Old bus photos

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  • The Horseless Horse Bus Mystery

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    John Barringer I found this picture in a house clearance store some time ago and it has puzzled me ever since. Although I was at one time a member of The Omnibus Society, I have never seen any reference to the LGOC ever experimenting with the conversion of horse buses to petrol power. Looking back…

  • The Mystery of the Second Sheffield No 12

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    Ian Gibbs This is a tale of coincidence and collaboration that shows how shared research between enthusiasts can solve mysteries. In July 1997 I began what was to become a fascinating exchange of letters with the late Charles C Hall of Sheffield. It began simply enough with a request from me for a copy of…

  • Sheffield Buses in the Snow

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    Ian Wild Monday 1st January 1968 A heavy snowfall starting about 18:00hrs was the prelude to an hour of chaos on services 61/63 on Greystones Road between 19:00 and 20:00hrs. The 19:03 ex Hunters Bar on service 61 operated by 813 became stuck at the Greystones Grange Road bus stop. The driver telephoned for assistance…

  • Metal Tyred Primitive

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    John Barringer I have owned the above picture of a Motor Traction Co. Ltd. bus for over fifty five years and have yet to find anyone who can identify the make of this vehicle with any certainty. It is amazing, but true, that as a nation we seem to have more knowledge of Roman chariot…

  • Hants & Dorset 1945 Bristol K6A

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    John Barringer This is a picture of my own Bristol K6A that I owned in the period 1984/5. From looking at the excellent web based H & D fleet list it appears to have started life as a covered top Strachan bodied half-cab machine with the code L27/28R and fleet number TD776, this calculated from…

  • A Rare find

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    Roy Dodsworth In July 2002 I spent some time working in Scotland and travelled home by many routes. One such journey was on a B road in Central Scotland and I saw a derelict coach parked in an orchard. I could not see sufficient detail to identify the coach so I made a note to…

  • Metamorphosis – From LGOC NS bus to London United ‘Diddler’ trolleybus!

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    Chris Hebbron The evolution of bus design is a fascinating subject and probably happened faster in the 1929-1939 period, than in any other period. With London Transport, for example, one only has to compare London Transport’s 1929 ST1139, which had vestiges of a piano-front body, plus an open staircase and petrol engine, with its 1939…

  • One Small Step for a Portsmouth Passenger

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    Michael Hampton A submission a short time ago referred to a Halifax Corporation single decker which was delivered with a front entrance and centre exit. It was a Leyland Leopard L1 with a Weymann B34D body. The contributor and several others commented that this was unusual at the batch’s time of delivery, and that later…

  • Some reflections on the 1930 Road Traffic Act in practice

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    Roy Burke This article was prompted by the first paragraph of Chapter 16 of Keith Easton’s erudite and comprehensive article on the development of bus services in Hull. His opening explanation of the workings of the 1930 Road Traffic Act is of profound significance to all of us interested in the industry of ‘the old…

  • London Transport RT 4742

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    Alan Bond Quite by chance I came across the Old Bus Photos website and was quite interested in the information given for RT 4742 on Victor Brumbys RT posting and I thought perhaps you might like chapter and verse on that particular bonnet number so here goes. The original RT 4742 was indeed one of…