The recent spell of warm, sunny weather set me in mind of open top buses which are traditionally used to enjoy this rare spectacle in British skies.
Some of these images have appeared before, but not for a long time, so enjoy them now that the good weather has broken.
Nothing lasts for ever so it’s time to put away the open toppers for another year.
While there is seemingly an inexhaustible supply of open/part open top double deckers, the same cannot be said for the single deck equivalent.
Over many years, I have only come across a handful and here are three of them.
M800 WCM ‘West Coast Motors’ No.19702.
Volvo B10M / Alexander PS /1
on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Pictured in Oban, Scotland.
New registered R928 XVM to ‘Stagecoach Manchester South’.
M800 WCM ‘West Coast Motors’ No.19702.
Volvo B10M / Alexander PS /2
on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
M800 WCM ‘West Coast Motors’ No.19702.
Volvo B10M / Alexander PS /3
on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
TDL 564K ‘Midland Vectis’.
Bristol RELL6G / Eastern Coach Works
on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘Southern Vectis’ No. 864, Isle of Wight.
Rebuilt to part open top by ‘SV’ in 1986 where it worked on the IoW branded as the ‘Shanklin Pony’ for many years.
The last time I saw it was in the IoW bus museum at Newport where I presumed it would stay.
How it comes to be this far North I don’t know.
Pictured at Rowsley, the home of Peak Rail, Derbyshire at the inaugural rally of the Nottingham Heritage Vehicles Charity in June 2023.
HKL 836 ‘LONDON VINTAGE BUS HIRE LIMITED’.
AEC Regal / Beadle /1
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ’Maidstone & District’ No. SO26 in 1947.
Converted to open top by ‘M&D’ in 1958 as No. OR3.
Pictured at ‘SHOWBUS 2022’.
HKL 836 ‘LONDON VINTAGE BUS HIRE LIMITED’.
AEC Regal / Beadle /2
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
HKL 836 ‘LONDON VINTAGE BUS HIRE LIMITED’.
AEC Regal / Beadle /3
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
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