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On 25 October 1986, the day before bus deregulation, East Kent 7656 is seen in Canterbury Bus Station with its National Holidays advertisement painted out. This is a 1980 Bristol VR/ECW originally intended for Maidstone & District when ordered.
If I must be honest, I never could understand the point of bodying a low chassis with a highbridge body ... thereby making it less versatile. In this case, with the ECW VR, the standard height variety had widespread acceptance already and looked respectable enough if a little dated, but ECW's attempt at streching the body upwards was little short of an aesthetic disaster in my humble opinion. In a similar vane were the Nottingham AEC Renowns ... possibly the ugliest of the type, again with highbridge bodies on a low chassis.
Anyway, back at the beginning of this century I encountered this rather anonymous ex London Country VR, PPH 467R in a lay-by on the outskirts of Kirkbymoorside in Yorkshire. I'm not sure to whom it belonged, but the other buses present were owned by Stephensons of Easingwold.
Nikon, D80, infra, red, Kolari, filter, 720nm, panorama, Rome, 16-85, VR
Infra-red panorama converted to B&W
Aki et Mark peaufinent la préparation de leur sortie extravéhiculaire grâce à un casque de réalité virtuelle. La station dans tous ses moindres détails est modélisée en 3D, et il n’y manque pas un boulon ou un reflet du soleil sur l’aluminium. C’est non seulement super impressionnant, mais c’est essentiel pour le niveau de préparation que demande une sortie, ou les opérations de robotique. Et je crois qu'on peut dire qu’Aki vit l'expérience pleinement 😅
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Aki and Mark preparing for their spacewalk using a virtual reality headset. The whole station is modelled in infinite detail in 3D by NASA VRlab, it’s a fantastic tool to prepare, review and describe the spacewalks and robotics operations. I think it's safe to say Aki is getting the full experience 😅
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet
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One of the smartest non pcvs this year for me must be VTV169S which forms part of an elusive fleet based in Perthshire but operated countrywide spreading the good word of God. This veteran new in January 1978 is shown about to set off on a marathon journey to the Outer Hebrides where it will be semi permanently based for most of 2015 at least.
With a PVR of two vehicles Mendip Mule has plenty to choose from with 7 vehicles in the end. UWV607S was new back in 1977 and had its life at opposite ends of the country with Southdown until moving within stagecoach to Scotland. It has been with Dave Hoare 18 years and seems a popular motor.
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Steamrail's preserved S313 leads B76,T395 on the P&O rice train from Deniliquin between Mathoura and Barnes on 14-10-11
It's unusual for me to join in with preserved bus events but on 19th July, 2025, I spent the afternoon riding on former Sheffield Corporation Bristol VR East Lancs 271 (OWE 271K), back in its home city for the day. I last came across this bus when I (and it) lived in Hastings back in the nineties and it looks much better now than it did back then. Shame, I can't say the same about myself.
Back in April 1987 I went on a bus hunting adventure which included a visit to Warrington where I photographed Crosville Bristol VRT / ECW H43/31F DVL406 JMB406T in the Crosville depot.
Stagecoach must have seen the potential with the sprawling Westwood bus garage site as it was soon developed into commercial property. XJJ662V was my final East Kent Bristol VR to photograph out of the whole batch. I think the staff there took pity on me and pulled it out for the camera. Lots of these East Kent VRs went onto second lives throughout the UK but this particular one was gone by 1998 after only 18 years service.
Ryde Bus Station during August 1995 and Southern Vectis Bristol VR 676 (YDL 676T) sits out of service on the layover bays. Vehicles are generally kept here whilst drivers take their breaks. Spare buses are also placed here to cover for breakdowns.
Not to be confused with Serious Sam: The Last Hope, this is re-release of the original Serious Sam game but with VR support.
This is a build that's very close to my heart: may I present to you all the VR-052F Veritech, or more simply, the Cyclone. If you're a Robotech or MOSPEADA fan you'll most instantly recognise this build, it's iconic. As a kid, my dad raised me on Robotech, which in the last few years I've been able to expand on with my discovery of Macross and all of the other titles Carl Macek smooshed together to produce his saga. The basic idea of the Cyclone is to provide REF soldiers with increased survivability through a means of transport and enhanced combat effectiveness. It does this by transforming from a motorbike into a set of armour, granting the wearer extreme abilities via boosters, weapons and targeting systems.
VR-CKA - McDonnell Douglas DC-8-73PF - Handlingair (operated for Triad Holding Co./Adnan Khashoggi)
in June 1985
c/n 46.095 - built in 1969 as DC-8-63 for Eastern air Lines -
operated by CP Air as CF-CPL/C-FCPL between 1972 and 1982 -
converted to DC-8-73PF in 1982 -
operated by Handlingair as VR-CKL and VR-CKA until 1988 -
converted to freighter -
final operator was EMERY Worldwide - retired 2001 -
broken-up at MZJ in 2006
scanned from Kodachrome-slide
It's hard to tell here as the weather was so rubbish (and after the sun had been out less than five minutes earlier!), but this isn't 'Poppy Red'. What other colour would you paint an ex Eastern National Bristol VR than LT red and white? That said, the last PSV user of STW 30W, Hedingham & District, also had it painted in red, so I guess there's a precident.
The picture was taken today just after leaving the paint-shop, with Moorcroft pottery's bottle oven as a back-drop.
The VR is destined for life in a non-PSV role, I believe its to become some kind of mobile class room at a school in the Home Counties.
Another view of the scrapped VR.
Engine bay and driver side panel detail generally reproduced from available photos to give some feel for the real thing.
The weathered banner over the windows was created in CorelDraw and printed on transfer paper with a matt finish for effect.
United Counties Omnibus Company
Bristol VR/ECW
935-SNV935W
New to UCOC as 935 (7/80)
Wellingborough, Church Street
03/05/1986
(Roger Warwick Collection)
The gorgeous Rachel Wallace with Mr Hobbs Coffee stunners Julia Rainey and Zsofia Dosa at the Cannonball 2013 in Mondello Park, Kildare, Ireland.
Nikon D-800, Nikkor 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 IF-ED-VR-2 (FX), Nikon SB-910 Speedlight. 80mm, f5.0, 1/100 sec.
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so a the owners of EAP 984V wanted to repaint their VR and came to me for the vinyls and this is the result.
I've always like the Midland Fox livery, one of the best deregulation liveries around, of course this vehicle never carried it and was originally in Southdown NBC green.
Took a lot of research to get the logo and text just right and I think we did a good job of that from the pictures that we had.