Category: Photos
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King Alfred – AEC Bridgemaster – 324 CAA
King Alfred Motor Services1961AEC Bridgemaster B3RAPark Royal H45/29R This photo was taken at the Broadway Winchester where so many others were taken over the years by a great many other enthusiasts I believe that it was taken in the mid seventies.This bus was one of King Alfred’s second pair of AEC B3RA Bridgemasters with H45/29R…
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Leicester City Transport – AEC Bridgemaster – 217 AJF – 217
Leicester City Transport1961AEC Bridgemaster B3RAPark Royal H45/31R 217 AJF Leicester City 217 was one of the first vehicles to be delivered in the new cream livery with three maroon bands. It was withdrawn from service in 1971, worked for other companies until 1998 when it was bought for preservation and is now owned by individual…
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London Transport – AEC 664T – CUL 260 – 260
London Transport1936AEC 664TMetro-Cammell H40/30R This representative of London’s once extensive trolleybus system is a London Transport class C2 AEC 664T (chassis number 168) with a Metro-Cammell H40/30R body. The 664T chassis design was a close relative of the six wheeled LT class Renown that the LPTB also operated in large numbers.CUL 260, fleet no. 260,…
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Portsmouth Corporation – AEC 663T – RV 4663 – 215
Photo from the T. Dethridge Collection Portsmouth Corporation1934AEC 663TMetro Cammell H32/28R This impressive beast is Portsmouth Corporation 215 an AEC663T/Metro-Cammell H32/28R trolleybus from 1934. Originally delivered as 15, it was last of a group of trolleybuses of different makes of 2 and 3-axled chassis (AEC, Sunbeam, Leyland and Karrier), with different electrics and bodies (Metro…
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Bradford Corporation – AEC 661T – AAK 422 – 620
R F Mack Bradford Corporation Transport1935AEC 661TEnglish Electric H32/26R We all have our personal favourites as far as buses are concerned, and I have to confess that mine are, (or were), trolleybuses.Amongst my earliest memories were the late war years in Bradford, where I so clearly recall the sight, and sound, of Bradford’s “Regen” trolleybuses.…
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Bradford Corporation – AEC 661T – KY 8210 – 607 & AAK 422 – 620
Copyright J A Pitts Copyright J Copland Bradford Corporation Transport – 1934 – AEC 661T – English Electric H32/26R Bradford Corporation Transport – 1935 – AEC 661T – NCB H30/26R (rebuilt 1949) This photo of Bradford “Regen” 607 was taken in 1944 outside Duckworth Lane depot and shows this trolleybus in dark blue with war…
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Portsmouth Corporation – AEC 661/EE – RV 9148 – 294
Copyright Barry Cox Portsmouth Corporation1937AEC 661T/English ElectricCraven H26/26R Portsmouth Corporation had 115 trolleybuses in its fleet.The first 15 (1934) were a motley collection of chassis/electrical equipment and bodies, four and six wheelers, bought for evaluation.The next nine (1935/36) were, to me, the most handsome of them all, were AEC/EE ones with English Electric bodies. Unable…
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L. P. T. B. – AEC Regent – DLU 92 – STL 2093
London Passenger Transport Board1937AEC Regent O661London Transport Chiswick H30/26 The STL – the letters stand, rather confusingly, for “Short T Long” – was introduced into London area service firstly by Thomas Tilling in October 1932 and then by the London General Omnibus Company in January 1933. The STL Regent then became the standard double decker…
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United Automobile – Bristol SU – AHN 901B – S1
United Automobile Services1964Bristol SUL4AECW B36F The Bristol SU series had a limited following amongst THC Companies. This example is in Ripon Bus Station in July 1968 about to set out on the lengthy run to Masham. I would imagine the Albion 4cyl engine would be quite noisy although probably not as bad as the Gardner…
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Eastern Counties – Bristol VR – NGM 157G – VR 316
Eastern Counties Omnibus Company1969Bristol VR/SL6GECW H43/34F We don’t yet have any pictures of the Bristol VR on OBP, so here is one of the early examples that earned something of a dubious reputation. Sitting in the 1976 spring sunshine at Ely depot is Eastern Counties VR 316, NGM 157G, a VR/SL6G with ECW H43/34F body.…