This Dominator was new to Rotherham Garage in
September 1983. This vehicle operated at the same Rotherham garage for all of
its service life. It also became a bit of a ‘Celebrity Dominator’ during its
last year in service, it receiving a lower deck repaint and ‘Rolls Royce’
badges on the engine cover. The Managing Director at Midland Road garage
at the time passed favourable comments about it.
The bus was remembered for having rather better on
road performance than almost all of the other Dominators that were still in
service at the time, something which happily it has not lost. It was withdrawn
in 2004, initially being rescued by Darren Sentence, it has had several owners
but hopefully the restoration will resume soon. The bus is about 50% through
its restoration and when completed will appear in a version of the Mainline
livery.
Owner - Private
