Almost indestructible Swift
Besides a Roadliner (or two), the Knotty Bus fleet contained four AEC Swifts. Two were 10m ex Saint Helens dual door examples, the above 11m Marshall bodied bus came from Blackpool and the final one to be purchased, originally from London Country. OFR 983M was a dependable performer and almost indestructible even it it's body rattled like a skeleton having a dance in a biscuit tin. OFR carried standard Knotty 'bus' livery of black and white with pewter grey around the windows and a red relief stripe. It also carried here commemorative lettering celebrating five years of operation... by ten I'd had enough! The picture was taken at the Severn Valley Railway's Kidderminster station on the occasion of the 1993 October bus rally were the Swift took turns on the shuttle service to Bewdley.
Almost indestructible Swift
Besides a Roadliner (or two), the Knotty Bus fleet contained four AEC Swifts. Two were 10m ex Saint Helens dual door examples, the above 11m Marshall bodied bus came from Blackpool and the final one to be purchased, originally from London Country. OFR 983M was a dependable performer and almost indestructible even it it's body rattled like a skeleton having a dance in a biscuit tin. OFR carried standard Knotty 'bus' livery of black and white with pewter grey around the windows and a red relief stripe. It also carried here commemorative lettering celebrating five years of operation... by ten I'd had enough! The picture was taken at the Severn Valley Railway's Kidderminster station on the occasion of the 1993 October bus rally were the Swift took turns on the shuttle service to Bewdley.