Sanders 116 1300hrs North Walsham to Norwich NCFC 261224

            On a very gloomy and foggy Boxing Day, Sanders former Nottingham City Transport East Lancs bodied Scania N94UD Omnidekka type number 116 - YN53 CFZ is captured at Banningham Bridge whilst working the above journey on Norwich City FC service NC3.  Between North Walsham and Aylsham, the NC3 follows much of the route taken by service 18, but without the diversion to serve Banningham Crown.  However, the latter service is always worked by single deck vehicles, thus a shot of a decker at this location is still quite rare, apart from match days of course.

Having been delivered new to NCT in October 2003, number 116 is a couple of months beyond its 21st birthday and it is now the joint oldest vehicle in the current Sanders fleet, along with similar former NCT vehicle 115 - YN53 CFF.  Originally named “BRUTUS” upon acquisition during June 2017, vehicle 116 had become anonymous by February 2019, but it was subsequently rechristened with the new name “PONTOS” at some point during early 2020, although it had also lost this name by January 2021.  As for vehicle 115, it was originally named “CASSIUS” in June 2017, but had lost the name by July 2019.  During the first period of Coronavirus restrictions and certainly by July 2020 it was renamed “OCEANUS” which, as far as I am aware, it still retains.  

Vehicle 116 is one of two deckers currently allocated to North Walsham depot, the other being former Reading Buses Scania N94UD East Lancs Omnidekka type number 113 - YN54 AFU.  Out of term time they see little action, apart from use on services NC3 & NC11 plus their occasional appearance on Coasthopper service CH2.

I was trying to recreate the similar shot taken here exactly ten years ago on Boxing Day 2014, but the number of vehicles at the garage has expanded somewhat - see below.

Taken in: UK / England / North Norfolk District / Colby (show map)

Taken on: December 26, 2024

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Sanders

North Walsham

Banningham Bridge

Colby

Scania N94UD

East Lancs

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Sets appears in: • Sanders Buses & Coaches of Holt - Part Two

Groups appears in: • Bus UK: Buses, Coaches and Trams of East Anglia • Sanders Coaches more » • BUSES/TRAMS WITH SIGNIFICANT BACKGROUND DETAIL « less

Camera: Canon EOS 1100D, ISO 250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 1100D
ISO:	250
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Action (High speed)
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
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