‘Scene’ on a PSV Circle Organised Visit. At the Various Premises of R.S. Tyrer Ltd., Farnworth, Bolton 1 on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

The PSV Circle (of which I have been a member for some years) aims to hold an Annual General Meeting in a different location in the UK every year.

 

Usually held at a weekend, they also include visits to operators and other bus related venues for the attending members to visit and enjoy.

 

This year, the location being in the North West of England centred on the Holiday Inn Express, Preston.

 

Friend Peter Rose joined me for what turned out to be a sometimes wet, but very enjoyable weekend.

 

As we have done before, we have combined all the images we have gathered. 

 

The credits being joint D.Basford/P.M.Rose.

 

‘Tyrers’ has a history stretching back to 1972 when Bob Tyrer at the age of 58 started his own business with a single, Leyland engined, Plaxton bodied Bedford coach.

 

Today, the company operates over 100 hundred vehicles out of three separate bases in the area.

 

‘Tyrers’ provided the transport for our second morning until lunchtime, which was taken in Manchester.

 

808 TYR ‘Tyrers Coaches Ltd,’.

Volvo B9TL / East Lancs Myllenium /1

on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New registered OU05 AWJ to ‘Weaver’, Newbury, Berks. from whom it was acquired.

 

A magnificent vehicle.

 

 

 

 

808 TYR ‘Tyrers Coaches Ltd,’.

Volvo B9TL / East Lancs Myllenium /2

on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

BIG 9781 ‘Tyrers Coaches Ltd,’.

Scania N94UD / East Lancs Omnidekka /1

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

 

New registered YN07 EYO to ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 671.

 

 

 

 

BIG 9781 ‘Tyrers Coaches Ltd,’.

Scania N94UD / East Lancs Omnidekka /2

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

 

 

 

 

BJ11 DSX ‘Tyrers Coaches Ltd,’.

Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini

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

 

New to ‘First Capital’ No. VN36132 but acquired from ‘Midland Red South’ No. 80078.

 

 

 

 

JRZ 8514 ‘Tyrers Coaches Ltd,’.

DAF DB250 / Transbus ALX400

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

 

New registered LJ03 MYY to ‘Arriva London North’ No. DLA387.

 

 

 

 

JRZ 3262 ‘Tyrers Coaches Ltd,’.

DAF DB250 / Transbus ALX400

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

 

New registered LJ03 MSY to ‘Arriva London North’ No. DLA374.

 

 

 

 

YN56 FAK ‘Tyrers Coaches Ltd,’.

Scania N230UB / Scania OmniCity /1

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

 

New to ‘Reading Transport’ No. 9 but acquired from ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 538.

 

 

 

 

YN56 FAK ‘Tyrers Coaches Ltd,’.

Scania N230UB / Scania OmniCity /2

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

 

‘Scene’ on a PSV Circle Organised Visit ‘JOHNSON BROS. 2’ on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

The PSV Circle (of which I have been a member for some years) aims to hold an Annual General Meeting in a different location in the UK every year. (Covid permitting).

 

Usually held at a weekend, they also include visits to operators and other bus related venues for the attending members to visit and enjoy.

 

This year, the location was in my part of the world, the East Midlands.

 

The third visit of the second day was to ‘Johnsons’ depot at Hodthorpe which is near Worksop, Notts.

 

GX03 SVG ‘JOHNSON BROS. TOURS’.

Scania N94UD / East Lancs Omnidekka

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

 

New to ‘Go North East’ as No. 6138.

 

I would think that a coat of blue paint is the next thing on its horizon.

 

 

 

 

GX03 SUU ‘JOHNSON BROS. TOURS’.

Scania N94UD / East Lancs Omnidekka

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

 

New to ‘Go North East’ as No. 6124.

 

 

 

 

GX03 SUU ‘JOHNSON BROS. TOURS’.

Scania N94UD / East Lancs Omnidekka

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

 

New to ‘Go North East’ as No. 6124.

 

 

 

 

 

YN08 MSU ‘JOHNSON BROS. TOURS’.

Scania N270UD / East Lancs Omnidekka

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

 

New to ‘Nottingham City Transport’ as No. 946 but purchased from ‘First West of England’.

 

 

 

 

 

YN05 WFK ‘JOHNSON BROS. TOURS’.

Scania N94UD / East Lancs Omnidekka

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

 

New to ‘Nottingham City Transport’ as No. 689.

 

 

 

 

 

 

71 JBT ‘JOHNSON BROS. TOURS’. ‘www.johnsonstours.co.uk' ‘Euro Prince’.

Irizar i4 / Irizar

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

 

There were a number of coaches present on the site, most of which were stored with their number plates obscured.

 

Only this one appeared to be ready to go.

 

New registered YJ15 EUY.

 

‘Scene’ at Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

The PSV Circle (of which I have been a member for some years) aims to hold an Annual General Meeting in a different location in the UK, every year. (Covid permitting).

 

Usually held at a weekend, they also include visits to operators and other bus related venues for the attending members to visit and enjoy.

 

This year, the location was in my part of the world, the East Midlands.

 

The second visit of the second day was to ‘REDFERN TRAVEL’ who work out of a large modern depot at Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts. 

 

Redfern Travel’s site at Mansfield Woodhouse is extensive. 

 

There are however other premises, that I don’t know the ownership of in the immediate area that service the bus sector.

 

So, ‘at Mansfield Woodhouse’ seems a reasonable compromise.

 

YN55 NGJ ‘CT4N’ (Community Transport for Nottingham) No. 1015.

Scania N94UD / East Lancs Omnidekka

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

 

New to ‘Nottingham City Transport’ as No. 694.

 

 

 

 

K40 CTN ‘CT4N’ (Community Transport for Nottingham) No. 1006.

Optare Versa V1110

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

 

New registered YJ60 LTN to ‘Webberbus’, Bridgewater.

 

Missing part of the panelling above the registration plate.

 

 

 

 

J19 CTN ‘CT4N’ (Community Transport for Nottingham) No. 1014.

Optare Tempo X1200

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

 

New to ‘trentbarton’ as YJ07 VSP No. 318.

 

 

 

 

LJ16 NMV ‘CT4N’ (Community Transport for Nottingham) No. 981 ‘medilink’.

BYD K9UR / BYD

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

 

 

 

 

BR21 OCX Operator not known but from its colour I would suggest ‘FLiXBUS’.

Van Hool EX16

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

 

 

 

 

KCG 627L ‘Trent Motor Traction No. 419.

Leyland National

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

 

I last saw this bus at Transpire’s Peak Park Preserved Bus Gathering 2016 at Rowsley, Derbyshire.

 

At the time I wrote, 

       

   “New to ‘Alder Valley’ as No. 127 in 1972. 

 

    It replaced a previous Leyland National in the fleet (XRB 419L) which also carried 419 as its fleet number.

 

    If memory serves me correctly, the earlier bus fell out of favour because it had 2 doors and the norm had become single doors”.

 

I must admit, It brought a smile to my face to see that this ‘old timer’ was still around at the age of 50.

 

 

‘Scene’ in Reading once more on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

It is now over 3 years since I last visited Reading in Berkshire so a re-visit was on the cards.

 

A compact town with excellent transport connections and an interesting selection of buses.

 

This selection being part of the diesel powered fleet.

 

SK66 HRR ‘Reading buses’ No. 901 ‘orange’. 

Wright Streetdeck

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

 

 

 

 

YX64 VLW ‘Reading buses’ No. 653, ‘little oranges’. 

Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200

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

 

 

 

 

SN61 BAO ‘Reading buses’ No. 220 ‘berry Routes’.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. E40H / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400 

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

 

Although built as a ‘Hybrid’ bus, this and the others of its kind have been re-engined with diesel power units.

 

 

 

 

YY69 TNF ‘Reading buses’ No. 679 ‘little berries’. 

Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E20D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 200MMC

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

 

 

 

 

YX64 VRL ‘Reading buses’ No. 751. ‘claret routes’.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400MMC

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

 

 

 

 

YN54 AEZ ‘Reading buses’ No. 808 ‘claret spritzer’.

Scania N94UD / East Lancs Omnidekka

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

 

Intended for use on services to Reading University. 

 

On the upper deck, the bus is fitted out with tables, facing seats, a communal meeting/lounge area, a games and study area together with a book exchange facility

 

My blog dated 20/02/2016 illustrates all of the above.

 

‘Scene’ on Wetmore Road, Burton on Trent (BoT) Again on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Wetmore Road, for those who don’t know, is where the fleet of 

‘Midland Classic of Burton’ (‘MC’) is garaged.

 

Over the weekend of 28/29th August 2021 ‘MC’ held a ‘Heritage Weekend’ to celebrate two anniversaries.

 

On the Saturday to celebrate 15 years of ‘mc’ operating in Burton.

 

On the Sunday to celebrate the 95th. anniversary of John Stevenson setting up in business to run buses between Burton and Uttoxeter via Tutbury.

 

A route that ‘mc’ still operates today.

 

An interesting ‘tableau’ mounted outside the offices at Wetmore Road is made up from a model bus and a piece of railway track.

 

The model bus is of one of London Transport’s ‘LT’ class double deckers more commonly known as the New Routemaster but painted in ‘mc’ livery.

 

‘mc’ have and still do operate former ‘LT’ deckers so it must be quite conceivable that when the buses are retired from London some might well come to Burton.

 

Time will tell!

 

The railway track is a piece of rail from the ‘Burton & Ashby Light Railway’ which ran between the towns of Burton on Trent and Ashby de la Zouch from 1906.

 

Taken over by the ‘Midland Railway’ in 1923, it became part of the ‘LMS’ in 1923 until its closure in 1927.

 

Another relic of the line, car No. 14, was exported to Detroit, USA from where it was repatriated in 2014.

 

It currently resides at the ‘Statfold Barn Railway’ which is not all that far away from its old haunts.

 

 

‘Midland Classic of Burton’

LT New Routemaster / Wright /1

 

 

 

‘Midland Classic of Burton’

LT New Routemaster / Wright /2

 

 

 

‘Midland Classic of Burton’

LT New Routemaster / Wright /3

 

 

 

JB10 MCL ‘Midland Classic of Burton’ No. 51.

Scania N230UD / Optare Olympus

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

 

Previously registered D10 SLT when it worked for ‘South Lancs Travel’.

 

 

 

 

BV55 UCU ‘Midland Classic of Burton’ No. 56.

Scania N94UD / East Lancs Omnidekka

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

 

New to ‘Blue Triangle’ but purchased from ‘Go Ahead London’ where it was number SO2.

 

 

 

 

LK04 NNE ‘Midland Classic of Burton’ No. 101.

Volvo B7TL / Plaxton President

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

 

New ‘Metroline London Northern’ As No. VPL 596.

 

The dual doorway configuration harks back to its day in London.

 

 

 

 

YN08 MKP ‘Midland Classic of Burton’ No. 62

Scania CN270UD4 / Scania

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

 

New to ‘Reading Transport’ No. 1103.

 

 

 

 

SN11 BNL  ‘Midland Classic of Burton’ No. 69.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) Trident / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400

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

 

New to ‘First Capital’ as No. DN33623.

 

‘Scene’ in Bakewell. ‘TM Travel’ on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

When I first got into transport blogging eight years ago, I travelled around my local cities and towns within a 30 mile radius from home gathering images to write and post about.

 

Bakewell featured in a number of early posts but for whatever reason has not done so in recent times.

 

A busy town and an important agricultural centre that has developed as a tourist attraction in its own right.

 

Many of those tourists arrive by bus and coach.

 

There are terminating services from Derby, Chesterfield and Sheffield. A through service from Buxton to Derby and a wide variety of routes serving local villages.

 

Coaches come from far and wide.

 

My favourite spot is just outside the ‘Rutland Arms Hotel’ with buses and coaches coming from three directions. Brilliant!

 

TM Travel provide the only direct service (No. 218) from Sheffield to Bakewell on a half hourly basis for most of the day. 

 

Alternate buses travel via Chatsworth House.

 

TM52 BUS ‘TM Travel’ No. 1170. Volvo B7L / East Lancs Nordic

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

 

New registered SA52 DWC to ‘First Glasgow’ as No. VT9

 

Pictured following YJ14 BTX a ‘trentbarton’ Optare Versa on the ‘6’s service  to Derby.

 

Incidentaly, both buses are owned by the ‘Wellglade’ group of which both ‘TMT’ and ‘tb’ are members.

 

 

 

 

YN06 JYO ‘TM Travel’ No. 1175. Scania N94UD / East Lancs Omnidekka /1 of 2

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

 

New to ‘Metrobus’ as No. 927

 

 

 

 

YN06 JYO ‘TM Travel’ No. 1175. Scania N94UD / East Lancs Omnidekka /2 of 2

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

 

 

 

 

FJ03 VWY ‘TM Travel’ No. 631. Scania L94UB/ Wright Solar

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

 

New to ‘trentbarton.

 

 

 

FN04 HSZ ‘TM Travel’ No. 653. Scania L94UB/ Wright Solar

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

 

New to ‘trentbarton.

 

 

 

FJ55 AAV ‘TM Travel’ No. 676. Scania L94UB/ Wright Solar

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

 

New to ‘trentbarton.

 

‘Scene’ in Sheffield. ‘TMTravel’ on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

1294 RU ‘TMTravel’ No. 1167. Scania N94UD ‘ Scania Omnidekka 

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

 

 

 

 

FJ03 VWB ‘TMTravel’ No. 613 ‘MOTORPOINT”. Scania L94UB / Wright Solar

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

 

New to ’trentbarton’.

 

 

 

YN56 FDC ‘TMTravel’ No. 1173. Scania N94UD ‘ Scania Omnidekka /1

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

 

New to ‘Metrobus’ as No. 929.

 

 

 

 

YN56 FDC ‘TMTravel’ No. 1173. Scania N94UD ‘ Scania Omnidekka /2

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

 

‘Scene’ at ‘Nottingham Heritage Vehicles’ Open Day /1 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

‘Nottingham Heritage Vehicles’ premises are located in what was the bus garage of ‘Trent Motor Traction’ in the Nottinghamshire town of Hucknall.

 

A small but busy operation that is worth a visit on one of their opening days.

 

 

‘Nottingham City Transport’ (NCT) /1

 

Vehicles formerly operated by ‘NCT’ feature but there are other East Midlands operators represented at Hucknall.

 

YN05 WFE ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 676. Scania N94UD / East Lancs Omnidekka

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

 

This bus has appeared twice before on my blog. Both times it appeared as part of ‘NCT’s service fleet.

 

 

 

It has since been withdrawn and is now preserved at Hucknall.

 

 

 

OTO 540M ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 540. Leyland Atlantean AN68 / East Lancs /1

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

 

There was a time in the 1970’and 80’s when ‘NCT’s bodywork was built to their own specification. 

 

The results were highly individualistic and instantly recognisable as ‘The Nottingham’ style.

 

 

 

 

OTO 540M ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 540. Leyland Atlantean AN68 / East Lancs /2

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

 

 

 

RNU 433X ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 433. Leyland Atlantean AN68/ East Lancs

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

 

 

 

VIL 3382 ‘Nottingham Heritage Vehicles’. Leyland Lion / East Lancs

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

 

New as F382 GVO to ‘NCT’ wearing the part livery of former owner ‘Moving People’.

 

Currently being restored to its former ‘NCT’ livery as No. 382.