Crisparmour Transport Archive
scan2150 Caravan capers
One of the bugbears of being a Crosville driver in rural Wales was the influx of caravans in the summer time, particularly on the R6/R7 in the Aberglaslyn Pass and the D94 between Dolgellau and Barmouth, since the routes had pinch points where passing wide vehicles was difficult if not impossible.
Here the driver of ENG976, a Wrexham man a long way from home, waits for a caravan driver to inch past. Worse was to come, since the photograph was taken from the platform of SNG409, another Crosville Leyland National bound for Barmouth on a summer only service from Machynlleth which then had to pass the ENG! Both these Nationals were converted by Crosville to Gardner power. The bus pictured here has a badge on the front, and is one of the rare dual purpose models to be so converted.
More context for this photo can be found on this page.
The photo is my third stab at presenting this image, which is also on my previous flickr account. The contrast is better here, thanks to my use of a 16 bit DNG file from raw scan data to capture the extreme tones in tricky lighting before reducing to JPG.
Taken on the 25th of July 1985. Looking at the Google street view of the main road these days I can't see anywhere with walls so close to the carriageway so I expect the road has been widened now.
scan2150 Caravan capers
One of the bugbears of being a Crosville driver in rural Wales was the influx of caravans in the summer time, particularly on the R6/R7 in the Aberglaslyn Pass and the D94 between Dolgellau and Barmouth, since the routes had pinch points where passing wide vehicles was difficult if not impossible.
Here the driver of ENG976, a Wrexham man a long way from home, waits for a caravan driver to inch past. Worse was to come, since the photograph was taken from the platform of SNG409, another Crosville Leyland National bound for Barmouth on a summer only service from Machynlleth which then had to pass the ENG! Both these Nationals were converted by Crosville to Gardner power. The bus pictured here has a badge on the front, and is one of the rare dual purpose models to be so converted.
More context for this photo can be found on this page.
The photo is my third stab at presenting this image, which is also on my previous flickr account. The contrast is better here, thanks to my use of a 16 bit DNG file from raw scan data to capture the extreme tones in tricky lighting before reducing to JPG.
Taken on the 25th of July 1985. Looking at the Google street view of the main road these days I can't see anywhere with walls so close to the carriageway so I expect the road has been widened now.