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Even some B8s would do, although I think MAN diesels would be my rigid pick. Maybe some CR228L B7s.
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Anyone know about 1670? It left Tenneriffe on a blank and
has not shown up on QLD bus tracker or AnyTrip.
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Busman66 wrote: Fri Jan 23, 2026 4:52 pm Anyone know about 1670? It left Tenneriffe on a blank and
has not shown up on QLD bus tracker or AnyTrip.
It’s on Ann St on a 60 to West End at the moment
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Skyblue1 wrote: Fri Jan 23, 2026 7:40 pm
Busman66 wrote: Fri Jan 23, 2026 4:52 pm Anyone know about 1670? It left Tenneriffe on a blank and
has not shown up on QLD bus tracker or AnyTrip.
It’s on Ann St on a 60 to West End at the moment
Weird, it had a 3ish hour gap. Saw E2121 doing 60 thpugh
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Buses do go back to the depot from time to time... Even the Glider artics.
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I thought it would go there from west end due to easy access to the ICB
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1620/1621 now at W.
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1624, 1628, 1629 all sighted by the QLD Bus Tracker in service last night.
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Is the TfB livery staying after TMR, or are all SEQ buses going into same livery?
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That would probably depend on if TfB is interested in procuring any buses of its own in the near future or will just offload that entire duty to Translink (who will be free to dump buses in its own livery). Don't expect to see the former's native livery for a while if the latter outcome comes to pass.
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Anyone know what happened to V2229 because it has an orange front desto since last year.
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Severe storm in Brisbane at the moment, wondering if my Relatives VOZ flight to Hamilton Island will be cancelled or delayed.
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Just saw E2163 enter Virginia depot... could be a transfer?
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Busman66 wrote: Tue Jan 27, 2026 11:14 am Just saw E2163 enter Virginia depot... could be a transfer?
Could be just a fuel top up??
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Or maybe a break...
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Trying to find out about the random V-E-V transfers at some point... Just give V some B8RLEs and call it a day.
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Looks like 1601/1602/1605/1611/1614 have all gone to W.
1636/1637 so far have gone to G.
I haven’t kept up to date with the TAGS but I’ll look to see what’s moved.
Interesting is the moves of 1895/1896/1897/1898 and 1899 to S, there first reallocation ever since being delivered to C in 2010.
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What is left at G when it comes to artics?
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Anything not at Willawong (1601, 1602, 1605, 1611, 1614, 1620 - 1630), excepting 1613 and 1618 which appear to be withdrawn.
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Skyblue1 wrote: Wed Jan 28, 2026 8:40 am Looks like 1601/1602/1605/1611/1614 have all gone to W.
1636/1637 so far have gone to G.
I haven’t kept up to date with the TAGS but I’ll look to see what’s moved.
Interesting is the moves of 1895/1896/1897/1898 and 1899 to S, there first reallocation ever since being delivered to C in 2010.
I've been trying to keep up with Tag transfers but its messy, S has most of the 5009 - 5058 but some of the 502x and 503x numbered tags are still a C, I think C also has 5070 - 5095, I believe then W has 5096 - 5114, G has most of the rest up to 5157 but then agan I think S still has a few 512x numbered tags and 5130. My guess is theres still some shufflnig around of the Tag fleet to be done but thats all probably pendng the completion of the artic transfers.
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Skyblue1 wrote: Wed Jan 28, 2026 8:40 am Looks like 1601/1602/1605/1611/1614 have all gone to W.
1636/1637 so far have gone to G.
I haven’t kept up to date with the TAGS but I’ll look to see what’s moved.
Interesting is the moves of 1895/1896/1897/1898 and 1899 to S, there first reallocation ever since being delivered to C in 2010.
1637 still had an S attached this afternoon so, on the surface, that transfer has not occurred.

Same with S1640 and S1642 which BTBuses shows as being at G as well.

I never consider a transfer to be dine until the depot identifier on the bus has been changed.
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Skyblue1 wrote: Wed Jan 28, 2026 8:40 am Looks like 1601/1602/1605/1611/1614 have all gone to W.
1636/1637 so far have gone to G.
I haven’t kept up to date with the TAGS but I’ll look to see what’s moved.
Interesting is the moves of 1895/1896/1897/1898 and 1899 to S, there first reallocation ever since being delivered to C in 2010.

1800s at S? I thought it was a C thing, also what happened to T having B7 CR228Ls, they have now got Optimus B7s from E.
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E2110 has new white destos
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Busman66 wrote: Wed Jan 28, 2026 11:03 pm
Skyblue1 wrote: Wed Jan 28, 2026 8:40 am Looks like 1601/1602/1605/1611/1614 have all gone to W.
1636/1637 so far have gone to G.
I haven’t kept up to date with the TAGS but I’ll look to see what’s moved.
Interesting is the moves of 1895/1896/1897/1898 and 1899 to S, there first reallocation ever since being delivered to C in 2010.

1800s at S? I thought it was a C thing, also what happened to T having B7 CR228Ls, they have now got Optimus B7s from E.
T still has 1910 - 1919, 1900 - 1909 went to S
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Busman66 wrote: Wed Jan 28, 2026 11:03 pm
Skyblue1 wrote: Wed Jan 28, 2026 8:40 am Looks like 1601/1602/1605/1611/1614 have all gone to W.
1636/1637 so far have gone to G.
I haven’t kept up to date with the TAGS but I’ll look to see what’s moved.
Interesting is the moves of 1895/1896/1897/1898 and 1899 to S, there first reallocation ever since being delivered to C in 2010.

1800s at S? I thought it was a C thing, also what happened to T having B7 CR228Ls, they have now got Optimus B7s from E.
Yeah T got the original batch from 2077-2097 a little while back while some of the newer 28** batch went to E.
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