Old bus photos

Tag: Central SMT

  • Eastern Counties – Bristol VR – NGM 157G – VR 316

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    Eastern Counties Omnibus Company1969Bristol VR/SL6GECW H43/34F We don’t yet have any pictures of the Bristol VR on OBP, so here is one of the early examples that earned something of a dubious reputation. Sitting in the 1976 spring sunshine at Ely depot is Eastern Counties VR 316, NGM 157G, a VR/SL6G with ECW H43/34F body.…

  • Central SMT – Bristol Lodekka – FGM 297D – BL297

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    Central SMT1966Bristol Lodekka FLF6GECW H44/32F This photo taken in Glasgow in the late sixties is not very good quality but the subject is quite unusual inasmuch as it was one of a batch of forty bought by Central SMT built to a length of 31ft 6in with a seating capacity of 76 arranged as H44/32F…