This Bristol VRT, registered BNU 679G, first entered in to service in 1969, operating in Midland General's fleet. In the 1980s, after a short spell working for Trent Motor Traction Company, it was sold to British Rail to be used as a mobile staff training vehicle by their Department of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, based at the Railway Technical Centre, London Road, Derby. Once in non-passenger service BNU 679G was given a makeover and repainted in the unique eye catching livery of British Rail. Many of its windows were removed and filled in and the bus seat interior was stripped out to make it more suited to a new role as an office space for staff training. Image Source John Law on Flickr
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