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 2018 show today, 2019 tomorrow.
Neoplan Tourliner
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
YN67 VDK ‘CT Plus’ Irizar i2e
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
At last years show in prototype form.
EHA 424D ‘BMMO’ (Midland Red). BMMO D9 / Willowbrook
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Arguably one of the best double deckers of its period.
Sadly, I never got to ride on one.
Volvo B8RLE / Plaxton Panther LE demonstrator
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
At the time, I wrote
”The Plaxton Panther LE is basically a low floor front end married to the rear end of a coach.
Thus giving the operator and passengers the benefits of low floor accesability and the ride and comfort that coach passengers accept as normal.
Ideal for the longer interurban routes where I expect such vehicles will spend most of their time.”
Produced I believe primarily at the request of the ‘Stagecoach’ group.
I expected this to sell like hot cakes whereas the only ones I know of in service are with ‘Stagecoach Fife’ and operate between Edinburgh and Dunfermline.
For further images. See my blog posted 12/06/2020.
Plaxton Panther demonstrator
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Optare MetroCity EV ‘London General’ No. MC1
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
For further images. See my blog posted 05/11/2018.
