Thursday 24th June 2010 ~ 562 Is Miles Better

Rob Brooks sent in this picture of 37562, back on its regular turn, K17, today. It is departing Wisbech on the 14.18 to Peterborough. It has travelled a colossal 70,000 miles since arriving on November 23rd 2009.

Syd recently commented on the use of a Triaxle Olympian on one of the X1 shorts and Des has enlarged on this : " This is actually fairly common, a Triaxle leaves Yarmouth Depot at 15.10 to operate the 15.20 6B, it then travels light to East Norfolk Sixth Form College to Operate the 881 to Carlton Colville, followed by light to Lowestoft for the 17.25 to Yarmouth. 30105 was the vehicle involved yesterday". Thanks to Des for that and details of diagrams which involve the X1 and other routes are always welcome.

Another B10M, 20121, passed its MOT successfully today, so all being well should be with us for a while yet. Today the X1 managed to get by without the aid of these trusty coaches, but L12 produced the Royale, 34108, instead of the expected 37156 which was stopped for a service. Y6 began with 37569 but this was also due a maintenance check and 37156 replaced it for the 14.25 Lowestoft - Peterborough.

In Wisbech, many westbound services continued to take the unnecessary diversion up the A1101. Seen on the Nene Quay route were 37157 on Y9, 37565 on L10, 37562 on K17 running 15 late, 37567 on K18 and 37160 on K3. This is presumably dependent on driver rosters and it is thought for example, that Y9 and K18 are probably booked for the same driver.

The current bout of warm weather does not seem to be affecting the availability of the B9s on the same scale as last year, but 37576 which worked the 10.05 Peterborough - Lowestoft (Y7) on Tuesday has not been seen since, so it may be the exception. It was on this same turn on May 28th when it sustained accident damage and it had only been back on the road for 3 days before it disappeared again. Mileage wise 576 is the lowest of the King's Lynn B9s at approx 176,700. At the top end, 37572/5/7 are all very close at around 192,500. This means that for this trio, the 200k milestone is fast approaching.