THE SOUTH WEST OF ENGLAND BUS IMAGE GALLERY
Royal Blue | Bristol MW6G ECW revised body
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Bristol 2278 (766MDV), preserved Southern National owned Royal Blue coach on display at the Hillingdon Showground, probably in 1979.
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On the same run was this preserved Royal Blue MW6G at Langley.
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MW6G 1436 (HDV641E) displays Royal Blue livery in the company of Eastern National's award winning Lodekka 2849 (NTW942C) and Northampton's Roe bodied Daimler CVG6 267 (JVV267G) at SHOWBUS 98 at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford.
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MW6G 2278 (766MDV) leads a line up of other Royal Blue coaches at Millennium Showbus, with newer coaches 1433 (HDV638E) and 1436 (HDV641E).
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A slightly wider view of the trio with other rally entrants.
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 Royal Blue vehicles head the line up of Bristols that greeted entrants to SHOWBUS international 2001. |
At SHOWBUS 99 Eastern National 351 (7017HK) is parked alongside three former Royal Blue vehicles: MW6G 1436 and 2278 and RELH6G 1468, the latter preserved in Western National NBC dual purpose colours.
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 A nice pairing of near identical Bristol MW6G coaches at SHOWBUS 2002. On the left is Bristol Greyhound 2148 (FHW154D) and on the right Royal Blue 1433 (HDV638E). |
 Royal Blue 1420 (EDV502D) alongside 1433 (HDV638E) at SHOWBUS 2001. |
A better view of Royal Blue 1433.
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 MW6G 1436 at the 2002 SHOWBUS event. |
 A Stagecoach East Kent Olympian interlopes amongst the line up of Bristol MW6G coaches, dominated by the Royal Blues, at SHOWBUS international 2003. |
 Royal Blue Bristol MW 1433 (HDV638E) leaves the huge 2004 gathering at Duxford on September 26th. |
 A long line of MW6G coaches at the Bristol Centenary display at Duxford in 2008 with examples from Bristol Greyhound, 2138 (BHU92C), and further down the line Eastern National 392 (OWC182D) and Crosville CMG561 (HFM561D). |
 ECW bodied Bristol MW6G 1410 (759MDV) arrives at SHOWBUS 2012. The coach was representing 1963 in the Diamond Jubilee Display that year. |
 Royal Blue 1410 is seen earlier in 2009 at the annual Quainton Bus Rally. |
 It's that coach again! MW6G 1410 arrives at Duxford for the rather damp SHOWBUS 2010. |
 Another ECW bodied Bristol MW6G of a later design, 1436 (HDV641E) also arriving at SHOWBUS 2010. |
 No less than eight Bristol MW buses and coaches were on display at SHOWBUS 2010 including both 1410 and 1436. Between them is Eastern Counties LS789 (5789AH), a 1959 MW5G
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 Seen together at a Gaydon event in August 2018 were 1423 (EDV505D) and 2270 (253KTA).
Picture ref C1905 |
 The 1962 MW6G, 2270 took part in the SHOWBUSflyby during the 2020 pandemic. It is seen outside the picturesque Thame Town Hall.
Picture ref 20-253KTA |
 Earlier the coach was with the 1950 Aldershot & District Strachan bodied Dennis Lancet III, 178 (HOU904) at Thames services, one of the two staging posts fot the SHOWBUSflyby road run.
Picture courtesy of Pete Brown. |
 With a large number of preserved Royal Blue MW coaches, and none from West Yorkshire Road Car, owner Phil Clark decided to repaint his 1436 into their livery. It now masquerades as CUG49. It is seen here in August 2013 at the annual Brislington rally in Bristol. |
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