‘Scene’, Down Memory Lane with ‘ARRIVA Midlands’ (AM) 3 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

To continue, an occasional series which came about when I was looking through my collection of images for something else and this selection turned up.

 

In the early days due to the number of operators who formed the group, the fleet was a mixture of types amalgamated by the livery. 

 

It was plain, simple and some said boring.

 

I liked it so here are some examples of how it looked.

 

P203 HRY ‘ARRIVA Midlands’ No. 2203. Dennis Dart SLF/ Plaxton Pointer 2 

 

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

 

New to ‘Midland Fox’ and pictured in Burton-on-Trent.

 

 

 

 

 

 

FD02 UKU ‘ARRIVA Midlands’ No. 4733. DAF DB250 / East Lancs Lowlander

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

 

New to ‘ARRIVA Fox County’.

 

Pictured in St. Margarets Bus Station, Leicester.

 

 

 

 

 

 

R46 VJF ‘ARRIVA Midlands’ No. 2216. Dennis Dart SLF/ Alexander ALX 300

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

 

New to ‘ ARRIVA Derby’ as No. 46

 

Pictured in Burton-on-Trent.

 

 

 

 

 

 

P317 FEA ‘ARRIVA Midlands’ No.  2317. Dennis Dart SLF/ Plaxton Pointer

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

 

New to ‘Midland Red North’ as No. 1317.

 

Pictured in Burton-on-Trent.

 

 

 

 

 

 

R422 TJW ‘ARRIVA Midlands’ No. 1422. Scania L113CRL / Plaxton

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

 

New to ‘Midland Red North’.

 

Pictured in Burton-on-Trent.

 

The sources I have checked all show this bus as being bodied by Plaxton but I have my doubts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘Scene’ at ’Transpire’s Bus and Coach Rally at Rowsley 2017 part 2 on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

A glorious day on what was the hottest weekend of the year so far.

 

The only down side to the conditions was that being located on a non hard surfaced site there was a lot of dust being thrown up.

 

Non the less, plenty to admire and enjoy.

 

Part 1 was published on 14/12/2017.

 

E64 WDT ‘Chesterfield Transport Ltd.’ No. 64 Leyland Lynx

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

 

Wearing the livery applied when the company was owned its employees. That was after 

‘Chesterfield Corporation Transport’ and before ‘Stagecoach’.

 

 

 

R51 XVM ‘North Western’ No. 1051. Scania L113CRL / Northern Counties Paladin

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

 

Formerly with ‘Arriva North West’ of whom ‘North Western’ became a part.

 

 

KRR 255 ‘Midland General Omnibus Company’. No. 175 AEC Regal 3 / Weymann

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

New to ‘Mansfield District’ in 1950.

 

 

433 MDT ‘Doncaster Transport’ No. 33. Leyland Tiger Cub PSUC1/11 / Roe

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

 

 

 

PRH 255G ‘Kingston on Hull Corporation Transport’ No. 255. Leyland Atlantean PDR1A/1 / Roe

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

 

 

 

WKH 526X ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 526 Bristol. VRT SL3 / Eastern Coach Works

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

 

Preserved in ‘National Bus Company’ livery.

 

 

 

C537 DAT ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 537. Leyland Olympian / Eastern Coach Works

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

 

Built with coach seats for use on longer services and preserved in the ‘express’ livery of its day.

 

After  ‘EYMS’ service it had a spell with ‘Sleafordian’, Sleaford, Lincolnshire.

 

 

 

LYH 148P ‘Glenton Tours’. AEC Reliance / Plaxton Supreme 3 

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

 

‘Glenton Tours’ (GT) continued with the centre entrance for its coaches long after most other operators abandoned it and is an easy recognition feature for former ‘GT’ vehicles.

 

The front passenger seats alongside the driver were highly sought after.

 

Currently owned and preserved by ‘Coopers Coaches’ of Killamarsh, Derbyshire.

 

 

 

SIW 2778 ‘Coopers Coaches’, Killamarsh, Derbyshire. Leyland Tiger / Van Hool Alizee

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

 

New as  D232 HMT to ‘Travellers’, Hounslow, Middlesex.