Tag: Alexander
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Edinburgh Corporation – Leyland Atlantean – ESF 801C – 801
Edinburgh Corporation1966Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1Alexander H43/31F This photo shows Edinburgh Corporation 801 ESF 801C taken in 1967, 801 was the corporation’s first Atlantean with Alexander H74F bodywork delivered in February 1966,it was I think the first double deck body with panoramic windows and may have been exhibited at the 1965 Scottish motor show at Kelvin Hall…
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Greyhound – Guy Arab UF – GVD 43 – 43
Copyright Ian Wild T D Alexander (Greyhound) Sheffield and Arbroath1952Guy Arab UFAlexander C41C This coach was one of a batch of ten new to Central SMT in this case as their fleet number K43. Bob Alexander liked rugged reliability and from my conversations with the fitter at Greyhound, this vehicle fitted the bill being quoted…
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Highland Omnibuses – Guy Arab – HGC 147 – E8
Highland Omnibuses Ltd1945Guy Arab IIAlexander L27/26RD (1952) In July 1965 I did a tour of Scotland on a railrover – I think one week though it may have been two – the object of which was to cover as much of the existing passenger rail network as possible, many of the lines being threatened with…
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North Western – Dennis Loline III – RDB 890 – 890
North Western Road Car1961Dennis Loline IIIAlexander H39/32F Not the best photographic shot in the world, taken on a very cold, misty winters day, but I think well worth showing. North Western mainly used single deckers on the X12 Manchester to Bradford route but on this day look what turned up. The radiator of the Dennis…
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North Western – Dennis Loline III – RDB 892 – 892
Copyright Roger Cox North Western Road Car1961Dennis Loline IIIAlexander H39/32F This picture, taken on a Saturday in the summer of 1966, shows Dennis Loline III No 892 of North Western turning from Commercial Street into George Street, Halifax, on its trans Pennine X12 run from Bradford to Manchester. Double deckers were often used on Saturdays…
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North Western – Dennis Loline III – RDB 873/892 – 873/892
North Western Road Car Co1962Dennis Loline IIIAlexander H39/32F Here is another picture of RDB 892 passing through Halifax en route to Manchester on another remarkably bright (for Halifax) summer day in 1966. This bus seems to have been a regular performer on the X12. The North Western Loline IIIs carried the chassis designations L3AF2B1 and…
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Glasgow Corporation – Daimler Fleetline – SGD 730 – D 268
Copyright David Lennard Glasgow Corporation1963Daimler Fleetline CRG6LXAlexander H44/34F Sorting through my photos recently I came across this shot taken I think in the late sixties in Glasgow. Whilst at a quick glance it looks like any of the Corporations large fleet of Atlanteans. But, a closer look shows it to be D268 their one and…
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North Western – Daimler Fleetline – JDB 245F – 245
Copyright Ian Lynas North Western Road Car Co1967Daimler Fleetline CRG6LXAlexander H44/31F Here we have one of a batch of North Western Daimler Fleetlines with an Alexander body. According to the PSV Circle Publication PX3 Post-War Second-Hand British Buses in North America mentions that two of the batch 245 and 247, JDB 245E and JDB 247E…
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Demonstrator – Daimler Fleetline – 565 CRW
With – Newcastle Corporation1963Daimler Fleetline CRG6LXAlexander H44/34F 565 CRW; 1963 H44/34F Alexander bodied Daimler Fleetline CRG6LX demonstrator:Over the years, Newcastle Corporation had quite a number of Daimlers, both double and single deck, with a variety of bodies from different coachbuilders, but with the demise of the half cab in favour of front entrance rear engine…
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Midland Red – Daimler Fleetline – UHA 225H – 6225
Midland Red (Birmingham & Midland Motor Omnibus Co)1969Daimler Fleetline CRG6LXBAlexander H45/30D Midland Red 6225, UHA 225H, is a Daimler Fleetline CRG6LXB with Alexander H45/30D body, and was new in 1969. It has been restored into West Midlands livery and I include a picture of it’s Gardner engine. Both of the shots were taken last weekend…