Tag: Crossley SD42
-
Lancaster City Transport – Crossley SD42/3 -HTC 614 – 614
Copyright Roy Cox Lancaster City Transport1947Crossley SD42/3Crossley B36R This shot is from the Roger Cox gallery contribution titled “The People’s League for the Defence of Freedom” click on the title if you would like to view his Gallery and comments.The shot is shown here for indexing purposes but please feel free to make any comment…
-
Harper Bros – Crossley SD42 – LDE 340 – 14
Copyright Ray Soper Harper Bros1949Crossley SD42Silcox rebodied by Harpers in 1959 B37F This shot is from the Ray Soper gallery contribution titled “Harper Brothers of Heath Hayes” click on the title if you would like to view his Gallery and comments to it.The shot is shown here for indexing purposes but please feel free to…
-
Bolton Corporation – Crossley SD 42/7 – DBN 978 – 8
Copyright Ken Jones Bolton Corporation1949Crossley SD42/7Crossley B32R DBN 978 is listed as one of only eighteen Crossley single deck half cabs that survive. It is a SD42/7 with Crossley B32R body dating from 1949 and preserved in original condition as Bolton Transport number 8. It was transferred to Bolton Corporation Welfare Department, and is now…
-
Chesterfield Corporation – Crossley SD42/7 – NRA 701 – 1
Chesterfield Corporation1949Crossley SD42/7Crossley B35R There is just the rear three windows showing of a Crossley bodied vehicle on the Chesterfield ex London Transport Reliance posting elsewhere on this site. There is also a deal of discussion as to whether it is on a Leyland or Crossley chassis, well there is no problem identifying the shot…
-
Lewis – Crossley SD42/7 – JP 7538
Lewis (Rhydlewis)1949Crossley SD42/7Duple C35F (1955) JP 7538 appears to be another wonderful combination of Bedford SB chassis and Duple coach body, except that it isn’t! The Crossley SD42/7 chassis dates from 1949, when it was new to Liptrot of Bamfurlong, near Wigan. A new Duple C35F body, as seen here, was fitted in 1955. We…
-
William Ivens and Sons – Crossley – LWE 669
William Ivens and Sons1949Crossley SD42/7Yeates C35F William Ivens and Sons (Timber Merchants) Limited of Rugby had in 1961 a works service from the Long Buckby, Northampton direction into Rugby and the bus was usually was parked up nightly in the Corporation Street car park. The two shades of blue Crossley SD42/7 with Yeates C35F body…
-
Kitsons – Crossley SD42 – KTE 444
Kitsons (Gee Cross, Hyde)1949Crossley SD42/7Duple C35F I photographed this coach near to Stalybridge Station in March 1966, but until recently, the only information I had was what could be seen in the photograph. Searching the web for more information, the first thing I found was that somehow, someone had got hold of a copy of…
-
A. Davies – Crossley SD – FAW 334
A. Davies, Acton Burnell1949Crossley SD 42/7Plaxton C33F Photographed in Piccadilly, London, in 1961 is the Crossley SD42/7 with Plaxton C33F body bought new by A. Davies (Transport) of Acton Burnell near Shrewsbury, Shropshire in March 1949. To address the shortcomings of the Crossley diesel engine the new AEC designed downdraught HOE7/5 began appearing during 1949,…