Comments left about this photograph:
From Christopher at 2009-06-23 18:26:30 : N865VHH at Killie??!!!
From David Walker at 2009-06-28 23:38:00 : You can quite often see vehicles from other depots appearing at Kilmarnock, most times its for repainting or assocaiated works. Other depot routes that serve Kilmarnock if you like can often mean that if a vehicle breaks down late at night or something similar then it is sometimes easier to take it back to the local depot to have the work done to it. Im not sure why 16865 or indeed 22593 was at Killie as neither needed re-painting work, unless it was just a panel or two but this kind of minor repainting is usually done at their home depot. Although if you consider the fact that Aberdeen have sent 2 of their Neoplans down to Western to have alot of work done to them might suggest that Killie know alot more on the mechanical side of things and perhaps Cumnock didnt have the expertise or something to fix the 2 vehicles.
From David Walker at 2009-06-29 00:11:54 : Forgot to say that i saw 16865 on a mid day working of the 43 on Saturday, first time i have ever seen them on an all day schedule on the 43.
From Christopher at 2009-06-29 23:22:08 : It must have something to do with parts supply. I can imagine that Kilmarnock has a parts suppy bought in when the 09 Enviro 300's arrived and since Killie have the kit available or the required parts they have been sent down there for their repairs. I can only guess that it is the same reason for the Oly because Killie have all of those other ones arriving at the moment.