Tag: Crossley DD42
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Luxicoaches – Crossley DD42 – LNU 953
Luxicoaches1948Crossley DD42Crossley L53R This shot first appeared on the “Do You Know” page of this web site and thanks to the following contributions I have the following information. “The Crossley DD42 was ex Chesterfield Corporation. It was sold to Luxicoaches of Borrowash Derby in the 1960’s. When it was with Chesterfield it had an open…
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Portsmouth Corporation – Crossley DD42/7T – EBK 572 – 35
Portsmouth Corporation1949Crossley DD42/7TCrossley H28/26R Not many Crossley buses ever found themselves too far from their natural habitat of the North-West, but a sprinkling of them worked on the South Coast. Having bought mainly Leyland TD’s during the 1930’s, and PD’s after the war, too, Portsmouth Corporation dabbled in Crossley DD42’s briefly. Four DD42/5T’s were acquired…
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Portsmouth Corporation – Crossley DD42/5 – EBK 28 – 28
Photo reproduced with kind permission of Alan Lambert. Copyright Reading & Co Portsmouth Corporation 1949Crossley DD42/5Reading H52R Portsmouth had four Crossley DD42/5’s (11-14) delivered in 1948 and two (15 & 28) in 1949. The first four had German Imperial Navy-type crosses on the radiators: the last two had CROSSLEY plates on them. They all had…
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Rotherham Corporation – Crossley DD42/8 – HET 509 – 209
Copyright John Stringer Rotherham Corporation1952Crossley DD42/8Crossley H30/26R Lined up at Rotherham Corporation’s rather gloomy depot in 1968 are 211, 212 and 209 – 1952 Crossley DD42/8’s with Crossley bodywork to their later four-bay design. The HET-registered batch were the very last ‘proper’ Crossleys ever built. They must have been near to withdrawal, if not already…
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J Wood & Sons – Crossley DD42 – EVD 406 – 20
Copyright Pete Davies J Wood & Sons (Mirfield) 1949Crossley DD42/7Roe H56R Here is a view of J Wood & Sons of Mirfield preserved Crossley DD42/7 bought in 1953 from Baxter’s of Airdrie where it was delivered new in 1949. She sports a Roe H56R body from either 1954 or 55 there seems to be conflicting information…
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Sheffield Corporation – Crossley – JWJ 737 – 237 & KWA 776 – 576
Sheffield Corporation1947Crossley SD42 & DD42Crossley B32R & H56R Following the end of the war, Sheffield Corporation A fleet took a small number of Crossleys (28 in all) over three years. First to arrive were six single-deckers 237-242 (JWJ 737 – 742) in 1947. In the same year eight double-deck vehicles were added, they were 573…
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Rotherham Corporation – Crossley DD42/7 – EET 891 – 191
Rotherham Corporation1949Crossley DD42/7Crossley H30/26R A dull overcast day in Rotherham in summer 1962, and the crew of corporation Crossley 191 appear to be abandoning their charge outside the Angel Hotel in Bridgegate and heading for the busman’s canteen at the back of the Municipal Offices in search of some hot tea. This initial batch of…
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Northampton Corporation – Crossley – VV 9146 – 146
Northampton Corporation1946Crossley DD42/3Roe H31/25R Although Northampton were well known for their liking of the Daimler/Roe combination, in the 1930s they had purchased several batches of Crossleys, so perhaps it is not surprising that they purchased a batch of ten DD42/3 chassis with Roe bodies in 1946.One of them, fleet number 146, VV 9146, has survived…