IAN'S BUS STOP

My computer crashed irretrievably the other day. I have recovered some files, but some remain elusive, including all my email between 2005 and a week ago. Strangely I have recovered the earlier stuff easily. Some recent updates have disappeared too, so I shall have to be careful before updating files that the online version is not more recent than my backed-up version (like this page!). All my address books, with email addresses and phone numbers are at present inaccessible.

All this, with the process of reloading software and reclaiming files, has meant that I have been delayed in writing up Sandown Park, but part4 is now up.

2nd April 2009

I have started a report on the Sandown Park Running Day, 22nd March 2009. . More to follow.

I have been grinding away at histories for the LTL scooters. Still lots of gaps, of course.

3rd March 2009 Burtonhosting has come back on-line. Oh well, I have already moved my pages on pre-war and early post-war buses. Some of my archived reports are still there though.

On the positive side, I have been doing some upgrading and updating on the Green Line Coaches pages, including a front page for the BTLs.

There is also a front page on the ex-Dublin Olympians - or rather two: one for the Leylands and one for the Volvos.

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About Ian's Bus Stop: Dreadful warnings!

Ian does not pretend to be an expert: any corrections, additional information, flattery or news gratefully welcomed. Rivet-counters can make their own web-sites!

Most BUS-STOP pages contain:

drawings or photos (when I can get them) of a class of London bus;
a potted class history;
some history of individual buses;
a list of photographic sources, and
a bibliography.

The histories are not complete. They are assembled from data from a variety of sources, that do not always agree with each other. In some cases I have much more data than I have displayed, and just need time to fill in the gaps. They are are offered as a help to your own researches, not as a complete entity.

I do not attempt to keep the histories up-to-date. If you want the latest information, there are plenty of special interest groups on the net. For comprehensive monthly updates, subscribe to LOTS to get "The London Bus".

The plan drawings by Ian Smith are NOT scale drawings from originals, but based on a few known dimensions and (usually) a variety of photographs. In places inferences have been drawn where the photographic evidence is poor.
In particular adverts shown on buses may have incorrect colouring where I have guessed wrongly from black & white pictures, or may be inappropriate to the livery worn by the bus.
They may be of use to modellers if printed at an appropriate scale. You'll have to experiment to find the right printer settings..

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Prepared in Notepad by Ian Smith, updated 15th June 2009. Best on Mozilla Firefox, screen size 800*600.

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About Ian's Bus Stop: Dreadful warnings!

Prepared in Notepad by Ian Smith, updated 15th June 2009.
Best on Mozilla Firefox, screen size 800*600.