Tag: AEC
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Safeguard – AEC Reliance – 200 APB
Safeguard Coaches (Guildford)1956AEC Reliance MU3RVBurlingham B44F Safeguard of Guildford runs buses and coaches in the area and 200 APB is preserved by the operator, attending rallies at regular intervals. It is an AEC Reliance MU3RV with Burlingham B44F body, complete with the trademark “Seagull” motif. The first view shows her at Wisley on 4 April…
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Black and White – AEC Reliance – AAD 249B – A249
Black & White Motorways1964AEC Reliance 2MU4RAHarrington Grenadier C41F This batch of five coaches seems to be rarely photographed despite their superb appearance enhanced once again by a beautifully simple livery on the most elegant of bodies.Delivered in May 1964 they were AEC Reliance 2MU4RA chassis with Harrington Grenadier C41F coachwork, fleet No’s were A247-A251, the…
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Premier Travel – AEC Reliance – 85 UME – 72
Premier Travel (Cambridge)1959AEC Reliance 2MU3RVBurlingham Seagull C41F The final Mk. VII incarnation of the classic Burlingham Seagull coach body is generally considered by most to be something of a travesty, compared to the earlier versions. With its squared off side panel and slight nod towards tail fins – becoming popular at the time on cars…
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Neath & Cardiff – AEC Reliance – WWN 191 – 56
Neath & Cardiff Luxury Coaches Ltd1960AEC Reliance 2MU3RAHarrington C41F Neath & Cardiff coaches were affectionately known as ‘Brown Bombers’ and they certainly made short work of demolishing the miles along the M4. This AEC Reliance (2MU3RA083) carries a handsome Harrington C41F body (2309) and was new to Neath & Cardiff in 1960.I am not sure…
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Maidstone & District – AEC Reliance – 251 BKM – SO251
Maidstone & District1958AEC Reliance 2MU3RVHarrington B42F By the mid 1950s, bus patronage was beginning to show signs of serious decline, and the Traffic Commissioners were empowered to grant dispensation for the use of buses with more than the traditional 20/26/30 seats on (what was then called) OMO operation. The first large saloons bought by Maidstone…
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Aldershot & District – AEC Reliance – MOR 581 – 543
Aldershot & District Traction Co1954AEC Reliance MU3RVMetro-Cammell B40F MOR 581 is an AEC Reliance MU3RV. The chassis of this Aldershot & District vehicle dates from 1954, but the body we see (“MCW” in the PSVC listings) was fitted in 1967. The seating is of the B40F layout, and we see it in the Alton Rally…
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Anderton – AEC Reliance – OWT 940
Copyright John C Gillham Anderton (Keighley)1955AEC Reliance MU3RVBurlingham Seagull C41F For me the classic Burlingham Seagull remains as stylish and attractive as it did when I saw my first Sheffield United Tours examples. This one, Reliance MU3RV294, Burlingham 5855, was new to Anderton of Keighley in January 1955 and was snapped by John C Gillham…
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Hebble – AEC Reliance – BJX 134C – 134
Hebble Motor Services1965AEC Reliance 2MU4RAPark Royal DP39F Photographed late on a summer day in 1966 at Stump Cross, a location very well known to our regular contributor and esteemed authority on Halifax matters, John Stringer, is AEC Reliance BJX 134C, No.134 in the fleet of Hebble Motor Services. The bodywork is by Park Royal, seated…
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David MacBrayne – AEC Reliance – LUS 524E – 150
David MacBrayne Ltd.1967AEC Reliance 2U3RAWillowbrook DP49F LUS 524E is a 1967 AEC Reliance 590 2U3RA with Willowbrook DP49F body. It was new to the legendary Scottish operator, David MacBrayne, fleet number 150. When MacBraynes ceased operation of bus services, it passed to Highland Omnibuses, being painted in that operator’s superb blue and red livery. Although…