tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post4701239320595574096..comments2024-03-25T22:17:35.616+00:00Comments on Public Transport Experience: Let's Look At Lincoln (1)fatbusblokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-2806038358527864022018-01-31T20:54:19.085+00:002018-01-31T20:54:19.085+00:00Atlas don't actually MAKE anything!Atlas don't actually MAKE anything!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-34195204924035810072018-01-31T11:10:09.726+00:002018-01-31T11:10:09.726+00:00They're not photos of "the same model bus...They're not photos of "the same model bus" (apart from anything else the route numbers differ)! The first is Corgi c.2006, the second Atlas c.2011. Of course it's possible that the base moulds moved from one manufacturer to the other.Andrew Kleissnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-7977661381620999832018-01-31T10:54:47.485+00:002018-01-31T10:54:47.485+00:00I'd agree with Anon's assessment above of ...I'd agree with Anon's assessment above of the City Bus Station - it was not a pleasant place at all. The temporary facility on Tentercroft Street was very impressive considering its stop-gap role, but its location on the 'wrong' (i.e. south) side of the railway tracks let it down. <br /><br />On liveries for the old 'corporation' buses I do recall them looking much as the top picture, which fbb felt was too yellow (maybe the paint faded with time to look like this?), but, I agree, nothing like the lower one.RLTnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-77213998502365309682018-01-31T10:16:15.254+00:002018-01-31T10:16:15.254+00:00"not too bad"?? The old Lincoln bus stat..."not too bad"?? The old Lincoln bus station was a nasty, dark, dingy, smelly, dirty, leaking underground hole. Replacement couldn't come quick enough! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com