Old bus photos

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  • Roberts bodied buses

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    I am interested in Glasgow Corporation buses which were bodied by Charles Roberts (1948/9 till about 1950/1). In addition to any Factory pictures of the buses being built, I am looking for interior pictures of the buses. Anything on Charles Roberts bodied buses is of interest to me as I think that they were distinctive…

  • Jensen Buses & Coaches

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    I wonder if anyone out there knows how many Jensen buses & coaches were built in total. I know they started building a coach chassis in 1948 for how long and how many I do not. I know at least one was bodied by ACB at Sunderland as either a bus or coach I don’t…

  • Ex Rhondda Regents

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    In about 1966 a handful of ex-Rhondda Orion-bodied AEC Regents with traditional radiator and Crossley synchromesh gearboxes joined the fleet of Smith’s Coaches, Reading. Registrations began with NTG, but the numbers escape me. I always assumed they were Regent IIIs, but a reference somewhere makes me think they might have been Regent Vs. They were…

  • What’s the difference

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    I would like to know the difference between Yorkshire, Yorkshire Woollen and Yorkshire Traction, can you help please? Allen Williams Yorkshire and Yorkshire (Woollen District) were one and the same. Buses only had “Yorkshire” on the sides. They were based in Dewsbury and operated services out to Leeds, Huddersfield, Wakefield and Bradford – and all…

  • Guy J’s labelled T13, T15 and T20

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    I have a query that hopefully someone maybe able to answer. With old buses, I can cope with O26/15RO and suchlike, but came across a batch of buses, Guy J’s, which were labelled T13, T15 and T20 the other day. What sort of configuration is this? And how are charabancs coded?Chris Hebbron Could this refer…

  • Commer Centaur

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    Is it possible to obtain information on an old bus and its operator, a Commer Centaur? Registration CG 5931 which was used in our local Broughton/Stockbridge, Hampshire area during the 1930’s? We have a photo, it is part of the history of our village, having been taken by a local resident when she was young.…

  • Mystery Sleeper Coach

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    With Stagecoach Megabus trialling bendybuses in advance of starting sleeper services on the London-Glasgow route, here is a newspaper photo of a 1929 sleeper bus working the last time such services operated. Does anyone have any information on these services? And does anyone know what make of vehicle this is? The radiator does bear some…

  • Yorkshire Traction acquisitions

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    I wonder if anyone can tell me the operators that Yorkshire Traction took over in the 1950s & 1960s in the Barnsley area. Geoff Clayton 19/12/11 – 06:32 Part Two of the PSV Circle Fleet History of YTC (covering the years 1961-84) lists the following:- 1/61….Camplejohn Brothers of Darfield. The purchase included a stage service…

  • Bluebell Buses of March, Cambs

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    Does anyone have any general information regarding the Bluebell Bus Co,of Cambridgeshire? In the 1950’s and early 1960’s our family travelled from March to Wisbech Horsefair on these buses, and I cannot find anything about them anywhere. I assume they were taken over at some point. Are there any pictures out there of their lovely…

  • The London Terminal Coach Station

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    28/11/12 – 15:46 Berisford’s posting of the Central London Transport Station reminded me of a photo that’s intrigued me, of the London Terminal Coach Station, taken around 1931, looking quite new. It may not be related to what Berisford is after, but the photo raises questions of its own, such as where it was, during…