Nottingham City Transport 628 (28.05.2023)

Out on the 10/10C today was one of the silver spare E400's, as illustrated here. 628 is seen on Loughborough Road with a 10C to Rushcliffe Country Park.

Nottingham City Transport 603 (28.05.2023)

Avenue with Pride...

603, the Pride liveried E400, enters Central Avenue in West Bridgford with a 6 to Edwalton.

Nottingham City Transport 603 (28.05.2023)

Hardly any celebrity spare comes out onto the 6 on a Sunday, so I was surprised to see the Pride E400 make an appearance! 603 is seen on Bridgford Road with a 6 to City Loop.

Nottingham City Transport 431/603 (28.05.2023)

Bowled... well sort of!

431, a silver bio-gas spare, is seen on Bridgford Road with a 6 to Edwalton whilst 603, an E400 in the Pride livery, works a 6 the other way to City Loop, the snap slightly bowled by a Ford car.

Nottingham City Transport 431 (28.05.2023)

A pity that the Sun wasn't out in full glory here but a shot from the Avenue sees 431 on its exit from there with a 6 to City Loop.

Nottingham City Transport 431 (28.05.2023)

While almost all of the selected bio-gas spares that were running today were on the 43/44 circuit, one did make it onto the 6, as illustrated here. 431 heads on Bridgford Road with a 6 to Edwalton.

Nottingham City Transport 354 'Helen Richardson-Walsh' (28.05.2023)

With a de-branded front, 354, an ex-Bridgford Bus Solo SR, works one of its former routes in the 5 with a service to City Loop.

Nottingham City Transport 350 (28.05.2023)

With color coded silver light clusters, 350, an ex-Pink Solo SR in the revised spare livery, is seen outside Trent Bridge Cricket Ground working a 9 to City Loop.

Nottingham City Transport 336 (28.05.2023)

All of the other midi-bus routes for Bridgford Bus were in the hands of Solo SR's , with two ex-Pink and one ex-Bridgford Bus doing the rounds. 336 is seen on Bridgford Road doing the honors for a 7 to City Loop.

Nottingham City Transport 305 (28.05.2023)

Before I could see all the drama on the final day of the Premier League season and before that the Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix, the small matter of the bus snapping was of utmost importance first, more so because loads of spares were out on Bridgford's in particular with only one branded bus out, as exemplified here. 305 is seen on Bridgford Road with an 8 to City Loop.

Seen in Nottingham on 24.05.2023, a brand new Renault Kangoo van makes its way along Upper Parliament Street past the Royal Centre.

East Midlands Railway 170535/170271 (24.05.2023)

Usually in the hands of 158's, 170535 and 170271, still in the Transport For Wales/Greater Anglia livery, make a change on the Norwich/Nottingham/Liverpool route as they leave Nottingham on the 13:45 from Norwich-Liverpool Lime Street, 170271 having joined the rear of the service at this point.

East Midlands Railway 170530 (25.05.2023)

Running as a two car service, 170530 leaves Nottingham on the late running 12:45 from Norwich-Liverpool Lime Street.

East Midlands Railway 170512/170535 (24.03.2023)

Now the 156/s have left EMR, all regional work is in the hands of the 158 and/or 170 units on any one of their regional routes. 170512 and 170535 arrive at Nottingham from Liverpool Lime Street, 512 with the 12:39 service to Norwich and 535 with the terminating section of the train.

DB Cargo UK 66116 (24.05.2023)

Complete with one of the cab doors open, 66116 swaps drivers at Nottingham before heading out towards Boston with an empty steel coils train from Wolves.

DB Cargo UK 60014 (24.05.2023)

With an all lighter blue consist of tanks, DB Cargo's 60014 heads the empties from Kingsbury Oil Sidings-Humber Oil Refinery as pictured here at Nottingham.

Colas Railfreight 70805 (24.05.2023)

Hog on the tanks...

70805 picks up crew at Nottingham on arrival before heading out on the rest of its 6M57 run, the 07:02 loaded tanks from Lindsey Oil Refinery-Kingsbury Oil Sidings.

Colas Railfreight 70804 (20.05.2023)

Away from the main event, some freight came through roughly over a quarter of an hour beforehand, as illustrated here. 70804 passes Nottingham with the return empty Kingsbury-Lindsey tanks.

East Midlands Railway 170502/170503 (20.05.2023)

Now the 156's have also been withdrawn, all regional work is 158 and/or 170 operated, as exemplified here. 170502 and 170503 in numerical order are seen at Nottingham with a service to Crewe from Newark Castle 

East Midlands Railway 180110 (20.05.2023)

Another unit in the history books for EMR as the 180's bow out of traffic, leaving the 222's to operate all of the Intercity services from here on in. 180110 arrives at Nottingham with the final Adelante service from London St Pancras before later leaving on the ECS to Etches Park Sidings.

East Midlands Railway 180110/222012 (20.05.2023)

Side-by-side at Nottingham, 180110 and 222012 sit on platforms 6 and 7, 222012 waiting to form rhe 21:25 service to London St Pancras and 180110 having brought in a service from the Capital. A shot never to be repeated again as all 180's are now withdrawn from EMR with the last day of operation having been on the 20th May 2023.

Trent Barton 669 (21.05.2023)

Nottingham City Transport 350 (21.05.2023)

After the green 11 branded Solo SR of 331 was ordered off the 11C, one of the ex-Pink Solo SR's took its place at the rest of the day. 350 is seen having made the turn onto Radcliffe Road with an 11C to National Water Sports Centre.

Nottingham City Transport 614 (21.05.2023)

With four branded buses for the 6, anything spare on a Sunday can be really hard to find but a diesel E400 popped up on one of the two boards today, as illustrated here. 614 is seen on Bridgford Road with a 6 to Edwalton.

Nottingham City Transport 503 (21.05.2023)

On Sundays during the day, most 10's actually operate as 10C's with three buses, so spares can be hard to find with five buses branded for the route, 503 though is one for the Sunday count though, it seen heading towards Trent Bridge with a 10C to City Loop.

Stagecoach East Midlands 18426 (17.05.2023)

Due to the Beachball 'Pronto' MMC replacing a Pronto branded variant on the route later on in the day, this ALX400 ended up on the route all day compared to one of its sisters in 18340, which had worked other routes before replacing a different Pronto branded MMC. 18426 arrives at Victoria Bus Station with a Pronto from Chesterfield.

Stagecoach East Midlands 18033 (17.05.2023)

Old Local fox...

18033 leaves Nottingham on the 12:10 Pronto to Chesterfield.

Stagecoach East Midlands 26263 (17.05.2023)

On a day where there were bus swaps on this route including involving buses that had been on other routes in Mansfield, one of which possibly involving this, it was a tick in the book when this came onto the route as I was yet to get a snap of it on there. 26263 leaves Nottingham on a Pronto to Mansfield.

Nottingham Express Transit 204 'Erica Beardsmore' (16.05.2023)

Complete with an odd bogie from 215 despite having a new allover advert in the center on the opposite side of the tram, 204 operates a service from Toton Lane to Hucknall, the tram pictured in Nottingham's Old Market Square.