Classic Bus Magazine

In our 200th issue we look at a number of buses that carried the fleet number 200 and a Cardiff trolleybus that was meant to be numbered 200…but somehow wasn't. Also in this issue, Jeremy Williams is off on a day trip to Southport with another relation, an uncle this time, and he shares some of his pictures of those ex-London Transport RTs that ran in Yorkshire.

We’ve had quite a bit of correspondence about Atlanteans climbing hills recently, and Roger Davies recalls more of their antics in the Alps of Kent (Chatham, that is). We have a Bristol Lodekka in Bedford turning a corner in the snow, so there’s a story to tell. The National Bus Company used to proclaim, “Together we can really go places.” Well, remarkably, it’s back – the slogan that is, not NBC!

Mike Fenton tells us all about bodywork by Samlesbury in his latest Classic Coachbuilders feature, and we learn about cleaning buses in South Wales. Our delve into The Bus Archive reveals how Charles Klapper managed to get out and about in rural Shropshire during the Second World War to photograph rural bus services. And talking of rural rides, we discover a Morris Marina estate car and a Land Rover performing Postbus connections in the wilds of Scotland.

Plus there’s our popular, lively and well-illustrated Forum section with topics ranging far and wide, and a look at some new books.