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Sid Fogg's Coachlines | Fleet liveried coaches
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Outside Sydney Central Station is an Austral HD1, fleet number 1 (TV454) new in 1989 to Blue Ribbon. Eddy Avenue outside the Station used to be home to express coach departues Australia wide, The Austral was seen in January 2001 on hire to McCafferty. It was later sold to Fantastic Aussie Tours but its further history is not known.
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Also in Eddy Avenue that January was Denning Landseer 3 (MO7556) new in 1986 and working for Greyhound. It ended its days as a motorhome in 2007.
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Working for McCafferty was this newer (1998) Austral Pacific bodied Scania K113TRB, 10 (TV2547). It was later given rego TV8498 in 2022, retiring three years later.
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 A few days later Landseer 8 was seen approaching Sydney Central with McCafferty's on the blind and a Greyhound sticker in the window. The coach had an interesting career after leaving Sid Fogg's first with Armidale Coaches and later gaining rego TV300, then on to LTD Coaches of Southport with distinctive Queensland rego DTC01, later to Australian Day Tours in Brisbane as 386LDL and last tracked with an unknown owner in Western Australia as TV6215! |
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Rail replacement work often sees Sid Fogg coaches at Sydney Central. In this August 2009 shot Irizar Century bodied Scania K420EB 4 (TV5421) is with a second coach awaiting boarding. Though new in September 2008, the Scania did not enter service till February, it was sold nine years later to Detours Coaches of Bohle gaining Qeensland rego 827YAB.
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 A depot visit in March 2016 found sister coach 14 (TV6100) which dates from 2010.
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 Also in the yard was two year old BCI Classmaster 3 (TV6068).
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 A special coach in a blue livery for the Newcasle Knights team was Irizar i6 bodied Scania K440EB of 2012, 4 (TV9452), which was displayed at the BusVIC Maintenance Conference in Melbourne when new.
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 This 1998 Austral Pacific bodied Scania K113TRB, 10 (TV8498) served the Newcastle fleet for 27 years.
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 A nearside view this time of Irizar Century 4.
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 Coach Design bodied Scania K124EB 22 of 2003 carries rego ZAZ539. It was sold to Palmer's Coaches of Miles as their 38 gaining rego 369WLP. It then returned to NSW with Seacliff Coaches of Albion Park by 2022 with rego TV095A.
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 Another Austral Pacific K113TRB was 21 (TV2573), togteher with 10 above formed a batch of five new in 1998.
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 UK viewers will expect this Irizar Century body sits on a Scania chassis as with 4 above, but 7 (TV5155) ia a Mercedes O500RF-3 as the badge on the front illustrates. Though new in 2008 it was displayed at the 2009 BAV Maintenance Conference at the Moonee Valley Racecourse. In 2017 is was sold to Simes Bros of Lismore as TV5155 but was withdrawn after sustaining flood damage in 2022 and sold via auction for parts.
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 Volvo coaches were rare purchases for the fleet and this AB Denning bodied B12RT, 6 (TV3366) was purchased from dealer stock in 2002. Nonetheless it lasted until 2025 when sold to Busfleet.
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 New in 2008 BCI Explorer 1 (TV4436) was sold ten years later to Sydney Transport Group, as TV9549.
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 Sister vehicle 8 (TV5475) went with 1 to Sydney Transport as TV9572.
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 This MCA, 18 (TV1413), dates from 1996, but stayed some years in the fleet. It was up for sale in 2024.
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 Apparently deregistered two years earlier, Denning Landseer 11 (MO7154) was stored for some years before being auctioned in 2024. The Knights team coach, 4, is seen on the left.
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 In January 2018 it was New Year rail replacement duties for 5 (TV8534) a 2017 Irizar i6 bodied Scania K400IB.
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 A better view of 5 revealing its Newcastle Jets team livery.
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 Also seen at Sydney Central that day was the new number 1, TV8659, a 2017 BCI Cruiser 12 in a partial wrap for Helloworld Jesmond.
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