Hi All, Big thanks to fbu41yuvb for uploading some new pics which I have placed into the 5000 folder - they are all Olympians. Including some with Blackpool...
NO PROBLEM PAUL ,I HAVE A DRAWER FULL AND WILL UPLOAD THEM WHEN TIME PERMITS IF THATS OK. WILL IT BE OK TO UPLOAD FORMER PTE VEHICLES WITH THEIR NEW OWNERS...
Of course Simon. I have over 3,000 WYPTE pics, including a number with other operators. Could be an idea for a new folder - "WYPTE vehicles with other...
Thanks to Simon for uploading some more Olympian pics. Check 'em out guys. You may have noticed I changed the pic on the home page of the group a few days ago...
Hi I was lucky enough today to catch the above bus twice on 670, was good to see bus operating round old haunts e.g. 608/609 greengates circular country-...
... good ... circular ... SUIT BARBIE STYLE LIVERY , 22 YRS ON STILL GOIN AND STILL LOOK MODERN ,THEY LOOK SO MUCH SMARTER THAN ANYTHING BUILT ROUNDABOUT THE ...
I totally agree, these buses are virtually ageless and liveries applied suit them well! it would be good to see them in commemerative liveries! i will miss...
I totally agree, these buses are virtually ageless and liveries applied suit them well! it would be good to see them in commemerative liveries! i will miss...
Hi Simon, Thanks for the Wilts & Dorest pics. One pic says the vehicle is 5080 EWY 80Y. On closer inpection it looks like UWW 12X. Can you confirm? Cheers Paul...
SORRY PAUL IT IS 5012 NOT 5080 AS I WROTE ,I HAVE ONE OF 5080 ALSO OF WHICH I WILL UPLOAD WHEN I GET MY SCANNER WORKIN PROPERLY ,I HAVE MANY PHOTOS OF FORMER...
HOPEFULLY SHALL B IN BRADFORD NEXT SATURDAY , WILL TAKE CAMERA 4 AFEW LAST SHOTS OF THESE SPLENDID MACHINES ANYONE KNOW THE BEST ROUTES TO CATCH EM ON ON A...
They aren't often seen on Saturdays. 680 might be your best bet, followed by 670, 653, 619 or 15. The drivers shuttle to the depot might have one too. These...
Funny you should mention listening to the sounds of the engines in town. I used to work in the City Centre too, and I recall when Atlanteans outnumbered...
Yes thats right. I've worked in the City Centre since 1996. After Bradford got rid of theirs, Leeds ones used to still work the 15, and I could almost set my...
Yes, I was in Halifax the other Saturday and noticed one of theirs in use - on one of the 59* services I think, going out Hebden Bridge way. Try the 509 Hfx...
Yes, what a sad end to this excellent vehicle, seeing it in the scrapyard in Pauls picture. Great engine and great coach seats originally. Does anyone...
Hi all, just one Leyland Olympian/Roe new to WYPTE is left in Halifax still in service. It is 30613 (5092) A92KUM. I believe it will soldier on till September....
... September. ... sold ... day 1987 2 c it 4 1st time , 5020 was there 2 freshly painted in yr colours and a leyland lynx demo 2 first 1 i ever saw ,5146 was...
Has anyone seen the above vehicle recently please. DVLA site suggests that it was transferred to a new owner or scrapped on 30 March 2007.... this seems...
Hi James Yes Rick is right, it was with J&B Hunters, or at least in their yard. I saw it in Bradford City Centre a couple years back and I remember thinking...
Someone was asking about which routes the Roe/Optare Olympians might be on, other than school specials. I saw 5150 on the 680 on the morning of 12th July. ...
... be on, other than school specials. ... This is a Halifax route - is 5178 now allocated to Halifax? I know most of this batch are in Bradford, with one or...
Presumably 4146 would have been delivered in early WYPTE livery (candy stripe) rather than Huddersfield, and at some point repainted into later WYPTE livery,...
