Monday, 29 November 2021

‘Scene’ at the Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre Visitors for the Day 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.

 

ARC 666T ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 666 ‘Andrew Pickering’.

Leyland Atlantean AN68 / Northern Counties /1 of 2 

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

 

Very much a one off where ‘NCT’ explored various ideas for incorporation in future buses.

 

The angled destination blind to make it easier to see. A single door to only allow one person at a time to board. Double doors at the exit. The very substantial front bumper assembly to protect the driver and reduce frontal collision damage.

 

ARC 666T ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 666 ‘Andrew Pickering’. Leyland Atlantean AN68 / Northern Counties /1 of 2

 

 

 

ARC 666T ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 666 ‘Andrew Pickering’.

Leyland Atlantean AN68 / Northern Counties /2 of 2 

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

 

ARC 666T ‘Nottingham City Transport’ No. 666 ‘Andrew Pickering’. Leyland Atlantean AN68 / Northern Counties /2 of 2

 

 

 

ANH 154 ‘Northampton Corporation’ No. 154.

Daimler CVG6 / Northern Coach Builders /1 of 2

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

 

New in 1947.

 

ANH 154 ‘Northampton Corporation’ No. 154. Daimler CVG6 / Northern Coach Builders /1 of 2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

ANH 154 ‘Northampton Corporation’ No. 154.

Daimler CVG6 / Northern Coach Builders /2 of 2

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

 

ANH 154 ‘Northampton Corporation’ No. 154. Daimler CVG6 / Northern Coach Builders /2 of 2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

618 KRA ‘Felix of Stanley’.

Bedford SB1 / Yeates Europa /1 of 2

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

 

New in 1959.

 

618 KRA ‘Felix of Stanley’. Bedford SB1 / Yeates Europa /1 of 2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 


618 KRA ‘Felix of Stanley’.

Bedford SB1 / Yeates Europa 2 of 2

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

 

618 KRA ‘Felix of Stanley’. Bedford SB1 / Yeates Europa 2 of 2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

Friday, 26 November 2021

‘Scene’ at the Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre ‘Barton Transport’ Coaches 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.

 

E648 DAU ‘Barton Transport’ No. 648. DAF MB230 / Plaxton Paramount

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

 

The last vehicle purchased by ‘Barton’ prior to the take over by ‘Trent’.

 

Dating from 1988 and now over 30 years old, the body styling would not look out of place in any modern fleet.

 

E648 DAU ‘Barton Transport’ No. 648. DAF MB230 / Plaxton Paramount on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

E645 DAU ‘Barton Transport’ No. 645. DAF MB230 / Plaxton Paramount

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

 

E645 DAU ‘Barton Transport’ No. 645. DAF MB230 / Plaxton Paramount on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

MRR 811K ‘Barton Transport’ No. 1229. AEC Reliance / Plaxton Elite Express

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

 

MRR 811K ‘Barton Transport’ No. 1229. AEC Reliance / Plaxton Elite Express on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

RRR 517R ‘Barton Transport’ No. 517. Bedford YMT / Plaxton Supreme Express

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

 

RRR 517R ‘Barton Transport’ No. 517. Bedford YMT / Plaxton Supreme Express on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

DAL 771J ‘Barton Transport’ No. 1146. AEC Reliance / Plaxton Panorama Express

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

 

Note the FOR SALE sign.

 

Any offers?

 

DAL 771J ‘Barton Transport’ No. 1146. AEC Reliance / Plaxton Panorama Express on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Monday, 22 November 2021

‘Scene’ in Derby again. Other operators on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk'

 

LX05 FBD ‘Harpurs Coaches’ Derby.

Volvo B7TL / Wright Gemini Eclipse

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

 

New to ‘London General’ as No. WVL167.

 

It has also had a spell with ‘Belle Vue’ of Heaton Chapel, Manchester.

 

LX05 FBD ‘Harpurs Coaches’ Derby. Volvo B7TL / Wright Gemini Eclipse on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk'

 

 

 

SIL 7029 ‘Skills Coaches’, Nottingham’.

Volvo B7TL /  East Lancs Myllennium Vyking /1

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

 

SIL 7029 ‘Skills Coaches’, Nottingham’. Volvo B7TL /  East Lancs Myllennium Vyking /1 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk'

 

 

 

SIL 7029 ‘Skills Coaches’, Nottingham’.

Volvo B7TL /  East Lancs Myllennium Vyking /2

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

 

SIL 7029 ‘Skills Coaches’, Nottingham’. Volvo B7TL /  East Lancs Myllennium Vyking /2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk'

 

 

 

BX06 NZV ‘Hawkes Coaches’, Derby

Autosan Eagle /1

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

 

Resplendent in the livery of ‘P. & O. Lloyd of Bagilt’, North Wales.

 

At first I thought it was a visitor for the day but further investigation found it to be locally owned by ‘Hawkes’.

 

At first sight perhaps an odd purchase at the age of 15 but I suspect that the attraction is the seating capacity which the rear view shows to be 70 persons. 

 

Most of whom I suspect would need to be small and slim. Schoolchildren perhaps?

 

BX06 NZV ‘Hawkes Coaches’, Derby Autosan Eagle /1 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk'

 

 

 

BX06 NZV ‘Hawkes Coaches’, Derby.

Autosan Eagle /2

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

 

BX06 NZV ‘Hawkes Coaches’, Derby. Autosan Eagle /2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk'

 

 

 

AIG 6839 ‘Glovers’, Ashbourne.

Chassis not known / Plaxton Panther /1

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

 

AIG 6839 ‘Glovers’, Ashbourne. Chassis not known / Plaxton Panther /1 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk'

 

 

 

AIG 6839 ‘Glovers of Ashbourne.

Chassis not known / Plaxton Panther /2

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

 

AIG 6839 ‘Glovers of Ashbourne. Chassis not known / Plaxton Panther /2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk

 

 

 

Friday, 19 November 2021

‘Scene’ After Dark in Edinburgh on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Friend Stuart Montgomery, one of ‘Lothian Buses’ volunteer photographers, has recently forwarded some of his images that were taken during the dark hours.

 

This is something that I have never done, but having viewed what Stuart has produced I am going to give it a ‘go’ soon.

 

The images are produced with Stuart’s consent and my thanks.

 

SB19 GLZ ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 1129

Volvo B8L / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400XLB

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

 

SB19 GLZ ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 1129 Volvo B8L / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400XLB on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

SJ71 HJE ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 654.

Volvo B5TL / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400MMC /1

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

 

SJ71 HJE ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 654. Volvo B5TL / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400MMC /1 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

SJ70 HNB ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 67.

Volvo B8RLE / MCV Evora

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

 

SJ70 HNB ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 67. Volvo B8RLE / MCV Evora on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

SJ71 HJE ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 654.

Volvo B5TL / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400MMC /2

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

 

SJ71 HJE ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 654. Volvo B5TL / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400MMC /2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

SJ71 HJG ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 656.

Volvo B5TL / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400MMC

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

 

SJ71 HJG ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 656. Volvo B5TL / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400MMC on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Monday, 15 November 2021

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

Friend Peter Rose recently spent some time in North Norfolk where he captured these images.

 

As regular readers/viewers will know Peter's work appears regularly on the blog with his permission and my thanks.

 

BV21 OOA ‘Sanders Services’ No. 518 ‘Coasthopper’ ‘Norfolk Adventurer’. 

Volvo B8RLE / MCV Evora 

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

 

One of 4 registered BV21 OOA/B/C and D. Unusual in that the bodies are shorter than the norm.

 

Numbered/named 518 Norfolk Adventurer, 519 Norfolk Rambler, 520 Norfolk Explorer and 521 Norfolk Discoverer. 

 

‘Coasthopper’ is a series of two routes which run from Wells to Cromer and from Holt to North Walsham.

 

Pictured outside Sheringham railway station.

 

BV21 OOA ‘Sanders Services’ No. 518 ‘Coasthopper’ ‘Norfolk Adventurer’.  Volvo BRLE / MCV Evora  on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

LJ53 NHV ‘Sanders Coaches’ No. 109. 

DAF DB250 / Wright Gemini Eclipse /1 of 2 

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

 

New to ‘ARRIVA London South’ as No. DW30.

 

Pictured outside Sheringham railway station.

 

LJ53 NHV ‘Sanders Coaches’ No. 109.  DAF DB250 / Wright Gemini Eclipse /1 of 2  on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

LJ53 NHV ‘Sanders Coaches’ No. 109. 

DAF DB250 / Wright Gemini Eclipse /2of 2

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

 

LJ53 NHV ‘Sanders Coaches’ No. 109.  DAF DB250 / Wright Gemini Eclipse /2of 2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

YH63 CXF ‘Sanders Services’ No. 402. 

VDL SB200 / Wright Pulsar 2

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

 

New to ‘Fishwick’, Leyland.

 

Pictured in Cromer.

 

YH63 CXF ‘Sanders Services’ No. 402.  VDL SB200 / Wright Pulsar 2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Friday, 12 November 2021

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

Buses and trains in York have appeared in my blog many times down the years.

 

A recent visit for a few hours produced the following selection.

 

All of the images produced here have the medieval city walls and/or York Minster in the background.

 

SK70 VWP ‘Transdev Blazefield’ No. 2018 ’CITYZAP SKY CLASS’.

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

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

 

This was the bus I had arrived on from Leeds.

 

SK70 VWP ‘Transdev Blazefield’ No. 2018 ’CITYZAP SKY CLASS’ Alexander Dennis Ltd. (ADL) E40D / ‘ADL’ Enviro 400MMC on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

YJ69 CXC ’First York Ltd’. No. 39502 ‘YORK PARK & RIDE’. 

Optare MD111EV Metrodecker / Optare

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

 

YJ69 CXC ’First York Ltd’. No. 39502 ‘YORK PARK & RIDE’.  Optare MD111EV Metrodecker / Optare on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

BT66 MVR ‘Transdev Blazefield’ No. 3633 ‘Yorkshire Coastliner’. 

Volvo B5TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini

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

 

BT66 MVR ‘Transdev Blazefield’ No. 3633 ‘Yorkshire Coastliner’.  Volvo B5TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 


 

 


YJ09 FVO ’First York Ltd’. No. 37682. 

Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini 

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

 

New to ‘First West Yorkshire’.


YJ09 FVO ’First York Ltd’. No. 37682.  Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini  on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’







YN07 MKO ’First York Ltd’. No. 37254 ‘University of York’. 

Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini 

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

 

New to ‘First South Yorkshire’.


YN07 MKO ’First York Ltd’. No. 37254 ‘University of York’.  Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini  on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

Wednesday, 10 November 2021

‘Scene’ at the Buses Festival 2021 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

The annual ‘Buses Festival’ this year was held at the ‘East of England Showground’ which is near Peterborough.

 

It was the first time I had attended the show and considering the amount of national publicity that had been lavished on it I was disappointed with the number of vehicles in attendance.

 

Whilst most of the attendees were preserved vehicles, there were some current buses and coaches on display.

 

The quality of vehicles that did attend was good particularly on a day which was interrupted by rain and dark clouds on a regular basis.

 

I think that an event held in the East Midlands will always have difficulties in attracting large numbers of participants.

 

The problem being that the venue is so far from most major centres of population.

 

Time will tell.

 

 

Short, the bodybuilders of this bus were the same company that built aircraft including the Sunderland flying boat for the Royal Air Force.

 

The were early users of aluminium in their bodybuilding which reduces both weight and corrosion.

 

MJ 4549 ‘Smith of Westoning’ No. 6, Bedfordshire. 

Dennis Lancet / Short /1 

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

 

New in 1932.

 

MJ 4549 ‘Smith of Westoning’ No. 6, Bedfordshire.  Dennis Lancet / Short /1  on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

MJ 4549 ‘Smith of Westoning’ No. 6, Bedfordshire. 

Dennis Lancet / Short /2 

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

 

MJ 4549 ‘Smith of Westoning’ No. 6, Bedfordshire.  Dennis Lancet / Short /2  on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

MJ 4549 ‘Smith of Westoning’ No. 6, Bedfordshire. Dennis Lancet / Short /3

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

 

MJ 4549 ‘Smith of Westoning’ No. 6, Bedfordshire. Dennis Lancet / Short /3 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

MJ 4549 ‘Smith of Westoning’ No. 6, Bedfordshire. Dennis Lancet / Short /4

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

 

MJ 4549 ‘Smith of Westoning’ No. 6, Bedfordshire. Dennis Lancet / Short /4 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

MJ 4549 ‘Smith of Westoning’ No. 6, Bedfordshire. Dennis Lancet / Short /5

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

 

MJ 4549 ‘Smith of Westoning’ No. 6, Bedfordshire. Dennis Lancet / Short /5 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’