‘Scene’ in Derby last week on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

This selection of images were all taken on the same day as the ‘Wrightbus Mini Hybrid’ single decker pictured in my last blog published on 12/01/2018.

 

‘ARRIVA Midlands’ are slowly repainting the fleet into the new light blue livery. By my reckoning the double deckers are all done, 

 

I have seen an Optare Solo and a Wright  bodied Scania K230UB appeared in the new livery on my blog dated 03/11/2017.

 

A start has been made on the Scania CN230UB OmniCity fleet.

 

YR58 SSO ‘ARRIVA Midlands’ No. 3560, ‘light blue livery’. Scania CN230UB OmniCity /1

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

 

 

 

YR58 SSO ‘ARRIVA Midlands’ No. 3560, ‘light blue livery’. Scania CN230UB OmniCity /2

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

 

 

 

YT09 ZBV ‘ARRIVA Midlands’ No. 3573, ‘light blue livery’. Scania CN230UB OmniCity

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

 

 

 

YR58 SSO ‘ARRIVA Midlands’ No. 3560, ‘light blue livery’. Scania CN230UB OmniCity /3

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

 

 

 

Oddly enough this next bus has been repainted into a shade of blue almost the same as that that is now appearing in the ‘ARRIVA’ fleet.

 

Although now in the fleet of ‘masons’ of Ashbourne, the word ‘ATKINSONS’ can just be made out above the windscreen.

 

K13 PSV ‘masons’, Ashbourne, Derbys. Mercedes-Benz 0814D / Plaxton Cheetah /1

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

 

 

 

K13 PSV ‘masons’, Ashbourne, Derbys. Mercedes-Benz 0814D / Plaxton Cheetah /2

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

 

 

 

K13 PSV ‘masons’, Ashbourne, Derbys. Mercedes-Benz 0814D / Plaxton Cheetah /3

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

 

 

 

K13 PSV ‘masons’, Ashbourne, Derbys. Mercedes-Benz 0814D / Plaxton Cheetah /4

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

 

 

 

VIL 9335 ’Little’s Travel’, Ilkeston, Derbys. Volvo B7TL / East Lancs Vyking

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

 

 

 

HSK 654 ‘Parks of Hamilton’ on ’national express’ duties. Volvo B9R / Plaxton Elite

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

 

 

 

 I was surprised to see an ‘ARRIVA Midlands’ Wright bodied VDL on service X38 in Derby Bus Station because the nearest they normally get is about a hundred yards away when they are rounding the traffic island outside the Derby Council building.

 

On investigation there was a substantial quantity of liquid coming out of the back end which was being attended too by a couple of lads from the service department.

 

All must have been well because the bus sventually departed under its own power.

 

FJ13 FYM ‘ARRIVA Midlands’ No. 3767, ‘X 38’. VDL SB200 / Wright Pulsar

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

 

 

 

WP66 TPO ‘ARRIVA Midlands’ No. 9271, ‘Technical Support’. Vauxhall Movano

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

 

‘Scene’ today, 12/01/2018 in Derby on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Regular readers will know of my liking for Derby Bus Station.

 

I make no excuses for returning yet again simply because it always seems tp produce something different and so it was today.

 

‘Wrightbus’ the Northern Ireland based bus manufacturer has a number of demonstrators on the road advising operators and their intending customers about their ‘Micro Hybrid’ technology which offers many benefits including reduced fuel consumption.

 

I briefly saw the double deck version at a distance in Derby last week but today I was able to capture a few images of its single deck equivalent.

 

 

SK17 HHL  ‘ARRIVA Midlands’ No. 9092 ‘Micro Hybrid technology’. Wright Streetlite D/F /1

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

 

 

 

SK17 HHL  ‘ARRIVA Midlands’ No. 9092 ‘Micro Hybrid technology’. Wright Streetlite D/F /2

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

 

 

 

SK17 HHL  ‘ARRIVA Midlands’ No. 9092 ‘Micro Hybrid technology’. Wright Streetlite D/F /3

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

 

 

 

SK17 HHL  ‘ARRIVA Midlands’ No. 9092 ‘Micro Hybrid technology’. Wright Streetlite D/F /4

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

 

‘Scene’ in Eastbourne. Classic Cars on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Cars have only appeared on very rare occasions in my blogs. Usually as ‘one off’s but on a weekend break in Eastbourne, I came across a vintage transport rally organised by a local car club.

 

Here were many of the cars that I hung my nose over many years ago which I could not possibly have afforded then and for the most part could not afford now either.

7227 KD Aston Martin DB4

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

 

For my money the most attractive of all the Aston’s, in my view, everything that came after was over the top.

 

Beautiful.

 

 

 

1550 UE Daimler Dart

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

 

 

 

2 DXY SS Jaguar

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

 

The forerunner to ‘Jaguar Cars’ were ‘SS Cars’ who from 1935 marketed their cars as ‘SS Jaguar’.

 

Becoming ‘Jaguar Cars’ in 1945.

 

VP05 JAG Jaguar XK (4.2 litre)

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

 

 

 

SKK 95H Jaguar ‘E’-type Hard Top

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

 

Produced from1961 to 1975.

 

 

UDY 665M Jaguar ‘E’-type Convertible

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

 

Produced from1961 to 1975.

 

 

370 CUF Jaguar 2.4

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

 

 

 

 

N 63 Bentley

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

 

 

 

DGW 367B Rolls-Royce

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

 

 

RDV 79G Chevrolet Corvette Stingray

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

 

 

 

 

 

‘Scene’ in Hull, more ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ (EYMS) Deckers on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Previous blogs about’ EYMS’ decker’s appeared on 31/05/2017, 17/06/2017 and 03/10/2017.

 

 

Most of EYMS Wright Gemini Eclipse/Volvo B7TL/B9TL’s carry ‘EYMS’ maroon/cream livery.

 

One route that is an exception is the 103/105.

 

YX59 FGN ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 768 ‘103:105’ Volvo B9TL / Wright Gemini Eclipse

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

 

YX06 CXK ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 709 ‘103:105’ Volvo B7TL / Wright Gemini Eclipse

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

 

 

 

YX06 CXJ ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 708 ‘103:105’ Volvo B7TL / Wright Gemini Eclipse /1

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

 

 

 

YX06 CXJ ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 708 ‘103:105’ Volvo B7TL / Wright Gemini Eclipse /2 

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

 

 

 

 

Five images but all different in some way (see below).

 

‘EYMS' have bought the Volvo B7TL / President President in both low height and full height forms. 

 

The easiest way to tell the difference is that the low height version has a dividing bar down the upper deck windscreen.

 

YX51 AYH ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 592 ‘The Somme Centenary’ Volvo B7TL / Plaxton President low height on

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

 

Difference. ‘The Somme Centenary’ branding.

 

 

 

YX51 AYE ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 589 Volvo B7TL / Plaxton President low height

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

 

Difference, Low height, old livery, maroon on roof line.

 

 

 

PJ02 RBV ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 596 Volvo B7TL / Plaxton President

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

 

Difference. Full height, old livery, maroon on roof line.

 

 

 

YX53 AOM ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 686 Volvo B7TL / Plaxton President low height

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

 

Difference. Low height, more cream, no maroon on roof line.

 

 

 

YX53 AON East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 687 Volvo B7TL / Plaxton President low height

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

 

 

Difference. Low height, much more cream.

 

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

There have been over 100 blogs during the course of 2017. I have enjoyed immensely the process of gathering the images, processing them and eventually posting them on the internet.

 

I would like to thank everyone for their interest and support.

 

I get quite a bit of feedback from readers almost all of it positive which gives me the encouragement to continue into 2018.

 

With that in mind, I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone out there

 

‘A Happy and Healthy New Year’ 

 

 

I am always on the lookout for something unusual to end the year with and this certainly fits the bill.

 

Obviously modelled on the style of a traditional American schoolbus it features a sectional glazed open top sliding roof which can be varied rapidly to cope with changes in the weather.

 

Just look at those rear view mirrors!

 

Anyone who can supply further details of this bus will be rewarded with a public thank you in my next blog !!

 

1-KSP-364 ‘Diamond Bus’ (Antwerp), ‘City Tour Bus’. International ? / Bodywork unknown /1

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

 

 

 

1-KSP-364 ‘Diamond Bus’ (Antwerp), ‘City Tour Bus’. International ? / Bodywork unknown /2

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

 

 

 

1-KSP-364 ‘Diamond Bus’ (Antwerp), ‘City Tour Bus’. International ? / Bodywork unknown /3

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

 

 

 

1-KSP-364 ‘Diamond Bus’ (Antwerp), ‘City Tour Bus’. International ? / Bodywork unknown /4

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

 

 

 

1-KSP-364 ‘Diamond Bus’ (Antwerp), ‘City Tour Bus’. International ? / Bodywork unknown /5

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

 

‘Scene’ in Hull, ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ Single Deckers on ‘Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Hull Paragon interchange is the setting for this batch of Images.

 

Located alongside the railway station together with the adjacent coach station it is a genuine ‘Transport Interchange’.

 

There is a bus parking area close by which in itself is a major attraction with a substantial number of buses laying over between duties and being used for crew changes.

 

 

BU16 OYF ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 393. Volvo B8RLE /MCV Evolution /1

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

 

I do like the very clean lines on this body.

 

 

 

BU16 OYF ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 393. Volvo B8RLE /MCV Evolution /2

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

 

 

 

BU16 OYH ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 395. ‘FastCat’ (Kitty) Volvo B8RLE / MCV Evolution

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

 

‘The Humber FastCat’ (route 350) runs between Scunthorpe and Hull and is a joint service operated with ‘Stagecoach East Midlands’ (see blog published 26/08/2017).

 

The vehicles used by both operators carry a common livery.

 

 

 

YX14 HDZ ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 385. Volvo B7RLE / MCV

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

 

 

 

YX56 FHN ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 345, ‘GOCARD’. Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse Urban

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

 

 

 

YX56 HVF ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 349, ‘Route 66’. Dennis Dart Enviro 200 / ADL Enviro 200

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

 

 

 

YX10 EYT ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 368. Volvo B7RLE / Wright Eclipse

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

 

Note more cream in the livery when compared to YX56 FHN.

 

 

 

 

YX03 MWK ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 337. Transbus Dart / Plaxton Pointer

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

 

New to ‘Porteous’, Anlaby (East Yorkshire).

 

 

 

BU03 RTX ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 244. DAF SB120 / Wright Cadet

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

 

Originally registered to Volvo, Warwick who at the time were marketing the type as a replacement for their own B6BLE which was being discontinued.

 

Then to ‘Gibson Direct’ and ‘Whittle’ joining ‘EYMS’ in 2010.

 

 

 

 W413 JAT ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 313. Volvo B10BLE / Alexander ALX 300

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

 

 

W481 WAG ‘East Yorkshire Motor Services’ No. 481. Dennis Dart SLF / Plaxton Pointer MPD

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