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Now, what would Flickrer Gardner8LXB be pointing out to the owner of ERF 310PJH, preserved in Hayes of Walsall livery, that is now a short-term Aldridge resident? Why - no Gardner badge, of course!
A collection of scenes from the excellent RetroBus running day in Winchester which took place on March 19th 2017.
Routes operated were:
45A/C Winchester city circulars;
46 to Otterbourne via Hursley;
47 to Otterbourne via St Cross;
48 to Fair Oak via Fishers Pond;
67 to Cheriton via Itchen Abbas and Alresford;
X14 to Bishops Sutton via Alresford.
Here, preserved Southern Vectis Bristol RELH / ECW coach 302 XDL122L is seen at Alresford station.
Any more for Mont Sarah's?
Huddersfield Corporation - 472 - HVH 472D -
Daimler CVG6LX -
East Lancs H41/29F -
new 7/66 -
POPS Potteries Connection Running Day
Gladstone Museum, Longton
1 in a set of 23
Southdown Guy Arab IV No. 547 PUF647 seen at Eastbourne Station. Eastbourne Classic Bus Running Day. Celebrating 110 years of Eastbourne buses.
DR817 (VDV 817) is one of 23 AEC Regent V with 56-seater open platform rear entrance Weymann-bodied buses that were purchased between 1955 and 1957 for the Exeter City services operated jointly with the municipal City of Exeter Transport Undertaking. For many years the City Council and local Police would not allow doored buses to operate on Exeter City services, which put the municipal undertaking at a financial disadvantage in the 1960s and led to its sale to Devon General, by that time part of the National Bus Company, in April 1970. DR817 is seen at Newton Abbot Railway Station on the shuttle service to and from the Rally Site at the Racecourse.
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To commemorate 100 years since the founding of the Devon General Omnibus & Touring Company in 1919, a bus rally and running day was held at Newton Abbot Racecourse on Sunday 4th August 2019. The event was well-attended by enthusiasts and the general public, and numerous vehicles were on display, mainly former Devon General buses but also featuring vehicles from other fleets in the South West and further afield. The event was well supported by local enthusiast groups and by Stagecoach South West, the successors to Devon General, who had a number of their own vehicles and staff in attendance.
Any regular Royal Blue passengers who found themselves consigned to this bus seated, underpowered monstrosity would probably think twice about travelling Royal Blue again - the difference in ride between this and a Beadle or Duple coach bodied 6 cylinder Bristol L or LL was akin to the difference between 3rd and 1st class travel on the railways - if my memories serve me correctly having travelled many times between home in Taunton and Southampton durting the 1950s when "loaned" to a childless aunt during the school holidays,
Bristol Harbourside Rally & Running Day
DR661 is a Weymann-bodied AEC Regent III, a typical example of the large number of such vehicles that entered service with Devon General in the earlier part of the 1950s - DR661 was new in 1952 and withdrawn in 1965. It is now owned by the Devon General Omnibus Trust and carries period adverts that would have been applied to buses allocated to Torquay depot.
It is seen here in Imperial Road, Exmouth, during the Running Day on Sunday 4th September 2022. Despite the large crowd boarding I was still able to bag one of the last seats for this run out to Littleham Village.
She had been sold to Scotland in 1986 and came back from Scotland 23 years ago after only 4 years in service... in Routemaster things you need to get used to counting in decades rather than years as for most other buses... She's now preserved with the Clydemaster Preservation Group in Brentwood.
A collection of shots from the Friends of King Alfred Buses (FOKAB) running day held on New Year's Day in Winchester in January 2000.
Present that day was Reading Mainline AEC Routemaster / Park Royal No.26 WLT871.
VDV 817 (DR817) is one of a number of Weymann-bodied AEC Regent V that entered service with Devon General between 1955 and 1957. It was one of 23 that were built with open rear platforms for use on Exeter City services that were jointly operated with Exeter City Transport - the City Council at that time did not allow doored vehicles to be operated on these services. It was acquired for preservation immediately upon withdrawal in 1971 and is in the care of the Devon General Omnibus Trust.
DR817 is seen departing Imperial Road, Exmouth, with a route 5 run to Woodbury during the Exmouth Running Day - these journeys continued to Clyst St George and returned to Exmouth as route 85.
A little glimpse of today's gathering as we headed over to the station. The usual crowd, and as per usual superbly organised with a selection of lovely country area routes.
DR817 (VDV 817) is one of 23 AEC Regent V with 56-seater open platform rear entrance Weymann-bodied buses that were purchased between 1955 and 1957 for the Exeter City services operated jointly with the municipal City of Exeter Transport Undertaking. For many years the City Council and local Police would not allow doored buses to operate on Exeter City services, which put the municipal undertaking at a financial disadvantage in the 1960s and led to its sale to Devon General, by that time part of the National Bus Company, in April 1970. DR817 is seen at Newton Abbot Railway Station on the shuttle service to and from the Rally Site at the Racecourse.
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To commemorate 100 years since the founding of the Devon General Omnibus & Touring Company in 1919, a bus rally and running day was held at Newton Abbot Racecourse on Sunday 4th August 2019. The event was well-attended by enthusiasts and the general public, and numerous vehicles were on display, mainly former Devon General buses but also featuring vehicles from other fleets in the South West and further afield. The event was well supported by local enthusiast groups and by Stagecoach South West, the successors to Devon General, who had a number of their own vehicles and staff in attendance.
The 2017 Alton Classic Bus & Country Pub Running Day took place on Saturday 15th July 2017.
Here, preserved Crosville Bristol RELH6G / ECW C47F CRG530 AFM105B sits outside Alton station.
Company: Strathtay Scottish
Fleetnumber: SF19
Registration: RLS469T
Chassis: Ford R1014
Bodywork: Alexander AY
Location of Photo: Kirkby Stephen Station
Previous Registrations: N/A
New to: Alexander (Midland) (Fleetno: MT69)
Other Notes: N/A
A Running Day moment - Western National 420 (270 KTA), a Bristol SUL with ECW bodywork, passes Grey Cars AEC Reliance no. 1 in the village of Ipplepen.
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To commemorate 100 years since the founding of the Devon General Omnibus & Touring Company in 1919, a bus rally and running day was held at Newton Abbot Racecourse on Sunday 4th August 2019. The event was well-attended by enthusiasts and the general public, and numerous vehicles were on display, mainly former Devon General buses but also featuring vehicles from other fleets in the South West and further afield. The event was well supported by local enthusiast groups and by Stagecoach South West, the successors to Devon General, who had a number of their own vehicles and staff in attendance.
Bristol Harbourside Rally & Running Day
Jul 40 In service with Western National Omnibus Company Limited, Exeter (333)
1942 Converted to B35R
Mar 50 Rebodied with Beadle B36R
Nov 61 Converted to Service Vehicle (Mobile Office)
Out of service with Western National Omnibus Company Limited, Exeter (333)
Jul 71 Swindon Vintage Omnibus Society, Swindon
<1995 Gloucester Bus Preservation Group, Gloucester
<Sep 95 333 Bus Group, Cheltenham
Status: Preserved as Western National 333
Plaxton Panorama Elite bodied Bedford VAL (according to my internet search!)....bizarre double front axle configuration!
A look back at some of the vehicles that attended the excellent Thames Valley & Great Western Omnibus Trust's Thames Valley and Reading Vintage Bus Running Day, held in Reading in June 2018 to commemorate 50 years since the last Reading trolleybus departed.
Entry #SD14 was preserved Alder Valley Leyland National 218 KPA369P. This bus is owned by Adrian Morton of Mortons Travel.