Tag: Birmingham City Transport
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Birmingham City – Leyland Titan PD2 – HOV 685 – 1685
Birmingham City Transport1948Leyland Titan PD2/1Brush H30/24R Here is a Leyland Titan PD2/1 with Brush H54R body, to Birmingham’s then standard design. She dates from 1948 and we see her in the Weymouth rally on 1 July 1979. She began her service at Yardley Wood depot and, Malcolm Keeley reports in his book in the Glory…
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Birmingham City – Leyland Titan – HOV 685 – 1685
Birmingham City Transport1948Leyland Titan PD2/1Brush H30/24R HOV 685 is a Leyland Titan PD2/1 with Brush H54R body, to Birmingham’s then standard design. She dates from 1948 and we see her in the Weymouth rally on 1 July 1979. She began her service at Yardley Wood depot and, Malcolm Keeley reports in his book in the…
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West Midlands PTE – Leyland Tiger – JOJ 252 – 2252
Copyright Ian Wild West Midlands PTE1950Leyland Tiger PS2/1Weymann B34F PMT went through various vehicle shortages in 1969/70 mainly as a result of the unreliability of the Roadliner fleet which was sucking maintenance resources from the rest of the fleet. East Midland and Trent loaned Tiger Cubs but a real surprise was the hiring of up…
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Birmingham City – Leyland Tiger – JOJ 245 – 2245
Birmingham City Transport1950Leyland Tiger PS2Weymann B34F This superb combination of Leyland Tiger and classic Weymann single-deck body is further enhanced by the application of Birmingham City livery. 2245 is well-maintained by the Transport Museum, Wythall. Chassis number is 495582, body number M4624 and seating is B34F. Photograph and Copy contributed by Les Dickinson 05/07/15 –…
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Birmingham City – Leyland Tiger – JOJ 231 – 2231
Birmingham City Transport1950Leyland Tiger PS2/1Weymann B34F JOJ 231 is something of a rarity for the Birmingham fleet – a single decker! It is a Leyland Tiger PS2/1 with Weymann B34F body, new in 1950. We see it in the Weymouth rally on 1 July 1979 – where the combination of Kodachrome II film and lighting…
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Birmingham City – Daimler Fleetline – BON 541C – 3541
Birmingham City Transport1965Daimler Fleetline CRG6LXMCCW H39/33F BON 541C is a Daimler Fleetline CRG6 with Metropolitan Cammell body, new to Birmingham City Transport in 1965, with fleet number 3541. On the formation of West Midlands PTE, all she had was a change of lettering in what some of the neighbouring authorities considered to be a take-over…
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Birmingham City Transport – Daimler COG – CVP 207 – 1107
Birmingham City Transport1937Daimler COG5Metro-Cammell H30/24R Between 1934 and 1939 Birmingham Corporation Transport, which adopted the name Birmingham City Transport from 1937, took some 800 examples of the Daimler COG5 model, which, despite its modest five cylinder Gardner power unit, was a sophisticated performer with an effective flexible engine mounting and a fluid flywheel/epicyclic gearbox transmission.…
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Birmingham City – Daimler CL – LOG 302 – 3002
Birmingham City Transport1954Daimler CLG5LWMCCW H30/25R Although looking like a Birmingham ‘Standard’, this is one of a pair of unique vehicles ordered in 1952 – the other, 3001 – being a Guy Arab with Saunders Roe body.Both built to a ‘lightweight’ design, the chassis of 3002 was manufactured as a chromium plated exhibit for the 1952…
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Birmingham City – A E C Swift – KOX 663F – 3663
Birmingham City Transport1967A E C Swift 505 MP2RMetro-Cammell B37D+30 KOX 663F, is an A E C Swift 505 MP2R built in 1967 with Metro-Cammell B37D+30 standing bodywork. New to Birmingham and then West Midlands as 3663 it was acquired by Mid Warwickshire Motors before being preserved and has just been fully restored in West Midland…
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Birmingham City – AEC Regent III RT – GOE 631 – 1631
Birmingham City Transport1947AEC Regent III RTPark Royal H54R Having sent some bus ticket shots to the “Old Bus Tickets” website I was looking at the ‘Old Bus Photo’ section (again) and thought you might like to add a picture of probably my all time favourite bus of my youth. The Birmingham Corporation Transport Park Royal…