Sunday, 29 May 2016

Morecambe Running Day: Part One

The annual Ribble Vehicle Preservation Trust running day was staged in a warm and sunny Morecambe today, featuring a real mixture of buses. The above photo is of former Ribble 665, parked outside the Morecambe Festival Market. 
8534 was formerly in the fleet of the West Yorkshire PTE. 
Preserved Wigan Corporation, 101.  
Ribble 452. 
New to East London, then operated by Stagecoach Manchester, R717 YWC ended its working days, before being preserved, with Pennine Motors of Skipton. 
The unmistakeable livery of Yelloway Motor Services, Rochdale. CDK172L. 
Leaving Morecambe Coach Park in the shadows was Ribble 1775. 
The oldest vehicle (just!) was this Ribble Leyland Lion dating from 1931. Fleet no. 1161. 
Ribble 1481. 
Preston Corporation 204.
Blackpool Corporation 512. 
A close up of Ribble 2057. 
Number 5 in the former fleet of John Fishwick & Sons of Leyland. 
Ribble 1397. 

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