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RE: First Manchester

(05/07/2012 12:10)Damien Wrote:  

(05/07/2012 12:01)mic Wrote:  

(05/07/2012 12:00)Damien Wrote:  Thats a shame, as last I heard it was having an engine and gear box change.

Mic do you have any idea what 60231s fault was orignally?

not sure if it was a fire victicm

Kind of conflicting information really, I know i cant mention nameson this site, so i wont, except to say, one of The drivers said 60231 had been sat In Bury Depot for months without its bumper and one of its headlights missing. Where as an engineer from Bury Depot said its having a gearbox/engine change. Still I guess things change, I also thought fire victim. But the flickr picture in Bury Depot shows no sign, so maybe it was just mechanical failure/ failed mot who knows.It still seems that 60232 and 60265 look set to return to service. As flickr shows 60265 making good progress on a back end rebuild, I am aware that was a fire victim along of course with 60232 60246 and 60266. Apparantly 60281 is just out of use and awaiting repair, due to its front end accident, sometime ago.

buses 60250/67 also had fires when at Oldham but since repaired 60263 was scarpped also news on former 30244 in Leeds it had a fire in the drivers cab and will not see service any more