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Designline trolley buses and a MAN 17.223 at Wellington Station - Wellington, New Zealand
A weather "bomb" was on its way. Rain & high winds were expected to damage the overhead wires. So trolley buses were ordered to return to the depot. But as seen here, trolley buses were placed back into service for rush hour as the high winds had not yet arrived.
For the full story regarding this collection of images Please read the NEW album introduction HERE; www.flickr.com/photos/jbschofield/sets/72157632196706891/... It tells a much fuller story than that provided below.
This is a scanned print from a collection of photographs taken by the late Jim Taylor A number of years ago I was offered a large number of photographs taken by Jim Taylor, a transport photographer based in Huddersfield. The collection consisted of 30,000 prints,20,000 negatives – and copyright! Although some prints were sold elsewhere, particularly the popular big fleet stuff, I should have the negatives, unfortunately they came to me in a random mix, without any sort of indexing and as such it would be impossible to match negatives to prints, or, to even find a print of any particular vehicle. I have only ever looked at a handful myself unless I am scanning them.
I hope to avoid posting images that Jim had not taken his self, however should I inadvertently infringe another photographers copyright, please inform me by email and I will resolve the issue immediately. There are copyright issues with some of the photographs that were sold to me. A Flickr member from Scotland drew my attention to some of his own work amongst the first uploads of Jims work. I had a quick look through some of the 30 boxes of prints and decided that for the time being the safest thing for me to do was withdraw the majority of the earlier uploaded scans and deal with the problem – which I did. whilst the vast majority of the prints are Jims, there is a problem defining copyright of some of them, this is something that the seller did not make clear at the time. I am reasonably confident that I have since been successful in identifying Jims own work.
You may notice photographs being duplicated in this Album, unfortunately there are multiple copies of many prints (for swapping) and as I have to have a system of archiving and backing up I can only guess - using memory - if I have scanned a print before. It is easier to scan and process a print than check my files - on three different PC's - for duplicates. There has not been, nor will there ever be, any intention to knowingly breach anyone else's copyright. I have presented the Jim Taylor collection as exactly that-The Jim Taylor Collection- his work not mine, my own work is quite obviously mine. To anyone reading the above it will be quite obvious that I can’t provide information regarding specific photos or potential future uploads in this Album – I didn't take them!
None of my photographs are free to use - only free to view!
Please read the album intro’ before contacting me with requests, it may answer your query.
Thank you for taking the time to look and best regards
Mark Schofield
NZ Bus 2005 MAN 17.223 No. 2488 sporting its new metlink livery snapped laying over at the Lambton Interchange bus hub on Tuesday, 27 March 2018.
Some are calling it the Yuklink livery!
2488 CTU882 / 2005 MAN 17.223./ VIN:7ABA800360AD01020 / Designline B51DW bodywork. Metlink livery, Kilbirnie.
FROM 'WELLINGTON YELLOW' TO 'VOMITRON GREEN' - CAPITAL'S NEW BUSES AREN'T EVERYONE'S CUP OF TEA
By DAMIAN GEORGE
April 6, 2018
It's the end of the line for Wellington's yellow and black buses, with bright green and blue "vomitrons" rolling in to replace them.
The vast majority of Wellington's fleet – about 420 buses – will be almost an entirely new colour from early 2019 as the various branding of the bus companies operating across the region is replaced by Metlink livery.
A handful of buses sporting the new green, blue and yellow colour scheme have already appeared on the capital's streets, and have already drawn criticism.
Rongotai MP Paul Eagle dubbed the new buses "vomitrons", comparing their colour scheme to the green "nauseated face" or "vomit" emoji.
His less-than-flattering moniker was backed by hundreds on social media.
A Facebook poll by Greater Wellington regional councillor Daran Ponter on what the new colour should be called pitted "Jamaican lime" against Eagle's "vomitron" suggestion, with the latter gaining a 56 per cent majority from 327 votes.
Eagle's criticism was tongue-in-cheek, but he said the decision to switch from having yellow and black buses should have been taken to the public.
"Look, I don't want to waste money like the former prime minister [John Key] did and go out for a massive consultation [like the flag change referendum], but it would have been nice to have a little bit of conversation around it," he said.
"Wellingtonians have got used to the Go Wellington livery for quite some time now, and regardless of what the other cities and districts around the region have ... the reality is yellow and black is synonymous with Wellington."
There could have been an online poll or a bus displayed in the proposed new colour to gauge public opinion, Eagle said.
Ponter said he too would have preferred the decision receive public input.
While the bright green buses were "better in person than they look on paper", he also preferred yellow. But he accepted "the bus had left the station" when it came to deciding on the colour.
"I suppose there is a thought here that you don't want to impose a Wellington colour on the rest of the region," Ponter said.
"I think what we are trying to do here is build a strong brand image with the Wellington travelling public, so that if you're getting on a bus in Wainuiomata or Masterton or the Kāpiti Coast or Wellington city, you know that you're travelling with Metlink."
The regional council's general manager of public transport, Wayne Hastie, said the green colour was already a core part of the Metlink brand, and making all buses one colour was part of the "relaunching" of that brand.
The buses, which will retain yellow fronts, would be more visible to pedestrians and hopefully reduce the number of pedestrians being hit by them, Hastie said.
Some buses, such as ones used for charter services or school runs, would not be repainted, so it was possible some yellow buses would still be spotted, he said. - Stuff
Designline bodied Man 17.223
Ritchies Birkenhead bus no. 1431 (ex Birkenhead Transport no. 60) in Glenfield Road, Glenfield, Auckland, New Zealand
1479 2003 MAN 17.223 Designline B51DW
2457 & 2485 2005 MAN 17.223 Designline B51DW
4191 2012 Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 B37DW
4228 & 4259 2013 Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 B37DW
In a refresh view, the Airport City Flyer captured at the entrance to the Red Bus depot yard - thought to be the Fitzgerald Ave. entranceway - in February 2005 during a Christchurch visit.
681 has now been acquired by Bentley Transport Ltd.
Individual Bus Information for BEZ446:
Operator - Red Bus Ltd - Christchurch - Ritchies Transport Holdings Ltd
Fleet Number - 681
Registration - BEZ446
Chassis Type - MAN 17.223
Chassis No. - 7ABA800105AD00765
Body Manufacturer - Designline
Body Date - 2003
Status - Withdrawn
Seating Codes - B44DW
Notes - SOLD to Bentley Transport Ltd, Woolston, Christchurch; by 03/2021.
Livery - Purple Line
Date Last Change - 16/03/2021
www.businfo.nz/index.php?R=3532&OP=2
Operator - Bentley Transport Ltd - Woolston
Fleet Number - 681
Registration - BEZ446
Chassis Type - MAN 17.223
Chassis No. - 7ABA800105AD00765
Body Manufacturer - Designline
Body Date - 2003
Seating Codes - B44DW
Notes - ex (681) BEZ446, Red Bus Ltd, Christchurch.
Livery - Purple
Date Last Change - 16/03/2021