25 April 2011

The Great Britain

A real treat today with this wonderful shot of The Great Britain IV Excursion arriving at Plymouth on the 23rd April. Great Britain IV excursion.. ©Laura:0)
Thanks to Laura for permission to use her photo. Click the link below to see more of her photos including a few from the Plym Valley Railway.

If you are interested the Royal Duchy excursion is passing through Plymouth station on 30th April at 14:42pm click here for more information.


Related Links

Elsewhere on the net

  • Right, up until now I have tried to avoid mentioning the ongoing mis-guided busway saga that has been taking place in Cambridgeshire, however now the busway has taken a significant step towards completion I will now be including all the latest news about the guided busway on the blog - starting with this... Andys Bus Blog
  • It may be too soon to attribute First Cymru’s planned June expansion to the recently announced First UK Bus consultation that aims to give local managers more business responsibility. Decentralisation or not, First has varied one service and newly registered another, taking First well outside its comfort zone. Omnibuses
  • Yup, summer's here, and with it, comes a raft of 'summer-only' services, one of which is NatEx service 206. This 'new' service runs from Poole to Gatwick Airport, with stops at Bournemouth, Southampton, Portsmouth and Chichester. It runs almost all day, at (roughly) two-hourly intervals. Forbesy's Transport Ramblings
  • I've made the most of the good weather and some time off of my usual commitments to go and explore parts of the country for the last two weeks - Worcester news to come soon but first up here are some shots from Winchester from yesterday. Southern England Bus Scene
  • Today saw the restart of summer service 20. This year is runs from Town Centre to Marton Mere via Stanley Park and Blackpool Zoo with Olympians 372, 373 and 378 on duty. It seems opportune to trace its history. Fylde Bus Blog
  • Brand is everything, we are told - but does it really help the image of rail travel if the brands are transitory, changing every few years? Public Transport Experience
  • Impressive temperatures. Chaotic traffic. Crowded beaches. Bournemouth sizzles. Redolent of Easters past, pre-1970s, pre-Benidorm and pre-Costa Brava. And conditions look set fair for today. Better get my towel on the beach early, then. Erm... Omnibuses
  • Some saddo who spends his life photographing buses? Where do these crazy people get their ideas from? Well, this guy tells us something of what set him off on a life of omnibology Public Transport Experience

No comments:

Post a Comment

Have something interesting to say? Please share it here!

(Moderation is currently switched on so please allow a short while before your comment appears on the site. This is only to cut down on spam - not to cut out people who disagree with me!)