Category: Photos
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Midland General – Bristol Lodekka – 972 ARA – 453
Midland General Omnibus Company1956Bristol Lodekka LD6GECW H33/25RD Photographed in Nottingham in August 1961 is Midland General 453, 972 ARA, a Bristol LD6G Lodekka with ECW H33/25RD bodywork, delivered to the operator in October 1956. This vehicle, together with other buses from across the NBC, went to West Riding in April 1970 to expedite the withdrawal…
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Potteries Motor Traction – Bristol FS6G – DPM67C – T2
Potteries Motor Traction1965Bristol FS6GECW H33/27RD New to Brighton Hove and District as fleet number 67 this was one of a pair of these Lodekkas acquired by PMT in NBC days as Driver Training vehicles. The yellow NBC style livery is rather attractive. Seems a strange vehicle type to transfer to an ex BET fleet with…
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West Riding – Bristol Lodekka – HHY 183D – 452
West Riding Automobile1966Bristol Lodekka FLF6GECW H38/32F Proceeding on a very wet day into Leeds city centre is West Riding No. 452, Bristol FLF6G HHY 183D with ECW H38/32F bodywork, originally delivered to Bristol Omnibus as C7280 in October 1966. When, in 1967, West Riding sold out to the Transport Holding Company, which became the National…
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United Automobile – Bristol LL5G – NHN 128 – G460
United Automobile Services1950Bristol LL5GECW B39R This was one of the first buses to appear on this website and I did not research into it as well as I could of done. So I have rewritten and reposted it. | Click here to see the repost. |
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United Automobile – Bristol LL5G – 991 CHN – GS3
United Automobile Services1957Bristol LL5GECW B39C These nice looking centre entrance buses did the Scarborough Sea Front Service from The Corner Cafe in the North Bay to The Spa in the South Bay. I think they were actually rebodied half cab single deckers as NHN 128. I think the bodies were mid 50s and the chassis…
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Rotherham Corporation – Bristol L5G – CET 561 – 100
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Rotherham Corporation1941Bristol L5GEast Lancs B32C Here’s a nice old one, probable one of the oldest buses in my collection.I obviously didn’t take this picture as the bus was withdrawn in 1957 I did not start taking bus photos till 1965.This bus…
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West Yorkshire – Bristol L5G – GWX 135 – 250
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. West Yorkshire Road Car Company1949Bristol L5GECW DP31R This Sunday a very different coach than you have been used to, West Yorkshire coaches were painted in cream & red rather than red & cream as the photo shows. This photo was taken…
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West Yorkshire – Bristol LL5G – JWU 888 – SGW 1
Photo by ‘unknown’ if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. West Yorkshire Road Car Company 1951Bristol LL5GECW B39R The LL was just a longer version of the L with a body width of 7′ 6″ the LW that had a body width of 8′ 0″ and the LWL was the longer 8ft…
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West Yorkshire – Bristol LWL6B – KWU 394 – SBW34
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. West Yorkshire Road Car Company1952Bristol LWL6BECW B39R Here we have a pair of Bristol Ls the one on the left is a 30ft long by 8ft wide version with a Bristol 8.1 litre 6 cylinder engine. The one on the right…
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Bristol Omnibus – Bristol L6B – LHY 978 – C2738
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Bristol Omnibus1949Bristol L6BECW B33D This photo was on the “Do you Know” page, but thanks to Spencer for the information that led to this article.Here we have two Bristol Single deckers from two different operators for sale at W Norths Limited,…