Events - 2010

A pictorial summary of where we've been this year

Cobham Open Day, 11 April

East Grinstead Running Day, 25 April

Southdown running day, Horsham, 9 May

Hertford Running Day, 6 June

Alton, 18 July

Colindale Running Day, 29 August

Leatherhead Running Day, 5 September

Old Kent Road, 6 September

Amersham, 3 October

Willesden Garage open day, 9 October

Bluebell Railway Giants of Steam, 24 October

Bluebell Railway Vintage Bus Day, 21 November

Christmas Lights Tour, 11 December   

Bromley Running Day, 12 December

Christmas Lights Tour

Oxford Street as seen fom the cab of the RF, RT3228 following.

Bluebell Railway

On Vintage Bus Day, RF486 ran in LT territory, over routes 434 and 473.  RFs were

standard fare on minor country routes. 

Crawley was quiet at lunchtime.

Rather a grey day, but good load from Kingscote to East Grinstead.

Photo © Jimmy Comfort

Later, John Parkin captured a line-up including the Brockham Scout bus, Lodekka

OCY955, originally with United Welsh.  The tree damage is down to Thames Valley,

not the Scouts - see a 1970's shot here (4th item). 

Photo © John Parkin

Willesden

An event for RTs, not RFs, but former STL169, now breakdown tender 738J, was

the star of the show.

Photo © Peter Zabek

Leatherhead

Home territory for RF486.  Country Bus Rallies' Leatherhead Running Day included

operation on Central route 71, still a current route as far as Chessington Zoo and

packed with shoppers on a Sunday.  486 poses next to SP53, a modern incumbent.

Photo © Steve Whitelegg

Alton

A trip to the country.  Not the Hampton Court 206, but the Aldershot & District route.

RF486 is pictured at the uber-rural terminus at Blacknest.

Southdown Horsham

Bromley

RF486 runs in from Chislehurst, passing Selkent Trident 17348 on the 208, which

was an RF route north of the river up to 1970.

Later, RF486 on the 227 and T1101 on the 47 both terminate at Bromley Market Square.

Photo © John Parkin

Bluebell Railway

On the Giants of Steam day, RF486 joined the ranks of Southdown for the day to run

route 20 to Brighton.  It is seen here about to interact with British Rail at Cooksbridge.

Meanwhile, here is a giant of steam.

And here is Giffard Hazel's shot of RF486 leaving Brighton Pool Valley bus station:

Photo © Giffard Hazel

Amersham

West of Chartridge on the 394 there lingers an old London Transport bus stop flag. 

RF486 pauses just after the rain stopped.  Later, after the winding delights of that

most circuitous of routes, the timetabled connections at Great Missenden Station

provided an unusual sight for the Country area.  RFs 406 and 518 also star.

Photos © Paul Green

Hertford

Welwyn Church, reached by service 388.

There and back by Green Line.  RF486 worked in service from Dorking and back,

seen here in company with real Green Line RF269.  The Green Line 80th anniversary

is 17 July.

East Grinstead

Market day, and the street is properly green.  Here are RTs 3183 and 3148.