Tiger European Y667 DRA
Well well well, here's 667 again.
I correctly predicted that the Tiger European buses were doing something related to the university, and found them just a short walk from where I'd taken the previous photos. As a result, I was able to phot the Olympian and the Trident again, and in the sunshine this time! Y667 DRA departs Lincoln uni, with a load of unimpressed looking passengers, adjacent to Ropewalk on 29.6.23
Despite the fact that NCT's old Lolynes have ventured far and wide (and not so far in some cases), this is the first time I've ever photographed one with a different operator. I've just been unlucky enough never to see one at Marshalls, Paul S Winson or any other company besides NCT. Even with NCT I barely managed to get any Lolyne photos, as 668 at one of the Ruddington bus events was the only time I got to see one properly, and even then it was squashed between an E400 and an Omnidekka.
Like the Excels, the ELC Lolyne Tridents at NCT were mostly before my time as an enthusiast, but absolutely ingrained into my memories as a child. They were the sights and sounds of the city with their bright Go2 and network colours, howling engine idle, "ELC" on the rear and made far more of an impression on me than the Omnidekkas did - at least until the 36 got its Omnidekkas. The final 3 Lolynes were on their way out just as I got into bus photography, but I did at least get my photos of 668 plus one, terrible, grainy image of a green blob that's just about discernible as 666.
I never saw (or at least photographed) 667 while it was at NCT, so with today's photos I guess I could say I completed that batch... sort of!
Tiger European Y667 DRA
Well well well, here's 667 again.
I correctly predicted that the Tiger European buses were doing something related to the university, and found them just a short walk from where I'd taken the previous photos. As a result, I was able to phot the Olympian and the Trident again, and in the sunshine this time! Y667 DRA departs Lincoln uni, with a load of unimpressed looking passengers, adjacent to Ropewalk on 29.6.23
Despite the fact that NCT's old Lolynes have ventured far and wide (and not so far in some cases), this is the first time I've ever photographed one with a different operator. I've just been unlucky enough never to see one at Marshalls, Paul S Winson or any other company besides NCT. Even with NCT I barely managed to get any Lolyne photos, as 668 at one of the Ruddington bus events was the only time I got to see one properly, and even then it was squashed between an E400 and an Omnidekka.
Like the Excels, the ELC Lolyne Tridents at NCT were mostly before my time as an enthusiast, but absolutely ingrained into my memories as a child. They were the sights and sounds of the city with their bright Go2 and network colours, howling engine idle, "ELC" on the rear and made far more of an impression on me than the Omnidekkas did - at least until the 36 got its Omnidekkas. The final 3 Lolynes were on their way out just as I got into bus photography, but I did at least get my photos of 668 plus one, terrible, grainy image of a green blob that's just about discernible as 666.
I never saw (or at least photographed) 667 while it was at NCT, so with today's photos I guess I could say I completed that batch... sort of!