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Glasgow Corporation – BUT 9613T – FYS 861 – TB100
Glasgow Corporation1958BUT 9613TCrossley H37/34R Taken in the summer of 1966 less than a year before the closure of the Glasgow trolleybus system in May 1967 this photo shows TB100 registration FYS 861 which was a BUT 9613T fitted with a Crossley H37/34R body. The shot was taken in George Square in the city centre, although…
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Midland Red – BMMO S15 – 5056 HA – 5056
Midland Red (Birmingham & Midland Motor Omnibus Co)1962BMMO S15BMMO DP40F This was one of the second batch of S15s. Broadly similar to the S14 bus, these were designed as dual-purpose vehicles and featured bucket-seats and double rear wheels as well as, on this second batch, some chrome trim. Circa 1969 the batch was relegated to…
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Midland Red – BMMO D10 – 943 KHA – 4943
Midland Red (Birmingham & Midland Motor Omnibus Co)1960BMMO D10BMMO H78F This fascinating vehicle was the first of two prototype underfloor-engined double deckers built by Midland Red in 1960/61. AEC had shown such a layout was possible, with its Crossley-bodied Regent IV underfloor-engined decker prototype of 1950, which conformed to minimum gangway headroom requirements, while remaining…
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Midland Red – BMMO D9 – EHA 415D – 5415
Midland Red (Birmingham & Midland Motor Omnibus Co)1966BMMO D9BMMO/Willowbrook H40/32RD EHA 415D has the unmistakable outline of a Midland Red D9. She has the operator’s own H72RD body, built in collaboration with Willowbrook. Does this mean one designed it and the other built it, or one built the frames and the other added the panels?…
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Midland Red – BMMO C1 – KHA 301 – 3301
Copyright Nigel Edwards Midland Red (Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co)1948BMMO C1Duple B40F This shot was taken in June 2010 at the BaMMOT Museum at Wythall. The beautifully restored example of 45 originally built represents the first post-war coaches introduced by BMMO at their Carlyle works with bodywork by Duple. Based on the service bus…
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Midland Red – BMMO C5 – 780 GHA – 4780
Copyright Nigel Edwards Midland Red (Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co)1959BMMO C5BMMO C39F A memorable spring day in in 1960, after driving for Midland Red for a couple of years, I was delivering a motor caravan to London at a steady 60 on the new M1 and looking in the mirror I saw what turned…
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Midland Red – BMMO CL3 – UHA 196/220 – 4196/4220
Copyright Diesel Dave Midland Red (Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co)1954CL3Plaxton C36F (1961/2) I thought I would send you these two photos that I took in Eastbourne in the late 60’s showing two of Midland Red’s CL3 touring coaches, these started life in 1954 as C3 class vehicles with C37C bodies by Willowbrook. During the…
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Priory Coaches – Bedford WTL – BXM 568
Priory Coaches (Gosport)1935Bedford WTLDuple C20F Here we have a Bedford WTL with Duple C20F bodywork from 1935. She is seen in the livery of Cyril Cowdray (Priory Coaches) of Gosport, another operator put off the road after upsetting the Traffic Commissioner once too often. She was new to Blunt, Mitcham, and spent some time on…
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Bournemouth Corporation – Bedford WTB – FEL 216 – 13
Copyright Ray Soper Bournemouth Corporation1939Bedford WTBDuple B25F This shot is from the Ray Soper “Gallery” contribution A Trolleybus tour in Bournemouth click on the title if you would like to view his Gallery and comments to it.The shot is shown here for indexing purposes but please feel free to make any comment regarding this vehicle…
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E J Baker – Bedford WLB – CMG 30
E J Baker1935Bedford WLBDuple C20R This Bedford WLB was bought new in May 1935 by T. E. Garner of Ealing London W5. It was taken by the Ministry of Supply during WW2 and seemingly given a military registration. When the MoS disposed of it in February 1943 it was re-registered JTA 608 and sold to…