| 7/2009 - current |
Shop Dine Tour, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada. Converted to open-top and painted in yellow livery. Numbered 7077
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| 6/2000 - 7/2009 |
Gord Welham (The Double Decker Bus
Company), Burlington, Ontario, Canada. White and green
livery, by 6/2000. Entered service on The Royal Botanical
Gardens, Hamilton shuttle bus service, 1/7/2000. NBC red livery,
by 6/2003. Withdrawn 4/2008 (company ceased) |
| 6/1999 - 6/2000 |
Pearson (PSV Exports), Wath-on-Deane
(dealer). Converted to H39/27F with offside
entrance before export |
| 9/1994 - 6/1999 |
Midland Red (South) Ltd. 928. Renumbered
2928, 9/95. Renumbered 928, 5/96. Withdrawn 6/99 |
| 12/1991 - 9/1994 |
Swindon & District Bus Company Ltd. 5515.
Loaned to Cheltenham & Gloucester Omnibus
Company Ltd., 1/12/91 to 5/12/91. Loaned to Red
& White Services 17/8/92 to 1/9/92. Repainted allover red for contract work, by 10/93.
Renumbered 203, 7/94 |
| 9/1983 - 12/1991 |
Cheltenham & Gloucester Omnibus Company
Ltd. 5515. Re-engined with Gardner 6LXB, 10/83 |
| 7/1976 - 9/1983 |
Bristol Omnibus Company Ltd. 5515 |
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Totonto's sightseeing operations were consolidated for 2012
under the Shop-Dine banner. 5515 was consequently outshopped in
this revised advertising livery (Charles Roberts) |
Most vehicles are ready for retirement and hopefully
preservation on their 33rd birthday - 5515 though was converted
to open-top and repainted yellow for a new career operating
sightseeing tours in Toronto! (From the Internet) |
It seems that all exported double deckers have to go through
their "London Transport" phase - and so it was for 5515,
repainted allover red in 2003 for continued use by The Double
Decker Bus Company. (Paul Bateson) |
5515's next stop was somewhat further afield, having been
prepared for service in Canada by having an offside entrance
fitted and a repaint into pseudo Ipswich livery. (Roger Hardy) |
During its time with Midland Red (South) the ivory
"flash" was overpainted to create this solid red
livery. Note the very small Midland Red fleetname above the
driver's cab. (BVRES Collection) |
5515 came full circle in 1991,
returning to Swindon where it is seen carrying
Swindon & District fleetnames. (Ken Lansdowne) |
The next livery to be applied was
to be Cheltenham District's post-deregulation
livery after transfer from Gloucester.
(Rob Sly) |
By the time the Cheltenham &
Gloucester company had been split from Bristol
Omnibus 5515 was allocated to Gloucester and duly
received their version of blue NBC livery. (Rob Sly) |
5515 achieved fame as one of the
two Anchor Butter overall advertising buses in
the Bristol Omnibus fleet. It toured the northern
area depots; all except Stroud were later to
become permanent homes at some point in its BOC
career.
(BVREES Collection) |
Photo : 5515 started life
allocated to Swindon and carried NBC green
livery. It is seen passing a Thamesdown
Fleetline. (BVRES Collection) |
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