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1987 Scania K 112 Van Hool Alizée

1987 Scania K 112 in All Quiet on the Preston Front, TV Series, 1994-1997 Ep. 2.02

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1987 Scania K 112 Van Hool Alizée

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

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chaymond ◊ 2026-02-17 21:27	Volvo B10 M Van Hool Alizée?
RedBoy9199 ◊ 2026-02-17 21:29	Yes
chaymond ◊ 2026-02-17 22:16	Could actually be a Scania K 112… Closest I could find from Chauffeurs of Birmingham JIL 3755 (D359 OBA) 1987 Scania K 112 CRB https://flic.kr/p/2nBqzB5 Second photo has the Scania next to a Volvo for comparison https://flic.kr/p/2mva7a1 -- Last edit: 2026-02-17 22:49:11
Sandie ◊ 2026-02-17 23:08	Despite the locations mostly being in Lancashire, this show was produced by BBC Birmingham so a Birmingham coach firm would make sense.
cossieboa ◊ 2026-02-18 01:15	chaymond wrote Could actually be a Scania K 112… Closest I could find from Chauffeurs of Birmingham JIL 3755 (D359 OBA) 1987 Scania K 112 CRB https://flic.kr/p/2nBqzB5 Second photo has the Scania next to a Volvo for comparison https://flic.kr/p/2mva7a1 Looks indeed like JIL 3755.
San ◊ 2026-02-18 01:39	Agreed buslistsontheweb wrote Chassis: Sca K112CRB YS4KC4X2B0181132 Registration: D359OBA Body: VH 12962 Seating: C49Ft New: 4/1987 Owner: Smiths Shearings,Wigan Fleetnumber: 339 ptotpa wrote Next to go over the weekend was Scania K112, JIL 3755. It was only on Friday while I was down at the depot taking photos of the vehicles before their final trips that I was able to locate the chassis and body number, and consequently was able to uncover her true identity after flicking through Scania chassis lists. It turns out that JIL 3755 was actually quite a rare coach in her real guise as D359 OBA. She was new to Smiths Sherings at the same depot ironically as stablemate A182 MNE, but was bought for National Express Rapide work. D359 was in a batch of her own strangely, and to my knowledge, must have been the first, if not one of the only Scanias that Smiths Sherings operated. I'm sure someone will be able to correct me if I'm completely wrong on this, but Scanias were certainly non standard at Smiths, although quite common when they became purely 'Sherings' several years later. Did D359 kick off a revolution, or was she bought simply because of contract agreements to do with the NX Rapide work? This discovery has certainly raised some interesting questions, so hopefully someone with a greater amount of knowledge on this than myself will be able to shed some light on this. If my hunches are right and she was quite a significant or at least interesting vehicle, it is a shame that she couldn't have been saved. Even at the age of 26, D359 was a very capable vehicle with a very sound body and a consistently strong engine. The only thing preventing her from fulfilling full potential was a fuel bug which ceased to go away after several attempts and therefore she was relegated to the depot, where she has sat for around a year now. Yet still, even in her dying days she fired and was able to make it outside and onto the tow truck on her own power, showing how capable and reliable the Scania K112s always were. Real shame to see this one go.
RedBoy9199 ◊ 2026-02-18 01:53	Great
RedBoy9199 ◊ 2026-02-18 16:28	Built in Belgium Made for GB

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