The annual B&C show at the NEC has been cancelled for 2020 because of the Covid 19 Pandemic.
Regular readers/viewers of my blog will know that I would normally have published a number of blogs built round what was new in the 2020 show.
As I am not able to do so, I will fill the gaps created by re-running some of the highlights from previous shows.
Sometimes (but not always) a veteran bus from earlier years puts in an appearance.
The 2016 show today, 2017 tomorrow.
LJ66 CHK ‘Go-Ahead London General’ No. SEe37. BYD D9UR / Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) Enviro 200EV
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
The E200EV how now got the hump so to speak which housed the BYD battery pack.
‘ADL’ were very quick to adapt their E200MMC body to accommodate the BYD power source.
See my blog dated 04/11/2016 for more images.
DD16 GAS ‘Scania’ demonstrator. Scania N280UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) Enviro 400CBG City
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
At the time, a number of ‘alternative’ power sources were eagerly being evaluated but who would have thought that a fleet of over 100 gas powered buses would appear on the streets of Nottingham with another substantial fleet running in Reading?
I have produced many blogs over the past 2 or 3 years covering Nottinghams gas bus fleet.
Mercedes Benz Citaro, ‘McGills Bus Services’, Greenock.
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
With more than 50,000 produced, the Citaro’ is a true worldbeater.
SJ66 LOA ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 441. Volvo B5TL / Wright Gemini 3
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
The stunning livery was/is known as ‘Fleet of the Future’.
Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
The first of many of the type for my local operator ‘trentbarton’.
They are still buying them four years later with more to come.
For more images see my blog posted 01/11/2016.
3705 VM ‘City of Manchester’ No. 3705. Leyland PD2 / Metro Cammell
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
The half cab double decker was the type of bus I grew up with and although I am very much a fan of today’s ‘scene’, I still look at these ‘old timers’ with a great deal of affection.
New in 1964.
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