Classic buses in action together with trams and trains at heritage railways as well as summer events in the United Kingdom feature on this channel. I hope they will be interesting to transport lovers and for those who like being out and about. I usually upload monthly or more frequently in the summer. Please subscribe to enjoy all of this and I am also on facebook and Photbucket. See the links below. As well as bringing back memories for some I hope to entertain, inform and educate and also showcase these events as a tribute to those who work so hard in their own time restoring and maintaining the trains and vehicles.
Thanks for putting this up Graham. Super for those, like myself, who couldn't make the event. You must've spent a lot of time hanging about getting those road shots. It is always strange seeing buses such as Dominators & Metropolitans now being seen as museum pieces, especially when back in the day I rode on them day in day out to college then later to work! I always treasured my edition of "50 Years of Motor Services" book, published in 1974. I remember being knee high to a grasshopper and going with my Mum to Rutland Street enquiry office, so she could buy me a copy of it. I wore it out with all my reading! Have a great Summer, John.
Thanks John. I do like to get out and take some different shots rather than just standing in the grounds of De Montfort Hall which I know some people have done. The buses left every 10 minutes so I didn't hang around very much. I agree it is strange seeing the buses you grew up with now just museum pieces when they still seem quite modern. You too have a great Summer and coming up I am at The Big Bus Show next week and hopefully Showbus and Buses Festival in September which has Leicester's 40 and 163 booked to attend.
Hi, oh that was a great film, brought back many memories of travelling on Leicester City Transport, Corporation. I used to go school on one of those Dennis Dominators, very modern at the time. Then I learnt to drive PSV's on an ex Corporation as we called them Leyland PD3, bought by Coates PSV/HGV school.............The Scania single deck bus' used to be on the route 15 Braunstone Cross Roads to City Centre via new parks. Many thanks for sharing this event with us. All the best Dave.
Older buses had much more sturdy construction, our local company has 8 year old streetlites that shake rattle and roll. Had a ride on a 1974 National at Morecambe/Ribble day, not a single rattle and went like stink. Modern buses are designed down to a price, they are only meant to last for the length of the contract/lease, throwaway society .😬. Thanks for this, saw most of these at the Great central a couple of months ago .
I was doing RR this day and i saw one RM later on in the day in the car park in chiswick BP. Thats also the day i found out that i could bring a double deck under the bridge there after being told previously by more than one person that it wouldn’t fit🤔🤷🏽♂️
That little minibus failed its MOT 19 years ago on several things, including the brake lights being on when it's not braking. Makes me wonder what else hasn't been sorted on it.
@@HamzaLimbada the entry was free, as were the rides on the preserved buses. An A4 glossy programme accompanying the event was available to purchase for £5, but there was no pressure to buy one on the day. The event was on the Saturday only.
@@michaelkeen5010 Looked like a great event and one that was a shame to miss. At some point my visit back to Leicester will co-incide with a future meeting. LOL
I 💕 watching this cant believe 70yrs wow what a long time and your still rolling and you still will be for years to come ive always love this form of transport, why did they stop the back door where people used to jump on if theyed missed it and also the words of the root on back is not on back either😮😢
That was great. My favourites were the single-deckers, both LT and Green Line. When I went to school, Uxbridge Bus Garage always had a great selection of bus types, but the Green Line buses always seemed to be clean, and shiny all the time. Sad to see the progression from the specific "Green Line", to the vague, "London Country", and then the totally anonymous, boring and inaccurate "London Transport. Corporate blandness that lowers the value of experiencing the excitement of individuality.
I remember them when they replace dthe Trolleybuses in Tottenham, i was sad as i loved the trolleybuses, i went to school on the Route 41 plus also on RTs on 231 and 217. What a legendary bus were the RMs, they still look fantastic in 2024.
Im from tottenham, born in 1991, my only rare memory is when the 73 was an RM and used to come from AR garage and was allowed to turn right onto the high road for its first stop. Apart frm that, RMs in in my local area is not a memory i have lol
Nice selection of RM's, especially those preserved in original condition. Can always tell the roar of the Leyland 0600. The RF's are superb and even graceful. Would have been complete with all the variants, such as 1254 or Northern General. Nice day out.
So nice to see the Routemasters back at their spiritual home in Chiswick. A superb design which really has not been bettered other than more modern buses being more accessible. Just travel in hot weather in a new bus. The ventilation is terrible. The Routemasters with their wind down windows get a nice flow of air, lockable at the front for winter travel. Probably better on fuel economy as well. Also speedy. Today’s buses crawl along at a glacial pace.
Interesting video but how many of them still have their original AEC or Leyland engines? At least RM1 is still genuine unlike RT1 which suffered Aldenhams overhaul procedure. I don't like RMs with 4 cylinder engines despite their necessity of keeping the whole bus intact. Surely a Northern General "RMF" should have been present? I know this is all voluntary effort so we'll done to all involved. The single deck Route master was an accident victim and only saw ancillary use but it's good that it has been saved Well done everyone!
Thanks for your comments. I know that RM1397 still retains its original Leyland engine but you are right there aren't many that have their original engines. I was lucky enough to see RMF1254 and ride on it earlier this year. Maybe it was booked for a wedding hire. It was a fantastic effort to stage such an event of that scale. It's good that so many Routemasters have survived in various forms and great to some of them in attendance such as RM1403.
Ah RMF 1254....one of the very few I never saw! I saw all the RMLs save a couple of country buses, and I drove past 1 some years ago abandoned on the IOW. It turned out to be one I had never seen!!
@@arthurreeder8451 I was very lucky to see it earlier in the year and get a trip on it and one or two pictures. I have just uploaded one onto my flickr page which you can view here www.flickr.com/photos/197483763@N02/53832746603/in/dateposted-public/
AMAZING, im from Brazil and i was doing a Google search on the history of routemasters, it's incredible that this video was posted so few hours ago! connecting minds heheh
In my humble opinion.... The Routemaster ... The best bus ever made.. 70 years of excellence. A credit to everyone who keeps these iconic buses going. 😊
The Blighty Belles sure do sing several Blighty good tunes. Another one of your beautiful, colourful, lively videos, Graham. Subject matter slightly different from the usual but imminently entertaining. Sarah from Tasmania.
Thanks Sarah. Glad you enjoyed it. I do like to attend other events other than transport related ones occasionally and if I've enjoyed it then I hope my viewers will as well.
Much better standard of build than the rubbish of today. Gradually many of our buses are at least partly Chinese construction, this is due to net Zero aims. Until the government/next mob on 4th July get their heads out of the sand and encourage more battery manufacture here this will be the case.
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it. Hopefully it will be back next year. Yes there were some rarities including the Bedford Duple OB which deservedly won the best preserved single decker prize.
@@MegaBreadvan I think the C1's had travelled some distance so didn't take part in the road run. The Ford coach might be at the North Norfolk Railway in 2 weeks so I might get a trip on it. The tables were just outside the museum shop/entrance. Not many people seemed to be visiting as there seemed to be nothing going on apart from 2 half hour organ concerts unlike our last visit 2 years ago which is featured in one of my earlier films. Not very many buses though as it was Gala Day.
@@GrahamSleath Still it looked like a nice event, even if it did look a bit devoid of people. I suppose since the pandemic it is a challenge for organisers now. For years, every year, I'd go to a local event here called La Locomotion en Fête. Not just buses, but cars, trucks, vans, military etc - gathered at an airfield. Since COVID it has gone to the wall. So sad. The Ford made me think of my school bus to Bosworth College back in the 80's. Pam's Coaches of Enderby, ex Shearings Ford R1114/Plaxton DBA81T. The driver was only a little chap but very wirey having to do all those double de-clutches to change gear! LOL
@@MegaBreadvan Yes I thought there weren't that many people but it was an event aimed at enthusiasts and was the inaugural one so hopefully it will return next year. I don't think it is just COVID but the fact that there are less people around from the original generation of preservationists and unless there are more younger people involved then some of these buses won't be on the road. Nice that the Ford brought some nice memories for you. My school days were in Leicester often on a Leyland Atlantean or Metropolitan on the 16 service to Braunstone Frith unless I caught a Midland Red D9 or later many other different types on the 48 service to Wigston.
