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Hang on, what’s this?! Well it’s EA69 DMT, the Enviro 400 MMC formerly of DM Transport Photos’ own model fleet DM Transport. And would you believe they delivered it to Robertson Buses fully decked out in RB livery! Well it certainly saves it from being stuck in the never-ending repaint queue and can get right to work. All I’ve really done is a bit of minor detailing and filling in.
In typical RB rush-job fashion it’s been pressed into use without fleet names or numbers, plus still claiming to be on loan to DM Transport above a destination blind that technically should be white LEDs, not orange. My excuse is it’s a temporary front blind until a fault is corrected with its usual white one. However the interior has had a partial repaint, with the bars now lime green and the floor grey.
Considering I usually complain about various operators buying Enviro 400 MMCs it’s ironic I’ve now got one in my model fleet. However it is by far the most modern double decker I’ve got and will make for a great dual purpose vehicle that can go on public services and private hire. Plus it’s a bit more unusual in being a short wheelbase variant (I think around 10.4/10.5m IRL? – MMC lengths are very poorly documented online)
Although not displayed yet the number is 61, as I decided to begin a new series of double deck numbering. The rules as to how deckers get numbered is a bit loose as it’s sort of by type but sort of by age, e.g. 25-31 is all Volvo and Dennis from around the noughties, 50-55 a mix of Scania and/or Olympus from the Euro 4 and 5 era, while 7, 8 and 16 are all outliers. And 99. So instead of trying to shoehorn it into an existing bracket, the MMC starts over at 61. What the rest of the 60-series gets used for depends on what I might ever get to fill it!
61 is the fourth former DM Transport bus to enter the fleet after Gemini 28 (EA56 DMT), Dart 106 (Y100 DMT) and Mini Pointer Dart 23 (EA06 DMT). 28 and 106 reverted to their original registration numbers at RB – with 23 reregistered when it was converted to electric – but since EA69 DMT was new to DM Transport, that *is* its original registration and will therefore be keeping it. The four of them will have to be posed together at some point for a reunion.
Thanks [https://www.flickr.com/photos/channel4squares]!
Explore! #101 SEP 20 2010
"As well as being economical to produce, the Mustang was a fast, well-made, and highly durable aircraft. The definitive version, the P-51D (shown here), was powered by the Packard V-1650, a two-stage two-speed supercharged version of the legendary Rolls-Royce Merlin engine, and was armed with six .50 caliber M2 Browning machine guns" - Wikipedia.
Seen during "Wings Over Whiteman", Whiteman AFB, MO
This shot is dedicated to my friend, Major Robert F. Hahn, Ace, USAF (Retired)
Annette and Irwin Eskind Family Biomedical Library and Learning Center at Vanderbilt University after summer Thunderstorm at sunset.
Unionville was platted in 1827, and named for the fact two rival settlements merged with the new name. A post office has been in operation at Unionville since 1837. The community was the birthplace of Tennessee Governor Jim Nance McCord born in 1879