This set of images is to illustrate an article written for a magazine called ‘All Things Local’.
This community magazine is produced and distributed from a base in Kilburn, Derbyshire and covers large areas of the towns of Ripley and Belper.
If you are travelling from Belper your first and last bus of the day is one of ‘trentbarton’s ‘the sixes’.
FJ55 BZP ‘trentbarton’ No. 689 Scania L94UB / Wright Solar Urban
on ‘Dennis Basfords railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
A Swedish built Scania chassis fitted with a body built in Northern Ireland by ‘Wright’s of Ballymena.
From Ripley to Mansfield your transport is by ‘trentbarton’ ‘the nines’.
FJ09 MVU ‘trentbarton’ No. 470 Optare Solo
on ‘Dennis Basfords railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Built by ‘Optare’ in Yorkshire.
From Mansfield to Sheffield you will be travelling with ‘Stagecoach East Midland’
PX53 DJY ‘Stagecoach East Midland’ No. 34474 Transbus Dart SLF / Plaxton Pointer
on ‘Dennis Basfords railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
‘Transbus’ was a relationship between Dennis who built chassis and Alexander who built bus and coach bodies which eventually led to Alexander Dennis Ltd (ADL) the UK’s biggest bus manufacturer.
The bodywork was built by Plaxton at Scarborough who eventually became part of ‘ADL’.
From Sheffield to Chesterfield you will be travelling with ‘Stagecoach Yorkshire’.
YN64 AOC ‘Stagecoach Yorkshire’ No. 15192 Scania N230UD / ADL Enviro 400
on ‘Dennis Basfords railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
A Swedish chassis from Scania with bodywork with Bodywork by ‘ADL’ again.
The return from Chesterfield is by ‘trentbarton’ again.
FJ09 XPE ‘trentbarton’ No. 746 Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse
on ‘Dennis Basfords railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Another Swedish chassis this time with a body by Wright’s of Ballymena, Northern Ireland.
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