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Taken by the river Ribble on walk between Settle and Grassington, Yorkshire Dales. Using 105mm f/2.8G ED-IF AF-S VR Micro Lens.
A busy scene at Tampere with L-R SR2s 3245 IC910 09:10 to Turku, 3244 IC150 07:19 Jyväskylä-Helsinki and 3222 IC155 07:02 Helsinki-Pieksämäki
Dartmouth Steam Railway and River Boat Company
Bristol VRT/ECW
VDV 138S - 4 "ILLUSTRIOUS"
North Somerset Coaches
Bristol VRT/ECW
VDV134S "GOLDEN HIND"/Thomas Hardy
Steamer Quay , Totnes
The real treat from the summer of course though, was during Goodwood Revival; where around 20 vintage buses descend on Chichester to operate shuttles into a bygone era! My stallion for the event was Stagecoach West's Bristol VR, JOU 160P; oddly the very first time I've driven a Closed Top VR, despite having done thousands of miles on Open Top ones! She is seen here operating late into the night on Serv: 902.
S303 & T357 lead 6L70 Up 'Southern Aurora 60th Anniversary' Special through St Peters, nearing the end of its return journey from Melbourne.
This week's Saturday Timewatch reveals a most unexpected find in the form of a VR Queen Victoria letter box, in situ and still in use today.
It is hidden away inside the old entrance to the current Young Offenders Institute, Portland. Then known as Portland Prison, the institution was built between 1848-57. Wall box-type post boxes first came into use for fixing into existing walls in 1857. So this could have been a very early example.
During May 2009 a number of ballast trains were worked by El Zorro between Dimboola and Adelaide using C501 and a smaller loco.
On this particular trip on 19-5-09, C501+16+T386 have arrived back at Serviceton after dropping ballast in the previous section.
Serviceton was the former border station between South Australia and Victoria where loco and crew changes were performed here until the start of through working in the early to mid 1980's.
Serviceton station still stands as a heritage listed building and tourist attraction.
VR-HYO - Airbus A-320-321 - Dragonair (leased from ILFC)
at Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport (HKG) in Dec. 1994
c/n 393 - built in 1993 for ILFC/Dragonair -
re-reg. B-HYO in 1997 -
current user is Iran Airtour Airlines as EP-TTA
scanned from Kodachrome-slide
The south west is a good place for non pcv buses, almost every other month something pops onto the radar, often with a question mark attached. Some live on for years undiscovered as living accommodation or store sheds behind those Cornish or Devon hedges. This is ODL662R now someone’s home in South Devon and smartly repainted into this unusual blue & white.
VR-BIA - McDonnell Douglas DC-8-52 - Imperial Airlines Bermuda
at Stansted Airport (STN) in December 1994
c/n 45.658 - built in 1963 for IBERIA -
operated by Holidair as C-FGAB from 1988 -
later by Advance Air Charters from 07/1994
was supposed to be operated by start-up Imperial Airlines from 01/1995, but ntu (never entered service)
stored at Lasham (QLA) 05/1995 - owned by Jetstar Ltd. -
Broken up 10/1997 at QLA -
parts used by MK Airlines
scanned from Kodachrome-slide
Back in the good old days (well from the enthusiast point of view) you could even find a gaggle of VRs in Devon away from the masses which were still in use in Cornwall.
This is Tavistock outstation in the morning after the school runs.
1201 was a Torpoint VR but was covering for shortages especially as that day it was working the 185 to Bere Alston normally the haunt of the Merc Minis!
Sadly 1201 was written off by a new Torpoint driver a few months later when it hit a low wall.
The other two VRs 1155 and 1262 survived for a good few more years the latter being one of my personal favourites.
Landing on runway 26 at Luton.
Delivered new to the US register as N601TG in Jan84. To the Bermudan register as VR-BLA in Mar89 and reregistered to VP-BLA on 01Jul97. Back to the US register as N124BC on 27Jan99. Reregistered to N633CW on 13Aug99. To N213TS on 31Oct05 and still current in 2018.
With the annual Torbay half marathon taking place on 26th June this year, the usual diversions were in place, with buses routing via Preston Down, Ring Road & Fleet Street.
Pictured heading up Fleet Street we see Rail River Link's Bristol VR, UWV614S, with the daily 100 Torquay-Totnes service. With the fleet's Bristol VRs in their final summer this could well be the final time we see one of their fine machines making their way through Torquay town center.
Company: Rail River Link of Churston
Registration: UWV614S
Fleet Number: 1
New: 1978
Chassis: Bristol VRT/SL3/6LXB
Bodywork: Eastern Coach Works CO74F
Route: 100 (Torquay, Strand-Totnes, Coronation Road)
Location: Fleet Street, Torquay
History: New to Southdown (614)
Exposure: 1/400 @ f6.3 200ISO
Date: 26 June 2016
VR Sverige 8317 (DLE 404)
Volvo 8900LE
Route 611 to Visinge
Danderyds sjukhus, Stockholm, Sweden
Taken on 23/09/2022
Copyright George Batchelor 2022
This bus was new to Arriva Sverige. Arriva Sverige AB was acquired by VR Sverige AB on July 1st 2022.
Yosemite Bridalveil Falls Rainbow! Nikon D810 Elliot McGucken Long Lens Fine Art Nature Photography 300mm
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR Lens 2191 B&H Photo
Yosemite Waterfalls in the Spring!
Yosemite Falls, Bridalveil Falls, and Nevada Falls are all raging due to el nino and all the snow and rain over the winter! :)