Category: Photos
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Douglas Corporation – AEC Regent III RT – GMN 905 – 54
Photo by M Standeven Douglas Corporation1947AEC Regent III RTNorthern Counties H30/25R This is a RT type Regent as its chassis number was O961 186 a provincial Regent III would have a chassis number beginning O9612 000 the 2 stood for series 2. A good way to tell an RT from a Provincial Regent is a…
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London Transport – AEC Regent III RT – KLB 593 – RT 1344
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. London Transport1949AEC Regent III RT RT3/3 Saunders H56R I have dated this bus by its registration and as KLB started being used in July 1949 so I thought it was a fairly safe guess. I have also stated that its original body…
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Samuel Ledgard – AEC Regent III RT – NXP 764
Photographer unknown – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Samuel Ledgard1953AEC Regent III RTPark Royal H30/26R Here is a nice shot of a couple of ex London Transport Regent RTs in service with Samuel Ledgard the fleet number of the one in the foreground was RT 4410 unfortunately I can…
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Birmingham City – AEC Regent III RT – GOE 631 – 1631
Birmingham City Transport1947AEC Regent III RTPark Royal H54R Having sent some bus ticket shots to the “Old Bus Tickets” website I was looking at the ‘Old Bus Photo’ section (again) and thought you might like to add a picture of probably my all time favourite bus of my youth. The Birmingham Corporation Transport Park Royal…
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London Transport – AEC Regent III RT – NLE 826 – RT3719
Copyright Victor Brumby London Transport1953 (registration date)AEC Regent III RT – RT8/2Weymann H30/26R Two weeks ago my contribution for the ex London Transport STL2117 was posted on this site, the shot was taken in April 1958. At about the same time that shot was taken, spiffing new RTs were coming on stream, and here is…
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Browns Blue Bus – AEC Regent III RT – KLB 596
Copyright Mike Greenwood Browns Blue Bus Service1950AEC Regent III RT RT3/3Saunders H56R originally now Weymann I was interested to read about Victor’s visit to Leicester in 1958 to see the ex-LT Daimlers in service with Browns Blue. A good friend of mine, Mick Gamble, has just completed writing a comprehensive history of the Browns Blue…
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London Transport – AEC Regent III RT – OLD 564 – RT4777
Copyright Pete Davies London Transport1954AEC Regent III RT – RT8/2Weymann (Originally) Park Royal (Now) H56R Here we have two views of the same vehicle in the two liveries of London Transport. The view of it in red is at Heathrow Bus Station on 21 January 1976, where she is on the 140 to Mill Hill…
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East Midland – AEC Regent III RT – KGK 750 – D47
East Midland Motor Services1949AEC Regent III RTCravens H56R You can almost smell the workshop in this view!This ex-London Transport Regent RT came to East Midland with the take-over of Wass, Mansfield in April 1958. D47 was gone in 1960 – to A1 Service, Ardrossan. Photograph and Copy contributed by Les Dickinson 26/05/13 – 10:31 Nice…
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London Transport – AEC Regent III RT – JXN 46 – RT1018
London Transport1948AEC Regent III RTWeymann H56R Here is a view of JXN 46, RT1081 1018 (see below) in full London Country NBC livery. She’s on parade in the Weymouth rally on 1 July 1979. She dates from 1948 and has a Weymann H56R body. At the time of the photograph, she was still in service…
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St Helens Corporation – AEC Regent III RT – BDJ 67 – 67
St Helens Corporation1952AEC Regent III RTPark Royal H30/26R BDJ 67 is one of the few Regent RT buses built for an operator other than London Transport. We see her here in full St Helens livery while taking part at the gathering at Brooklands on 13 April 2014. She has Park Royal H56R bodywork. St Helens…