STA Observations - November 2009

[Tim]

Pinch and a Punch for the first day of the month

[AEC Decker]

Pinch and a Punch for the first day of the month

Hmmmmm, funny, the Private observations - November 2009 starts with the same post.

PMC 160 3384 was operating 343s this morning with AEC Decker at the wheel.
Photos will be posted in the appropriate section shortly.

[Stu]

Thanks for that info Mr. Voith (Re: ZF or Voith - Oct). Voith are really making their presence felt within the STA fleet. Will then new diesel O500LE Mercs have ZF or Voith, do you know? My guess would be ZF.

[RabidRabbit93111]

An X97 from South Maroubra was operated by Merc OC500LE 4898 this morning

[eddie2190]

The pamphlet for Belmore Rd Randwick Junction going Prepay Only from Monday 16th November shows a photo of the front bumper of 1905ST digitally edited onto the body of a classic gas.

[Ribble]

Can some one explain the word "Bloater" as in ....

STA O405NH = Classic Blοater
STA O500LE 4868 - 4902 & 1800 - 1811 = Heavy Blοater
STA O500LE 1812 onwards = Blοater
STA O500LE Euro 5 Diesel = Non Blοater or AdBlueter

Taken from a post in STA October

Clealy a nickname......but why that one....????

Don in NZ.

[Ribble]

........gremlins got in above....its BLOATER....not 0500..........!!!!!

[Ribble]

..!!!!!!!!!!!!....dont understand this..its B L O A T E R...why does o500 keep coming up on the group..??

[Ribble]

I will try again.....again....

Classic Blοater
Heavy Blοater
Blοater
Non Blοater or AdBlueter

Im asking about the second word starting with B.....Classis B; heavy B, B or Non B......

[Windy]

They are just nicknames which most of us don't actually use. I wouldn't get your knickers in a knot over a non-event.

[hornetfig]

Im asking about the second word starting with B.....Classis B; heavy B, B or Non B......

Yeah, they run on gas; physiologically, if you're gassy you're błoated. ie a mildly derogatory term for a CNG bus.

(I can't believe I just had to do that)

[eddie2190]

ONE of the FIVE MKIV's left at Burwood was doing 407s today.
Burwood depot is now 92% wheelchair accessible and 95% Volvo!!!!

[gld59]

I saw 1959 on the Pacific Hwy at North Sydney today, and it's accredited to Tempe. (Makes more sense than having Tempe buses accredited to Leichhardt.)

gld

[AEC Decker]

I will try again.....again....

Classic Blοater
Heavy Blοater
Blοater
Non Blοater or AdBlueter

Im asking about the second word starting with B.....Classis B; heavy B, B or Non B......

Don't worry Ribble, the free speech police on the ATDB have tried to filter the word Blοater so it shows as STA O500LE-CNG.

Here a Blοater, there a Blοater, everywhere a Blοater.

They are just nicknames which most of us don't actually use. I wouldn't get your knickers in a knot over a non-event.

You would expect a comment like that from a MK** foamer.

[Cowra]

5 0305's in a row on school buses at HCC this afternoon - of note was Mk3 2667 on 595, the rest were Mk4s.

[Stu]

Spotted Volvo 1966 ST in metrobus red wrap at Tempe, it had T accreditation on the side and I've heard most if not all of the others now have white T accreditation stickers now.

MkIV 2922 from L is now a staff bus at Tempe.

1924 ST from K is being used at T and is still blue & white.

[newcastle man 2]

2920 and 2922 were always pretty crap, im not suprised that 2922 has been demoted to staff bus only.

[Simes]

MkIV 2922 from L is now a staff bus at Tempe.

As an extra or has one of the 2 mk3's been withdrawn?

[Ribble]

Im asking about the second word starting with B.....Classic B; heavy B, B or Non B......

Yeah, they run on gas; physiologically, if you're gassy you're błoated. ie a mildly derogatory term for a CNG bus.

(I can't believe I just had to do that)

Thanks for that.....it explains a lot......

Don In NZ

[eddie2190]

4807 on CBD shuttle today

[OLYMPIAN]

4827 on 393 today

[Stu]

MkIV 2922 from L is now a staff bus at Tempe.

As an extra or has one of the 2 mk3's been withdrawn?

As an extra one, all three were next to each other when I saw them. I saw 2922 being used throughout the day as a staff bus. Yesterday I saw the two MkIII's parked in their usual spot at the front of the depot but not the MkIV, maybe it was parked further back in the yard where I couldn't see it.

[hubert]

4827 on 393 today

Isn't 4827 a Port Botany bus anyway? Although the metrobus wrap isn't doing it any favours.

[AEC Decker]

Although the metrobus wrap isn't doing it any favours.

Simple, just peel the wrap off.

[Daniel]

I noted Volvo B12BLE Euro 5 4865 out in the AM peak yesterday, which was quite a surprise! I don't normally see that bus, but usually see all the other 48xx's from Randwick out. I wonder if Mr AEC Decker could specify how many runs 4865 does on a daily basis?