Bus and Rail Gala, Ecclesbourne Valley Railway: Saturday 24th July- Sunday 25th July.
 

24 buses dating from 1947 to 1984 running along side the Railway's DMU Fleet.

We also hope to have Ferrybridge No.3 in steam on the incline with the Inspection Salloon.

The provisional list of vintage buses which will be present on one or other of the days is:

- 1983 ex-Chesterfield Transport Dennis Falcon*
*- 1947 ex-Derby Corporation Daimler CVD6*
*- 1952 ex-Derby Corporation Crossley Double-Decker
*- *1950 ex-K.M Coaches Bedford OB
*- *1952 ex-London Transport RF type AEC Regal IV
*- *1965 ex-Trent Motor Traction Leyland Tiger Cub
*- *1949 ex-London Transport Leyland Titan 6RT*
*- 1969 ex-Abbey Coachways Bedford VAL*
*- 1966 ex-HRH Queen Mother's Royal Household Bedford J2
*- *1961 ex-Bristol MW5G
*- *1973 ex-Barton Buses Leyland Leopard
*- *1969 ex-Burton Corporation Daimler Fleetline*
*- 1953 ex-West Riding Leyland PS2
*- *1970 ex-Midland General Omnibus Bristol RELL
*- *1955 ex-Highlands Albion Nimbus MR9
- 1962 ex-Trent Motor Traction Leyland Tiger Cub (Courtesy of Trent Barton)
- 1950 ex-Crosville Motor Services Bristol L5G
- 1974 ex-Mansfield Bristol RE
- 1984 ex-National Bus Company Leyland Olympian
- 1967 ex-Western National Bristol MW
- (unknown date) Leyland Tiger

Prices: £10.00 Adults; £9.00 Concessions; £5.00 Children; £25.00 family
(2+3) (All day tickets); platform tickets will be £1 during the weekend
which will be redeemable in the buffet car (so that those wishing to use
the buffet only get in at no charge)

I will be there both days, hopefully with No.3.

The following two weekends are the steam gala with Ferrybridge No.3 and Bellerophon.

Best wishes,

John H-T

Are you intending to give rides on the buses ?

Some of those listed are notorious for turning up and just remsining as static exhibits !

It is planned to have a bus service running between Wirksworth and Idridgehay to compliment the rail timetable.

Best wishes,

John H-T.

Would have thought they may have run the Bus up to Duffield also what6 will F B 3 be top and tailed with Class 31 or 20 ?

John, hello mate, I have passed all that info to a couple of Bus sites on the Web and Bus forums.
Hope you have a good weekend.

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If only it could look like this and have route number 37 on the front

Sorry I don't quite get the Joke...

Those are the buses that used to run from Duffield to Wirksworth (starting from Derby). The ones I used to catch when I was young. They were the Midlands equivalent of the Routemaster in the late thirties and survived in service until the fifties. Unfortunately none were preserved.

Afterthought: Partly responsible for the demise of the line. Only the quaries kept it open.

Many thanks Peter.

No. 3 will be working the incline this weekend propelling one of the DMU trailer cars. We were going to use the inspection salloon but it only takes 18! We don't have a brake coach in traffic at present and the guard has to be able to have a good view of the line and a vac brake handle to stop the train if necessary.

I will be on the footplate on Saturday (early get up!) and around on Sunday so hope some of you can make it.

Best wioshes,

John H-T.

John, been informed there is a chap coming from Coventry with his preseved bus mate. Hope it goes well.

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