Tag: Crossley
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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Darwen Corporation – Crossley Regent V – 434 BTE – 17
Darwen Corporation1957Crossley Regent V D3RVEast Lancs H31/28R Darwen Corporation was well-known for buying buses which weren’t quite what they seemed, and 434 BTE is typical. “Ah! AEC Regent V with East Lancs body!” I hear. Sorry, folks. 434 BTE is in fact badged as a Crossley. This was something associated with the allocation of spaces…
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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…