The future then, and the future now
Well-known is the former Nottingham City Transport 666 (ARC 666T), a Leyland Atlantean with unusually-designed Northern Counties bodywork that was produced to evaluate new features and develop the Nottingham standard bus design, according to the information board in the windscreen. No more of its type were produced and hence it remains unique. The bus now lives at Ruddington in the care of the Nottingham Area Bus Society. Unusually for an Atlantean is has a turbocharged 0.690 engine, which the info board says gives exceptional performance.
While 666 may have been represented the future in 1978, one of today's cutting edge designs is adjacent. It is a Yutong U11DD battery-electric double-decker and, according to the fleet plate inside, is destined to be 30053 (YH25 CYC) with First West of England. Both are seen at a conference in Nottingham.
The future then, and the future now
Well-known is the former Nottingham City Transport 666 (ARC 666T), a Leyland Atlantean with unusually-designed Northern Counties bodywork that was produced to evaluate new features and develop the Nottingham standard bus design, according to the information board in the windscreen. No more of its type were produced and hence it remains unique. The bus now lives at Ruddington in the care of the Nottingham Area Bus Society. Unusually for an Atlantean is has a turbocharged 0.690 engine, which the info board says gives exceptional performance.
While 666 may have been represented the future in 1978, one of today's cutting edge designs is adjacent. It is a Yutong U11DD battery-electric double-decker and, according to the fleet plate inside, is destined to be 30053 (YH25 CYC) with First West of England. Both are seen at a conference in Nottingham.