For some years now, this event has been held at the ‘Peak Rail’ site at Rowsley in Derbyshire.
There is plenty of room for the 35 or so buses the event attracted together with the added bonus of the trains provided by ‘Peak Rail’.
This year being steam only.
A return to the traditional June date was welcome because last year the event was held in August due to the problems caused by the Covid 19 pandemic.
SN03 DZM ‘Hulleys of Baslow’ No. 24 ‘For the best view of the Peak District’.
Transbus Trident / Alexander ALX400
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
My ‘Star of the Day’.
New to ‘London United’ as TA314.
Rebuilt in 2017 for open top service with ‘Bath Bus’, Bath for tourist services in that city, numbered 380.
R717 YWC ‘Pennine Motor Services’ No. D15, Gargrave, N. Yorks.
Dennis Dart / Plaxton Pointer
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘Stagecoach East London’ in 1997 with two doors as PD17.
Transferred to ‘Stagecoach Manchester’ in 2001.
Then to ‘Stagecoach in the Highlands’ in 2009 from where it passed to ‘Pennine’ in 2010 via ‘Ensign Bus’, the London bus dealer.
An early model of the Dart with the step entrance.
A very readable and interesting history of ‘Pennine Motor Services’ can be found on the internet by Googling ‘Pennine Motor Services 1925-2014’
SFJ 904 ‘Vallances Coaches’, ‘Ethel’, Kirkby in Ashfield, Notts.
Bedford SBG / Duple Vega /1
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘Greenslades Tours’ of Exeter.
Known to enthusiasts of the time as ‘Butterflies’.
Look at the shape of the radiator grill.
The ‘G’ in the SBG signifies ‘Gasoline’ (American for petrol) which provided the power for this model.
Bedford being owned by the American ‘General Motors’ group.
SFJ 904 ‘Vallances Coaches’, ‘Ethel’, Kirkby in Ashfield, Notts.
Bedford SBG / Duple Vega /1
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
JMY 120N ‘National Travel’ ‘SUPERNATIONAL’.
Leyland National /1
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
I never liked the National.
It was the bus to buy because you were told to or because there was little else available.
The bus of last resort.
To be fair, this particular sample has survived for 50 years so somebody must like it.
JMY 120N ‘National Travel’ ‘SUPERNATIONAL’.
Leyland National /2
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
JMY 120N ‘National Travel’ ‘SUPERNATIONAL’.
Leyland National /3
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
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