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31/10/2011 YouTube Bonanza!Andy and me have been busy down the yard exercising the buses. I decided to video on my phone while Andy took them around. I hope you enjoy them if only for the sound effects! 19/10/2011 KKE736N
Picture from the internet/ John Nelson Flickr site.
Anyone heading to central France in the next few months please keep an eye open for ex M&D KKE736N. Last spotted last month in a recovery yard at Cosne sur Loire some current pictures or status would be handy please. Many thanks. KKE is of course the last surviving highbridge series 2 VR left in the world - unless you know different.
19/10/2011 Future Classics? Would you preserve this? Not so much fleet news this time but have you ever looked at more modern buses and wondered who would take them on in the future? I can't help but think this sometimes as I'm driving around in my Volvo B7, B9 or Enviro at work. You see, at one time, people would've said the same of the buses that currently are in our collection. Compared to working on an AEC Regent V, a Bristol VR must've seen totally high tech! How many times were the words 'I can't see anyone want wanting to preserve one of these things' uttered when a nice shiny National turned up instead of an old beloved PD3? Of course we need to conserve the past and look after the Guy Arabs, Titans, and Lodekkas but at the same time we must not forget the future. This kind of happened in the 1980's with halfcabs coming out of service left right and centre. Think how many halfcabs there are in preservation compared to early Atlanteans and Fleetlines. The DMS was a hated bus but as they were withdrawn at the same time as RMs (the first time around) everyone wanted an RM and not a DMS. Where are the early Ford Transits and Sherpas that reformed the industry and helped win many deregulation bus wars? There are a few around but compared to how many were built, it must be under 3% have survived. So what you're travelling on today, as you read this on your smart phone, will be what graces the rally fields of tomorrow. Volvo Olympians are still modern vehicles to me but time and finances available, I'd not think twice about buying one from service. Will YOU be dragging a rotting Enviro 200 out of a hedge in 2055 and rejoicing with delight because it's the last surviving Stagecoach one? Sometimes in the bus preservation movement there can be a lot of unfounded criticism of peoples preference of vehicle. The end of the day, we are all out to do the same thing, maybe for different reasons, but we all want a vehicle we can be proud of and show off. People who take on the DMS' , Transits and Enviros in the future will certainly have my respect, after all, they could've gone out and bought a RML or GS (not that there's anything wrong with either) instead and left a huge gap in the story of public transport.  Would anyone care if this was the last MPD Dennis Dart in service? |
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