Golden Tours 105 (MCV DD103) and Observations 29/12/12, 02/01/13, 03/01/13

It is 2013, so Happy New Year! The first Post of 2013 already leads to new things.
Golden Tours 105, the fourth MCV DD103 caught the corner of my eye and realised it was in service, and I was at the right place at the right time to capture it, so here it is:

MCV DD103 Golden Tours 105 at Oxford Street near Marble Arch, 02/01/13.

Oddly, we now go backwards in time. Just by a few days to show the observations from 29/12/12, where James and I went to Chesham and back to record (failed) sounds of the S stock (S8, but actually S7 with 1 extra carriage, so S7+1):

London United VLE18 (iPod advert) on Route 27, 29/12/12. Route 27 will get new Enviro 400H this year.

First DN33607 on Route 427* at Hanwell Broadway, 29/12/12. Hayes seem to have been getting loans from Greenford Garage recently, this being one of them.


First London VN37884 on Route 427*, Southall Police Station, 29/12/12


London United ADE7 on Route 120*, Southall Town Hall, 29/12/12


Metroline DP1015 on Route E6, Greenford Station, 29/12/12

After meeting James, we had missed the Chesham train (annoyingly), so we ended up at Harrow Bus Station (Harrow-on-the-Hill Station):

Metroline DE1172 on Route 395, Harrow Bus Station, 29/12/12


Transdev/London Sovereign DE81 on Route H11, Harrow, 29/12/12


Arriva Shires 6033 on Route 258, Harrow, 29/12/12

Afterwards, we ended up at Chalfont and Latimer waiting for the Chesham train:

This may look like a normal S Stock, but when seen inside:

It's not. Its the S7+1 Stock, where there is no transverse seating.

Now, for 2013, where I went to Central London:

London Untied TLA19 on Route 94, Marble Arch


Former Stagecoach 17213, St Pancras Station


Metroline VW1378 on Route 43, Bank


Abellio London 8437 blinded for Route C10 at Waterloo


Arriva London LT2 on Route 38(X), Victoria


First DNH39129 on Route 23, Marble Arch


Metroline TPL278 on Route 82, Marble Arch.


Metroline TE714 on Route 113, Marble Arch


Arriva DW289 on Route 137, Marble Arch


Metroline TE912 on Route 390, Marble Arch


Arriva DLA338 on Route 159, Marble Arch


Arriva DW290 on Route 159, Marble Arch


London United OT14 on Route 203, Hounslow Bell, 03/01/13


London United DE21 on Route H22, Hounslow, 03/01/13.

Happy New Year from the WLTM Bus Blog.