LTSV Site News

62 site news items added in 2006.

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24/12/06	A mixed bunch of 12 pictures has just been added. I would like to wish all visitors and contributors a very merry Christmas and a happy new year. Cheers. Tom
16/12/06	As well as several new vehicles, two more allocation codes have been created today. ORB is for Orpington Bus Station (beside the railway station), which now has a gated compound in which LBSL vans are often parked. VEP is for Eccleston Place at Victoria, which has been discovered to be home to at least some of the TfL Streets fleet.
14/12/06	A large batch of 45 pictures is being added tonight, all but three of which were taken this month. Included are more night shots, and several newly reported vehicles.
09/12/06	The rest of the TfL Streets cars that have been reported are now included in the database.
08/12/06	I have added an advert for John Howe's excellent card kits of London Bus Garages. These are to OO scale and are superb for displaying model buses. This can be found in the Articles section. If you require more information about these kits, please e-mail me at tom@ltsv.com.
01/12/06	A further 9 pictures (all recent ones from Ray) brings the total up to a nice round 1700.
14/11/06	Yet another batch of 31 pictures has just been added, comprising a mix of 1970s, 1990s and current views, and including another new van type.
12/11/06	The 30 pictures added today are all from Colin Lloyd's collection and show vehicles acquired in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
09/11/06	Another 20 pictures have just been put up, mostly taken around Acton.
01/11/06	20 recent pictures have just been added.
30/10/06	I have just added a new printable fleetlist covering the central fleet (ie LUL, LBSL, TfL, etc). This aims to be compact enough to take out and about although this has meant that a rather small font size has been used. Go to Articles to access the list. Feedback would be appreciated, either to the forum or via e-mail.
29/10/06	The LOTS sale is this weekend (Sat 4th November) at Harrow Leisure Centre. Check out the LOTS website for more details. If anyone would like to meet up, either at the sale or afterwards, pleast get in touch. A further 19 icons have been added, all variants of the Mk4 Transit. A couple of vehicle records have been deleted today. KG06PMJ is known to be an error for KG06PMU (5884F), while LJ54LHH, which was reported as Arriva London van number 3, is in fact their bus PDL108! This resolves the duplication of the fleetnumber, 3 also being claimed by W394LJU. Finally, former Stagecoach van RL54KYP has been corrected to RL54KVP.
25/10/06	With thanks as always to all contributors, a batch of 15 recent pictures has been posted tonight. Highlights include the new ERU body, and an LBSL Microbus!
19/10/06	Another 40 icons have been added, including Ford Escorts and more Transits.
15/10/06	While I am in an artistic mood I have created a further 92 vehicle icons, many based on the Mark3 Ford Transit. All the current icons (now totalling 204) can be seen at this page. The source files for these are considerably larger and more detailed. If anyone would like some or all of these, drop me a line. The icons have been applied to a total of 1858 of the vehicle entries. At the same time I have made minor changes to many records going back over the last 20 years. These are mainly to do with the vehicle details (such as van heights etc) plus a few livery changes. By the way, apologies if you e-mailed me in the last week and did not get a reply; I have been having some technical problems. These seem to be resolved now so I shall be doing a catch-up.
12/10/06	25 recent pictures have been added today, along with a further 27 icons. Click here to see them all.
01/10/06	With fleetlists now showing which vehicles have been seen and which have not, I have been filling in the gaps in my sightings records, hence the large increase in the quantity listed. If anyone would like me to bulk load their older sightings for them, please get in touch.
25/09/06	Some minor bugs in the way that sightings and pictures of other company vehicles are displayed have been fixed. I have also changed the sight listings default and date order. It will now sort sightings first by date and then by the order in which they were input (rather than by vehicle number). This may be useful for people logging many sightings on a single date. If you input them in the order in which you saw them, the display will show this. Sorting by number or registration is possible by clicking the relevant button.
24/09/06	Two further categories have been added to the database, so that sightings can be logged. The categories are hires and other companies. The 25 hires are mainly vans used by LBSL (often with temporary lettering), while the 41 other company vehicles include recovery trucks and vans and Almex cars. To see the additions, pick either category from the Range drop-down on the Fleet Data index page. I will be adding some sightings, and changing the references on existing photographs, over the next few days.
23/09/06	A change has been made to the fleetlist pages that will hopefully be useful. If you are logged in, a tick will be shown alongside any vehicles that you have entered a sighting of. This applies to all fleet list pages and also the printable versions. I have tested this feature as much as possible but would appreciate it if you could let me know of any problems or performance issues that result.
22/09/06	Another batch of 25 pictures has just been added, this time focusing on recovery vehicles with a special look at the two AEC Militants. One interloper is 2529M, a picture that was promised many months ago (thanks for the reminder Ray!)
21/09/06	A further 25 pictures have been added tonight, covering a variety of subjects but all taken in the last couple of weeks.
17/09/06	Two articles have been added today (click on Articles above to access). The first is by Neil Fraser and illustrates the differences between the two LT Militant Master Breakdown Tenders. There was some confusion over their current identities (as mentioned on the forum here). The second article looks at the chronology of fleetnumber allocations since the main numbering sequence started in 1939.
12/09/06	Some fleet updates are due in the next couple of days. However, I have tonight added a further 15 icons, covering Ford Focus Estates, more Transits, and the Renault Kangoo.
03/09/06	The pictures just keep coming in (thanks to all contributors by the way) so tonight I have added just 9 more to take the total up to a nice round 1500. Plenty more interesting shots have been held over for next time.
28/08/06	Thanks to the efforts of two contributors, I am able to add 27 pictures taken in the last week today. Highlights include the first sight of the new Ford Transit and one of the recent MAN trucks, the first numbered Honda, and some great nocturnal shots. Fleet data has been updated with the latest additions.
20/08/06	Right, here comes a big batch of pics. 43 in total, covering the bus company scene from the late 1980s to the present, plus a couple of new oddities. Enjoy.
15/08/06	Before returning to recent developments I have had a delve in the archives for ten more pictures from the 1960s and 1970s. Anyone who thinks the present fleet is standardised and dull should take a look at these! All the vehicles carry a plain grey livery, 8 of the 10 are Fords, and all are registered in one of four common series. Ah, those were the days!
06/08/06	The fleet data has been updated with some recent changes, and I have also finished fixing the sorting glitch. Please let me know if you spot anything unusual.
03/08/06	Sorry for the lack of updates and pictures recently. I have been busy with other projects! There are a number of fleet additions waiting to be processed; thanks to all contributors. Also it has been mentioned that there is an error in the database such that vehicles numbered between 628 and 999 do not sort in the right order (they appear at the end). I am in the process of rectifying this, one at a time!
09/07/06	A few changes to the site design have been made today. Most noticeable will be the new icons in the top left corner of all screens. These are now shown alongside the relevant vehicles in the fleet and sightings lists, making it easier to pick out certain types. Adding all the required icons is a long-term project. So far 70 have been created (see here for a view of all of these), covering just over 1000 vehicles. The fleet list pages have been modified to sort by fleetnumber first, irrespective of grouping. See this posting in the Diary topic on the forum for more details.
04/07/06	No less than 26 newly reported vehicles have been added today, and there are still a few more to come. I have also added 6 very recent pictures. They may all be Ford Transits, but none of them are ''standard''.
01/07/06	A further 15 new pictures are added today, including bus company vehicles, and garage sweepers. There may be a delay in adding newly reported bus company vehicles to the database while background site enhancements take place. All new sightings will be processed in time.
28/06/06	A very mixed bag of 20 recent pictures has been added today, including some TfL Streets vehicles. The next update will feature a few sweepers to relate to the recent article. Some visitors may have seen the site apparently hijacked over the last few days. I have no idea what is causing this but it does appear to be an intermittent glitch. If you get taken somewhere unexpected, please try again a bit later!
13/06/06	The article on garage sweepers has finally been added. Sorry for the delay. Almost 500 sightings have also been bulk added, taking the total to over 5000. So far, no reports of any problems with the new list navigation functions. Further developements are likely. Also due soon, some interesting recent pictures and more articles!
11/06/06	Just five recent pictures and some fleet news today. Perhaps the hot weather and the events in Germany are providing a distraction!
09/06/06	A couple of revised pages have been posted tonight. The Fleet Data index page has been redesigned with some of the filters combined. The actual fleet data pages (as well as the sightings listings pages) have had buttons added to allow quicker navigation between numbered pages in long lists. This should hopefully do away with the 'forbidden' messages that have been encountered recently. I haven't thoroughly checked the pages yet so please let me know if you have any problems or questions. I will post some guidance on the forum shortly. Cheers, Tom.
07/06/06	There seems to be a problem with the Next button on some of the fleet data list pages, leading to a Forbidden error message. A revised navigation method is due to be introduced in the next day or two which will get around this.
03/06/06	20 more pictures, both old and recent, have been added today, including numbered vehicles ranging from 89Q to 6028F, and some additional oddities.
30/05/06	Normal service is now restored, with some fleet data and 20 recent photos being added today. If you have submitted pictures recently, fear not. They will be posted soon.
25/05/06	All parts of the site are now open for entries (ie picture comments, sightings, and forum postings and replies) and all the recoverable data has been re-entered. I believe all the additional vehicles have been included, although some of the changes to existing records may not have been. All the sightings and forum postings since March 25th are certainly gone. If possible, it would be very useful if members could re-enter these. I have learnt my lesson from this and from now on i will do a backup every week, and after ever major update. It helps that I have now found a much more convenient way of doing this!
24/05/06	We're getting there! I've added most of the fleet data back in. Should be finished in a day or two.
23/05/06	A chunk of the missing fleet data has been added but there is still more to come. I have also updated a couple of the page designs. The Whats New More page (accessed from the More links on the View Latest Data page) has been improved with more information and more entries (the most recent 100 instead of 50). The picture comments version now includes thumbnails. Also (hopefully) all of the picture pages have been revised so that they display correctly in FireFox and other non-MS browsers. Please let me know if this is not the case.
23/05/06	Right, all the pictures and captions have now been restored. Please let me know if you spot anything odd! Any comments added to pictures since late March will have been lost. The fleetdata will be added shortly.
22/05/06	Important news! Due to a hardware failure at my web host, some of the most recent data has been lost. Much will be able to be restored (pictures and fleetdata), but forum postings and replies made in the last two months are probably lost. The same applies to sightings logged, and the three or four new members who registered since 25th March. I am working on the photographs first and will then look at the fleetdata, but this will take a couple of days. Please refrain from posting sightings until then. The forum can be used but will be missing recent items. I will keep you advised of progress back to full content, and will also increase the frequency of my own data back-ups. In the meantime, apologies. Tom.
21/05/06	Important news! My web host suffered some problems last night and a lot of the site data was wiped out. I have now restored all the data to 26th March, with the pictures to follow shortly. I should then be able to add the items up to the present, although some information I do not have a record of. Member details and forum postings may be lost. Can I please ask users not to add any items for the next few days. I will post again to advise of progress. Cheers, Tom.
14/05/06	Another 5 recent pictures have been added, the lack of quantity hopefully being compensated by showing some more of the more unusual vehicles.
03/05/06	Just 5 new pictures to start off with this month. Lots of fleet data will be added shortly too.
29/04/06	A further 15 recent pictures have been added today, taking the total for this month to 107. The supply of photos has been plentiful recently and I have hardly had a chance to delve into the archives! I am very grateful to all the contributors. Visitors should note that what they see here is just a part of the ever-growing collection. If you want something in particular that has not yet come up, get in touch and I may be able to help.
21/04/06	Another set of 21 pictures has been added today, mostly of recent vehicles but with a couple of missing links in the owned fleet. It is good to see some more coverage of the bus company fleets and the contributors are all to be thanked for their efforts. By the way, the fact that this set includes no less than 9 rear-end views is entirely coincidental. I should mention that I am typing this on a new ergonomic keyboard! Until I get used to this, please forgive any resulting spelling errurs ;-)
11/04/06	A further 21 pictures are being added today, concentrating on the recent London Buses and London Underground fleets. March was a good month for the site, with no less than 78 pictures being added. Many were obviously of rather similar looking vehicles but it is hoped that the spread of subjects is of general interest. As always, comments and suggestions would be welcomed.
09/04/06	Today's picture update focuses on bus company vehicles, with particular attention paid to crew ferry vehicles.
01/04/06	25 new pictures added today, spanning each 'century' of the owned fleet except the 500s and 600s.
25/03/06	I am today adding 14 pictures taken in the last month, plus 1 from the archives (although I can't bring myself to call 1993 historical!). Many of these show previously unseen vehicles and I would like to thank the regular contributors for their excellent work. As an experiment, I have increased the size of some of these pictures to 800 pixels wide or in one case 1000. Whether this is continued, and perhaps applied retrospectively, depends on feedback. Do they fit on your screen? Are they painfully slow to appear? Let me know, either by e-mail or a forum post. The 1200 pictures stage has now been passed and there are many more still to come. The next update will include another set of vintage shots. If there is anything particular you would like to see, drop me a line.
23/03/06	Eight new pictures today, all taken in the last fortnight. Included are the first 59xx numbered SVs, and the first 06 registered SVs.
15/03/06	A bumper selection of 35 new pictures has been posted tonight, covering everything from Albions to the latest Mercedes-Benz Sprinters. Thanks to everyone who contributed pictures. The next update will include a fair number of newly reported bus company vehicles.
10/03/06	I have had a look through the recent sightings to add a few more allocations. Please note that I will only be using the History section when we have good info on transfers etc. The main purpose of this section is for the older vehicles (pre-1980), about which much more allocation information is available.
03/03/06	20 new pictures have been added tonight. Quite a varied selection but all were taken in the last month or so. More old (and new) ones next time.
11/02/06	A further 5 varied pictures have been added today.
22/01/06	Varied is the only word to describe today's collection of pictures. They range from the 1940s to last Friday and include some early LCBS gems, some slightly odd vans from the 1990s, and, for a change, some from well outside London. From Albions to dutch Barbies to electric Toyotas, this site has them all!
13/01/06	No updates recently. However, a couple of items need mentioning. First, thanks to Julian for pointing out that there is an article on LTSVs in the Feb 2006 issue of Heritage Commercials magazine. Written by Bill Aldridge it is a six page spread with 15 nice pics, most of which have not been published before (including an LGOC V Van!). The article looks at light vans used by LT and predecessors up to the late 1960s. A second article next month will cover the heavy support SVs. The mag costs £3.35, see www.heritagecommercials.com for more info. If you have difficulty getting hold of a copy, let me know and I will pick some up. Secondly, I think I have found a work around for the problems of using the back button on this web site. See the FAQs in the forum for details. A couple of reminders. My e-mail address remains as tom@ltsv.com despite the change of site address. Please don't send anything to ltsvplus addresses. Fleet data will be added as it is received, and may not always appear on the Fleet News or Site News page. Use the View Latest data link under the van logo to see what has been added or changed. Coming soon will be some rare pictures of early LCBS SVs, and there may also finally be some developments of the location listing data! The allocation histories exercise remains long-term. Finally, I may be using the old LTSV.com web space for a new project, not to do with LTSVs. As such, I will probably start removing the old content soon. The vast majority of it is duplicated here anyway.
01/01/06	Welcome to 2006! Here's five nice new pictures.

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