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Grandfather and grandson Scania

06/11/2018 WebSupport

A grandfather and grandson not only now work for the same Cambridgeshire operator, they’re also united by a rather special newly restored bus which they are keeping in active preservation.

Heritage route ‘not under threat’

06/11/2018 WebSupport

Nick Larkin has been talking to transport for London about its heritage Routemaster service between Trafalgar Square and Tower Hill

Mainline remembered

30/10/2018 WebSupport

First South Yorkshire is commemorating the 30th anniversary of its predecessor, Mainline. The Mainline brand was introduced in 1989, replacing the South Yorkshire Transport identity for the area’s former PTE buses. Sheffield Mainline buses wore […]

Busy schedule for Burlingham AEC

30/10/2018 WebSupport

Safeguard of Guildford’s 1956 Burlingham-bodied AEC Reliance is pursuing a busy career in active preservation. Now the firm’s Managing Director, Andrew Halliday has promised ‘some surprises in Guildford’ involving the bus in the run up […]

Operators support Leyland celebration

30/10/2018 WebSupport

Nick Larkin reports from Transportfest which marked the 50th anniversary of the formation of British Leyland Bus operators from Nottingham to Sussex supported a major event celebrating Leyland, organised by the London Bus Museum at […]

Museum thanks operators

23/10/2018 WebSupport

Operators have been thanked for supporting this year’s Lincolnshire Road Transport Museum’s (LVVS) end of season Transport Festival, which will be on Sunday 4 November.

McGill’s expands heritage fleet

23/10/2018 WebSupport

Scotland’s largest independent operator, McGill’s, has expanded its heritage fleet by restoring a 1977 Western SMT Alexander Y-type Leyland Leopard and acquiring another vehicle.

Where are the heritage vehicle drivers?

23/10/2018 WebSupport

Nick Larkin highlights how finding drivers with the skills to handle heritage vehicles is becoming ever harder

Mellow yellow Metro

23/10/2018 WebSupport

When bus driver Mark McCorquodale decided to buy and put back into largely original condition a bus new to his old employer, he settled on an authentic, and extremely yellow livery.