Saturday 30 June 2012

1st June 2009 RV3411 the return of Portsmouth Tower Wagon







1st June 2009 also saw the return of Portsmouth Museums Leyland TD2 Tower Wagon RV3411 with the help of Boarhunt Recovery from the Milestone Museum Basingstoke to CPPTD care once again since they moved from there Broad Street Depot in Old Portsmouth.



29th June 2009 RV6367 repairs have commenced






29th June 2009 no.7 repairs have recommenced to the framework structure and the replacement of the inner wheelarch whilst the outer body panels have been removed to gain access.

27th April 2009 RV6367 continuing the work




27th April 2009 continuing the work on no.7 with the removal of one of the damaged upper deck panels, and the continuing task of removing the many coats of paint that had been applied over the years.


Thursday 28 June 2012

7th July 2008 ORV989 CPPTD route recreation night of service 1 & 2







7th July 2008 CPPTD did a route recreation night, that followed the Service route 1 & 2 from Cosham through to Southsea and then returning back to Cosham.

31st March 2008 no.7 and what was under those panels




31st March 2008 no.7 the continuing work with the removal of the lower body panels to revealed a few surprises to the CPPTD Monday night crew, showing that during the conversion to Open Top the Corporation would recycle the old body panels.

8th March 2008 work on RV6367 commences











8th March 2008 work on RV6367 has now commenced, starting with the removal of paint from the body panels and the removal of the seat frames, they came with the bus but are far too wide for our bus, damaged panels identified and then removed or repaired.