At the end of EUROBUS EXPO 2019, I said in my closing blog;
“All being well, I will be back at the NEC next year”.
We all now know that due to the Covid 19 pandemic the years 2020 and 2021 would not see the annual Busfest at the NEC .
However, I am pleased to say that it is back with a bang this year.
This, then, is the second of a series of blogs where I pick out what caught my eye at 2022’s show.
For all the new, bright and shiny machinery on show, one of the biggest draws of the day was a bus dating from 1931.
Based at the Transport Museum Wythall and immaculately restored, it was my star of the show.
OV 4486 ‘Birmingham Corporation Tramway & Omnibus Dept’. No. 486.
AEC Regent / Metropolitan-Cammell /1
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Known as the ‘Piano front’ body due to its upper deck styling.
It has a typical wreck to recovery story which can be followed in detail by Googling OV 4486 and following the prompt to Wythall.
OV 4486 ‘Birmingham Corporation Tramway & Omnibus Dept’. No. 486.
AEC Regent / Metropolitan-Cammell /2
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
OV 4486 ‘Birmingham Corporation Tramway & Omnibus Dept’. No. 486.
AEC Regent / Metropolitan-Cammell /3
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
OV 4486 ‘Birmingham Corporation Tramway & Omnibus Dept’. No. 486.
AEC Regent / Metropolitan-Cammell /4
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
I had waited 20 minutes to get a clear shot of the back end but it was never clear.
I think there is a touch of the Wright Bus Eclipse Gemini about the rear dome.
OV 4486 ‘Birmingham Corporation Tramway & Omnibus Dept’. No. 486.
AEC Regent / Metropolitan-Cammell /5
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
The downstairs saloon with the transmission intruding as was a common feature at the time.
OV 4486 ‘Birmingham Corporation Tramway & Omnibus Dept’. No. 486.
AEC Regent / Metropolitan-Cammell /6
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
The upper deck seating area.
OV 4486 ‘Birmingham Corporation Tramway & Omnibus Dept’. No. 486.
AEC Regent / Metropolitan-Cammell /7
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
I particularly like the ‘snug’ at the back.
OV 4486 ‘Birmingham Corporation Tramway & Omnibus Dept’. No. 486.
AEC Regent / Metropolitan-Cammell /8
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
The Coat of Arms of the City of Birmingham as displayed on the bus.
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