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RE: Stagecoach - Preston and Chorley Depots - Vbg111v - 03/11/2012 15:06
Does anyone know which decker has gone on fire on the X2 in Southport?
RE: Stagecoach - Preston and Chorley Depots - B10B6514 - 03/11/2012 15:53
15470. The story is on otsnews.co.uk .
RE: Stagecoach - Preston and Chorley Depots - DEM777Y - 03/11/2012 16:47
(03/11/2012 15:53)B10B6514 Wrote: 15470. The story is on otsnews.co.uk .
It's not quite as dramatic as it sounds. Apparently the front offside brakes were binding and ended up catching fire. The driver quickly put the fire out with the onboard fire-extinguisher. There is no body damage at all.
I had a similar situation a few years ago on the A1(M) with a Bova Futura. The o/s/r brakes got stuck on and smoke was billowing off the hub. Ended up on the hard shoulder with three fire engines in attendance and a lane one closure! Driving the coach off the motorway with no back brakes was, erm, interesting!
RE: Stagecoach - Preston and Chorley Depots - Vbg111v - 03/11/2012 18:36
Thanks both. Here's the link if anyone's interested, but as you say, nothing too dramatic. If you heard some people in the depot talking, you'd think the bus had been destroyed!
http://www.otsnews.co.uk/stagecoach-x2-brakes-catch-on-fire-formby-bypass-southport/
RE: Stagecoach - Preston and Chorley Depots - Harryn9000 - 03/11/2012 19:22
what would cause the brake to stick on and catch fire
RE: Stagecoach - Preston and Chorley Depots - motormayhem - 03/11/2012 21:33
(03/11/2012 19:22)Harryn9000 Wrote: what would cause the brake to stick on and catch fire
numerous things can cause faults like this.
RE: Stagecoach - Preston and Chorley Depots - M60lad - 04/11/2012 06:47
It wasn't the first bus and it won't be the last to have the brake binding problem, I remember years ago being in Harrogate Bus Station when one of Transdev Harrogate's 36 branded Geminis came in with the same problem, bus wasn't on fire but there was smoke coming from the back offside wheel and the only damage to that vehicle was what looked like a melted oddometer fitted to the back offside wheel
RE: Stagecoach - Preston and Chorley Depots - robertclark125 - 04/11/2012 12:34
Stagecoach Fife's 1992 leyland olympians were notorious for this. They had to all be modified. In fact, this lead to the reason the first eight had J reg's, the other 17 K reg's. The latter were delayed for the fault to be fixed.
RE: Stagecoach - Preston and Chorley Depots - dave4jackie - 05/11/2012 13:23
Saw 15823 at birkdale at 11.22 working an x2service to Preston today
RE: Stagecoach - Preston and Chorley Depots - bramptontrev - 02/03/2013 23:16
Anyone know why 19031-45 have Scottish Registrations (SN56...)?