‘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 the ‘Great Central Railway’, Leicestershire 3 “What sort of bus was it? It was a green one” on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

It is two years since friend Peter Rose and I last visited the GCR.

 

A good selection of trains both steam and diesel were running. 

 

However, our main purpose, now as then, was to see and photograph the entrants in the bus rally held at Quorn & Woodhouse station.

 

DFE 963D ‘Lincolnshire Road Car Co. Ltd’. No. 2537

Bristol FS5G Lodekka / Eastern Coach Works

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

 

Please forgive the slight intrusion of shadows at the front, caused by the trees that line the eastern side of the site.

 

 

 

 

MLL 817 ‘London Transport’ No. RF280

AEC Regal IV / Metro-Cammell  /1

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

 

 

 

 

MLL 817 ‘London Transport’ No. RF280

AEC Regal IV / Metro-Cammell  /2

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

 

 

 

 

MRT 9P ‘Ipswich Borough Transport’ No.9, PHILLIPA JAYNE.

Leyland AN68 Atlantean / Roe

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

 

Converted to open top in January 1985.

 

 

 

 

FRP 692 ‘UNITED COUNTIES’ No. 692.

Bristol KS6B / Eastern Coach Works

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

 

New in 1950.

 

 

 

 

EKA 220Y ‘Merseyside Transport’.

Leyland Tiger / Duple Dominant

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

 

 

 

 

264 ERY ‘GUIDE FRIDAY’ No. 264.

Leyland PD3A / Park Royal

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

 

New in 1963 to ‘LEICESTER CITY TRANSPORT’ who converted it to open top in 1978.

 

 

 

 

PJX 43 ‘HALIFAX CORPORATION TRANSPORT’ No. 43.

Leyland PD2 / Weymann

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

 

The livery was ‘borrowed’ from ‘Glasgow Corporation Transport’ by Mr. Geoffrey Hillditch who managed ‘HCT’ at the time.

 

Asked why, he said, “because I like it”.

 

I can’t think of a better reason!!

 

New in 1962.

 

‘Scene’ at the ‘Great Central Railway’, Leicestershire “What sort of bus was it? It was a red one” /1 on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

It is two years since friend Peter Rose and I last visited the GCR.

 

A good selection of trains both steam and diesel were running. 

 

However, our main purpose, now as then, was to see and photograph the entrants in the bus rally held at Quorn & Woodhouse station.

 

At one time ‘trentbarton’s red arrow service from Chesterfield to Nottingham via Derby was worked by at least three different types of coach and during the course of a day, any of them could turn up.

 

The subtitle was a comment from another friend who didn’t know much about buses.

 

One day when he returned home from a trip to Derby, I asked him what type of bus he had travelled on and that was his answer.

 

AHE 163 ‘Yorkshire Traction’ No. 725.

Leyland PD1 / Roe /1

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

 

To anyone connected with public transport in South Yorkshire, ‘YT’ was always, ‘the tracky’ .

 

New in 1946.

 

 

 

 

AHE 163 ‘Yorkshire Traction’ No. 725.

Leyland PD1 / Roe /2

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

 

 

 

 

EPW 516K ‘Eastern Counties’ No. RL516.

Bristol RELL6G / Eastern Coach Works

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

 

 

 

 

BRM 596 ‘Cumberland Motor Services’ No. 596.

Leyland TD4 / Eastern Coach Works

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

 

The chassis dates from 1934, whilst its original Massey body was replaced with this elegant lowbridge ECW body in 1950.

 

I think the body sits very well on the Leyland chassis because the radiator is set at a slight angle and not vertical.

 

I saw the bus drive onto the site and from the style of the body I thought it was built on a Bristol K5G chassis. 

 

It was only sometime later that I saw the radiator and realised it was a Leyland.

 

Superbly preserved.

 

 

 

 

E647 DAU ‘Barton Transport’ No. 647.

DAF  MB230 / Plaxton Paramount 4

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

 

New in 1988.

 

I have seen this coach several times over the years and I am always struck by how modern the body looks.

 

Take the numberplate away and you would never guess that it is 35 years old. 

 

It would not look out of place in any modern fleet.

 

 

 

 

KGU 284 ‘Barton Transport’ No. 1049.

Leyland 7RT / Park Royal

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

 

New to ‘London Transport’ No. RTL326.

 

 

‘Scene’ In The Sunshine 5 (hopefully) on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

The recent spell of warm, sunny weather set me in mind of open top buses which are traditionally used to enjoy this rare spectacle in British skies.

 

Some of these images have appeared before, but not for a long time, so enjoy them now that the good weather has broken.

 

Nothing lasts for ever so it’s time to put away the open toppers for another year.

 

While there is seemingly an inexhaustible supply of open/part open top double deckers, the same cannot be said for the single deck equivalent.

 

Over many years, I have only come across a handful and here are three of them.

 

M800 WCM ‘West Coast Motors’ No.19702.

Volvo B10M / Alexander PS /1

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

 

Pictured in Oban, Scotland.

 

New registered R928 XVM to ‘Stagecoach Manchester South’.

 

 

 

 

M800 WCM ‘West Coast Motors’ No.19702.

Volvo B10M / Alexander PS /2

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

 

 

 

 

M800 WCM ‘West Coast Motors’ No.19702.

Volvo B10M / Alexander PS /3

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

 

 

 

 

TDL 564K ‘Midland Vectis’.

Bristol RELL6G / Eastern Coach Works

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

 

New to ‘Southern Vectis’ No. 864, Isle of Wight.

 

Rebuilt to part open top by ‘SV’ in 1986 where it worked on the IoW branded as the ‘Shanklin Pony’ for many years.

 

The last time I saw it was in the IoW bus museum at Newport where I presumed it would stay.

 

How it comes to be this far North I don’t know.

 

Pictured at Rowsley, the home of Peak Rail, Derbyshire at the inaugural rally of the Nottingham Heritage Vehicles Charity in June 2023.

 

 

 

 

HKL 836 ‘LONDON VINTAGE BUS HIRE LIMITED’.

AEC Regal / Beadle /1

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

 

New to ’Maidstone & District’ No. SO26 in 1947.

 

Converted to open top by ‘M&D’ in 1958 as No. OR3.

 

Pictured at ‘SHOWBUS 2022’.

 

 

 

 

HKL 836 ‘LONDON VINTAGE BUS HIRE LIMITED’.

AEC Regal / Beadle /2

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

 

 

 

 

HKL 836 ‘LONDON VINTAGE BUS HIRE LIMITED’.

AEC Regal / Beadle /3

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

 

‘Scene’ at The Derbyshire Dales Bus Rally 2 on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

A new event organised by the ‘Nottingham Heritage Vehicles Charity’ (NHVC) who are based in the old TRENT garage at Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.

 

Friend Peter Rose and I ventured to the ‘Peak Rail’ site at Rowsley railway station in Derbyshire where the event was held.

 

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.

 

MX58 FTD ‘Stagecoach Manchester’ No. 19407, ‘North Western Road Car Co. Ltd.’ No. 407.

Dennis Trident / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro400

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

 

To mark the centenary of this much missed operator, both ‘Stagecoach Manchester’ and ‘Hulleys of Baslow’ have painted buses in appropriate NWRCC liveries.

 

It was a shame that the Hulleys vehicle could not have made the short journey from nearby Baslow to join it!

 

As a young bus enthusiast living in Sheffield, the appearance of NWRCC buses working into the Peak District in their distinctive red and cream livery was always a treat to be savoured.

 

New to ‘Stagecoach Manchester South’.

 

 

 

 

CDB 224 ‘North Western Road Car Co. Ltd.’ No. 224.

Leyland PD2 / Leyland Lowbridge

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

 

A real ‘North Western’ bus now preserved at the Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester.

 

 

 

 

PHE 692 ‘Stagecoach Yorkshire’ No. 11125, stagecoachgold.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. E40D / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400MMC

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

 

One of many buses across the country that were painted to commemorate the late HM Queen Elizabeth II’s platinum jubilee.

 

One of the surprises to me in recent times was the ditching of this smart, elegant livery for overall yellow.

 

Reminiscent of school buses.

 

New registered SK68 LUT.

 

 

 

 

YN14 MUV ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 627,

NOTTINGHAM’S CITY TRANSPORT SINCE 1897

Scania N230UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro400

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

 

 

 

 

WKH 526X ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 526.

Bristol VRT / Eastern Coach Works

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

 

Wearing the ‘National Bus Company’s interpretation of what had been a classic livery.

 

‘Scene’ at Showbus Another Delectation of Double Deckers 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.

 

I was talking to a friend recently who follows the blog and he did not realise that by double clicking on the image here it comes up on my flickr page in a larger form.

 

SK68 MJV ‘national express West Midlands’ No. 6942, PLATINUM.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. E40D / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400MMC

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

 

 

 

 

NUD 105L ‘OXFORD SOUTH MIDLAND’ No. 105.

BRISTOL VRT / EASTERN COACH WORKS

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

 

New to ‘City of Oxford Motor Services’.

 

One of nine bought to operate between Oxford and London on what presumably was a forerunner of todays ‘OXFORD TUBE’.

 

 

 

 

M1 OCT ‘The Delaine’ No.116.

Volvo Olympian / East Lancs

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

 

The livery has not changed in many, many years, nor should it. 

 

New in 1995.

 

 

 

 

YN05 WFW ‘Tiger European’, Nottingham.

Scania N94UD / East Lancs

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

 

New to ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 681.

 

 

 

 

B741 GCN ‘NORTHERN GENERAL TRANSPORT CO. LTD.’ No. 3741, GO-AHEAD NORTHERN

Leyland Olympian /  EASTERN COACH WORKS

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

 

‘Scene’ at Showbus 2022 A Delectation of Double Deckers 2 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.

 

WLT 902 ‘LONDON HERITAGE BUS HIRE LTD’ No. RML 902.

AEC Routemaster / Park Royal

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

 

New to ‘LONDON TRANSPORT’ in 1964.

 

What a lovely livery!

 

 

 

 

F718 LFG ‘Brighton & Hove’ No. 718, METRO LINE 49.

Scania N113DRB / East Lancs

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

 

 

 

 

WRD 162T ‘Reading Buses’ No. 162.

MCW Metrobus Mk 1

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

 

 

 

 

DBL154 ‘Thames Valley’ No. 809.

Bristol K6A / Eastern Coach Works

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

 

 

 

 

YUI 1498 ‘Country Lion Northampton Ltd’ No DA3.

Dennis Condor / Duple Metsec

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

 

 

 

 

FUF 63 ‘BRIGHTON HOVE & DISTRICT’ No. 63.

AEC Regent / Weymann

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

 

‘Scene’ out and about, ‘Bits & Pieces 2’ on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

CSG 43C ‘Eastern Scottish’ No. AA 43 A.

Bristol FLF6G Lodekka / Eastern Coach Works’ /1

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

 

New to ‘Scottish Omnibuses’ in 1965.

 

This image courtesy of friend Stuart Montgomery, one of ‘Lothian Buses’ volunteer photographers and posted with his permission and my thanks.

 

 

 

 

CSG 43C ‘Eastern Scottish’ No. AA 43 A.

Bristol FLF6G Lodekka / Eastern Coach Works’ /2

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

 

New to ‘Scottish Omnibuses’ in 1965.

 

 

 

 

 

 

YX19 MLU ‘Whittles’, Kidderminster.

Volvo B8R / Plaxton Panther

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

 

Pictured in Buxton.

 

 

 

 

SN66 WHK ‘Moffatt & Williamson’, Fife, Scotland

Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC

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

 

This image courtesy of friend Peter Rose and posted with his permission and my thanks.

 

Pictured in Ceres, Fife.

 

 

 

 

J777 BCL ‘Bentleys Coaches’ Buxton, proud to serve the local community.

IVECO / UNVI CIMO

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

 

Pictured at Carsington Water, Derbyshire.

 

 

 

 

AT64 KZT ‘Aston Manor Coaches Ltd’.

Mercedes-Benz Tourismo

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

 

Pictured leaving Derby Bus Station.

 

 

 

 

YX68 UAW ‘HORSEMAN of Royal Berkshire’.

Volvo B8R / Plaxton Panther

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

 

Pictured In Buxton.

 

 

‘Scene’ at Transpire’s Peak Park Bus Gathering 2022 /4 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

For some years now, this event has been held at the ‘Peak Rail’ site at Rowsley in Derbyshire.

 

There was plenty of room for the 35 or so buses the event attracted together with the added bonus of the trains provided by ‘Peak Rail’.

 

This year being steam only.

 

A return to the traditional June date was welcome because last year the event was held in August due to the problems caused by the Covid 19 pandemic.

 

NH18 GGH ‘Caledonian Travel’.

Mercedes-Benz Tourismo

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

 

New in 2018 to ‘National Holidays’ which at the time were associated with the ‘Shearings’ group who were early casualties of the Covid 19 Pandemic going out of business in early 2020.

 

 

 

 

CYD 724C ‘Hutchings & Cornelius’. 

AEC Reliance / Harrington Crusader

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

 

Together with its stablemate, the Grenadier, Harrington’s produced some of the most stylish coaches of the 1960s.

 

 

 

 

S659 JSE ‘Go Green Peak Explorer’.

Volvo B10M / Jonkheere Modulo

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

 

New in 1998 to ‘Stagecoach Bluebird’ as No. 659.

 

 

 

 

BXI 2599 ‘ULSTERBUS’ No. 2599.

Bristol RELL6G / Alexander (Belfast)

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

 

 

 

 

 

BXI 2565 ‘Citybus (NI)’ No. 2565.

Bristol RELL6G / Alexander (Belfast)

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

 

 

 

 

CHA 460K ‘Midland Red’ No. 6460.

Leyland Leopard / Plaxton Panorama Elite

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

 

 

 

 

JMA 413L ‘North Western Road Car Co’. No. 413.

Bristol RELH6L / Eastern Coach Works

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