This lively city is the capital of the Austrian region of Tirol.
Magnificent scenery with plenty of transport interest.
M AU 6223 ‘Autobus Oberbayern’ No.223 Munchen (Munich), Germany. MAN Lion’s Coach /1
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
M AU 6223 ‘Autobus Oberbayern’ No.223 Munchen (Munich), Germany. MAN Lion’s Coach /2
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
BD 13343 ‘VVT Postbus’, ‘regio bus’. O530 Mercedes-Benz Citaro X6
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
I think this is the first six wheel, rigid Citaro that I have seen.
BL 7301 ’Sagesser Reisen’, Wintersingen, Switzerland.
SETRA S516 HDH on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
LA946 AB ‘Kogoi Taxi’, Landeck, Austria . SETRA S 515HD
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Many of us are now in a state of lockdown because of the Covid 19 pandemic.
I, like many more find it all very boring so I am trying to lift my (and hopefully your) boredom a little by posting a few extra blogs that are a bit different from my norm.
In 2019 my wife and I had a holiday in Austria which took in parts of Germany and Italy.
The blogs were produced mainly for my own amusement but I have decided to ‘give them a go’ in the public domain to see how they do.
This current ‘lockdown’ finishes in early December so between now and then, I am going to post 2 or 3 images per day until then.
I have never done this before so, fingers crossed here goes.
This lively city is the capital of the Austrian region of Tirol.
Magnificent scenery with plenty of transport interest.
ES 374 HT ‘Voyages Giron’ Cournon-d’Auvergne, France. SETRA S 516HD /1
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
The S 516HD was produced by SETRA after they ceased building for the UK.
Note how close the mountains are to the City.
ES 374 HT ‘Voyages Giron’ Cournon-d’Auvergne, France. SETRA S 516HD /2
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Many of us are now in a state of lockdown because of the Covid 19 pandemic.
I, like many more find it all very boring so I am trying to lift my (and hopefully your) boredom a little by posting a few extra blogs that are a bit different from my norm.
In 2019 my wife and I had a holiday in Austria which took in parts of Germany and Italy.
The blogs were produced mainly for my own amusement but I have decided to ‘give them a go’ in the public domain to see how they do.
This current ‘lockdown’ finishes in early December so between now and then, I am going to post 2 or 3 images per day.
I have never done this before for so long, fingers crossed here goes.
This lively city is the capital of the Austrian region of Tirol.
Magnificent scenery with plenty of transport interest.
I 418 IVB ‘VVT Innsbruck’No. 418. Mercedes-Benz Citaro Articulated
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
I 260 IVB ‘VVT regio bus’. MAN Lion’s City Articulated
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
I 630 IVB ‘VVT Innsbruck’No. 627. ‘From peak to peak take the J line’ Mercedes-Benz Citaro
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
‘Scene’ in Bolzano/Bozen, Italy
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Many of us are now in a state of lockdown because of the Covid 19 pandemic.
I, like many more find it all very boring so I am trying to lift my (and hopefully your) boredom a little by posting a few extra blogs that are a bit different from my norm.
In 2019 by wife and I had a holiday in Austria which took in parts of Germany and Italy.
The blogs were produced mainly for my own amusement but I have decided to ‘give them a go’ in the public domain to see how they do.
Dennis.
An interesting place which at one time was in Austria and since the end of the of First World War is now in Italy.
Many of the population are ethnic Austrian and as a consequence of that speak German as their first language.
The City’s name and services change from one to the other depending on which language you speak.
The vehicles which appear to be state funded are identified in both German and Italian i.e. ’VERKEHRSVERBUND SUDTIROL / TRANSPORTO INTEGRATO ALTO ADIGE’ (VS / TIAI). Sometimes this varies becoming ‘Servizio Transporto Integrato’/ Sudtiroler Verkhersbund. (STI / VS).
Note the multiple doors. There are even two doors in Mercedes-Benz Sprinters.
ER-346VP ‘VS / TIA’ No. 430 ‘CON IDRGENO ZERO EMISSIONI’. Mercedes-Benz 0530 Citaro Fuelcell
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
ER-342VP ‘VS / TIA’ No. 429. ‘CON IDROGENO ZERO EMISSIONI’. Mercedes-Benz 0530 Citaro Fuelcell
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
ES-804TJ ‘VS / TIA’ No. 434. Solaris Urbino
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
EP-996LW ‘VS / TIA’ No. 424. BredaMenarinibus VivaCity
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
BZ-120AB ‘STI / VS’ No. 321. Irisbus CityClass
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
BM-923PD ‘STI / VS’ No. 305. IVECO CityClass
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
DD-505YH ‘STI / VS’ No. 371. BredaMenarinibus exobus
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
FN-074YM ‘sudtirolmobil / mobilita alto adige’ No. 445. Mercedes-Benz Sprinter
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
The railway junction at Clay Cross lies six miles South of Chesterfield on what is known as the ‘Midland Main Line’.
At this point the line travelling South diverges with the Erewash Valley line turning East to serve Nottingham and the Amber/Derwent Valley line turning West to serve Derby.
Having left both Nottingham and Derby, the lines re-connect at Trent Junction and continue on Southwards to serve Leicester and on to London.
There was a station at the junction from as early as the 1840’s although any sign of it has long gone.
Many thanks are extended to friend Peter Rose for details of the train workings.
66565 ‘Freightliner’, EMD built Diesel Electric Locomotive
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
It is working 1050 Doncaster Up Decoy to Toton North Yard.
The site of the former station buildings lies beyond the locomotive where the railings are today.
Clay Cross Engine Shed
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
The former engine shed still stands at the South of where the station buildings stood.
It is still used for commercial purposes.
At one time it housed a former’ Grimsby and Immingham Light Railway’ tramcar which currently resides at ‘Crich Tramway Village’.
It can be seen by Googling ‘List of tramcars at the National Tramway Museum’.
Then looking on the stock list for ‘Grimsby and Immingham Light Railway No. 14’.
158796 ‘Northern Rail’. BREL Derby built DMU
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Pictured working South to Nottingham as 1Y09 the hourly service from Leeds via Sheffield.
43484 ‘EMR’. Paired with 43467 'Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service’ / ‘British Transport Police Nottingham’. 1C52 1400 Sheffield - St. Pancras. BREL Crewe built HST
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
For those not familiar with the initials ‘EMR’. It stands for ‘East Midlands Railway’.
Pictured working North coming off the Derby line taking empty coaching stock to Sheffield.
It returned later in the day working via Derby to London.
‘EMR’ have started to put the identification numbers low down on the side of the units bodywork.
170419 ‘EMR’. Bombardier Transportation built DMU
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Just North of the junction and pictured working a driver training trip from Eastcroft (‘EMR’s depot in Nottingham) to Chesterfield and pictured here on the return journey as 5Z02.
The livery is the full ‘new EMR’ livery.
66587 ‘Freightliner’ ‘AS ONE, WE CAN’. EMD built Diesel Electric Locomotive
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Working 1218 Leeds FLT to Southampton MCT .
222021 ‘EMR INTERCITY’. Bombardier Transportation built DMU
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Pictured in ‘East Midlands Trains' livery earlier livery.
'East Midlands Trains' being the forerunner of 'East Midlands Railway'.
Working 1C42 from Sheffield to London St. Pancras.
For those who do not know who CT4N is, it is the abbreviated name of ‘Community Transport For Nottingham’.
K19 CTN ‘CT4N’ No. 924. Optare M88SL Solo
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New registered YJ58 PHF to ‘Nottingham City Council’.
K30 CTN ‘CT4N’ No. 1007. Optare V1110 Versa
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New registered YJ60 LTF to ‘Webberbus’, Bridgewater.
K10 CTN ‘CT4N’ No. 1009. Optare Solo M950
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New registered YJ09 OTE to ‘Blackpool Transport’.
