12 ex KMB S3BLs arrive for Bigbus London

[ref=431217]NV58[/ref]  在 2005-11-28 11:52 AM 發表:



Yoram has already said that if these olympians are to stay in London,
then they will have new engines. The problem is we don't know (yet)
where they are going to end up.

As my knowledge from the body buklder in HK, these buses will fit with new engine in UK.

Before they left HK, the body builder retrofit new battery of all of these buses.

[ref=430488]yblumann[/ref]  在 2005-11-26 07:56 PM 發表:
Dear All,

BigBus in London bought 12 S3BLs from KMB for use on London sightseeing tours.

Those are: SBL229,240,247,256,259,261,278,284,286,291,294,298.

The buses were converted to open top buses and repainted in BigBus colours.
what we are not sure of are the engines: if the buses are to run in London, the engine must be  compatible with Euro2/3 emission standard.

regards

Yoram

Just one remark to make:

BigBus did not buy these S3BL directly from KMB.  They all went through a dealer in Hong Kong.  

3 of them had already arrived Earlsfield and awaited to be re-engined + MOTed.

The chassis number of the 12 olympains apparently are;
S3BL229        DT 8317        ON10482
S3BL240        DW 3065        ON10501
S3BL247        DW 3683        ON10526
S3BL256        DW 4358        ON10559
S3BL259        DW 7274        ON10556
S3BL261        DW 7793        ON10512
S3BL278        DY 8912        ON10591
S3BL284        DY 9259        ON10685
S3BL286        DY 9362        ON10611
S3BL291        DY 9758        ON10693
S3BL294        DZ  110        ON10694
S3BL298        DZ  296        ON10689


regards

lams

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[ref=431315]smal[/ref]  在 2005-11-28 05:04 PM 發表:



Just one remark to make:

BigBus did not buy these S3BL directly from KMB.  They all went through a dealer in Hong Kong.  

3 of them had already arrived Earlsfield and awaited to be re-en ...

did you have chance to take any photo of them at UK mate?

[ref=431366]ad63[/ref]  在 2005-11-28 06:51 PM 發表:



did you have chance to take any photo of them at UK mate?

Just before shipment

[ref=431423]leslie[/ref]  在 2005-11-28 08:23 PM 發表:



Just before shipment

9號碼頭?

and which 2 S3BL is it ? #;oD

i saw one S3BL have a 11B route display ?  # :

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[ref=431366]ad63[/ref]  在 2005-11-28 10:51 AM 發表:

did you have chance to take any photo of them at UK mate?

i found pictures of them in another website.  Dont u remember?

[ Last edited by smal on 2005-11-28 at 13:19 ]

ya, i remember and got it, nice picture mate ! hope to see more in the future.

[ Last edited by ad63 on 2005-11-28 at 21:24 ]

[ref=431423]leslie[/ref]  在 28-11-2005 20:23 發表:

Just before shipment

Oh! I think the characteristics of KMB Alexander-bodied Leyland Olympian have disappeared after open-top conversion..... #

Thanks for all the emails, corrections and infos- all appreciated!

AS far as I understand it, the buses would replace older Titans in the London fleet. The Titans are getting older,and they are also smaller than the S3BLs. The best ones might be re-used elsewhere. Do not forget that at least 5 DMSs from the late 70s are also in use.

The main difficulties for bus fans in London would be to match the previous HK identity with the new UK identidy. It is not possible for us to lift the engine lid and see what the chasis number is for each individual bus!

From the photos of the 2 buses in BigBus livery published above, it seems that there are no external clues to their former KMB identity!  

Right now, it is the low season for sightseeing tours in London, and the Big Bus Company has plenty of time to prepare those buses for service in the summer season [starting in April 2006].

Regards

Yoram.

[ref=431733]DD2113[/ref]  在 2005-11-29 01:54 AM 發表:



Oh! I think the characteristics of KMB Alexander-bodied Leyland Olympian have disappeared after open-top conversion..... #

I also find that they are no "orginal style head s3BL" went to the Bigbus
all of them are using the normal front head.

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