VISIT TO DEPOT,43489 AND 69007

Yesterday was a good chance to visit the First Ipswich depot and to also see behind the scenes of a working depot, suffice to say there is a lot that happens that people may or may not know for instance Ipswich carries a whole host of spare parts some of types that are not even in service with the depot, that could be of use elsewhere, there is a lot of things that are going to happen in the near future with the depot of which is very positive news for the future that i can't talk about yet! I must thank Chris Speed for taking the time out from his busy schedule for taking me around as there were things that happen there i didn't know about, the office in the OCM is also an interesting place which includes a training room with computers and rooms which hold interesting relics of a past age.  At the depot as seen above is  Dennis Dart SLF 43489 R689 DPW which arrived yesterday from Norfolk and is heading off to Clacton in exchange for the final E 200 44516, also back yesterday and straight into service was Volvo B7RLE  69007 AUO5 DMO on the 64 and next week the excitement of the First Double Decker Volvo B7TL 32490 in the new livery, interesting to note that the shade of colour used on the new livery is described as RAF Blue.

69007 seen here yesterday heading into Ipswich on the 64 at Tower Ramparts.