Once again RVPT will be supporting the West Lancs Railway’s gala weekend on Saturday and Sunday, August 11/12. If the weather is fine we will use open top VR 1995 with TD5 2057 as replacement if it’s wet. We’ll operate short tours from 11.30 […]
RVPT duly provided vintage bus services and a small display at the Ribble Steam Railway over the weekend of July 14/15. An hourly service linked the RSR on the docks with Preston station while our open top VR ran frequent trips around the docks. […]
Over the weekend of Saturday / Sunday July 14 / 15 RVPT are co-operating with the Ribble Steam railway at an event called “On The Buses”. The railway will be operating steam trains while RVPT will have some buses on display. There will also […]
On Sunday, July 1 RVPT attended the Saltaire Bus Running Day organised by the Keighley Bus Museum Trust. We took Tiger Cub 452 for display while open top VR 1995 operated on the free service and was very popular on yet another hot, sunny […]
Steady progress with two of our restoration projects. Recent work on PD2 1467 has focused on the platform doors. These are sliding, over-lapping doors driven by an electric motor and a chain. It seems they were a nightmare back in Ribble days and they […]
Our vintage bus running day and display in Morecambe has been lucky with the weather ever since we launched it and this year was possibly the best ever. It was warm and sunny all day so was ideal for the launch of our new […]
Our big day at Morecambe is almost here and it looks like being a warm, sunny day so enjoy a day riding our vintage buses. Our traditional service from Heysham Village to Carnforth will run from about 09.30 to 17.30 and we also have […]
Reminder that our vintage bus running day and display takes place at Morecambe on Sunday, May 27th. Details are on the events page of this website with frequent updates on our Facebook page. The basic format is similar to previous years but with the […]
Plenty of activity on our restoration projects. Open top VR 1995 is now painted with just a few finishing touches to be applied. As the photo shows the team is currently polishing the window frames (for downstairs of course) and all being well the […]
The restoration of Royal Tiger saloon 377 continues with all roof panels now fitted. Current activity is focussed on the front dome which has now been dry fitted to ensure it sits properly before being permanently fixed. The guttering which runs around the bus […]
