chiko, the olympus ad mentioned was the noticeable full-body ad
on LO2X for svc 97 [then later perm on 333 after the exercise]
as for 143, the most famous one would be the Bee Cheng Hiang
ad... From LO2X to LO3X to the current B9TL @[email protected] [somemore one of a
kind in sg; no other svc has that brand's ads.]
think before the rationalisation exercise too, there's 3557 on
157 also. btw, the LO2X fleet still remained about the same with
few changes even when loads of LO3X came in during 95/96? [some
LO3X esp from JR side, quite a few taken out during the exercise in
'98 to fill up 98, then in 99, 179 took a few LO3X fleet from there
i think? =/] no wonder from '99 to early '03 there, the chance of
taking an LO2X on 157 seems to be higher than that of the 3-axle
cousin? also i noticed a few years back from '01 onwards, more MB
O405s seemed to infiltrate 157 as replacements for LO2X... in which
those on BR side slowly start to disappear from the fleet register
while those in SL side still continue serving? =/
As for 334, there's 3551 to 3554, 3557 to 3559 /60 [3554 and
3560 transferred out i think].
got 1 time in 1996 i recall, there was white vomit on 3554, but
almost 1 week still not cleared -.- on the floor of the lower
deck.
7163 did 143 until 1998 when 143 turns FAC, after than it gets
re-deployed to 97 until 97 turns FAC somewhere in 2000 I think. The
bus was with a later version of Olympus ad when it did 97.
After it get re-deployed out of 97, I still remembered that on one
point of time it serves 331 until the Teban Garden rationalisation
in 2002 in which 331 ceased to exist.
As for 334, if I am not wrong 6943, 6968 and 3553 were initially
334 before being re-deployed on 51, 198 and 242 respectively.
As for those JRBP LO3x in 157, 9125, 9082, 9115, 9104, 9155 and
later 9128 came to 157 when 157 starts using Lo3X in 1996 and
subsequently 9125, 9082, 9115 and 9104 (as well as 9110, 9123 &
9126 from 154) gets re-deployed to 98 when 98 turns FAC in 1998 and
in returns 157 gets some ex 98 LO2x like 6990, 7161 and 7191 etc as
replacement.
Then in 2001, 9128 and 9155 were also transferred to 179 (although
a short while later 9155 gets re-deployed to 97) and 157 got
another 2 LO2x (7167 and 7192) in return. So during the period
between 2001 and 2003 there aren't any JRBP LO3x on 157 until early
2003 when 9039, 9072 and 9077 gets re-deployed on 157.
Speaking back to LO2x, who still remembers some of the BRBP LO2x
gets redeployed to SLBP during early 2003 when it was near its end
of lifespan? 6911 was one of them though when it serves 255
then.
And BTW during the LO2x days, 6966 was holding the BEe Cheng Hiang
full body ad even until the bus gets re-deployed on 157.
