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    Bahamas is back!

    LMS Jubilee 4-6-0 No.45596 Bahamas is back steam. The locomotive was officially launched today at Tyseley in Birmingham. This clip of Bahamas running at Tyseley today has been posted on the Heritage Railway magazine website at...
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    0-4-0 on wagon outside NRM - ID please?

    Hi Graeme, It's 3ft gauge 0-4-0ST Handyman . According to the The Sciene Museum's Collections pages http://collection.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects/co8099875/steam-locomotive-handyman-0-4-0st-no-573-steam-locomotive: "Steam locomotive, No 573, 'Handyman', 0-4-0ST, 3' gauge, made by Hudswell...
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    TrawsCambria / TrawsCymru

    The timetable for the Machynlleth to Wrexham route has been posted today on the Powys CC Transport Unit page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Powys-CC-Passenger-Transport-Unit-1538469839809064/ I trust it will be of interest.
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    MCV launches new Volvo B8RLE single-decker

    Have any of you seen the video on the Coach & Bus Week magazine YouTube channel at: ? You can get a feel for the on-board noise, finish and space. I like the inside, I have to say.
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    MCV launches new Volvo B8RLE single-decker

    According to the Coach & Bus Week magazine website https://cbwmagazine.com/mcv-launches-new-volvo-b8rle-single-decker/ : "MCV has launched its new single-deck bus, which is based on the Volvo B8RLE chassis. It benefits from family styling and shared components with its double-deck sibling, the...
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    First South West (Kernow & Buses of Somerset)

    Sorry for the duplicate post made in error. I can't seem to find a way to delete it (this message). Can anyone help please?
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    First South West (Kernow & Buses of Somerset)

    The latest issue of Coach & Bus Week magazine includes a number of features on First Kernow, outlining the turnaround of the business and plans for the future. There's big interviews with MD Alex Carter and commercial director Marc Morgan Huws, plus an engineering manager, and other staff...
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    Formal warning for Diamond Bus

    The West Midlands Traffic Commissioner has finally released his decision into Diamond Bus' Public Inquiry, held in Birmingham late last year: https://cbwmagazine.com/formal-warning-for-diamond-bus/ .
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    Routemaster modifications underway

    This story on the Coach & Bus Week magazine website will doubtless be of interest to some of you: https://cbwmagazine.com/routemaster-modifications-underway/
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    £1,000 annual boost for people who commute by bus

    I trust this report on the Coach & Bus Week magazine website about research commissioned by Stagecoach might be of interest to some of you: https://cbwmagazine.com/1000-annual-boost-for-people-who-commute-by-bus/ G :D
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    10 new ADL Enviro200 MMCs for Cardiff Bus

    I trust this story about Cardiff Bus' order for 10 new ADL Enviro200 MMCs will be of interest: https://cbwmagazine.com/cardiff-bus-to-invest-1-5m-in-new-buses/ G :D
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    Flixbus terminates Megabus cross-channel contract

    Courtesy of the Coach & Bus Week magazine website https://cbwmagazine.com/flixbus-terminates-megabus-cross-channel-contract/ , FlixBus has given notice to Stagecoach to terminate the cross-channel European Megabus contract. Gaz
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    Stagecoach Minibuses now launched in Ashford

    This story on the Coach & Bus Week magazine might be of interest to some of you – the latest on Stagecoach's new Mercedes-Benz minibuses: https://cbwmagazine.com/stagecoach-to-launch-little-often-minibuses/ Gaz
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    TrawsCambria / TrawsCymru

    This week's issue of Coach & Bus Week magazine mentions TrawsCyrmu as part of a six-page report on the National Assembly for Wales' Enterprise & Business Committee inquiry into bus and community transport.
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    EYMS puts Whittles up for sale.

    ...As LM_170 has said, the Rotala deal has fallen through. What was claimed to be a press release was not that at all, with the management of two of the parties involved citing a well-intentioned enthusiast(s) preaching something as gospel when it was by no means set in stone. Whittles coaching...
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    Cambrian history lecture - by Peter Johnson

    Dear all, Peter Johnson is giving a lecture called 'The Cambrian Railways, a new history' in Oswestry next Saturday (October 18). He will be signing copies of his new book of the same title. Organised by Cambrian Heritage Railways (CHR), it will take place at the town's Memorial Hall...

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