VOLVO B6 THE DIFFERENT TYPES

James Long has sent a series of photos that he thought would interest me for a further feature on my not favorite bus the Volvo B6, the first one has the Northern Counties Paladin body which looks pretty good this one came from Thamesway in September 1997 as 400 seen here at the old East Bergholt outstation and stayed here for exactly two years before leaving for Leicester where it was withdrawn in 2004 after just over 10 yrs service!

This example shows the later Alexander Dash body numbered 414 N346 CJA seen here in the Old Cattle Market bus station in Ipswich this was one of a pair bought in from was then GM Buses North as a pair in October 1997 this left for Leicester again in September 1999 and later with again had just over 10 years in service, withdrawn in 2004, while it's sister 48045 N345 CJA is still used in Glasgow as an information bus.

Here we have the earlier type of Alexander Dash in 395 which came from the Kingfisher subsidiary of Yorkshire Rider 3002 in 1998 this left for Leicester in 1999, then to Scotland before heading back here for use as spares.

This is one is of the dreaded Plaxton bodied B6's which had a lot longer life span than the others part of a batch of ten originally ordered by Mainline for competition with Ipswich Buses with TET registrations they were subsequently re registered with ANG ones.