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Walsall Corporation – Sunbeam F4 – ADX 191 – 353
Copyright Tony Martin Walsall Corporation 1950 Sunbeam F4 Park Royal H30/26R On a snowy day in February 1967 Walsall Corporation trolleybus 353 is on a short working to Leamore. The vehicle was an ex-Ipswich Corporation Sunbeam F4 with Park Royal body which was acquired with seven others due to the closer of the Ipswich Trolleybus…
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Wolverhampton Corporation – Sunbeam W – EJW 451 – 451
Copyright Tony Martin Wolverhampton Corporation 1948 Sunbeam W Roe H32/28R (1960) Passing through Sedgley on its way back to its home town, Wolverhampton 451 was nearing the end of its days in early 1967. Built in 1948 with a Park Royal body and rebodied in 1960, these vehicles saw out the once extensive Wolverhampton trolleybus…
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Reading Corporation – Sunbeam S7 – ERD 149 – 178
Reading Corporation 1950 Sunbeam S7 Park Royal H38/30RD This photo of Reading Corporation 178 a Sunbeam S7 with Park Royal H38/30RD bodywork, delivered in November 1950, was taken 18 years later on the last day of trolleybus operation Sunday 4th of November 1968 as I recall a very cold but bright day. Taken when 178…
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Bournemouth Corporation – Sunbeam – 297 LJ – 297
Bournemouth Corporation 1962 Sunbeam MF2B Weymann H65D This Sunbeam MF2B was one of the last trolleybuses built for operation in the UK, in 1962. In a disgracefully short career, the batch was withdrawn when the system was abandoned in 1969. The livery can only be that of Bournemouth, and the body is by Weymann, to…
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Midland Red – SOS SLR – CHA 976 – 1994
Copyright Roger Cox Midland Red (Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co) 1937 SOS SLR English Electric C30C Following on from Paul Haywoods posting of a Midland Red Regent II I thought you may be interested in a picture of one of the types of vehicle produced by the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Company itself…
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Midland Red – SOS SON – FHA 472 – 472 – 2317
Photograph by ‘unknown’ if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Midland Red (Birmingham & Midland Motor Omnibus Co) 1939 SOS SON Brush B38F This uncredited wartime view of Midland Red FHA 472 (472 later 2317) shows it with masked headlamps and reflective mudguards. It was one of a large batch of…
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Midland Red – SOS FEDD – FHA 236 – 236 – 2254
Photograph by ‘unknown’ if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Midland Red (Birmingham & Midland Omnibus Co) 1939 SOS FEDD Brush H30/26F Midland Red FHA 236 (2254, formerly 236) was one of their unique pre-war, front-entrance, SOS FEDD double-deckers. They were built in large numbers between 1933 until 1939 with bodies…
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Midland Red – SOS SON – GHA 335 – 2416
Photograph by ‘unknown’ if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Midland Red (Birmingham & Midland Motor Omnibus Co) 1940 SOS SON Brush B38F Another image by an unknown photographer. It shows Midland Red 2416 (GHA 335), a SOS SON of 1940. Apparently seen in its final days – acting as a…
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Trent – SOS DON – RC 2721 – 321
Trent Motor Traction 1935 SOS DON Brush B36F Pictured on the HCVC Brighton Run in 1969 is RC 2721, an ex Trent SOS DON of 1935 with a Brush front entrance bus body that originally held 36 seats. SOS vehicles were favoured by the Trent and Northern companies during the 1930s, and the vehicle radiators…
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Worthing Tramocar – Shelvoke & Drewry – PO 1748 – 7
Worthing Tramocar 1930 Shelvoke & Drewry "Freighter" Harrington B20R Here is a picture (a small Box Brownie holiday snap dated 1935 from my collection), showing two Worthing Tramocars’ on the Seafront of that West Sussex town. The rear of the two vehicles is a Shelvoke & Drewry "Freighter" chassis (No. 03:1059), with a Harrington B20R…