Old bus photos

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  • East Kent Road Car Co Ltd

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    Another set of photos from the album. Roy Dodsworth01/2016 Registration CJG 948 was a 1947 Leyland Titan PD1A with Leyland L27/26R bodywork. Registration EFN 570 was a 1950 Dennis Falcon P3 with, originally a Dennis B20F body, it was reseated to B25F in 1956 then reseated again to B29F in 1959. Registration PFN 870 was…

  • Southdown Motor Services

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    Yet another selection of shots from the bought album. Roy Dodsworth01/2016 Copyright Gordon M. Gangloff Registration LUF 816 fleet number 1816 was a Leyland Royal Tiger PSU1/15 with a Harrington C26C body. Registration MUF 456 fleet number 756 was a 1953 Leyland Titan PD2/12 with Northern Counties H56RD bodywork. Registration OUF 643 fleet number 643…

  • Preserved Commercial Vehicles On PSV Chassis

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    Peter and I have been considering in recent months how best to deal with those strange beasts mentioned towards the back of the PSVC list of preserved buses. There is a section, among the miniatures, trams and others, of “Preserved Commercial Vehicles On PSV Chassis”. In the 2012 listing it begins on page 224. It…

  • Mini Gallery One

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    FWL 371E fleet number 371 is an AEC Renown 3B2RA from the City Of Oxford Motor Services. She has a Northern Counties H38/27F bodywork and is seen at the Alton Rally on 20 July 2014. FWC 439H fleet number 1516 is a Bristol RELL6G with the usual ECW B47F bodywork, and dates from December 1969,…

  • Some Samuel Ledgard Gems

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    I hope the members find it of interest – of all the thousands of Ledgard pictures, literally, I tried to select just a few with something special about them. Chris Youhill02/2016 Pausing for refreshments on an arduous day excursion from Leeds to Blackpool, these charabancs are in Gisburn and include Mr. Ledgard’s initial fleet from…

  • North West Gallery

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    Here is the penultimate gallery of shots from the album purchased from a market stall. This time they are all vehicles from the North West area of England, they are mainly from municipal fleets Roy Dodsworth02/2016 Accrington CorporationRegistration CTC 217 fleet number 89 a 1937 Leyland Titan TD5c with a Leyland H30/24R body. Accrington CorporationRegistration…

  • Concluding Photo Album Gallery

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    Here are the final shots from the album. They are not of any specific operator or from any particular area of the country, just a varied selection of vehicles. I hope they are of interest. Roy Dodsworth02/2016 Bournmouth CorporationRegistration BEL 826 fleet number 224 a 1935 Sunbeam MS2 electrical equipment by British Thomson-Houston with a…

  • A Page of Omnibuses

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    Continuing with photos from an album. In an album of ‘Old Cars Abroad’ I recently acquired, is an out-of-place page of omnibuses, which I opine would bring more pleasure to this forum than to many others! Victor Brumby03/2016 Middlesbrough Corporation registration LXG 246 fleet number 46 a 1960 Dennis Lowline II 6LW with a Northern…

  • Shell Refining’s Private Bus Service

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    I was very pleased to see a picture of Leyland Tiger Cub 6127 PU in later ownership. I remember this bus when it was new and although I knew some of its subsequent history I had never come across a photograph other than my own – which is not surprisingly, in black and white and…

  • Old Routemasters in Sri Lanka

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    I have been interested in buses from my childhood. Sri Lanka has had many British buses in the Government owned Sri Lanka Transport Board in the 60s and 70s. However sadly today we have hardly anything left, not even in preservation. Almost all the buses for public use today are Indian Ashok Leylands, Tatas and…