This fine Gritter/Snow Plough received its current registration in 10/2000. German firm Magirus-Deutz were known for their air-cooled engines. I'm unsure of its current status but it is seen here on Main Street, Brough, during the Cumbria Easter Rally, on 30/03/2024. © Peter Steel 2024.
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This smart Iveco was first registered in 06/2017. Powered by an 11.1ltr, Euro 6 Diesel, it is seen here, on 30/03/2024, at Kirkby Stephen East Station, the home of the Stainmore Railway Company, which is also an operating base for Lakeland Commercials and a couple of other local businesses. This Iveco's previous operator was J. Hubbock, Hexham, and it has since received Lakeland Commercials lettering. © Peter Steel 2024.
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Swamped: Meaning; Overwhelm with an excessive amount of something; inundate.
Well as you can see here First Manchester outnumber a Nexus Move Iveco while the heavy rain was an excessive amount! Looks like an early evening view but was in fact just short of mid-day!
The minibus nearest the railings is Nexus Move, Ashton-under-Lyne, RE72HXV, Ilesbus i-City MAX bodied Iveco Daily 70C21. New to Nexus, in 10/2022, it is operating delayed TfGM Tendered Service 356 Ashton-under-Lyne Interchange - Stalybridge Bus Station - Heyrod - Mossley Railway Station - Greenfield Wellington Road - Uppermill - Diggle - Dobcross - Delph - Denshaw - Strine Dale - Oldham Mumps Interchange - Oldham Bus Station. This is prior to Bee Network Tranche 3 which begins on 19/01/2025. This service will then be operated by Rotala - Diamond Bus (North West). A lot of the smaller operators have lost services under Bee Network. Of the First Manchester buses, kerbside at the front is 33736, SN12ANP, an ADL E40D - ADL Enviro 400. This then Oldham Mumps based Enviro 400 was new to First Games Transport, in 06/2012, for use on 2012 Olympic Games shuttles. It is awaiting departure on Service 350 11:59 Oldham Bus Station - Oldham Mumps Interchange - Waterhead - Scout Head - Delph Cross - Carrcote - Delph - Uppermill - Greenfield - Hey Farm Estate - Micklehurst - Brookbottom - Tameside General Hospital - Ashton-under-Lyne Interchange. This was prior to Tranche 2 of Bee Network which began on 24/03/2024. The Oldham Mumps depot and service is now operated by Stagecoach Manchester, on behalf of TfGM Bee Network, however this Enviro 400 has passed to First Yorkshire West - First Halifax. © Peter Steel 2024.
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New to Nexus Move, in 10/2022, this Iveco Daily is seen here in Oldham Mumps Interchange, on 10/01/2024. It is operating TfGM Service 356 12:24 Ashton-under-Lyne Interchange - Stalybridge Bus Station - Heyrod - Mossley Railway Station - Greenfield Wellington Road - Uppermill - Diggle - Dobcross Square - Delph - Denshaw - Strine Dale - Oldham Mumps Interchange - Oldham Bus Station. This is prior to Bee Network Tranche 3 which begins on 19/01/2025. This service will then be operated by Rotala - Diamond Bus (North West). A lot of the smaller operators have lost services under Bee Network. © Peter Steel 2024.
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This nice Iveco Magelys was new to Lanzarotebus c.07/2015. It is seen here arriving in the Port of Arrcecife de Lanzarote, on 18/11/2023, returning from an excursion with cruise ship passengers from P&O Cruises MS Iona - IMO: 9826548, and from where this photo was taken from.
MS Iona had arrived here earlier in the morning from Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, where she had departed from in the early evening prior while on a 14-night cruise to the Canary Islands, Portugal and Spain. Iona had departed from Southampton, UK, in the early evening of 11/11/2023. Next stop; Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, on 19/11/2023, for which she is now awaiting departure for.
MS Iona was completed on 09/10/2020 by Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany. She was laid down on 29/05/2019, launched on 18/02/2020 and Christened by Dame Irene Hays(Hays Travel), on 16/05/2021 with her maiden voyage on the 07/08/2021. She is from the Excellence Class of cruise ships and is British registered in Southampton. She has a GTW of 184,089, has nineteen decks of which eighteen are passenger accessible, eleven of those with cabins, giving a maximum passenger capacity of 5,206 and 1,762 crew. She is powered by Wärtsilä LNG engines giving a total installed power of 67.1MW(82,700hp) giving a service speed of around 17 knots.
The itinerary was: Southampton - Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain - Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain - Arrecife, Lanzarote, Spain - Funchal, Madeira, Portugal - Lisbon, Portugal - A Coruña, Spain - Southampton. This itinerary was a change from the original scheduled one to a maritime pilots strike in Portugal. It should have been Funchal first then the other three islands in order then Cadiz, Spain and an overnight stay in Lisbon. © Peter Steel 2023.
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