Located at Ruddington, which lies five miles to the South of Nottingham.
It is also home to the ‘Great Central Railway-Nottingham’.
A large site which houses an extensive collection of vintage buses as well as standard gauge and miniature railway vehicles and artefacts.
Originally a station on the ‘Great Central Railway’ extension line that linked Sheffield with London via Nottingham and Leicester.
DTL 489D ‘The Delaine’ No. 60. Leyland Atlantean PDR1/12 / Willowbrook /1 of 2
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
It has appeared before in my blog when it was at ‘Showbus’ in 2016.
Here is what I wrote at the time and I have not changed my opinion since.
‘The Delaine’ working out of Bourne in Lincolnshire has been an independent bus operator going back over a century.
‘Buses Illustrated’ for May 1966 drew attention to a new double decker having been delivered to ‘The Delaine’ registered DTL 489D.
This was the first rear engined double decker to join the fleet.
It was further recorded in the magazine that,
“the superb finish” (of the Willowbrook bodywork) “has to be seen to be believed.”
It went on,
“Surely this must be the most beautifully painted and trimmed Atlantean in the country.”
It doesn’t look bad now, 55 years later.
So here it is, enjoy !
DTL 489D ‘The Delaine’ No. 60. Leyland Atlantean PDR1/12 / Willowbrook /2 of 2
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk
GKV 94 ‘Coventry Transport’ No. 94. Daimler CVA6 / Metro Cammell /1 of 2
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk
New in 1950.
Superbly restored both inside and out.
I was fortunate enough to get a ride on this bus.
My ‘Star of the Show’.
GKV 94 ‘Coventry Transport’ No. 94. Daimler CVA6 / Metro Cammell /2 of 2
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk
NNU 447J ‘Midland General Omnibus Co. Ltd.’ Bristol RE / Eastern Coach Works /1 of 2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk
NNU 447J ‘Midland General Omnibus Co. Ltd.’ Bristol RE / Eastern Coach Works /2 of 2
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk
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