Afterlife (5) - ...and a last batch (for now!)

Tula no. 858 (AH 254 71)
GX107s feature in the Tula fleet too - there are about ten of them. This one is believed to be the former no. 92 of the fleet of CTB, Bourges. It originated as a Heuliez demonstrator and is a particularly early GX107 (built on PR100MIPS chassis rather than the more usual PR100.2).

 

Tula no. 845 (B 851 XO 71)
Here's another really old GX107, this time based on the PR100MI chassis. 845 was new to TUV, Vierzon way back in 1984, but bears the livery of its second owner (TAC, Annemasse). Early GX107s can often be distinguished by the manufacturers name being situated higher on the front panelling, and also by the first letter of Heuliez being a lower-case rather than a capital h. Compare with the ex-Le Havre bus below to see the difference.

 

Tula no. 839 (AH 248 71)
Yet another GX107 is this one, still proudly in the livery of Bus Océane (CTPO) of Le Havre. Le Havre was a big GX107 buyer, purchasing 85 buses new from Heuliez.

 

Tula no. 849 (B 876 XO 71)
The GX107 is not the only Havrais in Tula. CTPO also bought 14 early PR100.2s, and this is one of them.

 

Tula no. 840 (B 078 XO 71)
Another of Le Havre's PR100.2s in snowy conditions at Goravtotrans' depot in Tula.

 

Tula no. 877 (B 487 XP 71)
Used to rather sunnier climes is this PR100.2 which still carries the livery of RMTT, the urban operator in the Meditterranean port city of Toulon. 

 

Tula no. 859 (B 028 XP 71)
Looking very grubby and unkempt is this PR180.2 which came from the CGFTE fleet in Nancy. Tula have several ex-Nancy buses in service.

 

Tula no. 859 (B 028 XP 71)
Here's the same bus, in sunnier weather but still looking rather unkempt and a bit saggy. Its precise identity with its former owner is not known, but it probably dates from either 1986 or 1987.

 

Tula no. 866 (AH 125 71)
No. 866's driver poses with his bus. The bus is a PR100R, in the old livery of CTB of Bourges, and was formerly numbered 87 in that fleet. It was new to Bourges in 1984.