Tag: Albion
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Halifax Corporation – Albion Nimbus NS3AN – RJX 253 – 253
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Halifax Corporation Transport and Joint Omnibus Committee1963Albion Nimbus NS3ANWeymann B31F Halifax acquired ten of these little Albion Nimbus to do a few routes that due to the narrowness of the roads and sharpness of the bends a small bus was required…
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Halifax Corporation – Albion Nimbus – RJX 251 – 251
Copyright Roger Cox Halifax Corporation Transport and Joint Omnibus Committee1963Albion Nimbus NS3ANWeymann B31F Here is a shot of Halifax Nimbus No. 251 in Elmwood Garage repainted for service with a new owner – I cannot now remember who that was. Despite its frailty and engine unreliability, I quite liked the little Nimbus.When I went…
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Harveys (Mousehole) – Albion Nimbus – RJX 250
Copyright Ian Wild Harveys, Mousehole, Cornwall1963Albion Nimbus NS3ANWeymann B31F This former Halifax Nimbus found its way down to deepest Cornwall where local Operator Harveys operated it on their share of the Penzance to Mousehole service which was joint with Western National. The route negotiated narrow streets and sharp corners in Mousehole and this little bus…
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Guernsey Railways – Albion Nimbus – 14626 – 72
Copyright Pete Davies Guernsey Railways Co Ltd1964Albion Nimbus NS3ANReading B35F Here is a view of an Albion Nimbus, registration 14626. She is in the green and cream livery of the Guernsey Railways fleet and has a Reading body, with fleet number 72. The Guernsey Motors vehicles were a dark red (quite near the Northern General…
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Maidstone & District – Albion Nimbus – 310 LKK – S310
Maidstone & District Motor Services Ltd1960Albion Nimbus NS3NHarrington B30F One of Maidstone and Districts batch of Albion Nimbus/Harrington single deckers resting at the rear of the now demolished Tonbridge Depot. Its normal duties would have been the local town service route 77 which ran a twenty minute headway. The route always had Albions which I…
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Berresfords – Albion Nimbus – NSG 869 – 25
Berresfords Motors Limited1955Albion Nimbus MR9Scottish Omnibuses B32F NSG 869 is an Albion Nimbus, with MR9 designation. This vehicle has a Scottish Omnibuses B32F body, and in its early days was a demonstrator for the chassis builder Albion. It passed to that well-known Staffordshire independent, Berresfords Motors Limited of Cheddleton, in whose markings we see it…
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North Downs – Albion Nimbus – WKG 48 – 19
North Downs Rural Transport1961Albion Nimbus NS3ANWeymann DP30F John Wylde’s initial involvement with bus operation occurred with the Orpington Rural Transport Association which operated a service between Biggin Hill and Orpington from 1963. Wylde departed Association shortly afterwards and began running services as North Downs Rural Transport between Orpington and Croydon, with journeys later serving the…
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Manchester Corporation – Albion Aberdonian – UXJ 244 – 44
Manchester Corporation1958Albion Aberdonian MR 11LSeddon B42F Single-deckers were always very much in the minority in Manchester Corporation’s fleet. In 1958 a batch of six Albion Aberdonian MR 11L entered service. These had Seddon B42F bodywork. Manchester City Council’s Transport committee had decreed that the bus fleet should be composed of Leylands and Daimlers, so the…