Tag: AEC
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Huddersfield Corporation – AEC Regent III – JVH 370 – 240
Huddersfield Corporation1955AEC Regent IIIEast Lancs L30/28R The AEC Regent III (Provincial Type) as opposed to (RT Type) was in production from 1947-56 I’m not sure how many were built but they were extremely popular if anybody knows let me know. Like the Regent II there was only one version of the first Regent IIIs that…
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Leigh Corporation – AEC Regent III – JTB 794 – 33
Photo by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Leigh Corporation1948AEC Regent IIIRoberts L27/26R Another shot of a Leigh Corporation AEC Regent III there was one on stand last April the shot was in colour too you can see it here. This Regent is four years older and was built…
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Midland General – AEC Regent III – MRB 30 – 28
Midland General Omnibus Company1948AEC Regent IIIWeymann H30/26R From what I can make out there was the Midland General Group which included Midland General obviously, Mansfield & District and Notts & Derby. One thing I find strange is that they purchased Bristol manufactured buses I thought that after 1948 only nationalised bus operators could do that.…
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Sheffield Corporation – AEC Regent III – WWB 484 – 1284
Sheffield Corporation1956AEC Regent IIIWeymann Orion L27/28R Now I know what your thinking you think I have got this completely wrong, this is surely a Regent V you say. No it is definitely a Regent III there was a small number of late Regent IIIs that were built with the wide bonnet front more associated with…
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Leeds City Transport – AEC Regent III – LUA 441 – 441
Photographer unknown – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Leeds City Transport1948AEC Regent IIIRoe H31/25R This bus was one of quite a few Leeds City buses sold to or on loan to Halifax Corporation in 1964, they were never painted in the Halifax livery obviously not destined to stay long,…
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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…