Category: Photos
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Western National – Bristol K6B – KUO 972 – 959
Western National Omnibus Co Ltd1950Bristol K6BECW L27/28R KUO 972 is former Western National 959 dating from 1950. It is a K6B with ECW L27/28R body that has undergone full restoration. It was withdrawn in 1970 after spending all it’s working life for Western National in Cornwall. It is seen in service at Brislington on 10th…
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Maidstone & District – Bristol K6A – HKE 860 – DH 152
Maidstone & District Motor Services Ltd1945Bristol K6AWeymann H30/26R In the years before the BAT-Tilling rift in 1942, the Maidstone & District company developed quite a liking for the Bristol double deck chassis. Initially, the GO5G type was tried, 12 going to the main fleet and 4 to the Chatham & District subsidiary in 1936. They…
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Keighley – West Yorkshire – Bristol K5G – CWX 671 – KDG 26
Keighley – West Yorkshire1938Bristol K5GRoe L27/28R Keighley – West Yorkshire was established as a branch of West Yorkshire Road Car in 1930, if we believe the entry on Wikipedia. CWX 671 was new to KWY in 1938 and is a Bristol K5G, but the bodywork is not what one might expect, being by Roe rather…
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Keighley – West Yorkshire – Bristol K – CWX 671 – KDG26
Keighley – West Yorkshire1950Bristol K5GRoe L27/28R This Roe L27/28R Bristol K5G was delivered to Keighley – West Yorkshire (as K383) in April 1950. Over sixty-one years later KDG26 is seen passing through the impressive arch of the Halifax Piece Hall when taking a very active part in the Heart of the Pennines Event in October…
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Yorkshire Woollen District – Bristol K5G – OWT 204 – 154
Yorkshire Woollen District1939Bristol K5GECW H28/28R (1955) Aliens Land In Dewsbury. Yorkshire Woollen District experienced a severe shortage of vehicles during 1969 and consequently was obliged to acquire some most untypical vehicle types which no doubt caused much displeasure to both engineering and road staff. Seen here at Savile Town depot, Dewsbury in 1970 are a…
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Bristol Omnibus – Bristol K5G – FAE 51 – W85
Bristol Omnibus1939Bristol K5GECW H30/26R I can’t recall seeing the rounded lines of the pre-war ECW highbridge double decker in OBP, so thought you might like to see FAE 51 in July 1961. The vehicle was new (blue livery?) to Bristol Tramways & Carriage Co Ltd in 1939 as C3132, survived the war and by this…
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Southern Vectis – Bristol K5G – DDL 50 – 703
Southern Vectis Omnibus Company1940Bristol K5GECW O30/26R In 1937 Southern Vectis took two examples of the Bristol GO5G chassis, and then ordered two examples of the later K5G design. CDL 899, which arrived in July 1939 with fleet number 702, was followed in January 1940 by DDL 50, number 703 which, like its predecessors, had ECW…
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West Yorkshire – Bristol JO5G – BWT 765 – 970
Copyright Roy Marshall West Yorkshire Road Car Company1937Bristol JO5GECW B32F West Yorkshire Bristol JO5G 970 with Eastern Coach Works (ECW) B32F body built in 1937 is also seen at Bradford Chester Street Bus Station about 1950. It would appear to being used as a temporary crew rest room after a duty on a service from…
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West Yorkshire – Bristol JO5G – AWW 165 – 925
Photograph by “unknown” – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. West Yorkshire Road Car Company1936Bristol JO5GECOC B32F Bristol JO5G 925 is seen operating on a local service in Harrogate about 1950. This bus was one of sixty built by the Eastern Counties Omnibus Company in 1935/36 and is of the…
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Bristol Tramways – Bristol J – AHU 803 – J134-759-2355
Copyright Ken Jones Bristol Tramways & Carriage Company Limited1934Bristol JBristol B35RD AHU 803 (2355) was built as Bristol J134 in 1934 by the Bristol Tramways and Carriage Company as a private hire coach. It is one of only three preserved Bristol ‘J’ types, and the only one that has been preserved of those that operated…