I do not normally publish a one image blog but I feel that the first 68 registration that I have seen justifies my doing so.
Looking immaculate in the late afternoon sunshine at Donnington Park AD68 DBL starts its journey home.
AD68 DBL ‘Delaine’, Bourne No. 164. Volvo B8RLE / Wright Eclipse 3
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
A quick blog to finish the month off.
My nephew Paul Basford’s images have appeared on my blog before.
He knows of my interest of all things ‘rails, roads and runways’ and from time to time forwards the odd image for my entertainment and education.
These two images I think might be of interest to a wider audience than just me so here they are.
51275 ‘Rigas satiksme’. CKD Tatra T3A
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New in 1984.
‘CKD Tatra’ being a major producer of trams used in Eastern Europe based in what is now the Czech Republic.
The buildings in the background incorporate the metal framework in their roof structure that originally were part of Zeppelin hangars that were built in the early 1920’s at Vainode Air Base.
They were moved (there are five) and incorporated into the roof of the central market when that was built in the late 1920’s.
They are listed in the UNESCO World Heritage Site list.
51841 ‘Rigas satiksme’. CKD Tatra T3A
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
A trailer car being hauled by No. 51830.
New in 1979.
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 be well organised with a selection of vehicles from a wide range of operators being used.
For an earlier blog on this subject see blog published 18/08/2018.
‘ARRIVA’ the local operator wes represented by.
YX17 NND ‘ARRIVA The Shires’ No. 3129. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
FL63 DYA ‘ARRIVA Midlands’ No. 3792. VDL SB200 / Wright Pulsar 2
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
BD12 DHG ‘ARRIVA The Shires’ No. 3930 ‘MAX’. Mercedes-Benz Citaro
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Local coach operators also had a share of the work available
67 RT ‘Johnson Brothers’, Worksop ‘Roamer’. Van Hool Alicron
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New as YJ15 EUX.
YR18 CLJ ‘Johnson Brothers’, Worksop. ‘Euro Royale’. Irizar i6
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
N1 JBT ‘Johnson Brothers’, Worksop. VDL Futura 2 FHD
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
YJ16 EHX ‘Whitestar travel’, Sunderland. Temsa Safari HD12 RHD
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘Green’ Walthamstow.
BU14 EGE ‘Hunters’, Leeds. Volvo B11R / Jonkheere
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘Park’, Hamilton.
As a lad, I spent many happy hours at ‘Donny’ trainspotting so it brings back many memories of A4’s, V2’s and the rest.
Class 91 ‘Virgin East Coast’ No. 91107. ‘Skyfall’. Electric locomotive built at ‘BREL’, Crewe
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
This is the only time I have seen a 91 hauling a train ‘blunt’ end first. Presumably there was something amiss with either the back of the loco (which is normally at the rear travelling Southward) or with the front of the Driving Trailer which is directly behing the loco.
Class 70 ‘Colas Rail’ No. 70814. Diesel Electric locomotive built by ‘General Electric’ in the USA
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Class 68 ‘Direct Rail Services’ No. 68003. Diesel Electric locomotive built by ‘Stadler Rail’ (previously Vossloh) in Spain
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Class 66 ‘GBRF’ No. 66731 ‘Interhub GB’. Diesel Electric locomotive built by ‘EMD’ (part of General Motors) in the USA
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Class 66 ‘Freightliner’ No 66519. Diesel Electric locomotive built by ‘EMD’ (part of General Motors) in the USA
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Class 66 ‘Direct Rail Services’ No. 66429. Diesel Electric locomotive built by ‘EMD’ (part of General Motors) in the USA
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
BD12 TDV ‘First West Yorkshire’ No. 36274 ‘Leeds’. Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘First Games Transport’ which was the unit specially set up by ’First’ to provide transport for the 2012 London Olympic Games.
SN14 TVK ‘First West Yorkshire’ No. 33880 ‘Leeds Pulse’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
SL16 RFZ ‘First West Yorkshire’ No. 35214 ‘Leeds Pulse’. Wright Streetdeck
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
SL16 PZZ ‘First West Yorkshire’ No. 35202 ‘Leeds’. Wright Streetdeck
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
KP51 WBJ ‘First West Yorkshire’ No. 32079 ‘Bradford’. Volvo B7TL / Alexander ALX 400
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘First Leicester’. It has also worked for ‘First Potteries’.
YX66 WKJ ‘First West Yorkshire’ No. 33486, ‘X84 Wharfedale Connection’. ‘ADL’ E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400MMC
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
SL16 YOW ‘First West Yorkshire’ No. 35235, ‘X6 Leeds/Bradford’. Wright Streetdeck
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
YJ58 RTV ‘First West Yorkshire’ No. 37674, traditional ‘Yorkshire Rider Leeds’ livery. Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Named Brian Parkin.
YJ58 RTX ‘First West Yorkshire’ No. 37675, traditional ‘West Yorkshire’ livery. Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
SN66 VWL ‘Stagecoach East Midlands’ No. 10743 ‘simplibus’. ‘ADL’ E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400MMC
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
The only ‘Stagecoach’ bus I saw all day operating service X62 from Hull which travels for part of the way along the M62.
I was on an organised visit to Plaxton’s during which we were given permission to take photographs.
We were asked not to immediately publish any photo’s we took on the day because it might offend Plaxton’s customers seeing their buses on the internet before they had taken delivery.
That seemed very fair to me. So now seeing that several months have passed since that visit I think I can safely publish my photo’s without offending anyone.
For an earlier blog covering the building of the ‘ADL’ E20D / ADL Enviro200MMC see blog published on 03/06/2018.
YX18 LHL ‘Stagecoach Fife’ No. 54501. Volvo B8RLE / Plaxton Panther LE
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
At this stage, the bus was devoid of any branding.
WK18 CHC ‘First South West’ No. 3316 ‘Kernow’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400MMC
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
WK18 CGZ ‘First South West’ No. 3317 ‘Kernow’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400MMC
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
PU18 HAM ‘Pulham’s Travel’ (Bourton-on-the-Water). Volvo B11R / Plaxton Panther
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
HF18 CKA ‘Go-South Coast’ No. 256 ‘More’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
YX18 KOH ‘Beestons’Hadleigh, Essex. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400MMC
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
KSK 952 ‘Park’, Hamilton ‘Glenton Holidays’. Volvo B11R / Plaxton Elite
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
SN18 CVX ‘Lothian Coaches’ No. 905. Volvo B11RT / Plaxton Panther
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
The history of the British bus industry is littered with companies that like shooting stars shone for a while and then fell to Earth.
Fortunately ‘Plaxton’ is not one of them.
Now part of the ‘Alexander Dennis Ltd.’ group and turning out current standards like the
E20D / Enviro 200MMC alongside its own branded coach production.
There is however a long history of ‘Plaxton’ production, a little of which is seen here.
There will be a small number of blogs about ‘Plaxton’ bodied vehicles seen at ‘Showbus 2017’.
For ‘Plaxton 1’ see blog dated 18/06/2018, ‘Plaxton 2’ see blog dated 05/07/2018.
LHE 601W ‘Johnson Bros. (Tours)’, Worksop, Notts. Volvo B58-56 / Plaxton Supreme IV
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
CBM 13X ‘Premier-Albanian’. Leyland Tiger / Plaxton Supreme VI
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
UVT 14X ‘Stevensons’ No. 14. Leyland Tiger / Plaxton Supreme
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New as XBF 423X to ‘Bassett’, Tittensor (Staffs).
C262 GUH ‘National Welsh’ No. XC 262, ‘National Express Rapide’ livery. Leyland Tiger / Plaxton Paramount
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
SAC 500 ‘Thorne’s. Volvo B10M-62 / Plaxton Premiere 350
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New as N200 VHO in 1996 to ‘Thornes’.
R726 TYC ‘Fowlers’, Holbeach Drove, Spalding, Volvo B10M-62 / Plaxton Premiere
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
X185 CTG ‘Select’ No. 101. Dennis Dart SLF / Plaxton MPD
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘Cardiff Bus’ as its No. 185.
LK03 GMF ‘MP Travel’ No. 484, Warrington. Volvo B7TL / Plaxton Pesident
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Formerly ‘Metroline’, London as its VP 484.
XX11 PSW ‘Paul S. Winson’, Loughborough. Volvo B9R / Plaxton Elite
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
YX66 WNP ‘Stagecoach Midlands’ No. 54283. Volvo B11RT / Plaxton Elite i
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
YX17 OGT ‘Fowlers’, Holbeach Drove, Spalding. Volvo B8R / Plaxton Leopard
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
YX17 OGZ ‘Plaxton’, Demonstrator. Volvo B8R / Plaxton Panther
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
‘Nottingham City Transport’ have come up with anniversary liveries before (see blog posted 27th, April 2018) and they continue to do so with this one celebrating 140 years of service.
Cleverly depicting different transport modes and the variety of liveries worn in that time.
YP63 WFC ‘Nottingham City Transport, No. 603 ‘Proudly serving Nottingham since 1878’. Scania N230UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400 /1
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
YP63 WFC ‘Nottingham City Transport, No. 603 ‘Proudly serving Nottingham since 1878’. Scania N230UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400 /2
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
YP63 WFC ‘Nottingham City Transport, No. 603 ‘Proudly serving Nottingham since 1878’. Scania N230UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400 /3
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
YP63 WFC ‘Nottingham City Transport, No. 603 ‘Proudly serving Nottingham since 1878’. Scania N230UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400 /4
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
YP17 UGD ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 412 ‘Red Line 44’. Scania N280UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400CBG City
on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk
A slight livery change in that the bus has gained ‘eyebrows’ over the headlights.
YR10 BDX ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 995 ‘Lime Line 56, 57,59’. Scania N230UD / Optare
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
The older buses in the fleet are being repainted into the style carried by the gas powered Scanias.
FG52 WFT ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 508 ‘Driver Training’. Scania CN84UB Omnicity
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
