‘Scene’ at the Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre. Work in Progress on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

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.

 

We are all used to seeing immaculately restored veteran and vintage vehicles but

it’s not often we get to see what the restorers have to work on.

 

Here is just a sample.

 

WAL 782 ‘Barton Transport’ No. 782. 

Leyland Tiger PS1/B / Willowbrook 

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New registered CWH 262 new in 1948 as a Leyland Tiger PS1 with a Strachans coach body to ‘Knowles’, Bolton.

 

Rebuilt by Willowbrook in 1957 with this lowbridge body.

 

Coming towards the end of what looks to be an excellent re-paint.

 

 

 

 

KNN 254 ‘Barton Transport’ No. 580.

Leyland PD1A / Duple /1 of 2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

KNN 254 ‘Barton Transport’ No. 580.

Leyland PD1A / Duple /2 of 2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

VVO 735 ‘Barton Transport’ No. 735.

Leyland Tiger BTS/1 / Willowbrook

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New registered KAL 380 a Leyland PS1/1 with a Duple coach body.

 

Rebuilt by Willowbrook in 1957 with this lowbridge body.

 

 

 

 

VO 8846 ‘South Notts’ No. 17.

Leyland Lion LT5 / Willowbrook

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New in 1932.

 

 

 

 

MAL 310 ‘South Notts’ No. 310.

Leyland Royal Tiger / Duple Roadmaster

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New in 1951. 

 

I wonder how many of us had one or more of the Dinky Toys model in our collections back in the 1950’s?

 

I have still got 3 in a variety of liveries.

 

 

‘Scene’ at ‘Showbus 2016’, ‘Barton Transport’ on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogsot.co.uk’

One of the main features of this years ‘Showbus’ was to feature ‘Barton Transport’ who this year are celebrating the 150th aniiversary of the birth of the comany’s founder Mr. T. H. Barton.

 

I captured what images I was able too as the cavalcade passed through the site hoping to have a chance to catch up with them later. 

 

Circumstances on the day prevented me from doing so.

 

I therefore present the 11 images I did get and apologise for the other 4 which unfortunately got away.

 

 

 

 

966 RVO ‘Barton Transport’ No. 966 Bedford VAL / Yeates Europa

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

At the time of this bus being introduced, many of the travelling public were not used to the concept of dual doored buses so it was found necessary to paint IN and OUT on the bodywork.

 

Dating from 1963.

 

 

KNN 254 ‘Barton Transport’ No. 580 Leyland Titan PD1 / Duple

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Dating from 1949.

JVO 230 ‘Barton Transport’ No. 507 Leyland Titan PD1A / Duple

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

Dating from 1948.

 

 

 

AAL 522A ‘Barton Transport’ No. 854 AEC Regent V / Northern Counties

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

Originally registered 854 FNN when new in 1960. The last of a batch of 5 and withdrawn in 1973.

 

 

 

JNN 384 ‘Barton Transport’ No. 467 Leyland PD1 / Duple

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

Dating from 1948.

 

 

 

XAL 784 ‘Barton Transport’ No. 784 AEC Regent V / Northern Counties

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

Dating from 1957.

 

 

 

WAL 782 ‘Barton Transport’ No. 782 Leyland Tiger PS1 / Willowbrook

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

A 1957 rebuild of a much earlier single deck chassis.

 

 

 

866 HAL ‘Barton Transport’ No. 866 AEC Reliance / Plaxton Panorama

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

Dating from 1960.

 

 

 

RVO 668L ‘Barton Transport’ No. 1246 Leyland Leopard PSU 3 / Plaxton Elite Express 3

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

Dating from 1972.

 

 

 

861 HAL ‘Barton Transport’ No. 861 Dennis Loline 2 / Northern Counties

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

Unique in that it combines a low height chassis with low height bodywork so producing an overall height of 12 feet 6 inches ( 3.81m) which I believe is still a lowest ever for a fully roofed double decker.

 

Dating from 1961.

 

 

 

XRR 615M ‘Barton Transport’ No. 1286 Leyland Leopard PSU3  / Plaxton Elite Express 3

on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogsot.co.uk’

 

 

Dating from 1973.