| Reg | Photo | Year | Make | Exhibitor | History |
| MV 8996 |  | 1931 | Bedford WLB Duple C20F | North East Bus Preservation Trust Ltd | Originally a demonstrator for the coachbuilder, Duple, this vehicle passed to Howard of West Byfleet, and later to Teesdale of Lincoln for preservation. Purchased by Gerald Cox of Durham and eventually to the late Chris Moyes of Durham. Now in the care of NEBPT. |
| GHN 189 |  | 1942 | Bristol K5G ECW L27/26R | Aycliffe & District Bus Preservation Society | 1942 Bristol K5G with 1949 Eastern Coachworks lowbridge 53-seat open rear platform double-decker.
Jun 42 - In service with United Automobile Services Limited, Darlington (BDO29)
May 51 - Fleet number changed to BGL29
1954 - Rebodied with 1949 ECW L27/26R (3162) (ex Leyland PD2 - LLL21 - HN 9019)
Jan 59 - Out of service with United Automobile Services Limited, Darlington (BGL29)
Mar 59 - In service with Silcox Motor Coach Company Limited, Pembroke Dock (32)
Nov 69 - Out of service with Silcox Motor Coach Company Limited, Pembroke Dock (32)
Jan 70 - M Banks, P Battersby & G Holt, Hull
<1977 - P Battersby, Teeside
Jul 81 - Aycliffe & District Bus Preservation Group, Newton Aycliffe
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| HKL 826 |  | 1946 | AEC Regal I, Beadle OB35F | North East Bus Preservation Trust Ltd | An unusual open-top conversion of a Beadle bodied AEC Regal bus, new to Maidstone & District and restored in their livery, Acquired by the late Christopher Moyes from Guide Friday, now in the care of NEBPT. |
| 344 XUK |  | 1954 | AEC Reliance MU3RV Roe C41C. | Ted Heslop | Originally registered TUG 20, this vehicle is one of the earliest AEC Reliances built, and operated as a demonstrator for Roe for some time. Restoration has just been completed. |
| JHL 701 |  | 1956 | Bedford SBG Plaxton Consort C41F | Just The Ticket Bus Preservation (Derek Thompson) | This vehicle was new to Swan of Berwick upon Tweed. Withdrawn by them in the 1980s and sold for preservation, passing to the present owner in 2002. A major restoration was carried out and a brand new engine, obtained from the MOD, was fitted. The vehicle has attended events all over the north in the past few years and completes an overseas trip to Holland each year. |
| 8124 WX |  | 1961 | Bristol MW6G with ECW C39F bodywork. | North East Bus Preservation Trust Ltd | This vehicle was new to West Yorks RCC as fleet no. CUG 27. It was withdrawn from service in September 1973, and passed through a number of private owners until acquired by the late Chris Moyes in 1996. Thoroughly overhauled by Go-Ahead and extensively rallied, this vehicle later passed to NEBPT ownership. |
| LCU 112 |  | 1964 | Daimler CCG6 with Roe double-deck body. | 140 Group | The bus appeared in the 1964 Earls Court Motor Show. It is a hybrid of Daimler chassis and Guy driveline with Gardner engine. It has appeared in a Tesco advert.
The vehicle was new to South Shields Corporation as No 140. On withdrawal, it was retained by Busways and later Stagecoach, and has been maintained by the 140 Group for 32 years. It has been in preservation longer than it was in service. The only double decker remaining in South Shields. |
| PCN 762 |  | 1964 | AEC Routemaster Park Royal H41/31F | North East Bus Preservation Trust Ltd | This bus was one of 50 AEC-Park Royal front entrance Routemasters that were new to NGT, fitted with Leyland 0.600 engines. Originally registered RCN 699.It passed to Stevenson's of Uttoxeter, then to Stagecoach for use on Magicbus routes in Glasgow, reregistered as EDS 508B, and by then powered by an AEC engine. Re-purchased by Northern, passing to the late Chris Moyes OBE and given registration mark PCN 762. Now in the care of NEBPT.
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| TCP 897 |  | 1964 | Bedford PJK with Plaxton Supreme coach body. | John Leyland | Restored in Durham District Services livery but never operated for that company. |
| JNP 590C |  | 1965 | Albion Nimbus / Reading B35F | Alan Dixon | This bus spent its entire working life on the Channel Island of Guernsey, registered 16216. It was sent to a railway museum in Somerset, then bought and restored by present owner. |
| SMK 686F |  | 1967 | AEC Routemaster Park Royal H40/32R | Ted Jones | New to London Transport as RML 2686, one of the last batch of RML's in service and latterly run by Arriva until the demise of RM operation in London. The bus was refurbished some years ago and was fitted with a Cummins engine, bought by Cooper of Annitsford, Northumberland, and acquired from them by present owner in 2005 after driving it up from London. On going restoration to its 1968 looks. |
| VHN 527G |  | 1968 | Daimler Fleetline SRG6LW-33 Roe B43D | Mr & Mrs D. A. Yates | First operated by Darlington Transport in 1968. One of their first batch of Fleetline Saloons as part of a conversion to one person operation. Purchased in 1983 by the present owners for preservation. |
| THU 354G |  | 1969 | Bristol RESL6L with Eastern Coachworks 43-seat front-entrance bus bodywork. | Malcolm Hodgson | This bus has had two periods of service life and two of preservation. It began work for Bristol Omnibus and ran until 1992; it was preserved until 1997; then ran for Northern Bus, Sheffield, until again preserved from 1997.
New to Bristol Omnibus Co. Last survivor of this design of ECW body on 33' chassis. Having been rallied for past 16 years in various 'Bristol Omnibus' liveries, this bus has recently undergone further restoration and been re-painted into 1960s Tilling Red to represent a similar United Automobile Services vehicle long departed XHN 938G. |
| PCW 203J |  | 1971 | Bristol RESL with Pennine bus bodywork. | Phil Logie | New in 1971 to Burnley, Colne and Nelson, then passing to Burnley and Pendle with the reorganisation of local government. The bus was withdrawn from service 1983. Now carrying the livery used in 1980, it is the only survivor of this combination of chassis and body. |
| JFT 228N |  | 1974 | Leyland Atlantean PARK ROYAL H43/28D later O43/34F | North East Bus Preservation Trust Ltd | Originally new to Gateshead as RCN 111N, later Northern General 3285, this vehicle was sold to York Pullman, Durham Travel & Dunn Line, before being acquired by NEBPT in 2005. It had lost its original registration and then carried reg. no KKH 372N. Unable to regain the original number, a Tynemouth plate was allocated by DVLC, The complete restoration of body and interior was carried out by Arthur Pearsall and Alan Shepherd in a 12 month period. |
| RCU 838S |  | 1977 | Daimler Fleetline FE30AGR with Alexander 83-seat double-deck body. | North East Bus Preservation Trust Ltd | This was one of the last Tyne and Wear PTE standards, built to dual-door configuration and later converted. |
| JKH 194V |  | 1979 | Leyland Leopard/Plaxton Supreme C53F | Tony Hull | Plaxton Supreme IV bodywork, ex National Express (East Yorkshire). It then went to Cherry Coaches of Hull, before returning to East Yorkshire Motor Services, it spent some it's later years with Lee's of Durham, Classic of Annfield Plain, and Scarlet Band Coaches all in the Durham area, before being preserved by the present owner Mr Tony Hull. |
| EJR 111W |  | 1980 | Leyland Atlantean AN68C/2R with Alexander double-deck body. | Treble One Group (M Mackenzie) | New to Tyne and Wear PTE in 1981; it passed to Busways in 1986. It worked first at City Busways from Byker then most of its time at Slatyford on Fastline services. It had brief spells on Magicbus and at Sunderland and ended up at Stagecoach Transit from where it was bought by the Treble-one Group in 2004.
It is restored in Newcastle Busways livery. |
| FTN 710W |  | 1981 | Leyland National 2 B49F. Repowered with Volvo THD100E engine and Voith 851.2 3 speed gearbox | Northern National Restoration Group (Craig Smith) | New to Philadelphia Depot of NBC Northern in June 1981.
FTN 710W is one of only 5 National 2/2's to stay in the Wear District all her PSV life and spent most of her life there running the 194/294. After her withdrawal from Deptford in 2002 she was used as a driver trainer at Gateshead Depot until 2006.
In 2006 4710 was donated to the NEBPT by Go Ahead CEO Christopher Moyes. After restoration 4710 was rolled out at the Metrocentre event in 2008.
After that years season 4710 was mothballed until her sale in 2013 to the Northern National Restoration Group.
She made her first NNRG outing at the 2013 Metrocenter event and has been on the road ever since apart from during the COVID pandemic. |
| CKB 166X |  | 1982 | Leyland National Mark 2 | Stephen Foster | New to Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive in 1982 and its metamorphosis into MTL and Arriva. It was sold and stored from about 2000, thence worked with Gilmoss Training. Yesterbus acquired this vehicle in to the fleet in 2006 and she retains her original 680 engine. |
| MIW 8529 |  | 1986 | MCW Metroliner | Kingsley's Coaches Ltd (Dave Kingsley) | |
| V713 DNL |  | 1999 | Dennis Dart/Plaxton Mini Pointer B29F | Arriva North East Ltd (Stuart Gray) | This is fleet no 1713 in the Arriva fleet. It is an example of the numerous Dennis Mini-Pointer Darts with Arriva North East. This bus is based at Bishop Auckland and has recently benefitted from a mid-life refurbishment. |
| AE56 0UU |  | 2007 | MCV Evolution | Kingsley's Coaches Ltd (Dave Kingsley) | |
| WUP 961V |  | 1980 | Leyland Leopard/Duple Dominant II Express 53 seater coachwork. | Burrells Coaches | Owned since new in 1980, this vehicle is still in everyday use. Has a 6 speed ZF box, 680 engine, FM pump. |
| JJD 551D |  | 1966 | AEC Routemaster Park Royal H40/32R | Steve Griffin | This Routemaster entered service as London Transport RML2551 in 1966, initially on route 6, and after refurbishment on route 12. Refurbishment was of both interior and of the driveline, when a Cummins engine replaced the AEC original. The current owner intends to preserve it with its route 12 branding. |
| UUA 212 |  | 1955 | Leyland Titan PD2/11, Roe H33/25R | Dave Briggs | New to Leeds City Transport as No. 212. Was in use as a driver trainer and had some modifications for this use. Has now been returned to original condition. |
| FBR 53D |  | 1966 | Leyland Panther PSUR1/1R Strachan B47D | North East Bus Preservation Trust Ltd | New to Sunderland Corporation as No. 53. Sold to Tyne and Wear Museums on withdrawal from service passing the present owner in 1992 and rallied extensively since then.
Acquired by the NEBPT in 2018 |
| H669 BNL |  | 1991 | Leyland Olympian Northern Counties Palatine open-top body. | North East Bus Preservation Trust Ltd | This vehicle was one of a batch of eight delivered to Sunderland Busways. It became Stagecoach 14669 after the take-over of Busways. Stagecoach converted it to part open-top in 2007 for use by City Sight-Seeing. It has subsequently been converted to full open-top by Gardiners of Spennymoor in March 2008 |
| JFT 413X |  | 1982 | Scania BR112DH Alexander H47/31F | Kieth Buckley & Vince Minto | New to Tyne & Wear Transport in 1982 as fleet no. 413. Only two of these vehicles were purchased, and only this vehicle survives. It has been recently refurbished at Gardiners of Spennymoor. |
| 221 JVK |  | 1961 | Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 with Alexander double-deck body. | David Slater | The bus was new to Newcastle Corporation and was operated until 1977. It was bought for preservation by the Four to One Group, who carried out much work on it. It later passed to Jimmy Storey who completed the restoration work. |
| FEZ 3829 | | 1981 | MCW Metrobus 76 seater | Scarlet Band Bus & Coach Ltd | New to Travel West Midlands as GOG 229W, extensively rebuilt by Marshalls. Sold to K & J of York, passing to Scarlet Band in December 2007. Used for school runs starting Jan 2008, recently repainted into the revised Scarlet Band livery. |
| JDC 599 |  | 1959 | Dennis Loline (Gardner 6LW engine) with Northern Counties double-deck H36/31RD body | 500 Group | The first of nine Dennis Lolines purchased by Middlesbrough Corporation to allow a normal seating layout in a double-decker low enough to pass under the Middlesbrough Station (Albert) bridge. It was the only one of the nine to have an open rear platform and was exhibited at the 1958 Earl’s Court Commercial Motor Show.
Withdrawn from service in 1970, she was acquired by a Scottish independent operator, initially running on hire to, and later sold to the Bellshill Bingorama Ltd. operation.
Saved from a scrapyard at the last minute by Ron Maybray in 1977, she was moved to Derby and stored in his garden pending restoration!
In 1991 she was purchased by the 500 Group for a nominal fee on condition that she was restored to as new condition. She was restored in time for her fortieth birthday in 1998. The bus has now spent far longer with the 500 Group than it did in commercial use! She has attended many rallies and other events over the years but is mainly used for ceremonial duties these days. |
| JDC 544L |  | 1972 | Daimler Fleetline CRL6 with Northern Counties H43/27D body | 500 Group | This last-surviving Teesside 'standard' only 13'5" high, was acquired for preservation in 1989. It has covered over 1,200,000 miles! |
| UHG 142V | | 1980 | Leyland Atlantean with Alexander bodywork | Chris Grierson | One of two vehicles acquired from Preston Corporation and in everday use |
| Not Known | | 2008 | Optare Solo | Arriva, Darlington Depot | Currently entering service at Darlington Depot. |
| YJ57 BVB | | 2007 | Volvo with Plaxton Centro bodywork | Arriva Northumbria, Ashington depot | Route branded for service 35. 6 speed Cummins engine. Fleet No 1923. |
| K311 FYG |  | 1993 | DAF DB250/Optare Spectra | Go North East, | One of the few remaining vehicles of this type left in the fleet, shortly to be withdrawn. |
