36320 LX58 CBY, a drawing in 1970s colours (Year of The Bus).
A possible livery that could have been adopted as a contender for the Catford Garage Centenary and Year of The Bus celebrations.
The Year of The Bus Roundels will no doubt start to be peeled off during the next few weeks/months so here is a little bit of information as to what else could have been seen last year before it is all forgotten about as 2015 is now upon us.
Interestingly when it was first spoken of that a single decker was to be painted into a "historic" livery as part of the Year of The Bus and Catford Garage Centenary it was said that a "BS" style red and white livery is preferable to be chosen complete with blue/green "Croydon" moquette to replicate the short Bristol ECW BS single deckers that once ran on route P4. At the same time the route 356 batch of Enviro 200 were underway to be refurbished and kitted out with black and white "power blinds". 36320 as being the 1st of the batch perhaps one could be excused for thinking this may have been the selected candidate for "1970s BS route P4" colours. Whenever I saw 36320 throughout 2014 I did think it would have been a nice idea if it was put into fruition. There could have also been a wider variety of routes that said livery may have been seen on, 124, 273, 354 and 356, (aswell as the 178, 380, P4 which in the event 36343 served). 36343 being the chosen single decker vehicle to be given a special livery to honour the Lance (LA) and Lance Verde (LV) era at Catford Garage. However due to its length this did rather restrict the usage of 36343 to just 3 routes (the 178, 380 and P4). The LAs themselves were associated with routes 36B (what is now the 136), the 75, 160 and 208. The LVs were for route 208.
Apparently the special liveries will be reverting back to red so get the photos of 10136 "Selkent Ambassador" and 36343 "LA/LV Lance" whilst you can
Alexander Dennis E200,
36320 LX58 CBY.
A hand drawn drawing in pencil by Tom Gurney of which the artwork is copyright to him, 2015.
36320 LX58 CBY, a drawing in 1970s colours (Year of The Bus).
A possible livery that could have been adopted as a contender for the Catford Garage Centenary and Year of The Bus celebrations.
The Year of The Bus Roundels will no doubt start to be peeled off during the next few weeks/months so here is a little bit of information as to what else could have been seen last year before it is all forgotten about as 2015 is now upon us.
Interestingly when it was first spoken of that a single decker was to be painted into a "historic" livery as part of the Year of The Bus and Catford Garage Centenary it was said that a "BS" style red and white livery is preferable to be chosen complete with blue/green "Croydon" moquette to replicate the short Bristol ECW BS single deckers that once ran on route P4. At the same time the route 356 batch of Enviro 200 were underway to be refurbished and kitted out with black and white "power blinds". 36320 as being the 1st of the batch perhaps one could be excused for thinking this may have been the selected candidate for "1970s BS route P4" colours. Whenever I saw 36320 throughout 2014 I did think it would have been a nice idea if it was put into fruition. There could have also been a wider variety of routes that said livery may have been seen on, 124, 273, 354 and 356, (aswell as the 178, 380, P4 which in the event 36343 served). 36343 being the chosen single decker vehicle to be given a special livery to honour the Lance (LA) and Lance Verde (LV) era at Catford Garage. However due to its length this did rather restrict the usage of 36343 to just 3 routes (the 178, 380 and P4). The LAs themselves were associated with routes 36B (what is now the 136), the 75, 160 and 208. The LVs were for route 208.
Apparently the special liveries will be reverting back to red so get the photos of 10136 "Selkent Ambassador" and 36343 "LA/LV Lance" whilst you can
Alexander Dennis E200,
36320 LX58 CBY.
A hand drawn drawing in pencil by Tom Gurney of which the artwork is copyright to him, 2015.