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On Easter Monday, both John (redd9) and myself travelled on preserved D9 BHA399C on a circular route from Wythall to Henley in Arden and back. We were both astonished by the pulling power of the bus, judging it was carrying around seventy passengers. It is easy to look at these vehicles through rose-tinted glasses, but I think that most of todays buses would find it very hard to keep up. At many times on the journey it was travelling at over 50mph and John witnessed between 55 and 60mph being attained by the old girl on one occasion.