Category: Photos
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United Automobile – Bristol MW6G – 7545 HN – UE545
United Automobile Services1962Bristol MW6GECW DP41F Previous shots of United Automobile single deck vehicles on this site have been bus bodied or coach bodied, here we have a dual purpose bodied MW6G. United as like many other of the Tilling group had a different livery for each type of vehicle body. United’s dual purpose vehicles livery…
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West Yorkshire – Bristol MW6G – AWU 466B – 1146
Copyright Brendan Smith West Yorkshire Road Car Company1964Bristol MW6GECW DP41F Originally numbered SMG38, this vehicle became 1146 in West Yorkshire’s 1971 renumbering programme. It was one of twenty-six MW6G buses delivered to WY in 1963/64 – these being the first new single-decker WY buses for some time. For quite a few years previously, the Company…
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Hants & Dorset – Bristol MW6G – 7123 LJ – 1833
Copyright Pete Davies Hants & Dorset Motor Services1962Bristol MW6GECW C39F This Bristol MW with, as it was called then, the “New Look” design was new to Hants & Dorset as their fleet number 887 in June 1962. In 1963 the batch (882 – 887) were down seated to C30F for extended tours, but reverted to…
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Western National – Bristol MW6G – 253 KTA – 2270
Copyright Ken Jones Western National Omnibus Co Ltd 1962Bristol MW6GECW C39F This is a Bristol MW6G from 1962 with second style MW ECW C39F body, and was hired from Western National to London Country Bus Services Limited in 1975 to 1977. In 2000 it was in service with Memory Lane Vintage Omnibus Services. It has been…
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Cumberland – Bristol MW6G – AAO 34B – 231
Cumberland Motor Services1964Bristol MW6GECW B45F Cumberland 231 (AAO 34B) was a 1964 Bristol MW6G with the standard Eastern Coachworks B45F body. Of interest is the T-style destination display, which required the front dome to be raised above the natural roofline of the bus. ECW always managed to make this feature look like a natural part…
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Western SMT – Bristol MW6G – MSD 358 – NT1494
Western Scottish Motor Traction Co. Limited1959Bristol MW6GAlexander C41F MSD 358; fleet number NT1494, is a 1959 Bristol MW6G, one of 52 with Alexander C41F bodies built for Western SMT. They remained in service until 1977, which speaks volumes for the build quality of the body and chassis and the thoroughness of Western’s maintenance programme. The…
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Bristol Omnibus – Bristol MW5G – 936 RAE – 2577
Bristol Omnibus1963Bristol MW5GECW B45F Typical but not typical!On Sunday, June 28, 1964, a Bristol MW5G (typical) Wells depot bus stands at Clevedon Six Ways awaiting departure on service 157. This was the first day of operation of a new (not typical in those days!) Sunday only service to attract tourists. The service didn’t run in…
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Eastern Counties – Bristol MW – KAH 641D – LM641
Eastern Counties Omnibus Company1966Bristol MW5GECW B30D+30 One of two strange versions delivered to ECOC at about the time as the first RESLs were being delivered. Who would put a centre door on an MW with its very high centre section of chassis bearing the engine, instead of waiting a few months for a Bristol RE…
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Western National – Bristol MW – EDV 502D – 1420
Western National Omnibus Co Ltd1966Bristol MW6GECW C39F I’m sending you this picture of Bristol MW EDV 502D and EDV 505D because they entered service with Western National in May 1966 – 50 years ago this month. 502D was built in the Jan and 505D in the April. They are Bristol MW6G with ECW C39F body.…
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Red & White – Bristol MW – SWO 986 – UC758
Red & White Services1958Bristol MW6GECW C39F Here are two more views indicating what a difference a coat of paint makes, especially if it’s the same colours applied in a different style on the same vehicle. SWO 986 was new to Red & White in 1958. It is a Bristol MW6G with ECW C39F bodywork and…