far the biggest expense to running a motor vehicle.
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 1:16 am
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: ex-State Transit Vehicle Transmissions
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1598
Re: ex-State Transit Vehicle Transmissions
That didn't stop B12BLEs being used. A Dana Spicer would have shaved off thousands from the purchase price and given a super smooth predictable ride, with a robust transmission with little to go wrong. The unicorn would be a CVT for buses which Leyland were developing in the early 80s. Someone shoul...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 1:12 am
- Forum: Photos - Sydney/NSW
- Topic: Royle Bros. Austerity's.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1608
Re: Royle Bros. Austerity's.
Shows how tight the privates could be that they'd run used austerity buses that were designed as a temporary measure to keep services running during war time, but these companies chose to continue their use when real buses could be had.
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:11 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: ex-State Transit Vehicle Transmissions
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1598
Re: ex-State Transit Vehicle Transmissions
With the torque today's engines make, a one speed would be fine. Just add a two speed auxilliary gearbox off limits to drivers for any open road driving required.
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:00 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: ex-State Transit Vehicle Transmissions
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1598
Re: ex-State Transit Vehicle Transmissions
Both Brisbane and Perth have each taken delivery of a handful of Voith B8s as well, although the one or two I've travelled on didn't seem to be programmed appropriately and seemed to hunt gears a bit, which wasn't what I was expecting. They're a brilliant gearbox for city work when properly matched...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 7:00 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: West Connex Interchange Abject Failure.
- Replies: 74
- Views: 6623
Re: West Connex Interchange Abject Failure.
I thought this YouTube short was the Rozelle Interchange for a few seconds. Was it based off this roadway in America?
https://youtube.com/shorts/chDy1600l2Q? ... i_kV8AViji
https://youtube.com/shorts/chDy1600l2Q? ... i_kV8AViji
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 3:04 pm
- Forum: Photos - Sydney/NSW
- Topic: Royle Bros. Austerity's.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1608
Re: Royle Bros. Austerity's.
The bus museum preserved one. A bus designed not to last. You would think photos would suffice.
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 4:33 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Bus Observations 2024.
- Replies: 275
- Views: 28919
Re: Bus Observations 2024.
Looks like an office block on wheels.
I thought we were done with square =modern by the 1990s. Have to give credit where it's due with the CDi. It really looks 21st century.
I thought we were done with square =modern by the 1990s. Have to give credit where it's due with the CDi. It really looks 21st century.
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 5:30 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Bus Observations 2024.
- Replies: 275
- Views: 28919
Re: Bus Observations 2024.
Still on CB60s, saw a a Busways Scania K230UB driving the other way in Bensville sporting it's new TNSW livery looking nice with the headlight panels painted dark blue. I thought it was a B12BLE as it reminded me of them but it had the EvoII rear when I checked. Great to see. A big improvement on th...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 1:50 am
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Bus Observations 2024.
- Replies: 275
- Views: 28919
Re: Bus Observations 2024.
I wonder if any will be game to take them on in the preservation scene now that retirement is looming? Not 100% sure if it is in preservation yet but NKV tours already has a few of the ex Newcastle B12's (and former m/o 1407 that was dereg for parts) Sydney Bus Museum has government bus day upcomin...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 1:42 am
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Bus Observations 2024.
- Replies: 275
- Views: 28919
Re: Bus Observations 2024.
Saw it on Seven. Front passenger was killed. The rest have serious injuries including broken bones.
Child in a seat restraint avoided injury.
Child in a seat restraint avoided injury.
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 7:34 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Bus Observations 2024.
- Replies: 275
- Views: 28919
Re: Bus Observations 2024.
It helps when you have one bus that can get this attention. Multiple units scattered around these contractors that need them out doing duty and have others to repair with higher priority repairs, means it will take time to get so many sorted out should they undertake to get them done at all. I wonde...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 6:22 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Bus Observations 2024.
- Replies: 275
- Views: 28919
Re: Bus Observations 2024.
The engine itself is quiet, it's the thermo fan that roars away or some other defective ancillary emitting strange noises. Not sure if the car alarm triggering exhaust brakes were cut back or disconnected altogether. I haven't noticed the loud exhaust brakes going off for years, but then again I'm r...
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:26 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Bus Observations 2024.
- Replies: 275
- Views: 28919
Re: Bus Observations 2024.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T71cVhxG_v4 But hopefully more advanced fire suppression systems will be all that is required to increase the amount of time passengers have to escape. More emergency exits might also be handy - on many buses, the emergency exits are concentrated around the front. By...
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 12:20 am
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Bus Observations 2024.
- Replies: 275
- Views: 28919
Re: Bus Observations 2024
Was a stand alone lithium battery that caught fire at Custom Denning's St Marys factory. Contrary to the ill-informed observation' that the exclusion zone was established as a cover up, it was done so because of the intense heat generated that required 20 tonnes of sand to extinguish and at one sta...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 5:15 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Bus Observations 2024.
- Replies: 275
- Views: 28919
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 1:44 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Bus Observations 2024.
- Replies: 275
- Views: 28919
Re: Bus Observations 2024.
A lot of passengers and other motorists are complete inconsiderate oafs, but that fits many bus drivers also. One at Umina shops recently layed up in the bus zone at least three metres short of the bus stop sign, necessitating our bus to have it's arse in the roadway. What was he thinking? More to t...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 1:37 pm
- Forum: The Lunch Room
- Topic: Rare and interesting car sightings
- Replies: 2042
- Views: 411216
Re: Rare and interesting car sightings
What a shame. Your typical Australian owner. Those things were futuristic in their day and regarded as one of the best looking large executive cars in the world. One was sent to Germany for evaluation to compare to an Audi and Mercedes and the German crew thought the Falcon looked better than the ot...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 7:29 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Bus Observations 2024.
- Replies: 275
- Views: 28919
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 5:44 pm
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Bus Observations 2024.
- Replies: 275
- Views: 28919
Re: Bus Observations 2024
Keolis Downer operates route 1A, and yes they used yellow MAN B-Line deckers on it this year. I suppose they used blue and white 12m rigids on the B-line while doing this? Those deckers are supposed to be dedicated to B-line duty separate from the other buses. The goverment didn't spend ½ billion o...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 12:29 am
- Forum: The Lunch Room
- Topic: What gives you the S&#T's!?
- Replies: 9406
- Views: 880216
Re: What gives you the S&#T's!?
That goes for young adults too. So many swear like it's breathing and carry on like rock stars just for being young. Egotistical jerkoffs.
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 11:38 am
- Forum: Discussion - Sydney / NSW
- Topic: Sydney Metro - Tallawong to Bankstown
- Replies: 5239
- Views: 1029254
Re: Sydney Metro - Tallawong to Bankstown
The bus only lane on the M2 parking lot is a real asset that probably isn't appreciated and it's far more direct on the map than the Metro. The Bus Lane is only of use outbound in the PM, when the traffic builds back from Pennant Hills Road.. In the AM the traffic build up is from the M7 through to...