‘Scene’ at Manchester International Airport (MIA) 2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

Thanks go to friend John Beastall who provided much of the information accompanying the images.

 

Readers seeking further details on particular aircraft are recommended to Google the aircraft type and the c/n. ie ‘Boeing 787-9 c/n 39675’.

 

For ‘Scene’ at Manchester International Airport (MIA) 1, go to blog posted 29/07/2019.

 

A6-BLU ‘ETIHAD Airways’. Boeing 787-9 Dreamllner c/n 39675

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

 

It first flew in August 2018.

 

 

 

 

D-ABGQ ‘Eurowings’. Airbus A319-112 c/n 3700

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

 

It first flew in November 2008 for ‘Air Berlin’.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OE-LWL ‘Austrian Airlines’. Embraer RJ-190 200LR c/n 19000532

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

 

It first flew in November 2012 for ‘Lufthansa CityLine’.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

G-SAJH ‘Loganair’, ‘Scotland’s Airline’. Embraer ERJ-145EU c/n 134

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

 

It first flew in 1999 as G-EMBJ for ‘British Regional Airlines’.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B-LXK ‘Cathay Pacific’. Airbus A350-1041 c/n 0296

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

 

It first flew in March 2019.

‘Scene’ working for ‘Littles Travel’ of Ilkeston, Derbyshire on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

In October 2015, ‘Littles’ acquired a batch of Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200’s.

 

They were to work a series of routes in Derbyshire linking Matlock with the towns of Alfreton, Belper and Ripley. 

 

See blog posted 26/10/2015.

 

SN65 OFA ‘Littles’ Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200

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

 

Here is one of them seen in Alfreton in the original livery.

 

 

 

 

SN65 OEZ ‘Littles Travel’ No. B7. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200 /1

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

 

Now almost 4 years later and it’s time for a repaint and very smart it looks.

 

This is the only member of the original batch that I have seen in this livery. Whether the rest get the same treatment, only time will tell.

 

Pictured in Belper, Derbyshire.

 

 

 

 

SN65 OEZ ‘Littles Travel’ No. B7. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200 /2

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

‘Scene’, Open toppers in London on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Well here we are then, August Bank Holiday Monday and what a glorious weekend it has been.

 

By contrast, the day I was in London and took the images seen here was dreadful. I left home at 7-30 am and returned at 9-30 pm and it never stopped raining!

 

I once wrote a blog about open top bus operation in London and titled it ‘Topless in London’. The response I got to it was remarkable and most of the feedback I received had little to do with buses.

 

I am not making the same mistake twice!

 

KGJ 118A ‘THE CLASSIC TOUR.com’, RM1398. AEC Routemaster / Park Royal

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

 

New in 1963 registered 398 CLT to ‘London Transport’ as No. RM1398.

 

 

 

 

BD16 YFB ‘Golden Tours’, Victoria No.138. Volvo B5TL / MCV Evoseti

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

 

 

 

 

LO15 OLT ‘THE ORIGINAL TOUR’, No. YLY600. Ayats Bravo 1R City / Ayats

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

 

 

 

 

LJ09 OKH ‘The BIG BUS Company’ London’ No. DA223. Alexander Dennis Trident / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400

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

 

New to ‘Travel London’ as No. 9475.

 

 

 

 

LX05 GDY ‘THE ORIGINAL TOUR’, No. YLY602. Volvo B7L  / Ayats

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

 

 

 

 

 

Y543 UGC ‘THE ORIGINAL TOUR’, No. DLP 243. DAF DB250 / Plaxton President

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

 

New to ‘ARRIVA London North’ as No. DLP43.

 

 

 

 

PN10 FOD ‘The BIG BUS Company’ London’ No. DA322. Volvo B9TL / Optare Visionaire

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

 

 

 

 

LJ51 DKU ‘THE ORIGINAL TOUR’, No. DLP 263. DAF DB250 / Plaxton President

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

 

New to ‘ARRIVA London North’ as its No. DLP63.

‘Scene’ in Salisbury 2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

A lovely town where even some months after the Skrypal affair there was a lot of security on the streets.

 

Fortunately there were a few buses as well!

 

For ‘Scene’ in Salisbury part 1 see blog posted 11/08/2019.

 

LSZ LK11 ‘Salza Tours Bewegt’, Bad Lengensalza, Germany. Neoplan Cityliner N1216SHDL

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

 

My German/English dictionary translates ‘Bewegt’ as emotional or varied or busy. 

 

Take your pick but I would suggest varied.

 

 

 

 

BU18 YTC ‘SHEARINGS.com’. Mercedes-Benz Tourismo

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

 

 

 

 

KF02 ZXW ‘Beeline Coaches’, Warminster, Wilts. Mercedes-Benz 814D / Plaxton

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

 

New to ‘Britannia Parking’, Bournemouth.

 

 

 

DJ12 DJT ‘D.J. Thomas’, Neath, South Wales. Volvo B13R / Volvo Prestige Plus

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

 

GB67 TAW ‘Taw & Torridge Coaches, Barnstaple, Devon. Yutong TC9

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

WA06 LZM ‘Bluebird Coaches’ Neath, South Wales. ‘MAJESTIC THE GREAT BRITISH TOUR’. BOVA FHD12-340

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

 

New to ‘Mainwaring’, Tonyrefail, South Wales.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

YJ64 DHU ‘Somerbus’, Radstock, Somerset. ‘FromeBus’. Optare Solo M900SR

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘Scene’ on the Edinburgh Airport Link on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

I would think that every airport in the world has its airport link buses and Edinburgh Airport is no different.

 

There is a lot of money to be made and as such the service usually attracts quality vehicles.

 

An earlier generation of vehicles is illustrated here together with the latest models.

 

SN04 AAJ ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 664 ‘AIRLINK Edinburgh Airport City Centre’. Transbus Trident / Plaxton President /1

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

 

 

 

 

 

SN04 AAJ ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 664 ‘AIRLINK Edinburgh Airport City Centre’. Transbus Trident / Plaxton President /2

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

 

 

 

 

SB19 GLV ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 1127 ‘AIRLINK Express 24/7’. Volvo B8L / Alexander Enviro400XLB 

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

 

 

 

 

SB19 GNK ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 1140 ‘AIRLINK Express 24/7’. Volvo B8L / Alexander Enviro400XLB /1 

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

 

 

 

 

SB19 GNK ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 1140 ‘AIRLINK Express 24/7’. Volvo B8L / Alexander Enviro400XLB /2 

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

 

 

 

 

SB19 GNK ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 1140 ‘AIRLINK Express 24/7’. Volvo B8L / Alexander Enviro400XLB /3

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

‘Scene’ in Sunny Bournemouth on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Here we are as promised for the Bank Holiday weekend. A blog a day until Monday.

 

Lovely warm, sunny weather, masses of buses. What more could you want?

 

‘Yellow Buses’ are just about the major operator in Bournemouth but not by much.

 

‘more’ are part of ‘Go South Coast’ and in turn part of the ‘Go-Ahead’ group who provide serious competition across the City.

 

 

HW08 AOP ‘more’ No. 1101. Scania N270UD / Scania OmniCity

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

 

New to ‘Southern Vectis’. (Another ‘Go-Ahead’ group member).

 

 

 

 

HF66 CGK ‘more’ No. 1652 ‘X3’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400MMC

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

 

 

 

 

HF67 EUN ‘more’ No. 230. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC

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

 

I saw this batch of buses in build when I went on a visit to ‘Plaxton’ at Scarborough in April 2018. (See blog dated 03/06/2018).

 

 

 

 

HF12 GVZ ‘more’ No. 2259. Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse Urban 2

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

 

 

 

 

NK54 DFD ‘more’ No. 3704. Optare Solo M880

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

 

New to ‘Go Gateshead’.

 

 

 

 

HJ02 WDF ‘more’ No. 2611 ‘trainer’. Optare Excel L1180

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

 

New to ‘Wilts & Dorset’ ((Another ‘Go-Ahead’ group member and the forerunner of ‘more’).

‘Scene’ at ‘Transpire’s 2019 Bus Rally at Rowsley in Derbyshire /1 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

REGULAR READERS/VIEWERS WILL BE AWARE THAT FROM TIME TO TIME, I PUBLISH BLOGS ON A DAILY BASIS USUALLY TO TIE IN WITH A HOLIDAY PERIOD.

 

SO FOR THE AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY, THE 23rd, 24th, 25th AND 26th. IT WILL BE A BLOG A DAY!

‘Transpire’ being the ‘Chesterfield Bus Society’.

 

A major event in my ‘Bus’ calendar. I have attended most if not all of the events over the years.

 

I am always surprised that although I think that I have seen everything that might turn up that on the day there is always something that I have not seen before and is new to me.

 

‘Andrews of Tideswell’ are a long established operator who’s depot is located just outside the village of that name set in Derbyshire’s High Peak.

 

Best known as a coach operator with a liking for the exotic. Their contributions to last years and this years rallies have been mere buses.

 

Last years entry was an Optare Excel. (see blog posted 03/04/2019).

 

This years entry was a double decker which came originally from ‘Stagecoach East London’ where it was new as TA414 but more recently from 

‘Hulleys of Baslow’ where it was No.15.

 

LX51 FJA ‘Andrews of Tideswell’. Dennis Trident 2 / Alexander ALX 400 /1

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

LX51 FJA ‘Andrews of Tideswell’. Dennis Trident 2 / Alexander ALX 400 /2

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LX51 FJA ‘Andrews of Tideswell’. Dennis Trident 2 / Alexander ALX 400 /3

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

LX51 FJA ‘Andrews of Tideswell’. Dennis Trident 2 / Alexander ALX 400 /4

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

Friend Peter Rose and I recently made the trip over the border to visit the ‘Scottish Vintage Bus Museum’ which is at Lathalmond in Fife.

 

Located close to the historic town of Dunfermline it is housed in a very large complex that at one time was home to a Royal Navy storage depot.

 

There are many buildings that survive from that time some of which are used to house the museums collections.

 

The surviving roadways are put to good use on open days by allowing  a comprehensive bus service to enable visitors to get around the site.

 

The medallions on the between decks panelling illustrating events and vehicles in that time.

 

SJ19 OZD ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 11125, ‘1919 100 Years 2019’. Volvo B8L / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400XLB /1 

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

 

 

 

 

SJ19 OZD ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 11125, ‘1919 100 Years 2019’. Volvo B8L / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400XLB /2

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

 

 

 

 

SJ19 OZD ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 11125, ‘1919 100 Years 2019’. Volvo B8L / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400XLB /3

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

 

 

 

 

SJ19 OZD ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 11125, ‘1919 100 Years 2019’. Volvo B8L / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400XLB /4 

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