Barton Transport was one of the major “non municipal” bus operators in the East Midlands. The company was based at Chilwell on the outskirts of Nottingham and gained a reputation for having a fascinating and varied fleet of vehicles during the 1950s and 1960s, many of which I would have had a ride on as I was a frequent traveller on Barton buses as a young lad. However that was to all change with the aid of government grants in the early 1970’s. This allowed Barton to disposal of the fascinating and varied fleet and standardize on new coaches. One of these is 1146 (DAL 771J) an AEC Reliance 6U3R chassis fitted with a Plaxton Panorama Elite Express C53F body which entered service with Barton in 1970. Following withdrawal by Barton it was sold to Rules, Boxford, Suffolk, who operated DAL 771J in service until 1998 after which it languished on a farm for some time until rescued for preservation.
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