Thanks Simon I must admit these days to having a soft spot for the native MPDs in the fleet, particularly ones that have operated from Abersywtyth and its outstations over the years. Like yourself I have sampled some very spirited runs on some quite scenic routes over the years, this one in particular on the no longer operated 38 service between Barmouth and Tan-y-bwlch.
The X94 in fairness mainly is allocated some ex KMP, B7RLEs in place of the Commanders which appear to have moved to Bangor. I would suspect the MPD is been utilised as a spare cover bus on the service. Indeed on turning up at this location I was actually hoping a MPD would turn up with reports that 815 T565 JJC had been on the service a few days prior so was quite pleased to see 824! Whilst an MPD is not ideal for capacity they do provide some extra interest and are nippy on the route. Gone are the days Wrexham had full size Darts to cover in the realms of 7532 N532 DWM or 7550 R550 ABA which were used alot when Commander 2513 CX05 AAN was VOR with engine troubles. GHA who operate evening turns on the service from observations turn out all kinds of MPDs (in various liveries) and even Solos. Sunday operation as the T3 you will find typically the Gold Service (branded for Wrexham area) MPD, BA05 GHA in use or one of the fleet livery examples, sometimes a Solo or Cadet can also be found. I would rather a MPD over a Solo any day of the week! Chris. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Welsh Bus Photographs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/welsh-bus-photographs?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
