‘Scene’ in Chesterfield Today (09/02/2022) on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

‘Scene’ in Chesterfield Today (09/02/2022)

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

 

I don’t usually make a habit of photographing what my wife calls ‘mucky buses’. 

 

However there is always room for the odd exception, particularly when it is something that I regard as interesting.

 

This particular bus dates from October 2005 when it was new to ‘trentbarton’ (tb) registered FJ55 BZS and numbered 690 in that fleet.

 

For many years it worked on ‘the sixes’ series of routes linking Derby via Belper and Matlock along the A6 to Bakewell. An extremely scenic journey.

 

Surprisingly, when many of the other buses in the batch have been passed to fellow ‘Wellglade’ group member ‘TMTravel’ or in some cases scrapped,

this bus was sold recently to ‘connexions’ buses of Tockwith, York.

 

More surprisingly, to me at least is that it has turned up again in Derbyshire carrying the remains of its ‘tb’s ‘the sixes’ livery working temporarily for 

‘Hulleys of Baslow’.

 

I had a ride on it today from Chesterfield to Bakewell where once more it graced Rutland Square in the town just like it used to in the past.

 

Its driver for the day Jonathan, commented

        

            “For its age, it is still a very pleasant bus to drive”.

 

Long may it continue!

 

K200 CXB ‘Hulleys of Baslow’.

Scania L94UB / Wright Solar /1

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

 

 

 

 

K200 CXB ‘Hulleys of Baslow’.

Scania L94UB / Wright Solar /2

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

 

 

 

 

K200 CXB ‘Hulleys of Baslow’.

Scania L94UB / Wright Solar /3

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

 

 

 

 

K200 CXB ‘Hulleys of Baslow’.

Scania L94UB / Wright Solar /4

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

 

 

 

 

K200 CXB ‘Hulleys of Baslow’.

Scania L94UB / Wright Solar 5

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

 

The interior still looks smart and ‘trentbarton’s promotional material on the coving panels looks interesting.

 

‘Scene’ at the Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre. Work in Progress 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.

 

We are all used to seeing immaculately restored veteran and vintage vehicles but

it’s not often we get to see what the restorers have to work on.

 

Here is just a sample.

 

WAL 782 ‘Barton Transport’ No. 782. 

Leyland Tiger PS1/B / Willowbrook 

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

 

New registered CWH 262 new in 1948 as a Leyland Tiger PS1 with a Strachans coach body to ‘Knowles’, Bolton.

 

Rebuilt by Willowbrook in 1957 with this lowbridge body.

 

Coming towards the end of what looks to be an excellent re-paint.

 

 

 

 

KNN 254 ‘Barton Transport’ No. 580.

Leyland PD1A / Duple /1 of 2

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

 

 

 

 

KNN 254 ‘Barton Transport’ No. 580.

Leyland PD1A / Duple /2 of 2

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

 

 

 

 

VVO 735 ‘Barton Transport’ No. 735.

Leyland Tiger BTS/1 / Willowbrook

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

 

New registered KAL 380 a Leyland PS1/1 with a Duple coach body.

 

Rebuilt by Willowbrook in 1957 with this lowbridge body.

 

 

 

 

VO 8846 ‘South Notts’ No. 17.

Leyland Lion LT5 / Willowbrook

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

 

New in 1932.

 

 

 

 

MAL 310 ‘South Notts’ No. 310.

Leyland Royal Tiger / Duple Roadmaster

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

 

New in 1951. 

 

I wonder how many of us had one or more of the Dinky Toys model in our collections back in the 1950’s?

 

I have still got 3 in a variety of liveries.

 

 

‘Scene’ at the Buses Festival 2021 ‘Sharpes of Nottingham’ Part 2 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

For Part 1 see blog posted 19/01/2022. 

 

The annual ‘Buses Festival’ in 2021 was held at the ‘East of England Showground’ which is near Peterborough.

 

‘Sharpes of Nottingham’ are a well known operator in the East Midlands.  

 

Apart from their current service fleet which is always immaculately presented they also maintain some of its previous vehicles in a ‘heritage’ fleet.

 

VWA 290L ‘Sharpes of Nottingham’.

AEC Reliance / Plaxton Panorama Elite lll /1

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

 

 

 

 

VWA 290L ‘Sharpes of Nottingham’.

AEC Reliance / Plaxton Panorama Elite lll /2

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

 

 

 

 

 

STM 238W ‘Sharpes of Nottingham’.

Volvo B58-61 / Plaxton Supreme lV

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

 

New to ‘Sworder’, Walkern, Hertfordshire.

 

 

 

 

D51 LWW ‘Sharpes of Nottingham’.

Volvo B58-61 / Van Hool Alizee

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

 

New to ‘Brown’ Helperby, North Yorkshire

 

I love the roof mounted air horns.

 

‘Scene’ in a rain soaked Derby bus station ‘trentbarton’ on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

It’s always a gamble taking photographs on a rainy day.

 

However, I believe that modern paints and methods of application allows for the water and any grime below it to be more easily shed than traditional paints would allow.

 

Anyway, judge for yourselves.

 

Using elderly written down former members of the revenue fleet in a training situation is not new.

 

The offside of the bus advertises for driving recruits whilst the nearside advert is for engineering staff.

 

New as No. 668.

 

FH05 TKJ ‘trentbarton’ ‘training bus’. Scania L94UB / Wright Solar /1

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

 

 

 

 

FH05 TKJ ‘trentbarton’ ‘training bus’. Scania L94UB / Wright Solar /2

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

 

 

 

 

FH05 TKJ ‘trentbarton’ ‘training bus’. Scania L94UB / Wright Solar /3

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

 

 

 

 

FH05 TKJ ‘trentbarton’ ‘training bus’. Scania L94UB / Wright Solar 4

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

 

‘Scene’ on the rails in Todmorden on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Friend Peter Rose supplied the images for this blog for which I thank him.

 

Todmorden is a market town in the Upper Calder valley in West Yorkshire.

 

The railway came to the town in 1841 when the ‘Manchester and Leeds Railway’ (M&LR) started services.

 

Evolving through various mergers to become part of the ‘London Midland & Scottish Railway’ in 1923 and ‘British Railways’ in 1948.

 

We come up to date with the modern station being part of the railway network being managed by ‘Northern Rail’.

 

158754 & 153324 ‘Northern Rail’. BREL Derby built and Leyland built Diesel Multiple Units

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

 

Working the 09-17 Leeds to North Western-Leeds.

 

The flowers are very attractive.

 

 

 

 

150115 &150103 ‘Northern Rail’. BREL York built Diesel Multiple Units

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

 

Working 2N94 the 08-53 Kirkby to Blackburn.

 

 

 

 

195005 & 195013 ‘Northern Rail’. CAF (Spain) built  Diesel Multiple Units

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

 

Working 1D74 the 09-42 Leeds to Chester.

 

 

 

 

158845 & 153331 ‘Northern Rail’. BREL Derby built  and Leyland built Diesel Multiple Units

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

 

Working 2l07 the 0854 Wigan North Western-Leeds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

60096 ‘RAILFREIGHT’.

Brush built diesel electric locomotive

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

 

 

‘Scene’ on Wetmore Road, Burton on Trent (BoT) ‘midland fox’ 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.

 

As well as buses in ‘ ‘midland classic of Burton’ and ‘Stevensons’ liveries.

 

There was a selection of both current and preserved vehicles in attendance.

 

Many were operating journeys on ‘mc’s service No. 401 which is the current route number for the original service dating back to 1926.

 

‘midland fox’ has its origins in the old ‘Birmingham & Midland Motor Omnibus Company’ better known as ’Midland Red’.

 

When ‘BMMO’ was broken up in 1981, ‘Midland Red East’ was formed to operate in Leicestershire, south Derbyshire and east Staffordshire.

 

Then becoming ‘Midland Fox’, and then ‘Arriva Fox County’, it is now part of ‘Arriva Midlands’.

 

FJ06 ZSX ’Arriva Midlands No. 4752. ‘midland fox’.

VDL SB250 / Wright Eclipse Gemini

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

 

New to ‘Arriva Fox County’.

 

 

 

EAP 984V ‘midland fox’ No. 684.

Bristol VR / Eastern Coach Works /1

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

 

New to ‘Southdown’ as No. 684.

 

There is a suggestion that this particular bus never worked for ‘midland fox’ being purchased and preserved to represent other buses that did.

 

 

 

 

EAP 984V ‘midland fox’ No. 684.

Bristol VR / Eastern Coach Works /2

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

 

 

 

 

 

FD52 GGV ‘midland fox’.

DAF SB200 / Wright Commander /1

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

 

New to ‘Arriva Fox County’. as No. 3704.

 

 

 

 

FD52 GGV ‘midland fox’.

DAF SB200 / Wright Commander /2

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

 

 

‘Scene’ Near the East Midlands Airport (EMA) on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

The ‘EMA’ at Castle Donington on the borders of Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire has become much more than an airport.

 

It attracts all manner of organisations of businesses dealing directly or indirectly with the airport.

 

So much so that the surrounding countryside has developed into what might be called a small town.

 

Like all small towns, it requires a transport system.

 

LJ16 NNC ‘CT4N’ No. 987 ‘GATEWAY SHUTTLE’.

BYD K9UR /1

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

 

On lease from CT4N (Community Transport for Nottingham).

 

If my memory serves me right, the batch of Chinese built buses that this bus is part of were amongst the earliest all electric buses in the UK.

 

 

 

 

LJ16 NNC ‘CT4N’ No. 987 ‘GATEWAY SHUTTLE’.

BYD K9UR /2

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

 

 

 

 

LJ16 NNC ‘CT4N’ No. 987 ‘GATEWAY SHUTTLE’.

BYD K9UR /3

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

 

This image shows part of the re-charging infrastructure.

 

 

 

 

LJ16 NMU ‘CT4N’ No. 980 ‘medilink’

BYD K9UR 3

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

 

My blog posted 23/11/2016 shows a variety of images of the same type of bus in its original ‘CT4N’ livery.

 

Coincidentally, I recently took this image of another K9UR which illustrates the current ‘CT4N’ livery in Nottingham.

 

(please forgive the shadow of the street light).