How time flies.
Looking through our RBW photo file for some date info, I came across this shot of POPS preserved ex PMT Bristol VR, OEH 604M. I was amazed to find that we handed it back over to the club in 2007, and this was the first occasion of its use for an evening outing in July of that year. That little jaunt took us from Hanley (Stoke on Trent) to Leek (where this photo was taken), then to Macclesfield and back via Congleton (chip shop stop) to Hanley.
604 was the recipient of much work, some of which was provided on a voluntary basis by club members, others funded some of what it required in donations with RBW bridging the gap as I was a member too! It took a fair effort all round to get it looking like it did here. Personally though, I found these Series II VRs awful and a poor second best to something like an Alexander bodied Fleetline. It has all the get up and go of a lead filled snail. Anyway, there are those who like them and its representative of PMT in the NBC era, so it has a justifiable place in preservation. Nowadays its side-lined needing remedial attention, not the least of which items are a myriad of oil leaks.
How time flies.
Looking through our RBW photo file for some date info, I came across this shot of POPS preserved ex PMT Bristol VR, OEH 604M. I was amazed to find that we handed it back over to the club in 2007, and this was the first occasion of its use for an evening outing in July of that year. That little jaunt took us from Hanley (Stoke on Trent) to Leek (where this photo was taken), then to Macclesfield and back via Congleton (chip shop stop) to Hanley.
604 was the recipient of much work, some of which was provided on a voluntary basis by club members, others funded some of what it required in donations with RBW bridging the gap as I was a member too! It took a fair effort all round to get it looking like it did here. Personally though, I found these Series II VRs awful and a poor second best to something like an Alexander bodied Fleetline. It has all the get up and go of a lead filled snail. Anyway, there are those who like them and its representative of PMT in the NBC era, so it has a justifiable place in preservation. Nowadays its side-lined needing remedial attention, not the least of which items are a myriad of oil leaks.