(sniff) exactly 30 years and 2 days since I first clapped eyes and ears on these excellent beasts, remeber it pulling away from a stop near the Dun laohaire terminal after getting off the St Columba on my first visit to Ireland, watching the bonnet fly open as it tore off. Magic!
From what I remember of the Bombardier KDs, some of them were bio-degradable- they rusted like anything 😅. They were powered by a two-stroke GM Detroit engine, so were very noisy. Comfortable to travel on, all the same.
You don't by any chance have a video where someone is starting up a KD do you? I've seen one on a video before but do you have one where someone is revving it?
(sniff) exactly 30 years and 2 days since I first clapped eyes and ears on these excellent beasts, remeber it pulling away from a stop near the Dun laohaire terminal after getting off the St Columba on my first visit to Ireland, watching the bonnet fly open as it tore off. Magic!
Nice Video - miss the sounds of the KDs
They had some roar on long road stretches..
1999-fucking hell, such a long time ago now, the year I first started using buses on my own.
From what I remember of the Bombardier KDs, some of them were bio-degradable- they rusted like anything 😅. They were powered by a two-stroke GM Detroit engine, so were very noisy. Comfortable to travel on, all the same.
I used to get the 114 from there! The ould trains goin through Blackrock!
071 Power in the background!!
Did we have a summer that year.. look warm :):):)
You don't by any chance have a video where someone is starting up a KD do you? I've seen one on a video before but do you have one where someone is revving it?
And I rewelded the chassis in the Broadstone. Do any of you remember when all of them were grounded due to the steering failed
24th May 1999
Bring back the R's and RA's proper buses compared to these inferior boxes of junk worst buses CIE ever had