MarkBs Transport Gallery

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Thanks for visiting my gallery. Presently you can find photos of the following:

Trains in and around Carlisle from the 1980s onwards
Buses in & around Carlisle from the late 1970s onwards
Buses in Canterbury & Kent from the early 1980s
Scottish buses from the Lowlands to the Highlands & Islands
The Advanced Passenger Train
Buses in & around London
Buses in the East of England
Buses in Lincolnshire
Midlands buses

There are Deltics in Carlisle, AC Electrics, Whistlers, Rats, Classes 26, 27, 37 and many more. The bus shots date back to NBC poppy red & leaf green as well as Stagecoach stripes.

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D850AAV was probably Whippet's most celebrated bus. A Willowbrook bodied Atlantean AN68 which was originally destined for Iraq. A small war intervened and it wasn't exported with its sisters. I wonder if any of them still exist. Drummer St bus station, Cambridge 1987
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1	D850AAV was probably Whippet's most celebrated bus. A Willowbrook bodied Atlantean AN68 which was originally destined for Iraq. A small war intervened and it wasn't exported with its sisters. I wonder if any of them still exist. Drummer St bus station, Cambridge 1987	Look East	(1052)
2	Cedar Leyland Lion E941CDS shows off its rather rough & ready open top conversion courtesy of a low bridge in Bedford. 06/07/2007 Oh dear!	Look East	(786)
3	This impressive tri-axle Olympian, J697CEV was photographed on 4 June 2007	Look East	(552)
4	Cedar Coaches Leyland Lion E889CDS taken on 29th July 2007	Look East	(520)
5	Whippet of Fenstanton took a liking to MCW Metropolitans. KJD271P was an ex-LTE example and was photographed in Cambridge in 1987	Look East	(497)
6	A 1982 ex-Reading Transport Metrobus now working for Shoreys of Maulden. 23/06/2007	Look East	(448)
7	Cedar Coaches obtained this Dennis Dragon for school duties	Look East	(441)
8	Parked up at The Aldwych, this Bristol VRL was operating for Arun Travel	London Buses	(411)
9	I don't know if St Albans counts as "the East" but this was too good to leave out. An ex-Lincoln City Transport Bristol VRT cut back to form a tree lopper for Luton & District	Look East	(374)
10	This shot is slightly blurred as I wasn't expecting an APT test train and its approach was very quiet	Advanced Passenger Train	(367)
11	Not all of Whippet's Metropolitans came from London. WKH424S had been new to Hull Corporation	Look East	(342)
12	Two crew members climb down from the south-facing cab. Note they are wearing the absolute minimum in hi-viz clothing	Advanced Passenger Train	(329)
13	37025 "Inverness TMD" in large-logo livery	Various Locos in Carlisle 1980s to 1990s	(314)
14	Centrebus ex-Ipswich Dennis Dart P130PPV in Stevenage on 5th March 2009	Look East	(310)
15	Taking part in the Carlisle Great Fair parade in 1978, Western SCOTTISH Bristol REMH motorway coach	Buses in Carlisle - 1970s to 21st Century	(309)
16	Seen after the morning school run on 4 June 2007, Cedar E941CDS was de-roofed in a low bridge incedent in Bedford later that day. Thanks to Eric Waynes for pointing out that this is a Leyland/DAB Lion	Look East	(305)
17	Before the arrival of the DMS & RMs, Atlanteans & VRTs were the staple diet on town services.	Buses in Carlisle - 1970s to 21st Century	(297)
18	R2780 on delivery form Northern Counties in Wigan, a Western SMT Daimler Fleetline noses out of the Western bus station/depot	Buses in Carlisle - 1970s to 21st Century	(290)
19	Ex-WYPTE Leyland Fleetline WUM106S needed a helping hand home to Cedar Coaches' depot	Look East	(287)
20	Only five trailers and two power cars. This APT test train had power to spare	Advanced Passenger Train	(278)

Most Recent Collections

	23rd May 2007	Buses in the Midlands Does what it says on the tin.... Birmingham, Nottingham, Leicester, Derby, Burton etc. The prototype Metrobus in Burton, rebodied ex-Green Line coaches in Lichfield and more ....
	22nd May 2007	Lincolnshire Buses Now part of the Stagecoach Empire, Lincolnshire Road Car Co ran a fairly standard NBC fleet, then when it took over Lincoln City Transport and became part of the Strathtay/Yorkshire Traction Group, all manner of exotica became common. Some of the interesting independent operators, including Appleby and The Delaine are also included.
	19th May 2007	Look East * UPDATED 6 DECEMBER 2009 * As I now live near Bedford, I have many shots of East Anglian buses. In this gallery there are photos in Bedford, Northampton, Cambridge, Peterborough and other parts of the Eastern Counties. Cedar Coaches of Bedford is covered quite extensively, with shots of their Leyland Lions, Atlanteans, Scanias and very rare Dennis Falcon V double deck.
	5th May 2007	London Buses A selection of buses taken in and around Greater London. The earliest shots date from 1977. There is only one shot of a Routemaster!
	29th Apr 2007	Advanced Passenger Train A small gallery in tribute to the APT-P. Photos taken in August 1984 around Carlisle Citadel station on three separate occasions.
	21st Apr 2007	Scottish Buses from 1978 to present day Photographs taken around Scotland.
	3rd Jan 2007	Buses in Canterbury & Kent 1983 to 1986 *UPDATED* 30/07/2007 My photographic net was spread a little wider when I went to college in Canterbury. Immerse yourself in the variety of NBC buses which could be seen in East Kent.
	12th Dec 2006	Buses in Carlisle - 1970s to 21st Century *UPDATED 6 DECEMBER 2009* I began taking bus photos in the 1970s using a Coronet Flashmaster 120 roll film camera, then progressed via 126 to 35mm using a Fed 3 (clunky but reliable). My first SLR was a Zenit 3m, before I was given a Petri (Dixons' answer to the Pentax ME Super). I have now progressed to digital via numerous other Pentax SLRs. The early shots are a bit rough, but I had no way of telling if the exposure was correct, or if the subject had been stopped by the very slow shutter of the Flashmaster. There are shots of Ribble, Cumberland, United, Western SMT, Eastern Scottish and many more. Later photos show the influence of Stagecoach and the aftermath of the January 2005 floods.
	5th Dec 2006	Various Locos in Carlisle 1980s to 1990s * NEW PHOTOS ADDED 11/08/2008 * A selection of some of the variety of locos and trains which could be seen in Carlisle from around 1980 until the early 1990s.