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

For ‘Scene’ at Manchester International Airport (MAN) once more part 1, see blog posted on 09/06/2020.

This batch of images were taken airside from the Departure Lounge whilst we waiting for a  flight to Munich for a short holiday.

 

Readers seeking further details on particular aircraft are recommended to Google the aircraft type and the c/n. ie. 

 

G-MLJL  Airbus A330-243 c/n 254.

 

G-MLJL ‘Thomas Cook Airlines.’Airbus A330-243 c/n 254

 

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

 

 

 

Little did I realise that the airline would go out of business three days later.

 

 

 

 

LN-RGK ‘Scandinavian Airlines’. Boeing 737-683 c/n 28313

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

 

For as long as I can remember, ‘Scandinavian’s fleet has been registered in either Denmark (OY), Norway (LN) or Sweden (SE). 

 

The ‘SAS’ on the fin relates back to the days when the full name of the airline was ‘Scandinavian Airlines System’.

 

 

 

 

CS-TVD ‘TAP Air Portugal’ Airbus A320-251N c/n 8907

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

 

 

 

 

 

A6-BLI ‘Etihad Airways’. Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner c/n 39655

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

 

 

 

 

 

TC-JTA ‘Turkish Airlines’ Airbus A321-231 c/n 6781

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

‘Scene’ at the ‘Scottish Vintage Bus Museum’ at Lathalmond on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

RU 8678 ‘Edinburgh Corporation Transport’ No.1. Leyland PLSC3 Lion / Leyland /1

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

 

New in 1929 to ‘Hants & Dorset’ as No. 268.

 

 

 

RU 8678 ‘Edinburgh Corporation Transport’ No.1. Leyland PLSC3 Lion / Leyland /2

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

 

 

 

RU 8678 ‘Edinburgh Corporation Transport’ No.1. Leyland PLSC3 Lion / Leyland /3

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

 

 

 

RU 8678 ‘Edinburgh Corporation Transport’ No.1. Leyland PLSC3 Lion / Leyland /4

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

 

 

 

RU 8678 ‘Edinburgh Corporation Transport’ No.1. Leyland PLSC3 Lion / Leyland /5 Drivers cab

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

 

 

 

RU 8678 ‘Edinburgh Corporation Transport’ No.1. Leyland PLSC3 Lion / Leyland /6 looking towards the rear

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

 

 

 

RU 8678 ‘Edinburgh Corporation Transport’ No.1. Leyland PLSC3 Lion / Leyland /7 Looking towards the front

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

’‘Scene’ at the ‘Scottish Vintage Bus Museum’ at Lathalmond. A Rhapsody in Blue (and cream) 2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

For part one of  ‘A Rhapsody in Blue (and cream)’. See blog posted 19/06/2020.

WG 1448 ‘W. Alexander and Sons Ltd’ No. F55. Albion Valkyrie PW65 / Alexander /1

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

 

New in 1932.

 

 

 

 

 

WG 1448 ‘W. Alexander and Sons Ltd’ No. F55. Albion Valkyrie PW65 / Alexander /2

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

 

 

 

 

 

CMS 200 ‘W. Alexander and Sons Ltd’ No. PA181. Leyland PS1 / Alexander /1

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

 

New in 1949.

 

 

 

 

 

CMS 200 ‘W. Alexander and Sons Ltd’ No. PA181. Leyland PS1 / Alexander /2

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

 

 

 

 

 

SO 3740 ‘W. Alexander and Sons Ltd’ No. P63. Leyland Tiger TS2/ Alexander

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

 

New in 1934.

 

 

’‘Scene’ at the ‘Scottish Vintage Bus Museum’ at Lathalmond. A Rhapsody in Blue (and cream) 1 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Last year, friend Peter Rose and I 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.

 

My very first visit to Scotland was in 1965 where I stayed in Falkirk. At that time the company of ‘Walter Alexander and Sons Ltd’ were major players on the bus scene.

 

I was much impressed by the ‘Midland’ branch of the organisation who’s buses were painted in a lovely shade of blue with a cream contrast.

 

Time moved on and ‘Alexander Midland’ became ‘Midland Scottish’ but the colours stayed the same.

 

It impressed me then and it still does.

 

New in 1960 registered WLT 560 to ‘London Transport’ as RM560.

 

EDS 50A ‘W. Alexander and Sons (Midland) Ltd’ No. MRC23. AEC Routemaster / Park Royal

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WFS 145W ‘Midland Scottish’ No. PE453. Leyland Leopard / Alexander ‘Y’ type

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

 

 

 

 

 

GLS 265S ‘Midland Scottish’ No. MPE 265. Leyland Leopard / Alexander ’T’ type

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AWG 393 ‘W. Alexander and Sons Ltd’ No. R0607. Guy Arab 3 / Craven /1

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

 

New in 1948 and built in my hometown, the City of Sheffield. 

 

Who says that Cravens bodies don’t last !!!!

 

 

 

 

AWG 393 ‘W. Alexander and Sons Ltd’ No. R0607. Guy Arab 3 / Craven /2

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

AWG 393 ‘W. Alexander and Sons Ltd’ No. R0607. Guy Arab 3 / Craven /3

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

AWG 393 ‘W. Alexander and Sons Ltd’ No. R0607. Guy Arab 3 / Craven /4

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

‘Scene’ in Stamford, Other operators 2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Stamford in Lincolnshire is a beautiful town. The golden stone of many of its elegant buildings gives it an almost Cotswold-ish feel.

 

The bus station is well situated in the town centre being almost circular which gives the photographer a variety of vantage points depending on where the sun is.

 

YT16 UPV ‘Mainline’, Gilfach Goch, South Wales. Irizar i6 / Irizar 

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

 

 

 

 

GL12 LON ‘Robinson’s, Burbage, Leicestershire. Mercedes-Benz 0814D / UNVI /1

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

 

New to ‘Guideline’, Battersea.

 

 

 

GL12 LON ‘Robinson’s, Burbage, Leicestershire. Mercedes-Benz 0814D / UNVI /2

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

 

 

 

SK18 YSE ‘Rabbies’. Mercedes-Benz 516 CDi / EVM 

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

 

‘Rabbies’ Trail Burners as they are known. 

 

This Edinburgh based company provides specialised off the beaten track mini coach holidays.

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

 

Because we are so familiar with them in England It is easy to think of ‘Stagecoach’ as being yet another English bus company.

 

However the company’s roots are very much Scottish being founded by brother and sister Brian Souter (now Sir Brian) and Ann Gloag and to this day the company’s headquarters are in Perth.

 

All the images in this blog were taken adjacent to Edinburgh Bus Station.

 

YX18 LHR ‘Stagecoach Fife’ No. 54506 ‘express city connect’. Volvo B8RLE / Plaxton Panther LE /1

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

 

The Plaxton Panther LE is basically a low floor bus front end married to the rear of a coach.

 

I photographed one of the prototypes at the 2018 Bus & Coach show at the NEC. (see blog posted 03/11/2018).

 

 

 

 

 

YX18 LHR ‘Stagecoach East Scotland’ No. 54506 ‘express city connect’. Volvo B8RLE / Plaxton Panther LE /1

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

 

 

 

 

 

SP62 BMV ‘Stagecoach East Scotland’ No. 54110 ‘express city connect’. Volvo B13RT / Plaxton Elite /1

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

 

 

 

 

 

SP62 BMV ‘Stagecoach East Scotland’ No. 54110 ‘express city connect’. Volvo B13RT / Plaxton Elite /2

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

 

 

 

 

 

SP61 CXA  ‘Stagecoach East Scotland’ No. 54105 ‘express city connect’. Volvo B13RT / Plaxton Elite

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

 

 

 

 

 

YY65 SXU  ‘Stagecoach East Scotland’ No. 53812 ‘Stagecoach express’. Volvo B8R / Plaxton Elite

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

 

 

 

 

 

BF63 ZRN ‘Stagecoach East Scotland’ No. 53731 ‘express city connect’. Volvo B9R / Caetano Levante

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

 

New to ’Stagecoach Yorkshire’ liveried for ‘national express’.

‘Scene’ at Manchester International Airport (MAN) once more 1 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Since publishing this blog, it has been pointed out to me by correspondent ’SpeedbirdA350’ that my use of the initials of Manchester International Airport i.e. MIA is confusing in that MIA is the recognised identification for Miami International Airport whereas the correct identification for Manchester is MAN or EGCC.

I have amended the blog with the correct designation for the airport and thank ’SpeedbirdA350’  for taking the time and trouble to get in touch. Dennis,

I have already posted blogs with images at ‘MAN’ this year. They were all taken from the spectators area.

 

This batch of images were taken airside from the Departure Lounge whilst we waiting for a  flight to Munich for a short holiday.

 

Readers seeking further details on particular aircraft are recommended to Google the aircraft type and the c/n. ie. Airbus A220/Bombardier CS220  c/n 50011.

 

HB-JBB ‘SWISS’. Airbus A220/Bombardier CS220  c/n 50011

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

 

Named ‘Canton de Geneve’.

 

Regular viewers of my blog might have spotted that after some years, I have changed the images that form the ‘banner’ at the top.

 

This particular image now represents the ’Runways’ element to the blog.

 

 

 

9V-SMO ‘Singapore Airlines’. Airbus A350-941 c/n 116

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

 

 

 

D-ACNB ‘Lufthansa Regional’ Bombardier CRJ-900LR c/n 15230

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

 

 

 

D-AILS ‘Lufthansa City Line’ Airbus A319-114 c/n 729

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

 

Named Heide.

 

This was the aircraft that took us to Munich.

‘Scene’ outside Nottingham’s Railway Station (NRS) 1 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

The original ‘NRS’ was opened in 1839 by the ‘Midland Counties Railway’.

 

Substantially rebuilt in 1904 by the now ‘Midland Railway’ using brick, terracotta and faience (a form of glazed terracotta) instead of stone.

 

Further re-worked in 2013 when the trackwork was remodelled resulting in the beautiful building seen today.

 

All of the images in this blog show part of the station exterior in the background.

 

Nottingham  Railway Station frontage 2020

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

 

 

 

YX67 UXT ‘trentbarton’ (tb) No. 114 ‘mainline’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC 

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

 

 

 

YN18 EFY ‘Nottingham City Transport’ (NCT) No. 487 ‘Navy Line 49’. Scania N280UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400CBG City 

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

 

One of ‘NCT’s fleet of gas powered double deckers that now totals over a hundred with more to come.

 

 

 

FJ03 VWM ‘trentbarton’ No. 625 ‘skylink’. Scania L94UB / Wright Solar

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

 

Links Nottingham with the East Midlands Airport.

 

 

 

YJ67 GBF ‘Marshall of Sutton on Trent’ No. OP118. Optare V1170 Versa

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

 

Inbound on the hourly service from Newark.

 

 

 

YX17 NTK ‘trentbarton’ No. 109 ‘mango’. Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC

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

 

Branded for ‘mango’ ‘tb’s discounted cashless travel card.

 

Effectively, the ‘mango’ branded buses are used as spare buses anywhere in the system.