Category: Photos
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Liverpool City Transport – AEC Regent V – VKB 774 – A176
Liverpool City Transport1957AEC Regent VMetro Cammell Weymann H33/29R A unique radiator grill I think don’t know why as the standard grill looked much better than this tin look. I also think how much better the livery would have been if there was a nice cream band between the upper and lower deck, there was far…
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Hebble – AEC Regent V – GJX 847 – 303 – (1)
Hebble Motor Services 1957AEC Regent V D3RV Weymann Orion H33/28R If you read the copy that was with the photo of the West Yorkshire Bristol KSW6B fleet no DBW 20 (link here) I said that the photo was taken from the top deck of an Hebble Regent V well this is the Regent V.Hebble used to paint…
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York Pullman – AEC Regent V – ODN 348 – 71
York Pullman Bus Company Ltd1957AEC Regent V MD3RV Roe H33/28RD A “could have been better” shot of a York Pullman Regent V with its rear doors closed. Talking of which does anybody know how the rear doors worked, were they air operated by the driver or operated by the conductor either manually or air assisted. I…
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United Services – AEC Regent V – UWT 876
United Services1957AEC Regent VRoe L27/26RD W. Everett & Son United Services to give them there full name operated from the Yorkshire village of Kinsley which is between Barnsley and Pontefract they ran services to nearby towns such as Leeds, Wakefield, Barnsley and Doncaster.This bus delivered new to United Services along with UWT 875 another Regent…
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Blue Ensign – AEC Regent V – 758 NDT
Blue Ensign Coaches Ltd1964AEC Regent VRoe H41/32F The Doncaster area seemed to have had more than its fair share of independents and here is another one Blue Ensign. There first route was from Rossington to Doncaster Yorkshire in 1920. I think the reason for the number of independents was all the mining towns in the…
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East Yorkshire – AEC Regent V – VKH 34 – 634
Photo by “unknown” – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. East Yorkshire Motor Services1956AEC Regent VWillowbrook HBB56R This is another highbridge Beverly Bar Regent V of East Yorkshire Motor Services this time a view of the near side, but what is very interesting is the single decker behind. You did…
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Hebble – AEC Regent V – PCP 403 – 277
Hebble Motor Services1962AEC Regent VNorthern Counties H65F These two Regent Vs of Hebble are in Halifax bus station the one on the left is five years older with a Weymann Orion body there is a better colour shot of one of these buses here. I am not sure what the registration is of the one…
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Bradford Corporation – AEC Regent V – UKY 123 – 123
Bradford Corporation Transport 1961AEC Regent VMCW H39/31F After my lengthy piece re the Routemaster yesterday I will keep the information on today’s bus to the point. It is a straight forward AEC Regent V with an AEC 9.6 litre engine, monocontrol four speed direct selection gearbox and air brakes, nothing controversial there unless you can come…
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City of Oxford – AEC Regent V – 978 CWL – H978
The City of Oxford Motor Services1958AEC Regent V LD3RAPark Royal H65R The Regent V was in production from 1954 until 1968 there was a prototype Regent IV which had an underfloor engine but there was not much interest so it never went into production. According to research the only difference between the Regent III chassis…
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Doncaster Corporation – AEC Regent V – TDT 349 – 149
Doncaster Corporation1956AEC Regent V MD3RVRoe H34/28R If you visit this site on a regular basis the last bus that was on stand was a Sheffield Corporation AEC Regent III that looked like a Regent V here we have a Doncaster Corporation Regent V that looks like a Regent III. It was possible to order the…