Category: Photos
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Chiltern Queens – AEC Regent III – ACP 410
Copyright Ray Soper Chiltern Queens of Woodcote1947AEC Regent IIIPark Royal H30/26R This shot is from the Ray Soper gallery contribution titled “Chiltern Queens of Woodcote” click on the title if you would like to view his Gallery and comments.The shot is shown here for indexing purposes but please feel free to make any comment regarding…
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Nottingham City Transport – AEC Regent III – KTV 335 – 335
Nottingham City Transport1949AEC Regent IIIRoberts H56R This is an AEC Regent III of Nottingham City Transport, body by Charles Roberts of Wakefield. The location is Nottingham Old Market Square. This series were purchased (I think) about 1948/9 and ran until the mid/late 1960s. (Latterly they were renumbered into the 400 series I believe). As built…
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Great Northern Railway – AEC Regent III – IY 8417 – 442
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Great Northern Railways1950AEC Regent IIIGreat Northern Railways H56R This photo was originally on the “Do You Know Page” of this website but thanks to P Heywood for the following. The “Louth” bus on your “Do You Know Page” is a Great…
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Halifax Corporation – AEC Regent III – ACP 802 – 59
Photographer unknown : if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Halifax Corporation Transport and Joint Omnibus Committee1948AEC Regent IIIPark Royal H30/26R Here we have one of a batch of the 76 AEC buses that Halifax ordered after the war to replace some of its well worn pre-war vehicles, they were mainly…
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Sheffield Corporation – AEC Regent III – RWA 168 – 2168
Sheffield Corporation1953AEC Regent IIIRoe H33/25R Here we have two Sheffield Corporation work horses photographed on a very wet grey day. The Leyland is a Titan PD2/30 built 5 years later than the Regent it had a Weymann H31/28R body registration 4494 WB fleet number 494. It also had a concealed radiator which was nicknamed a…
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Hull Corporation – AEC Regent III – HRH 471 – 471
Kingston upon Hull Corporation Transport1947AEC Regent III 0961/2Weymann H32/26R This is quite a nice shot of an AEC Regent III just departing Hull bus station on route 50, although only the locals would know were route 50 went as there is nothing on display for its final destination. This I think would of been rather…
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Douglas Corporation – AEC Regent III – HMN 690 – 59
Photo by M Standeven Douglas Corporation1947AEC Regent III O961/2Northern Counties H30/26R A nice shot of a very early AEC Regent III taken on the Isle of Man about 1964/5. The Northern Counties bodywork that Douglas Corporation seemed to favour is quite obvious by the front upper deck.An interesting bit of information I came up with…
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Bradford Corporation – AEC Regent III – FKY 40 – 40
Photograph by “unknown” – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Bradford Corporation Transport1950AEC Regent III 9612EWeymann H30/26R This was the last of a batch of forty AEC Regent IIIs with what Kev from Bradford calls the 8ft wide Weymann flared skirt body you can see why. I’m afraid it is…
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Hanson – AEC/Hanson Regent – NVH 399 – 350
Hanson1958AEC/Hanson RegentRoe H37/28R Here we have yet another Hanson rebuild, they certainly got there moneys worth from their vehicles. My thanks to the HPTG websites Hanson section for the information regarding this bus. This vehicle was originally a 1948 AEC Regal 9621E321 with a Duple C32F half canopy body with the registration DVH 311 and…
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Morecambe & Heysham – AEC Regent III – MTE 638 – 76
Photographer unknown – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Morecambe & Heysham Corporation1951AEC Regent IIIWeymann H33/26R This shot of a Morecambe & Heysham Regent III shows the older livery of green with three narrow cream bands, the newer livery which had an overall cream roof and a wider centre band…