‘Scene’ Beach combing in Scarborough on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

For as long as I can remember there has been an open top seafront service operating in Scarborough.

 

A two company competition with ‘East Yorkshire’ (EY) and ‘Shoreline Suncruisers’ usually running alternate buses.

 

Usually the province for the older buses in the fleet for both companies, ‘EY’ have recently introduced a batch of ‘new’ old buses which run under the branding of ‘Scarborough’s Beachcomber’.

 

Running in a version of the new ‘East Yorkshire’ livery, they have been purchased from London operator ‘Abellio’ via bus dealership and operator ‘Ensign’.

 

LF55 CYY ‘East Yorkshire’ No. 895 ‘Scarborough’s Beachcomber’. Volvo B7TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

 

 

BX55 XLV ‘East Yorkshire’ No. 889 ‘Scarborough’s Beachcomber’. Volvo B7TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini /1

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

 

 

 

 

 

 

BX55 XLV ‘East Yorkshire’ No. 889 ‘Scarborough’s Beachcomber’. Volvo B7TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini /2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

 

 

 

 

 

 

BX55 XLV ‘East Yorkshire’ No. 889 ‘Scarborough’s Beachcomber’. Volvo B7TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini /3

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

‘Scene’ at Manchester International Airport (MIA) 1 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Thanks go to friend John Beastall who provided much of the information accompanying the images.

 

For those of you who are familiar with the spectators area at ‘MIA’ you will be aware of the viewing mounds that were put in some years ago to enable photographs to be taken over the fencing topped off with wire.

 

Well the first image below shows what was the location of the left hand and best of the two mounds. It has become the site of an executive terminal which effectively blocks the view of the apron and much of the runway.

 

If you are thinking of visiting and intend taking photographs, you have only the right hand mound to work from so, take a step ladder.

 

Registration recorders are OK, they can read registrations through the fencing.

 

For photographers, it is very disappointing.

 

 

Readers seeking further details on particular aircraft are recommended to Google the aircraft type and the c/n. ie ‘Airbus A330’ c/n 0455’.

 

 

Manchester Airport spectators viewing area looking East towards the terminal

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

C-GUBH ‘Air transat’, Canada. Airbus A330-243 c/n 0455

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

It first flew in 2003 and was destined for ‘British Midland’ as G-WWBC which didn’t happen and it subsequently spent 13 years or so working for ‘Emirates’ registered A6-EAS.

 

 

 

 

TC-NBR ‘Pegasus Airlines’, Turkey. Airbus A320-251 c/n 8136

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

It first flew in 2018.

 

 

 

 

B-6527 ‘Hainan Airlines’, China. Airbus A330-243 c/n 1178

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

It first flew in 2010.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EC-MUB ‘Alba Star’, Spain. Boeing 737-86J c/n 29320

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

It first flew in 2003 as D-ABBI for ‘Air Berlin’ and since then has worked extensively in Europe.

 

 

 

 

‘Scene’ at Showbus 2018. Veteran Bristols on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

ONO 59 ‘Eastern National’ No. 1327. Bristol K5G / Eastern Coach Works

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New in 1949 as No. 4038.

 

The ‘CN’ reference under the fleetnumber is ‘Eastern National’s garage code for Clacton on Sea.

 

 

 

 

HPW 133 ‘Eastern Counties’ No. LKH 133. Bristol K5G / Eastern Coach Works

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New in 1949.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OVL 473 ‘Lincolnshire Road Car Company’ No. 2378. Bristol FS5G Lodekka /  Eastern Coach Works

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New in 1960.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OCS 577H ‘Western SMT’ No. AB 2247. Bristol VR/SL6G / Eastern Coach Works

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PUM 149W ‘West Yorkshire’ No. 1476. Bristol VRT/SL3/6LXB / Eastern Coach Works

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

Originally ordered by ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CVL 850D ‘Lincolnshire Road Car Company’ No. 1431. Bristol RELH6G /  Eastern Coach Works

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SVF 896G ‘Eastern Counties’ No. Re 896. Bristol RELH6G / Eastern Coach Works

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JMA 413L ‘North Western Road Car Co’. No. 413. Bristo RELH-4-480 / Eastern Coach Works

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SVL 830R ‘Lincolnshire Road Car Company’ No. 1045. Bristol LH / Eastern Coach Works

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

‘Scene’ in Nottingham. Yet More Gas Powered Double Deckers on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

‘Nottingham City Transport’ (NCT) continues to set a cracking pace with the introduction of its fleet of Scania gas powered double deck buses.

 

With more than 90 having been delivered over the last 2 years and more to come. Nottingham will have the World’s largest fleet of buses of this type by the end of 2019.

 

This time it’s the turn of Pink Line 28 that runs from the City Centre to Bilborough to get the new buses.

 

YN19 EFX ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 486 ‘Pink Line 28’. Scania N280UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400CBG City /1 

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

YN19 EFX ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 486 ‘Pink Line 28’. Scania N280UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400CBG City /2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

YN19 EFV ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 484 ‘Pink Line 28’. Scania N280UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400CBG City /1

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

YN19 EFV ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 484 ‘Pink Line 28’. Scania N280UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400CBG City /2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

‘Scene’ in ‘Stagecoach’ service once more, YN05 XNZ on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

In October 2018 I posted a blog regarding YN05 SNZ ‘Stagecoach Yorkshire’s No. 34720 detailing its surprise (to me at least) returning to fleet livery after a longish spell in the former ‘Chesterfield Transport’s lovely green livery.

 

Not only fleet livery but a revised fleet livery which in my view was better than ‘Stagecoach’s norm.

 

I thought that that was the end of the story but no!

 

Somebody somewhere, (Chesterfield ? Barnsley ? Perth ? maybe) did not approve and so on a visit to Chesterfield recently I captured this image of it having regained standard fleet livery once more.

 

I also include the earlier liveries for those who might have missed them previously.

 

I am tempted to think that for a 14 year old bus that this might be its final livery but then again maybe not! 

 

Watch this space.

 

 

 

YN05 XNZ ‘ Yorkshire Traction’ No. 34720, ‘Chesterfield Transport’. Dennis Dart SLF / Plaxton Pointer 2 /1

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

YN05 XNZ ‘ Yorkshire Traction’ No. 34720, ‘Chesterfield Transport’. Dennis Dart SLF / Plaxton Pointer 2 /2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

YN05 XNZ ‘ Yorkshire Traction’ No. 34720, ‘Chesterfield Transport’. Dennis Dart SLF / Plaxton Pointer 2 /3

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

‘Scene’ in Lincoln, smaller operators on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

I mean no disrespect to the smaller operators pictured but when ‘Stagecoach’ is the main operator in the City all the other operators are small by comparison.

YJ15 AXF ‘P.C.Coaches’, Lincoln. Optare V1152MC  MetroCity

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New as a demonstrator for Optare.

 

 

 

 

FX61 AAZ ‘P.C.Coaches’, Lincoln. Wright Streetlite W/F

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

YJ15 ARX ‘P.C.Coaches’, Lincoln. Optare 8900 SoloSR

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

 

YJ59 NMX ‘P.C.Coaches’, Lincoln. Optare M880SL Solo

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New to ‘Heyfordian’ Bicester.

 

 

 

 

BU05 EEP ‘Brylaine’, Boston. BMC 1100 / BMC

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

A very rare bird!

 

 

 

 

MK52 XNN ‘Brylaine’, Boston. DAF SB220 / Ikarus

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New to ‘Blue Bus’ Horwich, Lancs. as its No. 39.

 

 

 

 

YJ04 CCT ‘Brylaine’, Boston. Optare M920 Solo

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

‘Scene’ on test in Scarborough on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

I seem to drop lucky with the bus activity in Scarborough if not with the weather.

 

My annual visit last week produced the following images of these 2 Alexander Dennis Ltd. products making their first journeys from the ADL factory at Eastfield in what I would hope are successful and lengthy careers.

 

I am a bit short on detail as to the identity of one of them so if anyone can fill in the gaps then please feel free to get in touch.

 

YW19 VVB ‘London General’ No. EH329. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40H / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400MMC /1

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

Operating on trade plate 078PY.

 

 

 

 

 

YW19 VVB ‘London General’ No. EH329. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40H / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400MMC /2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

537HB or E (trade plate) ’Stagecoach’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

‘Scene’ working for ‘national express’ in Chesterfield on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

I have been a fan of the Caetano Levante coach body since its introduction. It has now progressed to its mark 3 model which was introduced two years ago.

 

I saw one of the prototypes at the ‘Coach & Bus UK17’ show at the NEC which appeared in one of my blogs of that time posted on 07/10/2017.

 

Since then it seemed to have disappeared, at least from my part of the world.

 

A casual remark from another enthusiast that ‘Stagecoach Yorkshire’ had acquired some lead me to Chesterfield which is at the southern end of that operators territory.

 

BU18 OTK ‘Edwards Coaches Ltd.’  Llantwit Fardre, Wales, ’national express’. Volvo B11RT / Caetano Levante 3 

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

BV19 XPM ‘Yorkshire Traction’ No. 54409 ’national express’. Volvo B11RT / Caetano Levante 3/1 

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

BV19 XPM ‘Yorkshire Traction’ No. 54409 ’national express’. Volvo B11RT / Caetano Levante 3/2 

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

BV19 XPM ‘Yorkshire Traction’ No. 54409 ’national express’. Volvo B11RT / Caetano Levante 3/3 

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

For completeness sake, I will include the other 2 ‘natex’ coaches that put in an appearance on the day.

 

NX68 TSE ‘Travelstar’, Walsall, ‘national express’. Scania K360EB4 / Caetano Levante 2 

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

Unusually for a mark 2 body in being a short version. Most of this body style that I have seen are on a six wheeled under frames. (See next image).

 

 

 

 

BX16 CHG ‘Skills’, Nottingham, ‘national express’. Volvo B11RT / Caetano Levante 2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

‘Scene’ in Nottingham. Even More Gas Powered Double Deckers on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

‘Nottingham City Transport’ (NCT) has set a cracking pace with the introduction of its fleet of Scania gas powered double deck buses.

 

With more than 90 having been delivered over the last 2 years and more to come. Nottingham will have the World’s largest fleet of buses of this type by the end of 2019.

 

This time its service No. 49 ‘Navy Line’ that operates between the City Centre and The Boots Site where there is a substantial Park & Ride facility.

 

‘NCT’ has quite cleverly worked the park & ride operation into one of its normal routes so allowing the previous park and ride service to be discontinued.

 

YN19 EGD ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 490 ‘Navy Line 49, Park & Ride’. Scania N280UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400CBG City 

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

YN19 EFY ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 487 ‘Navy Line 49, Park & Ride’. Scania N280UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400CBG City 

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

YN19 EGC ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 489 ‘Navy Line 49, Park & Ride’. Scania N280UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400CBG City /1 

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

YN19 EGC ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 489 ‘Navy Line 49, Park & Ride’. Scania N280UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400CBG City /2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’