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Modified LEGO set 75955 into a 7 wide engine with a 6 wide tender. Switched to Big Ben Bricks XL wheels (and medium front truck wheels), but the model works with regular Large and Medium LEGO train wheels as well.
Powertrain is a standard Powerfunctions train motor under the tender, with an IR receiver and a battery box in the tender. IR Receiver can be replaced with a PFxBrick as well.
Pulling a consist of 5 British Rail Mk I carriages: 2 First Class with compartments, 2 Second Class with toilets, and a combined 1st class/baggage car/brake van. All carriages are 7 wide.
An Optare Tempo new to Express Motors in April 2008, CX08 AOO is seen here in the centre of Caernarfon operating on a service to Bangor on 28th October 2013. Following the closure of the disgraced Express business, the vehicle passed to Caelloi of Pwllheli.
Leyland LB5
In service 1924-34
The “Chocolate Express” is probably the best-remembered of London’s 200+ independent operators (colloquially known as the ‘pirates’) which ran between 1922 and 1934, when the last was compulsorily purchased by the new London Passenger Transport Board. Chocolate Express was the first such operator and was founded by former London Road Car Company driver Arthur George Partridge who, after discharge from the Army after WW1, spotted the opportunity for independently-provided bus services to supplement those of the General.
Partridge was a cut above the average ‘pirate’ operator and possessed considerable business acumen which even won the grudging respect of the LGOC’s senior management, to the extent that he was later offered a managerial position with London Transport, which he declined. The Chocolate Express operation won a deserved reputation for service, cleanliness and reliability and its buses were always spotless, even in bad weather.
Operations commenced in August 1922 with the first of the company’s five Leyland LB-types and, despite initially intense on-road harrassment from the LGOC, the Company eventually settled into a secure and profitable business, operating its buses mainly on route 11 on weekdays and the 33D on Sundays. Four of the LB buses were replaced by new Leyland Titans in 1929-31 although LB XU 7498 was retained as a spare and survived to the end of operations in August 1934 when the company was compulsorily acquired by London Transport. At just short of 12 years, Chocolate Express was the longest-lived of the pirate operators.
The Leyland LB marque was developed by the manufacturer in an attempt to break into the London market which was dominated by AEC, not surprisingly since that company was an associate of the largest operator, the LGOC. The LB-type was based on the standard Leyland lorry chassis but widened behind the dash to give greater stability as a bus. A constant-mesh gearbox was fitted which, together with the smooth-running and efficient Leyland 4-cylinder, side-valve engine, provided relatively silent operation.
XU 7498 was the fourth of five LBs purchased by Chocolate Express, entering service in September 1924, and the only one retained by the company right to the end of its operations, towards the end acting as a spare. The body was built by Christopher Dodson Ltd to a standard design stipulated by the Metropolitan Police who had authority over such matters (the Museum’s own 1925 Dennis has a similar body which makes an interesting comparison as the vehicles are exhibited side by side.) Dodson was a great supporter of the independent operators, refusing to accept work for the LGOC and offering his customers beneficial terms.
[London Bus Museum]
Year of the Bus celebrates two centuries of buses with Regent Street Bus Cavalcade
22 June 2014, 48 buses from "the earliest horse-drawn model of the 1820s right up to the New Routemasters" paraded along Regent Street.
Bachelor Express 4608
Route: DAVAO-BUTUAN-TANDAG
Plate #:
Hino RK1JST
Body Built by: VALLACAR TRANSIT, INC.
Re-modeled 3D from the original
Operator- National Express (West Midlands Travel)
Operating Area- Nationwide
Make- Caetano
Model- Levante 3
Chassie- Volvo B11RT
Fleet No- 270
Reg- BU18OTG
Location Seen- Telford Bus Station Not in Service
Info- New to West Midlands Travel.
Seen 28/1/22
Hunslet is a good location for a glint and the engine on the Scarborough Spa Express to be working hard but there is no point in pretending it is anything but a contempory shot. No.46115 leaves Leeds behind with the Scarborough Spa Express on the 24th July 2012.
Bus Name: Weena Express
Bus No.:Eric-LIX
Bus Unit: Hino RK
Bus Body: Pilipinas Hino
Company: Weena Express Inc
Fare: Airconditioned
Route: Davao - Cotabato
via Digos City, Sta Cruz,Bansalan,Kidapawan & Kabacan
Date Taken: Nov. 19, 2009
Location: Ecoland Davao City
Limón Express estacionado en los talleres del Tram en El Campello (Alicante).
Poco a poco van sufriendo esas mejoras necesarias para poder circular de nuevo. Junio 2009
The Nittany Lion was joined by some friends at the starting line to cheer on the Hope Express runners.
The earlier Express vans are a little thinner on the ground now. This one seemed to be in pretty decent condition.
The first Pony Express Statue was unveiled in St. Joseph, Missouri, on April 20, 1940, commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Pony Express. The horse appears to leap ahead with the encouragement of the rider, who swings a quirt past its flank.
The bronze horse and rider, of heroic proportions, was created by Hermon A MacNeil, a famous sculptor, who carved the frescoes of many state capitals, as well as, the U. S. Supreme Court sculptures in Washington, DC.
The $16,000 Pony Express Statue in St. Joseph weighs two tons. It was part of a $63,000 Civic Center bond issue passed August 5, 1938, with bonds providing 55% of the cost, and the WPA, 45%. Postmaster General James Farley was present for the unveiling.
This monument is located on the corner of Tenth and Frederick streets.
Western-Express / Heft-Reihe
G. F. Unger / Das letzte Round-up
cover: Hugo Kastner
Wildwestroman
Indra-Verlag (Castrop Rauxel / Deutschland; 1964)
(Vertrieb Pabel Verlag)
ex libris MTP
TransPennine Express 397004 seen passing through Levenshulme on 5Q43 Crewe C.S. to Manchester International Depot
Not the coach I caught between Dundee and Glenrothes, but a pretty much identical example heading in the opposite direction on the "express city connect" X54 service to/from Edinburgh. Very comfortable inside, with leather seating and free wi-fi.
Stagecoach Fife operate a series of such express routes across the Kingdom of Fife, reaching Dundee to the north, Edinburgh to the south and Glasgow to the west.
No stops until the TTC.
The express monorail zips past the Grand Floridian on its way to the Transportation and Ticket Center. If you want a scenic trip from the Magic Kingdom around Seven Seas Lagoon, this is the way to go. If you're in more of a hurry, it's often quicker to take the resort monorail, which travels in the opposite direction, stopping only at the Contemporary before it arrives at the TTC.
Dehradun Shatabdi kicks off its journey to Dehradun from New Delhi behind the customary link TKD WDM-3A.Honours to #18985