Cobham Sunday
Special issue - 21st April 2010
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On Sunday, 11th April we went to Cobham. This year's spring event celebrated 80 years of Green Line and was, as ever, well attended.
Gavin Francis and myself were able to take one of the new Stagecoach gold Scania/Enviro 400 deckers which had only recently entered service.
I am pleased to share with all readers pictures of the attending buses from our area and other interesting vehicles.
Early doors at Witney as we get ready to leave with Scania
15617.
Picture by Gavin Francis.
Your Editor, suitably attired for a day out to Cobham.
Picture by Gavin Francis.
On arrival at Cobham we were faced with banks
of photographers.
Picture by Gavin Francis.
Some of the double deck coaches seen at this year's Cobham event.
More interesting buses and a coach seen at Wisley.
Current Green Line vehicles, an operation celebrated at the Spring 2010 event.
Blast from the past provided by the many memorable vehicles on show this year.
(Interior shots of the RE by Steve Warwick.)
More modern vehicles also added interest and these are just a few of those
present.
There were also a number of non bus vehicles present which always adds interest
to the event.
I remember riding in one of these 1934 taxis to see the Coronation decorations
in 1953.
The Ford Pilot was of special personal interest as my father had one of these
cars, LNE778 and the one pictured above,
although presented as a Police Car was from the same era and also registered in
Manchester.
Steve Burns brought along his vintage van suitably adorned.
A unique and most interesting opportunity to ride was presented by this old
horse bus.
My ace reporter poses in front of a bus he once owned. Of course, it's Gavin
Francis.
Picture by Malcolm Crowe.
Your Editor caught in an off guard moment surveys potential picture
possibilities.
And, if one had a £100 to spend there were some nice models available.
Pictures above by Gavin Francis.
From Mark E Lyons
I attach a selection of photographs that, in general, reflect the geographical
scope of the Oxford Chilterns Bus Page.
RML2414 is, in my opinion, one of the best examples of its class in preservation
and has become a regular feature at various running days in the area. RT3125,
by contrast, loves well out of our area at the East Anglian Transport Museum.
This year represents the 80th anniversary of Green Line and there was a small
display of Green Line coaches through the ages at Wisley - this included T504,
part of the LBPT's collection - it typifies the vehicle used on the service in
the immediate pre and post war period.
From Paul Davis
I managed to get to Wisley/Cobham yesterday. The weather was mostly kind.
There was so much there I took over 200 shots without duplicating much! It was really hard selecting but here are just 10 shots, of which I hope you can use some.
RML2284 looks very odd without an upper deck. 'RME1' also looks strange, being an RMA with a full size bay inserted.
RM1 and RT1 were alongside each other. As well as RT/RM types, some modern vehicles worked the shuttles. However, RM1 RML3 and RMC4 on the shuttles were too good to miss for me!
Quite a few older cars and commercial vehicles were there, along with many 'foreign' buses.
From Peter Edgar
The picture shows our gold bus arriving at Cobham with a "police car" in hot pursuit!!!!
From Richard Sharman
Richard Sharman sent come nice and varied pictures he took at Wisley.
As a shot to complete this year's line up. I thought this vintage rear complete with an advert us oldies knew well was a suitable ending.