THE YORKSHIRE BUS IMAGE GALLERY
First Mainline

		firstgroup.com	image gallery	Yorks & Lincs buses
Page 4

First Mainline Renault S56 Reeve Burgess Beaver 370

Mainline 370 (H370UWB) was once one of a large batch of Reeve Burgess Beaver bodied Renault S56 minibuses that were let loose on the main 52 route across Sheffield in its first 'minibus conversion'. They introduced the new livery, sweeping away the rather insipid cream and tan of the old PTE. The choice of Renault was perhaps as idiosynchratic as the Rolls Royce Dominators - and subsequently B6s in preference to Darts.

First Mainline Mercedes Vario O.810s with Plaxton Beaver 2 130

Sixteen Mercedes Vario O.810s with Plaxton Beaver 2 bodywork joined the fleet in 1998 of which 130 (R130XDT) is one, seen here in Sheffield Bus Station.

First Mainline Leyland Tiger Duple Dominant 81

Not the best product of First ownership, but 81 (EWR652Y) is a Duple Dominant bodied Leyland Tiger bus, originating with Yorkshire Rider, but freshly painted out of First Northampton livery and happily contending with the X56 to Rotherham.

First Mainline Leyland Tiger Duple Dominant 63

Another Duple bodied Tiger, 63, once in the Mainline fleet, is seen arriving at the Showbus rally in 1997. It was once London Country Green Line TD3 (YPD103Y).