It's an awful pity that I don't remember KD146. It sounded like a fantastic bus. I think I can remember KC1 on the Clondalkin routes. I know there was
one that sounded like a KD, so that must have been it. Wasn't there a KD that sounded like a KC? It wasn't KD146. An oddity for me was seeing KD366 for
the first time. t was unusual to see a YSI registered Bombardier when I was more used to seeing JZL, OZU or GSI registered ones. I always thought that it had a
few mods as well, but looking at pictures, there were none.
In terms of noise, I'd always hear them going down the Naas Road or indeed the surrounding roads and you'd hear them for quite a while, depending on which way the wind was blowing. There was nothing that I could ever fault on these buses. They had so many characteristics that made them so unique. The doors never opened together and maybe only one door would be open as it would arrive at a stop and then the other would swing open then. The same story when they'd be closing. And then some of the bonnets would swing open as well and you might be surrounded by black smoke. Also, the noise of the brakes was distinctive as well.
In their final days, particularly in C Road, KC191 seemed to be the only one of its class left, while there were still some KDs mainly on the 91. With the AVs now in force on the 51B, the occasional KD still appeared on it. I had thought that I would never get one again until 322 pulled up to do the 16:10 69. I think that was September 2000. I also had a brief spin on KC191 on the 68 to Wood Quay where we swapped for an AD. It's sad that when you get off an old bus in its last days in service and you think that you will never have the opportunity to travel on them anymore. Such was the case with the above two buses as well as other past vehicles.
In terms of noise, I'd always hear them going down the Naas Road or indeed the surrounding roads and you'd hear them for quite a while, depending on which way the wind was blowing. There was nothing that I could ever fault on these buses. They had so many characteristics that made them so unique. The doors never opened together and maybe only one door would be open as it would arrive at a stop and then the other would swing open then. The same story when they'd be closing. And then some of the bonnets would swing open as well and you might be surrounded by black smoke. Also, the noise of the brakes was distinctive as well.
In their final days, particularly in C Road, KC191 seemed to be the only one of its class left, while there were still some KDs mainly on the 91. With the AVs now in force on the 51B, the occasional KD still appeared on it. I had thought that I would never get one again until 322 pulled up to do the 16:10 69. I think that was September 2000. I also had a brief spin on KC191 on the 68 to Wood Quay where we swapped for an AD. It's sad that when you get off an old bus in its last days in service and you think that you will never have the opportunity to travel on them anymore. Such was the case with the above two buses as well as other past vehicles.
