‘Scene’ out and about, ‘Bits & Pieces 3’ on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Most of my blogs have some sort of theme or purpose. 

 

There are, however, times when something just happens to turn up that does not fit any category. 

 

Collectively they are just ‘Bits & Pieces’. 

 

Individually they can be interesting.

 

See if there is anything out of these that you like.

 

MX20 HVF ‘DIAMOND BUS NORTH WEST LIMITED’ No. 20173.

Wright Streetlite W/F /1

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

 

Pictured at RHS Bridgewater, Manchester.

 

 

 

 

 

MX20 HVF ‘DIAMOND BUS NORTH WEST LIMITED’ No. 20173, ROTALA.

Wright Streetlite W/F /2

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

 

 

 

 

SN67 XBK ‘Littles Travel’ Ilkeston, Derbyshire.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. E20D / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 200MMC /1

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

 

New to ‘CT Plus’.

 

Part of the ‘HCT’ group which ceased operating in 2022.

Still wearing its ‘CT Plus’ livery.

 

Pictured leaving Sutton-in-Ashfield Bus Station, Notts.

 

 

 

 

SN67 XBK ‘Littles Travel,’ Ilkeston, Derbyshire.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. E20D / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 200MMC /2

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

 

 

 

 

K11 PSV ‘Freeway Coaches’, Pinxton, Notts.

Volvo B12B / Sunsundegui Sideral

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

 

New registered FJ57 CZK to ‘Hills’, Wolverhampton.

 

Pictured at RHS Bridgewater, Manchester.

 

 

 

 

SN64 CUJ ‘Littles Travel’, Ilkeston, Derbyshire.

Wright Streetlite WF

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

 

New to ‘London General’ No. WS38.

 

Pictured in Ripley, Derbyshire.

 

 

 

 

BIB 7670 ‘Bibby’s of Ingleton Ltd.’.

DAF SB4000 / Van Hool Alizee

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

 

This image courtesy of friend Stephen Walters and posted with his permission and my thanks.

 

 

 

 

BIB 7667 ‘Bibby’s of Ingleton Ltd’.

DAF SB4000 / Van Hool Alizee

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

 

This image courtesy of friend Stephen Walters and posted with his permission and my thanks.

 

‘Scene’ in Nottingham once more on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Christmas comes but once a year so the saying goes, so I would like to wish all the blogs viewers and readers the compliments of the season and I hope that it is as happy a time for you as you would wish for yourselves.

 

It has been a bumper year for days out on the Rails, Roads and Runways of the UK where a wide selection of images have been gathered by friend Peter Rose and myself.

 

Our gift to you then, is to post blogs on every day over the Christmas and New Year period. 

 

Starting on Christmas Eve, the 24th. of December and concluding on New Years Day, January 1st. 2023.

 

So, don’t just get glued to the television, have a look at what is on offer at

 

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

 

 

Nottingham In recent times has been a bit on the quiet side when it comes to buses however, I thought that the arrival of a new batch of gas powered double deckers for ‘Nottingham City Transport’ made the two and a half hours return journey (by bus of course) just about worthwhile.

 

YN22 BNB ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 530, Orange Line 35 36.

Scania N280UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro400 City CBG

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

 

 

 

 

YN22 BNO ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 537, Lime Line 56 57 58 59.

Scania N280UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro400 City CBG

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

 

 

 

 

YN22 BMY ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 527, Orange Line 35 36.

Scania N280UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro400 City CBG

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

 

 

 

 

YN22 BNF ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 533, Lime Line 56 57 58 59.

Scania N280UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro400 City CBG

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

 

 

 

 

YX69 NPJ ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 399.

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

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

 

 

 

 

YD63 VAA ’CT4N’ (Community Transport For Nottingham) No. 940, medilink electric.

Optare Versa V1040EV

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

 

 

 

 

VJI 625 ‘sharpes of Nottingham’.

Volvo B12B / Van Hool Alizee

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

 

New registered EM59 GSM to ‘Maynes’, Buckie, Scotland.

 

‘Scene’ on a ‘Transpire’ Outing 2 ‘DW Coaches’ (DWC), Clay Cross, Derbyshire. on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

‘Transpire’ being ‘The Chesterfield Bus Society’.

 

Apart from the widely known Peak Park Bus Rally organised by the group and held at ‘Peak Rail’, Rowsley, Derbyshire.

 

They also organise regular days and evenings out to operators and events both locally and nationally.

 

Friend Peter Rose joined the group which numbered about 20 or so enthusiasts, as a guest for the evening.

 

‘DWC’ operates an eclectic mix of buses and coaches on contract work in the area.

 

YN10 FKR ‘M. Pearson’.

Volvo B9R / Plaxton Elite

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

 

New to ‘Selwyns’, Runcorn as No. 144.

 

 

 

 

T208 KDM ‘M. Pearson’.

Volvo B10M / Van Hool Alizee

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

 

New registered T9 BCL to ‘Barratt’, Nantwich in 1999.

 

Re-registered T208 KDM in 2005.

 

Re-registered  A14 TBT by ‘Terry Bushell Travel’, Burton-on-Trent in 2005.

 

 

 

 

N178 LHU ‘M. Pearson’.

Volvo B10M / Van Hool Alizee

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

 

New to ‘Tappin’, Didcot but acquired from ‘Weavaway Travel’, Thatcham.

 

 

 

 

R175 GGR ‘DW Coaches’.

Volvo B10M / Plaxton Premiere 350

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

 

New to ‘Classic’, Annfield Plain, but acquired from ‘Lloyd’, Bagilt.

 

 

 

 

KJZ 4434  ‘DW Coaches’.

Dennis Javelin / Berkhof

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

 

New registered S8 BOS to ‘Bostock’, Congleton but acquired from 

‘M. Pearson’, Chesterfield.

 

 

 

 

N555 CLA ‘DW Coaches’.

Volvo B10M / Jonkheere

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

 

New to ‘Clarke’ Sydenham but acquired from ‘Ourhire’, Acle, Norfolk.

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘Scene’ at the Buses Festival 2021 More Shades of Green & Blue on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

The annual ‘Buses Festival’ in 2021 was held at the ‘East of England Showground’ which is near Peterborough.

 

UFX 360L ‘Dewsway’, Somersham, Cambridgeshire.

Bedford VAL70 / Plaxton Panorama Elite III /1

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

 

New to ‘Ward & Tarr’, Parkestone.

 

 

 

 

UFX 360L ‘Dewsway’, Somersham, Cambridgeshire.

Bedford VAL70 / Plaxton Panorama Elite III /2

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

 

 

 

 

JFT 412X ‘Dewsway’, Somersham, Cambridgeshire.

Bedford YMQ / Duple Dominant 3

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

 

The raked forward window pillars was a short lived fashion statement copied from American built coaches used by ‘Greyhound’.

 

 

 

BJU 13T ‘Theobalds Coaches’, Luton.

Bedford YMT / Plaxton Supreme IV Express

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

 

 

 

 

CVH 733Y ‘Peelings Coaches’ ‘Trevor’.

Ford R1114 / Duple Dominant /1

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

 

New to ‘Traject’, Huddersfield.

 

 

 

 

CVH 733Y ‘Peelings Coaches’ ‘Trevor’.

Ford R1114 / Duple Dominant /2

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

 

 

 

 

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

Bedford YLQ / Plaxton Supreme

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

 

 

 

 

KVY 789N ‘Thornes’.

Bedford YRQ / Duple Dominant

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

 

 

 

 

C25 KAV ‘Kenzies’, Shepreth.

Volvo B10M / Van Hool Alizee

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

 

New in 1985.

 

‘Scene’ at the Buses Festival 2021 ‘Sharpes of Nottingham’ Part 2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

For Part 1 see blog posted 19/01/2022. 

 

The annual ‘Buses Festival’ in 2021 was held at the ‘East of England Showground’ which is near Peterborough.

 

‘Sharpes of Nottingham’ are a well known operator in the East Midlands.  

 

Apart from their current service fleet which is always immaculately presented they also maintain some of its previous vehicles in a ‘heritage’ fleet.

 

VWA 290L ‘Sharpes of Nottingham’.

AEC Reliance / Plaxton Panorama Elite lll /1

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

 

 

 

 

VWA 290L ‘Sharpes of Nottingham’.

AEC Reliance / Plaxton Panorama Elite lll /2

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

 

 

 

 

 

STM 238W ‘Sharpes of Nottingham’.

Volvo B58-61 / Plaxton Supreme lV

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

 

New to ‘Sworder’, Walkern, Hertfordshire.

 

 

 

 

D51 LWW ‘Sharpes of Nottingham’.

Volvo B58-61 / Van Hool Alizee

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

 

New to ‘Brown’ Helperby, North Yorkshire

 

I love the roof mounted air horns.

 

‘Scene’ at the age of 100. ‘Hulleys of Baslow’ /5 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

I have learned today that the bus rally planned for Sunday the 25th. of April in Chatsworth park to mark ‘Hulleys’ centenary has had to be postponed until later in the year in order to comply with the current regulations surrounding the Covid 19 pandemic.

 

For ‘Hulleys of Baslow’ /1, see blog posted 01/04/2021. For part 2 see blog posted 05/04/2021. 

 

This series will now run almost daily until I run out of images to post. 

 

So, watch this space.

 

April 2021 sees the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of what has become ‘Hulleys of Baslow’, the well known Derbyshire based independent bus operator.

 

Founded by Henry Hulley, the ownership of the company has changed hands more than once but the name of its founder has survived all the changes.

 

I have known the company for over 60 years and during that time the buses initially painted (in my time at least) in shades of red and red and grey have been a fixture in Rutland Square in Bakewell.

 

These days, the livery has changed to cream and dark blue. 

 

A combination that ‘Hulleys’ inherited from ‘South Notts’ when buses were bought from that fleet and the livery adopted.

 

Although Hulleys ‘main line’ is probably its service number 170 from Bakewell to Chesterfield via Baslow.

 

The company operates widely across North Derbyshire, to Sheffield and in the past year to Manchester.

 

F724 LRG ‘Hulleys of Baslow’ No. 20. Leyland Lynx

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

 

New as No. 4724 to ‘Northern General’.

 

Pictured providing transport from Chesterfield to Barrow Hill roundhouse on one the open days there.

 

 

 

 

G193 EOG ‘Hulleys of Baslow’ No. 11. Leyland Lynx

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

 

New as No.1193 to ‘West Midlands’.

 

Pictured in Matlock bus station.

 

 

 

 

M222 DDY ‘Hulleys of Baslow’ No. 3. Scania K113CRB / Van Hool Alize

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

 

New as No. 28 to ‘Rowland & Goodwin’, Hastings.

 

Pictured at Cromford Mill, Derbyshire.

 

 

 

 

 

M803 PRA ‘Hulleys of Baslow’ No. 14.  MAN 11.190 / Optare Vecta

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

 

New as No. 803 to ‘Trent’.

 

Pictured in Matlock bus station.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘Scene’ in Derby on 06/03/2020 Once More on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

This is the second blog blog to come from my visit to Derby. The first was published on 07/03/2020.

 

FJ58 KXO ‘ARRIVA Midlands’ No. 4215. Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini

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

 

After one of the wettest winters on record it was a pleasure to record this blue bus set against an equally blue sky.

 

 

 

YR59 NNV ‘ARRIVA Midlands’ No. 3515. Scania K230UB / Wright Solar

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

 

New to ‘Centrebus’ as No. 751.

 

 

 

YX65 ZHU ‘trentbarton’ (tb) No. 88 ‘red arrow’. Volvo B11RT / Plaxton Elite

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

 

It is 5 years this year since ‘tb’ introduced these magnificent vehicles on the flagship Derby to Nottingham express service and they look just as good now as they did then.

 

 

 

FJ09 XPE ‘trentbarton’ No. 746 ‘the comet’. Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse 

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

Inbound from Chesterfield on this limited stop service.

 

 

 

YJ11 EKU ‘trentbarton’ No. 492. Optare M950 Solo 

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

Normally, the Mickleover service is operated with pink liveried Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC’s.

 

 

 

YJ12 NBE ‘trentbarton’ No. 496. Optare M960 Solo SR 

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

 

 

 

N178 LAU M. Pearson, Chesterfield. Volvo B10M / Van Hool Alize

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

 

New to ‘Tappins Coaches’, Oxfordshire.

‘Scene’ Coaching in York 1 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Although York is a major railway centre it still depends largely on the coach industry for its supply of daily leisure visitors. 

 

To support that industry the City of York provides an excellent coach park on the North side of the city where many of these images were captured.

 

8B6 7800 ‘Lechner CZ’, (Czech Republic). Neoplan Skyliner

 

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

 

 

 

 

YX14 SFN ‘Plymouth citycoach’ No. 321. Volvo B11R / Plaxton Panther

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

 

 

 

 

USV 810 ‘Dodsworth’s. DAF / Van Hool Alizee

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

OU15 ZWW ‘ Tynedale Group Travel’ Neoplan Starliner 

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

‘Scene’ when Derby Railway Station was ‘Bustituted’ 2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Derby railway station has been closed for major refurbishment work since July which will continue through to October.

 

Travellers through Derby have found that they have had to switch to buses and coaches for the onward journeys.

 

The operation seems to have been well organised with a selection of vehicles from a wide range of operators being used.

 

For earlier blogs on this subject see blog published 18/08/2018 and 28/09/2018. 

 

FJ10 OXN ‘Midland General Omnibus Company Ltd’ No. 73. Scania K3201B4 / Irizar i4

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

 

Although some published records show this bus as being oerated by ‘notts+derby’.

 

The legal titling clearly shows the operator as being MGOC.

 

The livery is the debranded form of ‘trentbarton’s ‘skylink express’.

 

 

 

H9 UKA ‘Hamiltons Coaches’, Kettering. Volvo B12 / Jonkheere

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

 

 

SN61 ABV ‘Hunters’, Leeds. VDL / BOVA FHD127/365

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

 

New to ‘AAA’ Kirknewton, Scotland.

 

 

 

TT06 PSW ‘Paul S. Winson’, Loughborough. Volvo B12B / Jonkheere Mistral

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

 

 

 

B11 PSV ‘Freeway Coaches’, Pinxton, Notts. Volvo B12B / Sunsundegui Sideral

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

 

New as FJ55 YCF to ‘Dunn-Line’, Notts as its No. 5503.

 

 

 

V20 YAL ‘Nottingham Coaches’. Scania / Van Hool Alizee

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

 

Formerly woth ‘York Pullman’ and ‘Blue Sky Coaches’.

 

 

 

FN02 RXC Operator not known. MAN 18.310 / Caetano

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

 

New to ‘Clarkson’, Barrow.

 

Wearing the livery of ‘Premiere Travel’ of Nottingham who went out of business in 2013.

 

It appears to have been repainted into this livery fairly recently because in 2015 it was seen in ‘Swan Street Coaches’ colours.

 

 

 

WK66 JPF ‘Tiger European’. Ford Transit

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