A B7TL returns!

Well... here I was thinking I'd never see and hear another Volvo B7TL on the 63 ever again. I was wrong!

 

I spotted this at the Elephant last Wednesday. After getting off a 453 I heard the unmistakable singing of a Voith B7TL. I looked around assuming it was an Abellio Gemini. When I saw the 63 blind I did a double take and my jaw dropped!

 

I didn't have anything important to do, so I took off after it. It pulled away from the stop, sailed through the traffic lights on New Kent Road, without stopping at the next stop, and I couldn't believe my luck!

 

I spent practically the whole afternoon chasing it, with nothing but rotten luck. I finally managed to pin it down at Peckham Rye, and I have to say it was worth the trouble!

 

If you like loud, whiny 3 speed Voiths, you'll love this. It accelerates well and sounds lovely, with no strange rattles or cooling fan.

 

I'm not sure how long it'll be at Peckham, though I hope it might make itself known on the 363, 37 and perhaps even 36 before it does leave.

 

Unlike WHV13 it does have proper blinds installed in the front, but nothing in the back and side.

 

Video of it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=x60D6n0zGHw

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