Yesterday saw the annual
Cobham 2010 Running Day, with vehicles displayed at the
Wisley Airfield and a shuttle service ferrying visitors between here and the
Cobham Transport Museum. Last year, to celebrate 30 years attending bus and coach rallies,
LEYTR operator
Delaine Buses invited m'colleague and I along and we produced an article on the subject for the
LEYTR Magazine. This year we went solo and thought we'd show a selection of photos from yesterday:
Travel de Courcey's Scania/Optare Olympus bathes in afternoon sunshine
Outside the museum buses can be seen loading passengers - an East London Scania Omnicity behind an RM
The second-oldest bus company in the UK is Delaine Buses of Bourne, who brought a recently-acquired Volvo B7TL (new to Whitelaw, Stonehouse)
Outside the museum is one of London's first Dennis Tridents - S801 BWC, new to Stagecoach, now preserved by East London
First in Eastleigh operate a fleet of ADL Dart/Enviro200s on Service 18. Eastleigh is of course a Mecca for rail enthusiasts
Guide Friday tours often use ageing vehicles, none more so than that used in Brighton - this 1966 Leyland Atlantean, new to Portsmouth
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Greenline vehicles were in abundance, celebrating the company's 80th birthday. Seen here is a regular performer on their Central London-Luton Airport service, a tri-axle Van Hool T917
A little older is this 1953 Guy/ECW, seen at the museum.jpg)
Mercedes-Benz Citaros are few and far between in Greenline colours - seen here is one allocated to the Hayes-Heathrow service
From one of the newest to one of the oldest - London General-liveried Dennis 4-ton with Dodson body, built in 1925. While I was stood here, the driver attempted to start it using the handle at the front, but to no avail
Midland Classic has recently acquired a Scania/Wrightbus, which looks very smart in the company's colours
Just under a dozen Greenline vehicles were parked outside the rear of the museum, providing a unique shot, especially since by this time next year the museum will have moved to new premises
The South Coast's 'smooth operator' brought a couple of vehicles; seen here is one of Velvet's Northern Counties-bodied Volvo Olympians
Routemasters continue to fascinate me (despite not being a Londoner). They were in abundance here
The latest 'Gold' brand Stagecoach has applied is to a selection of rural services north of Oxford. Note the addition of a cream swirl separating the two main colours. Its designer, Mr Stenning, was taking a photo at the same time as me
I suppose it's a little more novel than Merry Christmas!
All the way from, er, Chesterfield is this Leyland Tiger/Alexander TE in Strathtay's striking livery
Suffolk County Council is one of a handful of local authorities to own and operate PCVs. Seen here is one of its fleet of Iveco/Marcopolo coaches
Finally is this Leyland National, new to Midland General in 1976. The bus last operated with Trent Buses and I vividly remember travelling on vehicles of this type in Derbyshire during my formative years!
Travel de Courcey's Scania/Optare Olympus bathes in afternoon sunshine
Outside the museum buses can be seen loading passengers - an East London Scania Omnicity behind an RM
The second-oldest bus company in the UK is Delaine Buses of Bourne, who brought a recently-acquired Volvo B7TL (new to Whitelaw, Stonehouse)
Outside the museum is one of London's first Dennis Tridents - S801 BWC, new to Stagecoach, now preserved by East London
First in Eastleigh operate a fleet of ADL Dart/Enviro200s on Service 18. Eastleigh is of course a Mecca for rail enthusiasts
Guide Friday tours often use ageing vehicles, none more so than that used in Brighton - this 1966 Leyland Atlantean, new to Portsmouth.jpg)
Greenline vehicles were in abundance, celebrating the company's 80th birthday. Seen here is a regular performer on their Central London-Luton Airport service, a tri-axle Van Hool T917
A little older is this 1953 Guy/ECW, seen at the museum.jpg)
Mercedes-Benz Citaros are few and far between in Greenline colours - seen here is one allocated to the Hayes-Heathrow service
From one of the newest to one of the oldest - London General-liveried Dennis 4-ton with Dodson body, built in 1925. While I was stood here, the driver attempted to start it using the handle at the front, but to no avail
Midland Classic has recently acquired a Scania/Wrightbus, which looks very smart in the company's colours
Just under a dozen Greenline vehicles were parked outside the rear of the museum, providing a unique shot, especially since by this time next year the museum will have moved to new premises
The South Coast's 'smooth operator' brought a couple of vehicles; seen here is one of Velvet's Northern Counties-bodied Volvo Olympians
Routemasters continue to fascinate me (despite not being a Londoner). They were in abundance here
The latest 'Gold' brand Stagecoach has applied is to a selection of rural services north of Oxford. Note the addition of a cream swirl separating the two main colours. Its designer, Mr Stenning, was taking a photo at the same time as me
I suppose it's a little more novel than Merry Christmas!
All the way from, er, Chesterfield is this Leyland Tiger/Alexander TE in Strathtay's striking livery
Suffolk County Council is one of a handful of local authorities to own and operate PCVs. Seen here is one of its fleet of Iveco/Marcopolo coaches
Finally is this Leyland National, new to Midland General in 1976. The bus last operated with Trent Buses and I vividly remember travelling on vehicles of this type in Derbyshire during my formative years!
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