Buses from a slightly bygone era.

[guyarab]

As it seems a little quiet on here at present, I am putting some pictures on here from the past (distant past in some cases). Let me know if you want more (or not). Not yet fathomed how to show only the link, so it'll be the full pics until someone advises me!



From a bygone era, this is YWD's Leyland Tiger PS! 622 (HD 7905). Some of this batch was later rebodied (in the style of the MCW?Weymann Orion) by Chas H Roe. This bus would have been on the no. 2 route (Osett-Dewsbury-Keighley) as the 3 was a West Riding operation.

This next shot shows a YWD Thames Trader/ Duple coach (taken at the ill fated Transperience site). GHD 215.




Next is YWD's 281 (F281 AWW), a Leyland Lynx.



We now move onto the minibus era. Yorkshire Woollen was a relatively late user of minibuses (thankfully) and here is Mercedes Benz/ Plaxton Beaver 782 (L782 EUA).



Here is Dennis Dart 199 as it first appeared, seen about to enter Batley bus station.



This is DAF/Spectra 627 when new and branded for the 110 service, shown on Northgate, Wakefield.



The final image (for now) shows a West Yorkshire Road Car Bristol SUL4A/ECW, SMA5 (811 BWR). These were lovely little buses and were usually used on that operator's more rural routes.

[www.buseireann.ie]

The thing what struck me was the merc on the 230 to Rothwell! Didn't know this route existed, knew there was a 130, was the 230 a service to provide a better frequency on part of the 130 route?

[jimbob90]

Love the 110 branded Spectra! Seems like only yesterday that they were entering service. Don't suppose you have any pics of the B10B Striders in 110 branding? Always remember 1999, 110 had a mix of Striders, Spectras and Olympian 612! Those were the days!

[jabbott1987]

Apr 14, 2009 20:39:22 GMT 1 www.buseireann.ie said:

The thing what struck me was the merc on the 230 to Rothwell! Didn't know this route existed, knew there was a 130, was the 230 a service to provide a better frequency on part of the 130 route?

230 Never went to Rothwell and didn't have anything to do with the 130 West Riding route, the 230 ran from Dewsbury - Wakefield through Batley. I remember them like yesterday also my dad used to work for Yorkshire Buses as an engineer and Sunday Driver at Thornhill garage, I liked the livery of Yorkshire Buses.

[guyarab]

Apr 15, 2009 17:57:46 GMT 1 jabbott1987 said:

Apr 14, 2009 20:39:22 GMT 1 www.buseireann.ie said:

The thing what struck me was the merc on the 230 to Rothwell! Didn't know this route existed, knew there was a 130, was the 230 a service to provide a better frequency on part of the 130 route?

230 Never went to Rothwell and didn't have anything to do with the 130 West Riding route, the 230 ran from Dewsbury - Wakefield through Batley. I remember them like yesterday also my dad used to work for Yorkshire Buses as an engineer and Sunday Driver at Thornhill garage, I liked the livery of Yorkshire Buses.

The 230 DID go to Rothwell, I used it a couple of times to visit the transport thingy there. Now, there is no Thornhill garage. Do you mean Dewsbury's Savile Town garage? The area of Dewsbury called Savile Town runs into Thornhill Lees, which leads on to Thornhill itself.

This whole area has land owned by the Savile family and that family still has members in the Halifax area I believe.

To answer Jim's question- not sure if I have the Striders for the 110, but if I have I will post them here.

One minor detail change to note is that the WRCC Bristol is a model SUL4A and not the shorter SUS4A, I understand.

[jabbott1987]

Yeah Savile Town one where it is now.

[A1YBG]

Apr 15, 2009 12:02:40 GMT 1 @jimbob90 said:

Love the 110 branded Spectra! Seems like only yesterday that they were entering service. Don't suppose you have any pics of the B10B Striders in 110 branding? Always remember 1999, 110 had a mix of Striders, Spectras and Olympian 612! Those were the days!

i remember the slogan was "1 every 10 Mins"! trying to use the route number in it!!!

[busman3]

Three that are definatley from an earlier and the PD2 not only travelled into west yorks when with sheffield joint omnibus but when that was disbanded was with yorkshire wollen at dewsbury




following an ealier appeal when I couldnt remember where I had taken the photo it was decided that it was at the huddersfield rally

[Burnside]

Cool! The Foden NC. Is that still around?

[576 Gemini 2]

Yes It is owned by Aintree Coachline along with ex WMPTE example ROC300R. Aintree own 100% of all surviving NCs !

[matt west]

the photos i have seen so far are very very good well done

[guyarab]

Here is another picture from a previous era.



This is a former York-West Yorkshire Bristol Lodekka FS6B, taken in 2007 at the Huddersfield Transport Rally.

This one taken at the Huddersfield rally, is the former Keighley-West Yorkshire Bristol K with Roe body (a rebody by Roe I presume - anyone know?). This is one bus that probably none of us saw in service.

[jimbob90]

Apr 16, 2009 19:56:47 GMT 1 A1YBG said:

Apr 15, 2009 12:02:40 GMT 1 @jimbob90 said:

Love the 110 branded Spectra! Seems like only yesterday that they were entering service. Don't suppose you have any pics of the B10B Striders in 110 branding? Always remember 1999, 110 had a mix of Striders, Spectras and Olympian 612! Those were the days!

i remember the slogan was "1 every 10 Mins"! trying to use the route number in it!!!

The original plan back in 1998 was to have the ALX300s for the 110, and the Striders for the 126/127, but after realising the 110 needed Deckers, they ordered the Spectras, put the Striders on the 110 until the Spectras arrived and ALX300s for the 126/127.

There was also a planned 'Road Runner' branding for the 126/127, partly due to the service running via Chickenley!

[guyarab]

Here's another from that previous era. Former West Riding 733 (EHL 344), Leyland Tiger PS1/ Roe.




This probably ran on the no. 3 route from Wakefield to Cullingworth via Dewsbury, unlike the Yorkshire Woollen Tiger (above) which would have done the 2 (Ossett-Dewsbury-Keighley).