Category: Photos
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Meffan of Kirriemuir – Commer Q4 – GSR 244
Meffan of Kirriemuir1943Commer Q4Scottish Aviation C29F On Sunday 25th August 2014, I went to the Seaburn classic and vintage vehicle rally. They had vehicles of all shapes and sizes, with most of the buses having been seen previously on this site. However, this is one I have never seen before. GSR 244 a Commer Q4,…
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White Heather – Chevrolet LQ – TE 8318
Copyright Ken Jones White Heather (Morecambe)1929Chevrolet LQSpicer C14D An American designed coach and the predecessor of the famous Bedford, this Chevrolet undertook daily tours during the summer season from Morecambe to the Lake District until the 1950’s. Operated by J Jardine as ‘White-Heather Lakeland Tours who also ran a taxi service in Morecambe. Interestingly, the…
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Bournemouth Corporation – B U T 9641T – KLJ 340 – 240
Copyright Ray Soper Bournemouth Corporation1950B.U.T. 9641TWeymann H68D 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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Newcastle Corporation – BUT 9641T – LTN 479 – 479
Newcastle Corporation1948BUT 9641TMetro Cammell H40/30R Another from the Job lot of photos I bought a while ago this time an atmospheric shot of Newcastle’s Byker Depot in 1948. An impressive line up of 20 new BUT 9641T’s with Metro Cammell H40/30R bodies, they were LTN 479 – LTN 498 fleet numbers 479/98. Newcastle ordered 70…
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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…