Stagecoach 21257
Grimsby weren't the only depot wheeling out the Eclipses for their typically double deck InterConnect routes, as only fifteen minutes later a second 09 plate Eclipse rocked up on a 56 from Skegness. Unfortunately, the blind didn't come out in the photos, but it was showing "Horncastle, then Skegness" ready for the return trip.
Over the past couple of months the 56 has been doing this thing where it will be all deckers for a week or two, then it'll spend another week being a mix of deckers and saloons, and then go back to being solid deckers for another week. I don't know why the allocations have been happening exactly like that, but Skeg depot did have a bunch of Eclipses reinstated for the winter, boosting the number of operational vehicles and explaining why appearances on the 56 have become more common.
21257 is yet another Eclipse which is a new spot for me, meaning I didn't get to see this one in Beachball, but it's still another 09 plate to cross off nonetheless. It's pictured here winding its way along Pelham Street, a minute or-so away from arriving at Lincoln bus station on 5.11.22
Stagecoach 21257
Grimsby weren't the only depot wheeling out the Eclipses for their typically double deck InterConnect routes, as only fifteen minutes later a second 09 plate Eclipse rocked up on a 56 from Skegness. Unfortunately, the blind didn't come out in the photos, but it was showing "Horncastle, then Skegness" ready for the return trip.
Over the past couple of months the 56 has been doing this thing where it will be all deckers for a week or two, then it'll spend another week being a mix of deckers and saloons, and then go back to being solid deckers for another week. I don't know why the allocations have been happening exactly like that, but Skeg depot did have a bunch of Eclipses reinstated for the winter, boosting the number of operational vehicles and explaining why appearances on the 56 have become more common.
21257 is yet another Eclipse which is a new spot for me, meaning I didn't get to see this one in Beachball, but it's still another 09 plate to cross off nonetheless. It's pictured here winding its way along Pelham Street, a minute or-so away from arriving at Lincoln bus station on 5.11.22