Regular readers/viewers will be aware of my liking for the buses of BoT in the past and of my interest in the events surrounding the take over of ‘Midland Classic of Burton’ (MC) by ‘Diamond Buses (East Midlands) Ltd.’ in August 2022.
For anyone who has not been aware of this, my blogs posted 20/08/2022 and 05/09/2022 will fill in some of the background.
MX20 HVJ ‘Diamond Bus Ltd’. No. 40725.
Wright Streetdeck /1
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Whilst I was there, I never saw it move.
I was told that it has worked from Burton on contracts but not on services.
New to ‘Diamond Bus (North West)’.
MX20 HVJ ‘Diamond Bus Ltd’. No. 40725.
Wright Streetdeck /2
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
SN11 BMV ‘Diamond Bus (East Midlands) Ltd’. No. 40526, Midland Classic.
Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro400 /1
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘First Capital’ No. DN33613.
SN11 BMV ‘Diamond Bus (East Midlands) Ltd’. No. 40526, Midland Classic.
Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro400 /2
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Its new fleet number stuck neatly over its ‘MC’ equivalent.
SN11 BMV ‘Diamond Bus (East Midlands) Ltd’. No. 40526, Midland Classic.
Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro400 /3
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
The ‘legal bit’.
YY67 USF ‘Diamond Bus (East Midlands) Ltd’. No. 31432, Classic of Burton.
Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘yourbus’, Heanor, Derbyshire.
Note that ‘Midland’ is missing from the branding.
JP54 MCL ‘Diamond Bus (East Midlands) Ltd’. No. 30909, Midland Classic.
VDL SB200 / Wright Pulsar
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Note the livery variation with more yellow than usual
New registered YJ08 EFW to ‘Fishwick, Leyland’ No. 8.
According to one Internet source it came to ‘Midland Classic’ from ‘Diamond Buses Ltd’.
Well, they say that what comes around, goes around!
Or is it the other way round ??
JB08 MCL ‘Diamond Bus (East Midlands) Ltd’. No. 30910, Midland Classic.
Optare Versa V1110
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New registered YK08 EPA to ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 307 who sold it via Alexander Dennis Ltd. to ‘Ipswich Buses’ No. 145.
Purchased from Ipswich by ‘MC’,’it ran in Burton for a while in Ipswich livery where I photographed it.
It appears in that livery on the blog I posted 27/08/2021.
SN11 BMU ‘Diamond Bus (East Midlands) Ltd. No. 40527, Midland Classic.
Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro400
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Somehow, the ‘Midland Classic’ in the destination box almost looks like a challenge.
New to ‘First Capital’ No. DN33612.
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