Good evening,

For whoever keeps changing 15645 on , it *HASN'T* transferred back to Chesterfield. It's still at Barnsley.

36993 is currently tracking as 15645, presume the ticket machine has been changed and the base plate hasn't recognised it.

Cheers,

Chris

Good afternoon,

47321 and 36715, both Chesterfield depot, are also now in the new livery.

Cheers,

Chris

On Wed, 3 Feb 2021, 13:27 ian@yorkshirebus via , <yorkshirebus=[email protected]> wrote:

Ecclesfield depot E200 36415 (YN11 FFG) is now in the new Stagecoach livery.

Ian

Ecclesfield depot E200 36415 (YN11 FFG) is now in the new Stagecoach livery.

Ian

Quiz 3

1)?????? Cricket has what in common with Yorkshire Traction?

2)?????? What was the last service bus / batch of buses to enter service with NBC logos?

3)?????? True or False: Yorkshire Traction operated a number of Bristol RE’s.

4)?????? EWB386V is currently preserved. When new, what was its registration number?

5)?????? True or False: One Bristol VR operated in M&S livery.

6)?????? True or False: One Bristol VR carried the 1992 red/white with blue band livery?

7)?????? Name the official legal titles the company has had since inception in 1902 to the present day.

8)?????? Unlike most companies, Yorkshire Traction had a nick name. Can you tell me what it was including correct spelling? [bonus point for a history behind it which I don’t know the answer to]

9)?????? Who bodied first YTC’s first Dennis Darts (401-6)?

10)?? What was the fleet number of YTC’s first brand new low floor bus and what type was it.

11)?? In the mid 90s, YT bought a number of Sheffield based companies. What were their names?

12)?? True or False. Some Metroriders were branded as Shoppa Link

13)?? A National carried a hi fi centre advert livery for many years. What was its fleet number on withdrawal?

14)?? After privatisation, YT bought a number of minibuses. They were branded in a new way. What was the branding, and what (numerically) was the first new bus branded as such (and what type was it?)

15)?? YTC often matched fleet numbers to registration plate numbers. Why did Nationals 426-433 not have these numbers in their plates [bonus for the booked registration numbers]

16)?? True or False :YTC bought a number of Ex Scottish Metrorider’s as spares but some entered service.

17)?? ?1901HE was the registration of the Kirn Mogul. What was its real registration (after use by the group)

18)?? Darts 401-6 were new to YTC livery, bus didn’t carry normal fleet livery. What did they carry?

19)?? What different livery did Metrobus 707 carry?

20)?? YT didn’t operate many dual door buses (they did convert some). Can you name a batch of buses that operated in dual door guise??

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Crimewatch - good one!

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The X32 was, once upon a time, operated by Mainline, West Riding and Tracky. (1 bus each).

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At the same time, the X33 was operated by Yorkshire Rider, West Riding, Yorkshire Woollen and Tracky (1 bus each).

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Paul McNamara
Photos from Europe, the Far East and Australia -
Photos from the Gulf Region -

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Sent:?Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 11:34 AM
From:?"ian@yorkshirebus via " <yorkshirebus=[email protected]>
To:?"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject:?Re: [yorkshiretraction] CHRISTMAS QUIZ 2

Hi Tony

My guesses below...

1) Mexborough & Swinton livery

2) 73 native Olympians of which I think at least 3 had donor roofs fitted

3) First Leeds ran one of the 3 duties, YTC the other 2

4) Tates ran it in their usual manner, think it was the X30

5) Probably Crimewatch in Rotherham

6) True

7) 906 (Volvo B7TL)

8) 76 + 77

9) BMCs 101-106

10) Trent

On Wednesday, December 23, 2020, traction1@... <traction1@...> wrote:
> Same rules,
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> Tony@...
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> No winners, no prizes, all for fun.
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> Answers emailed on or after the weekend.
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> Quiz 2
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> ?
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> 1)?????Leyland National 205 was painted in a special livery early in its life, but was the livery?
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> 2)????? Yorkshire Traction had a number of Leyland Olympian’s in service, all authentic to YTC. But how many did that have? (Bonus question, how many Olympian roofs did they have. Hint this is more than they had Olympians. [prior to SC ownership]
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> 3)????? YTC ran a number of White Rose Express services. Shortly prior to YT exclusively running the X32, who were the operators that ran that route between Sheffield-Barnsley-Leeds?
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> 4)????? After the withdrawal of the Barnsley-Leeds Express route, which operator started a Barnsley to Leeds service, and what was the service number.
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> 5)????? Name as many television programmes as you can that mentioned YTC or filmed their buses. [I have many of these on film and will post if they haven’t already been posted to the group]
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> 6)????? True or False : The first new none Leyland Buses were Dennis’ new in 1934
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> 7)????? What was the numerically the highest/largest fleet number on a YTC bus prior to Stagecoach ownership?
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> 8)????? What were the last two coaches purchased by YTC prior to Stagecoach ownership
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> 9)????? Shafton depot ran some buses dedicated to School runs. Who was the manufacture and what were their fleet numbers?
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> 10)?? 16 second hand Metroriders were purchased from another operator in 2000. Who was that operator??
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It's Christmas week, and after this year we need a bit of cheer, so here we have a Christmas quiz.

No prizes, and all just for fun.

Feel free to email me your answers to tony@... and I'll announce a winner at the weekend.?

Random Christmas quiz

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[b] One bonus point for naming all the fleet numbers.

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1)????? What was unusual about Metrobuses 701-16?

2)????? How many buses carried Carpet Centre Wombwell adverts? ?[b]

3)????? What was the last bus/coach to enter service before Stagecoach ownership?

4)????? YTC had many unusual vehicles, but which modern(ish) one(s) was American? [correct spelling required]

5)????? How many Olympians have hit Kilnhirst bridge? [b]

6)????? Yorkshire Traction was mentioned in a famous British Sitcom but what was the series? A bonus point for telling me which episode of which series.

7)????? What bodywork did former Arriva Scania chassis 207 receive?

8)????? What year did YTC purchase Mercedes coach 45?

9)????? True or False - Mainline has 3 ex Yorkshire Traction Mark One National’s in their fleet.

10)?? True or False - The registration of the company’s first bus was HE5 back in 1913.

If this goes well, we might do another one soon.

I'll post the answers on or after the weekend.?

Tony