Old bus photos

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  • Barton Transport

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    Barton had a wonderful mix of buses here is five of there double deckers including a few of there rebuilds. Ian Pritchard02/2018 JNN 793 No 453 and JRR 404 No 473being stylish Duple L55F bodied Leyland PD1’s at Nottingham Broad Marsh? and Melton Mowbray Bus Station respectively. JRR 404 is featured in the current guide…

  • Leyland Buses in Rotterdam

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    The City of Rotterdam introduced the first horse tramway in 1879, operated by the RTM (Rotterdamsche Tramweg Maatschappij). Before that a few horse bus services had existed but were not very successful. The first electric tramway was inaugurated in September 1905. The operation was handed over to the new Dutch/Belgian company RETM (Rotterdamsche Electrische Tramweg…

  • Five Shots Taken in the Fifties

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    Five colour photographs taken during the 1950s. Not the best of photography, I fear, but possibly useful for the record. Ian Thompson02/2020 Taken at Hastings in 1957, a Maidstone and District 1936 Leyland TD4 CKE 418, with a 1950 Beadle body that at the time I took to be original because of its prewar look.…

  • Alder-colours-of-the-rainbow Valley

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    In the period following the merger of Thames Valley Traction and Aldershot & District Traction in January 1972 to form Alder Valley, the company suffered a severe shortage of vehicles, particularly in the Reading area, partly arising from failing to meet the maintenance standards required by the Vehicle Inspectorate.The result was that over the period…