BLOG STATEMENT/FLASHBACK FRIDAY

It has come to my attention that certain people are trying to create a whole lot of animosity between the blogs, i thought that the Blogger community and the Bus Enthusiasts as a whole are a friendly bunch, put it this way i'm getting sick and tired off being basically being targeted by people trying to force me out off this blog, this is not an idle threat but i am seriously thinking about quitting the blog i can't get by by solely being the only one taking photos and capturing the news unlike some i have an life and i don't have time to be swanning about on buses everyday. What i need is for people to help me out here what i need is people to contribute to the blog as certain people i have used in the past no longer want to help out. One final thing i will admit too is that certain pictures that i took from Flickr weren't linked to or copyrighted i have now corrected that, the vast amount of historical photos used are from my own collection whether they be slides or photographs.

 FLASHBACK FRIDAY PLUS MORE ON BRISTOL RE'S

Eastern Counties RLE 869 WPW 869H at Felixstowe Bus Station
Many thanks to James Long for the information regarding Bristol RE's which he sent me via e mail.
RS653 is a RESL6G meaning short version and not RELL6G which is the long version and RELH6G is the coach version,which is high frame against the low-frame,hope this helps,the RS were delivered with the 6HLX engine and found to be to powerful so,they were also stick box.
In order to slow these monsters down,the chassis of RL703-7/10/11 RLC712-15 arrived with 6HLW engines which were less powerful and the swap took place with RS647-60 and the chassis were then sent to ECW for bodying,hope this info helps.  And finally to finish one from my colleague at the ITM Stuart Ray's collection taken in 1980 when Ipswich were trying out 121 TRY 121H before purchasing a further four, to the right is a Tyne and Wear Atlantean which Ipswich trialled but swiftly sent back as unsuitable leading to the purchase of 4 from Leeds.