We are offering six readers the opportunity to win one of this year’s ‘must have’ books, the 2011 Buses Yearbook, newly on sale price £15.99.

Edited once again by noted bus author Stewart J. Brown, its varied content includes articles on the municipal undertakings that have disappeared over the past 25 years, the impact the competition authorities over the same period, profiles of the Sussex municipals and their successors, the Renilson years at Lothian Buses and the story of the Plaxton Paramount.

Photo features cover Malta, Scotland, Devon and Cornwall, and London Country’s Berkhof coaches.

To enter the draw to win one of the six books, just tell us:

What make of chassis is under the Wright body on the cover of the 2011 Yearbook?

1] Scania 2] Volvo 3] VDL Bus

HOW TO ENTER

Visit www.ianallanmagazines.com/busescomp and complete the entry form with competition name (BUSES YEARBOOK), your answer and full contact details. Or send your answer, subscriber number (if applicable) and full contact details on a postcard to Buses Yearbook Competition, Magazine Marketing Department, Ian Allan Publishing, Riverdene Business Park, Molesey Road, Hersham, Surrey, KT12 4RG.

RULES

Closing date is Friday 17 September 2010. The winners will be the first six correct answers drawn immediately after the closing date. The prizes are as described here and there is no cash alternative. The marketing manager’s decision is final and no correspondence can be entered into. The competition is not open to employees of Ian Allan Publishing or Buses. Strictly only ONE entry per household. Winners will be notified by post and in a subsequent issue of Buses.

Thanks to donations from Buses readers, Cobham Bus Museum has raised the £150,000 it needed to add RT1 — the ground breaking 1939 prototype of London Transport’s 7,000-strong postwar standard double-decker — to its collection. It took only 12 months to raise the money to buy this fully restored AEC Regent, which was in danger of being sold to an overseas buyer. Buses readers were among 700 individuals who helped raise the money the museum needed to buy the bus from former owner Michael Selt. Cobham is establishing an acquisitions fund to build up reserves to acquire more vehicles it is offered in future to fill gaps in its collection of London buses. It has been offered two Green Line coaches, 1953 unmodernised RF672 and 1972 AEC Reliance RP90, for purchase later this year and it also wants to raise a further £50,000 to restore its 1920s NS-type double-decker, the only surviving example with solid tyres. More in June Buses.

One of the highlights of EFE Showbus International — the UK’s biggest bus and coach gathering — is the late morning parade of vehicles from Trumpington to the rally site at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford.
This year’s is themed to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Buses, with up to 61 vehicles — one representing as many of the years as possible from 1949 to 2009 — running in line and then lining up in a special display area.
The organisers have already identified many suitable vehicles, but there are gaps to be filled — not least with modern vehicles — and as we do not want the years 1949 to 1954 and 1959 to 1968 to be represented exclusively by London RTs and Routemasters, please let them know if you would like your vehicle to take part in this special part of the event.
If so, contact the Showbus team by e-mail at rally@showbus.com. Also, see the advertisement on p41 of September Buses.