‘Scene’ at Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum. ‘The East Yorkshire Connection’ on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

A recent day out took friend Peter Rose and myself into pastures new when the transport delights of ‘Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum’ were explored

 

As we have done before, we have combined all the images we gathered on the day. 

 

The credits being joint D.Basford/P.M.Rose.

 

One of the elements of going to somewhere like a museum where you have an idea what you are going to see is that it is always interesting to see what else just turns up.

 

OKH 337 ‘Kingston upon Hull Corporation Transport’ No. 337.

AEC Regent 3 / Weymann /1

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

 

New in 1953.

 

 

 

 

OKH 337 ‘Kingston upon Hull Corporation Transport’ No. 337.

AEC Regent 3 / Weymann /2

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

 

 

 

 

TKH 270H ‘Kingston upon Hull Corporation Transport’ No. 270.

Leyland Atlantean / Roe

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

 

 

 

 

C537 DAT ‘East Yorkshire’ No. 537.

Leyland Olympian / Eastern Coach Works 

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

 

 

 

WKH 526X ‘East Yorkshire’ No. 526.

Bristol VRT / Eastern Coach Works 

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

 

Originally ordered by ‘Yorkshire Traction’.

‘Scene’ at Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum. ‘The Lincolnshire Connection’ on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

A recent day out took friend Peter Rose and myself into pastures new when the transport delights of ‘Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum’ were explored

 

As we have done before, we have combined all the images we gathered on the day. 

 

The credits being joint D.Basford/P.M.Rose.

 

One of the elements of going to somewhere like a museum where you have an idea what you are going to see is that it is always interesting to see what else just turns up.

 

NJV 995 ‘Grimsby Cleethorpes Transport’ No. 133, Lady Jane.

AEC Bridgemaster / Park Royal /1

on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

I was amazed to see this turn up, I had no idea that it had survived.

 

New in 1960 and rebuilt to open top in 1974.

 

 

 

 

NJV 995 ‘Grimsby Cleethorpes Transport’ No. 133, Lady Jane.

AEC Bridgemaster / Park Royal /2

on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

CX04 CVF ‘CLEETHORPES TRANSPORT’ No. 33.

Transbus Dart / Plaxton Mini Pointer 

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

 

New to ‘Jones’ Bontnewydd, Wales.

 

 

 

 

JV 9901 ‘Grimsby Corporation Transport’ No. 81.

AEC Regent 3 / Roe /1

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

 

New in 1947.

 

 

 

 

JV 9901 ‘Grimsby Corporation Transport’ No. 81.

AEC Regent 3 / Roe /2

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

 

 

 

 

JV 9901 ‘Grimsby Corporation Transport’ No. 81.

AEC Regent 3 / Roe /3

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

 

 

 

 

VBT 191 ‘W. H. Fowler’, Holbeach Drove, Lincolnshire.

AEC Reliance / Yeates Europa /1

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

 

Yeates were always known for the amount of chrome trim they could get onto a coach.

 

It must have added considerably to the all up weight.

 

This, by their normal standards, was quite restrained.

 

‘Fowlers’ is a company that, when I last looked, is still with us.

 

New in 1958.

 

 

 

 

VBT 191 ‘W. H. Fowler’, Holbeach Drove, Lincolnshire.

AEC Reliance / Yeates Europa /2

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

 

‘Scene’ at Showbus 2022 London Deckers Across the Years /1 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

I have attended a number of SHOWBUS events over the years but this was the first time I had attended one at the Hertfordshire County Showgound.

 

The 50th. show and if we are to believe what we read, the last.

 

It would be a great pity if the reputation the SHOWBUS name has built up over the years were to be lost but we shall have to wait and see.

 

LLU 732 ‘LONDON TRANSPORT BUS HIRE LTD.’ No. RT3933, LONDON TRANSPORT.

AEC Regent III / Weymann

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

 

Pictured arriving on the site.

 

New in 1950.

 

 

 

 

MXX 269 ‘LONDON TRANSPORT BOARD’ No. RLH 69, LONDON TRANSPORT.

AEC Regent III / Weymann Lowbridge

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

 

New in 1952.

 

 

 

 

398 CLT ‘DAWSON GROUP BUS & COACH LTD’.

AEC Routemaster / Park Royal

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

 

New in 1963.

 

Thanks go to friend Peter Rose for the use of his image.

 

 

 

 

SMK 738F ‘MIDLAND RED SOUTH (LTD)’ No. RML 2738, LONDON TRANSPORT. 

AEC Routemaster / Park Royal

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

 

New in 1967.

 

‘MIDLAND RED SOUTH (LTD)’ being part of the ‘Stagecoach’ group.

 

 

 

 

THX 402S ‘LONDON TRANSPORT’ No. T2.

Leyland Titan / Park Royal

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

 

New in 1979.

 

‘Scene’ at the GCR’s Bus & Train Spectacular 2021 ‘Other Operators’ on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

XOI 105 ‘G.H. WATTS Coaches’

Chassis not known / Alexander RL

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

 

 

 

 

ARC 666T ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 666 ‘Andrew Pickering’. Leyland Atlantean AN68 / Northern Counties /1 of 2 

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

 

Very much a one off where ‘NCT’ explored various ideas for incorporation in future buses.

 

This bus has appeared on my blog before but I think that it is such an attractive bus that I make no apology for including it again.

 

 

 

 

OLD 714 ‘London Transport’ No. RT 4494

AEC Regent lll / Weymann

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

 

New in 1954.

 

Originally built with a Park Royal body. It acquired its current Weymann body at overhaul in 1966.

 

 

 

 

 

D113 DHY ‘Badgerline’ No. 113

Volvo B10M / Alexander ‘P’ type

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

 

Alexanders have for many years produced stylish, elegant, attractive bus and coach bodies.

 

This, however, was not one of them.

 

 

 

 

GCK 279S ‘Florence & Grange Tours’ No. 21 ‘Violet Rose’

Bedford YLQ / Plaxton Supreme

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

 

It also had a spell on the Isle of Man registered A111 MAN.

 

 

 

 

 

 

FJU 973 ‘Paul S. Winson’, Loughborough No. 147

Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse

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

 

MY02 BAN ‘SOUTH STAFFS COACH HIRE / HYLTON & DAWSON of Leicestershire’

Dennis R410 / Plaxton Panther

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

 

New registered LA02 RZG to ‘Banstead Coaches’ where it gained its current registration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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‘Scene’ at the Buses Festival 2021 /5 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

The annual ‘Buses Festival’ this year was held at the ‘East of England Showground’ which is near Peterborough.

 

It is the first time I have attended the show and considering the amount of national publicity that has been lavished on it I was disappointed with the number of vehicles in attendance.

 

Whilst most of the attendees were preserved vehicles, there were some current buses and coaches on display.

 

The quality of vehicles that did attend was good particularly on a day which was interrupted by rain and dark clouds on a regular basis.

 

I think that an event held in the East Midlands will always have difficulties in attracting large numbers of participants.

 

The problem being that the venue is so far from most major centres of population.

 

Time will tell.

 

KSV 104 ‘Companhia Carris de Ferrio de Lisboa’. AEC Regent III / Weymann /1 of 4

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

 

This bus seems to have been around for ever on the British preservation scene but it always attracts a lot of attention because its the mirror image of the double deck bus as we know it.

 

New in 1954 registered GB-21-07 in Portugal where it spent its working life on the streets of Lisbon where of course, they drive on the right.

 

 

 

 

KSV 104 ‘Companhia Carris de Ferrio de Lisboa’. AEC Regent III / Weymann /2 of 4

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

 

 

 

 

KSV 104 ‘Companhia Carris de Ferrio de Lisboa’. AEC Regent III / Weymann /3 of 4

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

 

 

 

 

KSV 104 ‘Companhia Carris de Ferrio de Lisboa’. AEC Regent III / Weymann /4 of 4

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

 

‘Scene’ at the Buses Festival 2021 /3 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

The annual ‘Buses Festival’ this year was held at the ‘East of England Showground’ which is near Peterborough.

 

It is the first time I have attended the show and considering the amount of national publicity that has been lavished on it I was disappointed with the number of vehicles in attendance.

 

Whilst most of the attendees were preserved vehicles, there were some current buses and coaches on display.

 

The quality of vehicles that did attend was good particularly on a day which was interrupted by rain and dark clouds on a regular basis.

 

I think that an event held in the East Midlands will always have difficulties in attracting large numbers of participants.

 

The problem being that the venue is so far from most major centres of population.

 

Time will tell.

 

‘London Transport’s RT type’s basic design dates back to the 1930’s.

 

To me, for a design that is getting on for 80 years old it still looks surprisingly modern.

 

NLE 981 ‘London Transport’ No. RT4317. AEC RTIII / Park Royal 1 of 2

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

 

 

 

 

NLE 981 ‘London Transport’ No. RT4317. AEC RTIII / Park Royal 2 of 2

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

‘Scene’ Down Memory Lane once more in Sheffield part 5 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

For part 1 see blog posted 24/12/2020, part 2 blog posted 25/12/2020, part 3 blog posted 26/12/2020, Part 4 posted 27/12/2020.

 

On the 12th. of May 2013. ‘First South Yorkshire’ (FSY) organised a bus event to mark 100 years since the introduction of the motor bus in Sheffield.

 

It was held at ‘FSYs Olive Grove garage which is adjacent to the ‘Midland Main Line’ about half a mile to the South of Sheffield’s railway station. 

 

A stones throw from the garage is the site of what was Queens Road tram depot where many of Sheffields trams were built and housed.

 

What is now the bus parking area at Olive Grove for many years was home to ‘Sheffield United Tours’ fleet of luxury coaches which eventually passed to ‘National Travel East’.

 

A part of Sheffield then that is steeped in the city’s transport history.

 

In support of ‘FSY’ sterling efforts in putting on the show, a good selection of preserved buses attended.

 

KDT 393 ‘Doncaster Corporation’ No.122. AEC Regent III / Roe

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

 

New in 1951.

 

Owned by the ‘Lincolnshire Veteran Vehicle Society’.

 

 

 

 

225 LRB ‘Chesterfield Corporation Transport’ No. 225. Leyland PD2 / Weymann

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

 

New in 1960.

 

 

 

 

PUA 924W ‘West Yorkshire PTE MetroBus’ No. 6294. Leyland Atlantan AN68 / Roe

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

 

 

 

449 CLT ‘London Transport’ No. RM1449. AEC Routemaster / Park Royal

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

 

‘Scene’ at ‘Transpire’s 2018 annual gathering at Rowsley 3 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

‘Transpire’ being the Chesterfield Bus Society.

 

WLT 655 ‘Confidence’ No. 15. AEC Routemaster / Park Royal

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

 

New in 1961 to ‘London Transport’ as its No. RM 655.

 

 

 

 

JOJ 548 ‘Birmingham City Transport’ No. 2548. Guy Arab / Metro Cammell

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

 

 

 

 

OKH 337 ‘Kingston on Hull Corporation Transport’ No. 337. AEC Regent 3 / Weymann on

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

 

New in 1953.

 

 

 

 

 

BUF 267C ‘Southdown’ No. 267. Leyland PD3 / Northern Counties Motor Engineers 

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

 

To see classmate BUF 277C in closed top condition go to blog published 27/11/2017.

 

‘Scene’ at ‘Transpire’s 2018 annual gathering at Rowsley 2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

‘Transpire’ being the Chesterfield Bus Society.

 

T651 KPU ‘Johnson Brothers Tours’, Worksop. Dennis Trident / Alexander ALX 400

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

 

New to ‘East London’ as its No. TA51.

 

 

 

 

MDJ 555E ‘St. Helens Corporation Transport’ No. 55. Leyland PD2 / East Lancs

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

 

 

 

 

KLB 596 ‘Brown’s Blue,’ Markfield, Leicester, AEC Regent 3 / Saunders Roe.

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

 

New in 1950 to ‘London Transport’ as its No. RT1347.

 

 

 

 

H132 GVM ‘Stagecoach Manchester’ No. 15032 ‘MAGICBUS’. Dennis Dominator / Northern Counties

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

 

New to ‘Greater Manchester Buses’ as its No. 2032.

 

‘Scene’ in the Sunshine at Showbus 2016 part 1 on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

 

On what is my last blog of 2016, I would like to wish that all my readers have a Happy and Healthy New Year in 2017.

 

I have done some forward planning for next year which at this stage includes Leicestershire, Devon, Hampshire, Yorkshire and Lancashire together with a trip to Holland.

 

No doubt Derby will again figure large with ‘trentbarton’s new Enviro 200MMC’s on my local ‘the nines’ route being due in the next few weeks.

 

Meanwhile ‘Nottingham City Transport’ will be taking delivery of new gas powered double deckers.

 

Plenty to look forward to then.

 

I would also like to finish the year on a bright note and take my readers back to a day where the sun shone and it was pleasantly warm. 

 

Where there were buses a plenty and all seemed well with the world.

 

Where better than ‘Showbus 2016’ at Donington Park.

 

 

HDK 835 ‘Rochdale Corporation Transport’ No. 835 AEC Regent 3 / East Lancs

on ‘Dennis Basfords railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

New to ‘London Transport’ as LS 432 was.

BYW 432V ‘Pennine Motor Services’ of Gargrave’ No. LN19 Leyland National

on ‘Dennis Basfords railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

Wearing what I think is the old ‘Wolverhampton Corporation Transport’ livery. ‘WCT’ being part of what became ‘TWM’.

 

E989 VUK  ‘Travel West Midlands’ (TWM) No. 2989 MCW Metrobus Mk. 2

on ‘Dennis Basfords railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

CDK 172L ‘Yelloway’ AEC Reliance / Plaxton Panorama Elite 3

on ‘Dennis Basfords railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

One of the all time great coach body designs is.

PUJ 781 ‘Whittle’s Coaches’ Leyland Tiger Cub / Burlingham Seagull

on ‘Dennis Basfords railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

Formerly 22728 having been with both ‘Stagecoach North East’ and ‘Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire’.

 

Now preserved.

 

T728 OEF ‘Stagecoach Kingston Upon Hull’ No. 728 MAN 18.220 / Alexander ALX 300

on ‘Dennis Basfords railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

FDB 334C ‘Stockport Corporation’ No. 34 Leyland PD2/40 / East Lancs

on ‘Dennis Basfords railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

Seen in ‘National Bus Company’ livery. It later worked for ‘Cumberland Motor Services’.

 

TRN 481V ‘Ribble Motor Services’ No. 1481 Leyland Atlantean AN68/1 / Eastern Coach Works

on ‘Dennis Basfords railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

Dating from 1950.

 

JOJ 489 ‘Birmingham City Transport’ No. 2489 Crossley DD42 / Crossley (to BCT design).

on ‘Dennis Basfords railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

Seen in ‘National Bus Company’ ‘Dual Purpose’ livery. Originally delivered in overall NBC white coach livery.

TFM 267K ‘Crosville Motor Services’ No. ERL 267 Bristol RELH6L / Eastern Coach Works

on ‘Dennis Basfords railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

New to ‘National Express West Midlands’.

 

R2 NEG ‘midland classic’ DAF DB250LF / Optare Spectra

on ‘Dennis Basfords railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

An early integral bus where the vehicle was chassisless but incorporated the running units from pre war Leyland TD4 buses.

 

 

OKP 980 ‘Maidstone & District’ No. CO 252 Leyland TD4 / Beadle

on ‘Dennis Basfords railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’