Stagecoach 21222
Eclipse time again, and in this instance I actually managed to get one of the 'new' InterConnect quartet in proper sunlight. Almost all the twos, 21222, is on Norman Street making the turn into Lincoln bus station on 15.10.23, having just got back after doing the Sunday 18 which runs with a Skegness vehicle. The Eclipse 2s were extremely common performers on that specific working throughout the autumn.
Since the bus is making a hard right turn into the bus station, you can clearly see the guide arm left over from when it worked the Cambridge busway, sticking out in front of the wheel. This is the only one of the four I've noticed the guide arms on, but then again they aren't that easy to spot without a fair amount of steering lock applied. 21221 is also unique in that it has had a couple of opening hopper windows retrofitted in.
I was left scratching my head for a while after I took this photo, because even though it was a good, sunny photo, the colour looked duller than when I'd seen 21221/4 on cloudy days. I began to wonder if they were actually painted in slightly different colours... and then Lincolnshire Bus Stop straight up confirmed it. What really doesn't help is the colours of the livery also look VASTLY different depending on the daylight conditions!
AE09 GYS
Stagecoach 21222
Eclipse time again, and in this instance I actually managed to get one of the 'new' InterConnect quartet in proper sunlight. Almost all the twos, 21222, is on Norman Street making the turn into Lincoln bus station on 15.10.23, having just got back after doing the Sunday 18 which runs with a Skegness vehicle. The Eclipse 2s were extremely common performers on that specific working throughout the autumn.
Since the bus is making a hard right turn into the bus station, you can clearly see the guide arm left over from when it worked the Cambridge busway, sticking out in front of the wheel. This is the only one of the four I've noticed the guide arms on, but then again they aren't that easy to spot without a fair amount of steering lock applied. 21221 is also unique in that it has had a couple of opening hopper windows retrofitted in.
I was left scratching my head for a while after I took this photo, because even though it was a good, sunny photo, the colour looked duller than when I'd seen 21221/4 on cloudy days. I began to wonder if they were actually painted in slightly different colours... and then Lincolnshire Bus Stop straight up confirmed it. What really doesn't help is the colours of the livery also look VASTLY different depending on the daylight conditions!
AE09 GYS