Tag: Dennis
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Eastern Counties Dennis/ECW Integral Buses
In 1938 and 1939, Eastern Counties took delivery of 18 Dennis Aces with ECW B20F bodies and Gardner 4LK engines. Two more unfrozen examples arrived in 1941. In 1947, at a time of acute vehicle shortages, a prototype Beadle chassisless bus appeared in the Eastern Counties fleet. It was one of four Beadle prototypes being…
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London County Council – Dennis Triton – MUL 614
London County Council1952Dennis Triton TV3Dennis B21C The Dennis company during its independent days was ever prepared to meet specialist needs in the passenger, municipal and haulage transport fields. The Dennis Triton was a flat framed, small passenger chassis, seemingly a variant of the Pax municipal type, with a wheelbase of 10ft 6ins, though a 9ft…
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Chiltern Queens – Dennis Pelican – 530 BPG
Copyright Ray Soper Chiltern Queens of Woodcote1956Dennis PelicanDuple Midland B44F This shot is from the Ray Soper gallery contribution titled “Chiltern Queens of Woodcote” 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 regarding this…
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Llandudno UDC – Dennis Pax V – FJC 737F
Llandudno UDC1968Dennis Pax VDennis B33F In the latter months of 1968 Llandudno UDC replaced its two Foden PVSC6 coaches, www.old-bus-photos.co.uk/ used on the exceedingly steep Great Orme route, with two specially constructed Dennis Pax V buses with Dennis B33F bodywork, registered FJC 736/7F. After the delivery of the last five production Lolines to Halifax in…
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North Western – Dennis Loline III – RDB 890 – 890
North Western Road Car1961Dennis Loline IIIAlexander H39/32F Not the best photographic shot in the world, taken on a very cold, misty winters day, but I think well worth showing. North Western mainly used single deckers on the X12 Manchester to Bradford route but on this day look what turned up. The radiator of the Dennis…
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North Western – Dennis Loline III – RDB 892 – 892
Copyright Roger Cox North Western Road Car1961Dennis Loline IIIAlexander H39/32F This picture, taken on a Saturday in the summer of 1966, shows Dennis Loline III No 892 of North Western turning from Commercial Street into George Street, Halifax, on its trans Pennine X12 run from Bradford to Manchester. Double deckers were often used on Saturdays…
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Reading Corporation – Dennis Loline – GRD 576D – 76
Copyright Pete Davies Reading Corporation1966Dennis Loline IIIEast Lancs H38/30F Here is a Reading Corporation Dennis Loline III with an East Lancs H38/30F bodywork, and is seen arriving at Wisley Airfield for the “Cobham” Running Day on 4 April, 2004. The Loline, as most know already, was the Bristol Lodekka built under licence by Dennis of…
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North Western – Dennis Loline III – RDB 873/892 – 873/892
North Western Road Car Co1962Dennis Loline IIIAlexander H39/32F Here is another picture of RDB 892 passing through Halifax en route to Manchester on another remarkably bright (for Halifax) summer day in 1966. This bus seems to have been a regular performer on the X12. The North Western Loline IIIs carried the chassis designations L3AF2B1 and…
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West Riding – Dennis Loline III – FCP 303E – 552
West Riding Automobile1967Dennis Lowline IIINorthern Counties H41/33F During the mid-1960’s with the recent arrival of Geoffrey Hilditch as General Manager at Halifax Corporation, the Joint Omnibus Committee had begun to develop its tour and private hire operations, acquiring a number of secondhand coaches to that end. A works contract had been obtained requiring a number…
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Middlesbrough Corporation – Dennis Loline II – LXG 243 – 43
Middlesbrough Corporation1960Dennis Loline IINorthern Counties FH39/31F The Loline came a bit late really if Dennis had got the licence to build the Lodekka under the name of the Loline sooner I’m sure there would of been a lot more of them than there was. Unfortunately for the Loline in fact for any front engine bus…