‘Scene’ at the ‘Statfold Barn Railway’ (SBR) Buses 2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

For those who do not know the ‘SBR,’ it is located near Tamworth in Staffordshire. 

 

A privately owned, multi gauge railway system which was operating at least seven locomotives and a tram on the day we were there.

 

There is also an extensive museum devoted to narrow gauge railway locomotives and artefacts.

 

Usually holding three running days per year (Spring, Summer and Autumn); buses, cars, Land Rovers, lorries, military vehicles and steam engines also featured.

 

Both friend Peter Rose and I found it to be an excellent day out.

 

NEA 101F ‘West Bromwich Corporation’ No.101.

Daimler CRG6LX Fleetline / Metro Cammell Weymann

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MXX 23 ‘LONDON TRANSPORT’ No. RF 381.

AEC Regal lV / Metro Cammell

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RC 4615 ‘Trent Motor Traction Ltd.’ No.714.

AEC Regal / Willowbrook 

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New in 1937.

 

This is the second Willowbrook body that this bus has carried being re-bodied in1950.

 

 

 

 

KAD 359V ‘NATIONAL EXPRESS’ No. 359, BLACK & WHITE.

Leyland Leopard /  Plaxton Supreme

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New to ‘National Travel (South West)’.

 

 

 

 

UHA 956H ‘Midland Red’ No. 5956, Wendaway.

BMMO S23 / BMMO

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CCF 648 ‘MERVYNS COACHES’, Winchester.

Bedford OB / Duple

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New in 1950 to ‘Theobald’, Long Melford.

 

‘Scene’ at the GCR’s Bus & Train Spectacular ‘Confidence Bus’, ‘Barton Transport’ & ‘Devon General’ on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

B190 BLG ‘CONFIDENCE BUS, Leicester’ No. 70.

Leyland Olympian / Eastern Coach Works

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New to ‘Crosville Wales’ as No. DOG190.

 

 

 

 

WLT 655 ‘CONFIDENCE BUS, Leicester’ No. 15.

AEC Routemaster / Park Royal

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New to ‘London Transport’ in 1961 as No. RM655.

 

 

 

 

‘Barton Transport’ was one of the major independent bus operators in the East Midlands. 

 

Eventually becoming part of the ‘Wellglade’ group of companies.

 

Always known for their style and flair when it came to buying buses, this is but one example.

 

851 FNN ‘Barton Transport’ No. 851 /1.

AEC Regent 5 / Northern Counties Lowbridge

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It spent some time at ‘Quantock Motor Services’ where it was part of the heritage fleet.

 

 

 

 

851 FNN ‘Barton Transport’ No. 851 /2.

AEC Regent 5 / Northern Counties Lowbridge

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851 FNN ‘Barton Transport’ No. 851 /3.

AEC Regent 5 / Northern Counties Lowbridge 

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For those readers who don’t fully understand what a lowbridge body was.

 

It was a way of building double deck bus bodies to a lower overall height. Generally, a foot or thereabouts lower.

 

What would have been the centre aisle upstairs was moved to the offside and dropped into the downstairs saloon. 

 

It intruded over the offside downstairs seats and was ready made for banging heads on when leaving seats.

 

Upstairs, the two pairs of seats were replaced by one seat that seated 4 people.

 

It was a most uncomfortable arrangement where you could finish up climbing over the other passengers seated with you.

 

Fortunately, this arrangement came to an end with the introduction of the drop centre rear axle which I think debuted on the Bristol Lodekka.

 

So allowing conventional 2X2 upstairs seating in a low overall height bus.

 

 

 

 

EOD 524D ‘Devon General’ No. 524.

AEC Regent 5 / Metro-Cammell Orion

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The body shell was built in 1966 by Weymann but completed by MCW.

 

 

 

 

9 RDV ‘Devon General’ No. 9.

AEC Reliance / Marshall

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Built by ‘Marshall’ to the BET Federation standard of the time.

 

’Scene’ Down Memory Lane in Bournemouth 2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

These days, I suppose that the majority of photographers store their images on hard drives on various computers, tablets etc.

 

So it was with some surprise that I recently discovered some of my older images in that most familiar of storage locations, an old shoe box.

 

All of the images were taken on film in the days before I had graduated to automatic digital cameras so any slight focus or colour problems are due entirely to me.

 

So enjoy this selection dating back many years.

 

J269 SPR ‘Yellow Buses Bournemouth’ No. 269. Dennis Dominator / East Lancs

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D200 ELJ ‘Yellow Coaches Bournemouth’ No. 200. Volvo B10M / East Lancs

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E208 GCG ‘Yellow Buses Bournemouth’ No. 209. Volvo B10M / Alexander RV

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

 

 

 

 

OUC 45R ‘Yellow Buses Bournemouth’ No. W5. Leyland Fleetline FE30ALR / Metro Cammell Weymann

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