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Celebrating 75 years of the
Eastern Counties Omnibus Company



 Our Bristol FL rounds the corner in Castle Meadow whilst on the free service.  Photo Peter Horrex

A superb line up of vintage Eastern Counties buses.
LFL57, RS658 and LKD229 rest between turns.
Photo Richard Alger

 Eastern Transport Collection's Bristol RESL, a rare example of a rear engined bus with a manual crash gearbox, seen in Norwich.
Photo Peter Horrex

Recently restored Bristol SC parked next to RS658. The SC is carrying its new registration number...previously 3001 AH.. and also worked trips on the free service. 
Photo Richard Alger

1954 Bristol LD5G LKD229 loads in Castle Meadow Norwich for the City Service. 
Photo Peter Horrex

 The noisy and underpowered version of the Bristol L, with a 4 cylinder engine, came from the Ipswich Transport Museum.  Photo Richard Alger

Another from EATM was VR385, new to Ribble, but bought second hand by Eastern Counties and gave many years service. It is in the later Poppy Red livery of the National Bus Company introduced from the early 1970s. 
Photo Richard Alger

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