Buses
Operator gives up on heritage
An Essex AEC Routemaster operator has decided to leave the heritage market and offer his last example for sale
Industry Heritage
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Lincoln delights
Nick Larkin visited the Lincoln Vintage Vehicle Society’s Transport Festival in search of Industry Heritage gems A great end of rally season event, this year’s annual November Transport Festival based at the Lincolnshire Vintage Vehicle […]
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Painter reaches 100…
Renowned heritage buses painter Kevin Hill is celebrating his hundredth – vehicle painted that is! Kevin has, he said, got buses in his blood; the Birmingham fleet being his favourite. His grandfather was a driver […]
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Red rarity restored
After much restoration work, preserved Cheltenham Bristol KSW UHY374 has been brought back to life, reports Nick Larkin
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Rain doesn’t stop play at Wythall
Despite persistent heavy rain, Transport Museum Wythall’s ever-popular end of season Twilight Running Day was braved by hoards of visitors
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Magical Mystery Tour… of St Helens!
A 1986 Plaxton-bodied Leyland Royal Tiger coach used until recently by Maghull Coaches on the Beatles-themed Magical Mystery Tour in Liverpool was a star attraction at the St Helens-based North West Transport Museum’s Autumn Running […]
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Olympian preserved
A Leyland Olympian still in regular use after nearly 35 years has been bought for preservation by a new owner with special memories of the vehicle.
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50 years of GMPTE as Manchester Museum of Transport celebrates its 40th birthday
Almost 20 buses gathered in the city to mark 50 years of the PTE and 40 years since the founding of the transport museum, reports Nick Larkin The largest ever parade of preserved buses through […]
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Singing the Blues
Bus driver Jamie Vendy is celebrating completing the transformation of his preserved Scania L94, new to First in 1999, into a fascinating might-have-been. The Wright-bodied bus was new to First Eastern Counties in Willow Leaf […]
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Focus on AECs at London Bus Museum event
AEC buses and coaches were given pride of place at the London Bus Museum’s Transportfest, with operators supplying vehicles from both their historic and modern fleets. AECs came from Ensign, the London Bus Company and […]
