Setra Survivor
There can't be many vehicles surviving from the original fleet of S A Bebb of Llantwit Fardre, given that it's 20 years this month since Veolia Transport bought the business.
However, a remarkable survivor is Setra S250 Special R35 AWO, which was one of seven (R32/4/5/7-9, 41 AWO) purchased in 1997 (with R41/2 EDW following in 1998) for National Express contracts:
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She gained registration TIL 4035 in 2000 and moved around the country between a number of smaller operators. Upon acquisition by Ridgways of Port Talbot in June 2004, she received her current plate R825 KBX. She has been out of service for a number of years but remains intact.
My shot from January 2012 shows her in High Street in Swansea when undertaking Rail Replacement duties for First Great Western, as the company was then called.
Setra Survivor
There can't be many vehicles surviving from the original fleet of S A Bebb of Llantwit Fardre, given that it's 20 years this month since Veolia Transport bought the business.
However, a remarkable survivor is Setra S250 Special R35 AWO, which was one of seven (R32/4/5/7-9, 41 AWO) purchased in 1997 (with R41/2 EDW following in 1998) for National Express contracts:
www.flickr.com/photos/128088688@N06/53451117398/in/photol...
She gained registration TIL 4035 in 2000 and moved around the country between a number of smaller operators. Upon acquisition by Ridgways of Port Talbot in June 2004, she received her current plate R825 KBX. She has been out of service for a number of years but remains intact.
My shot from January 2012 shows her in High Street in Swansea when undertaking Rail Replacement duties for First Great Western, as the company was then called.