Tag: Duple
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Alpine Travel – Leyland Tiger Cub – WND 477
Alpine Travel1958Leyland Tiger Cub PSUC1/2Duple Britannia C41F Photographed in Llandudno some ten years ago is this Hughes Bros Alpine Tours Tiger Cub WND 477, which started life in August 1958 with Spencer Tours of Manchester. This firm merged with Smiths of Wigan which later became part of Shearings. On my several visits to Llandudno over…
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Belle Vue Coaches – Leyland Royal Tiger – LOE 300
Copyright Pete Davies Belle Vue Coaches1951Leyland Royal Tiger PSU1/15Duple Roadmaster ???? As most people visiting this site will know, Dinky made far more examples of the model Duple Roadmaster than Duple ever managed to make of the real thing. Most of the real ones went to Standerwick and, so far as I am aware, there…
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Pennine Motor Services – Leyland Leopard – 5895 YG
Copyright Pete Davies Pennine Motor Services1962Leyland LeopardDuple DP41F Here is a photo of 5895 YG, Leyland Leopard with Duple body, in the fleet of Pennine Motor Services, then in Gargrave. I took the photo in Morecambe in June 1970. Note the SALOPIA vehicle alongside.This vehicle was the last of four of this style, the other…
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City Coach Company – Leyland Gnu – FGC 593 – G1
City Coach Company (Brentwood)1938Leyland TEP1 GnuDuple C40C This vehicle was the third and last TEP1 chassis and was delivered new to the City Coach Co in August 1938 as fleet number G1. City’s later Gnus were of chassis type TEC2. When new the Duple bodywork was in C40C lay-out.The vehicle was sold to a dealer…
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Highland Omnibuses Ltd – Guy Arab UF – KWO 37 – K47
Highland Omnibuses Ltd1952Guy Arab UFDuple C37F Back in the days of half-cabs, most coaches were distinguishable from single-deck buses by their window line. On buses this was straight and level, but on coaches it usually formed a gentle curve from the focal point of bonnet and cab down towards the rear. Later, when the engine…
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Red & White – Guy Arab III – HWO 342 – L1749
Photograph by A Charles Red & White Services 1949Guy Arab IIIDuple L27/26RD Sometime ago a comment was sent in by David Wilder for the Eastern Scottish AEC Regent posting regarding Red & White having had very pleasing Duple body Guy Arab IIIs. Above is a great shot contributed by Andrew Charles who took this shot in…
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Provincial – Guy Arab III – HWO 344 – T1
Copyright Pete Davies Provincial (Gosport & Fareham Omnibus Co)1949Guy Arab IIIDuple L27/26RD HWO 344 was a 1949 Guy Arab III with Duple L53RD body, in the fleet of Provincial, Gosport & Fareham. She’s been relegated to duty as a training vehicle and is seen outside the Hants & Dorset depot in Southampton on the same…
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Edinburgh Corporation – Guy Arab II – JWS 594 – 314
Edinburgh Corporation1943Guy Arab IIDuple/Nudd H31/24R This unusual but nonetheless attractive-looking Guy Arab II was new in 1943 to London Transport as its G77 (GLL 577), and was originally fitted with utility bodywork by Park Royal. A Gardner 5LW engine provided the power. It was withdrawn from London service in 1952 and sold to Edinburgh C.T,…
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Yorkshire Woollen – Ford Thames 570E – GHD 215 – 871
Yorkshire Woollen District1961Ford Thames 570EDuple C41F By the time this picture of a Yorkshire Woollen Thames was taken, it was in preservation. Never my favourite Yorkshire coaches, I found them a little slow and a lot noisy. One of them provided the only occasion I experienced where all passengers had to get off and walk…
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Hutchison – Ford R192 – FVA 462D
Hutchison of Overtown1966Ford R192Duple C45F FVA 462D a Ford R192 with Duple C45F body, it was new to Hutchison of Overtown in 1966. She’s seen at the Wisley Rally on 5 April 2009, but I’ve never (knowingly) seen a vehicle in Hutchison livery. Is this the original livery of Hutchisons? Photograph and Copy contributed by…