Getting ready

Plymouth Citybus are now making progress preparing their latest double deckers for service. This photos from Tom Michaels shows 431 and 436 both repainted into swoops sat in what is generally known as Death Row along the side of the workshops at Milehouse. Clearly none of these buses are actually on death row properly!

©Tom Michaels

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