Tag: ECW
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Booth and Fisher – Bristol SC4LK – 612 JPU
Copyright Ian Wild Booth and Fisher1957Bristol SC4LKECW B35F Booth and Fisher operated a selection of stage and works services from their depot at Halfway on the South Eastern outskirts of Sheffield. Whilst their staple stock for many years were Bedford OBs, they also bought AEC and Leyland single deckers new and amassed quite a collection…
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Eastern Counties – Bristol SC4LK – VVF 540 – LC540
Eastern Counties Omnibus Company1957Bristol SC4LKECW B35F Before researching the facts about the Bristol SC for this caption, I had somehow presumed that Crosville would have been the largest customer for the type. In fact I was surprised to find that they were only the third largest, having bought a total of 79. 323 were built…
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Eastern Counties – Bristol SC4LK – 3003 AH – LC 556
Eastern Counties Omnibus Company1959Bristol SC4LKECW B35F I have the only fully restored red and cream Bristol SC4LK! It is ex Eastern Counties LC 556 (3003 AH). It was new to ECOC in Jan 1959 and served the company for 11 years. Following withdrawal in 1970, it passed via Ben Jordan, the famous Norfolk bus dealer,…
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Crosville – Bristol SC – 782 EFM – SC 12
Crosville Motor Services1957Bristol SC4LKECW B35F Crosville was one of the main users of the Bristol SC4LK model, with a total of seventy nine examples, of which fifty five were buses and twenty four were coaches, although the latter were soon downgraded to bus status, without being greatly modified. The first batch were new in 1957,…
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R & R Coaches t/a Beeline – Bristol SC4 – NFW 655
R & R Coaches t/a Beeline1956Bristol Bristol SC4LKECW B35F The lightweight SC (small capacity) vehicle emerged in 1954 and was the Bristol/ECW offering for BTC lightly trafficked rural bus routes. Every opportunity was taken to save weight. The chassis longitudinal members were simple straight lengths of channel lacking intermediate transverse sections, and the body was…
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United Automobile – Bristol Lodekka LD6B – WHN 703 – L3
United Automobile Services1955Bristol LD6BECW H33/25R Not many of these deep radiator versions made shame really I quite liked them. This photo was taken at Scarborough on the round about by the railway station. A full list including Bristol and United codes can be seen here. The original deep radiator versions of the Lodekka were indeed…
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United Automobile – Bristol Lodekka FLF6B – 153 SHN – L153
United Automobile Services1964Bristol Lodekka FLF6BECW H38/32F I am not sure if the Lodekka actually had a version number i.e. I, II, III as the Regent III, V for example if any body knows please let me know. I did like these front entrance Lodekkas, the three things I remember most is the low step to…
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United Automobile – Bristol Lodekka LD6B – 113 BHN – L13
United Automobile Services1956Bristol Lodekka LD6BECW H33/27RD Quite a few lists have United fleet numbers starting with a “B” which I presume denotes Bristol. But as one can plainly see in this photo there is no “B” just L13 does anybody know if United changed there fleet numbering system after 1966. This shot was taken July…
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Notts and Derby – Bristol Lodekka FLF6G – BRB 493B – 634
Notts and Derby1964Bristol Lodekka FLF6GECW H38/32F Yet another photo where I can not remember where I was when I took it same as the previous W Gash photo I presume, any clues anybody?I do have quite a few photos of Nottingham City Transport yet to come so probably a club trip down that way.…
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United Automobile – Bristol Lodekka FS6B- 5108 HN – L108
United Automobile Services1962Bristol Lodekka FS6BECW H33/27R This photo was taken in the middle of July 1966 and is the Scarborough North Bay “Corner Cafe” terminus of several routes. This photo apart from being a nearly decent shot of a “Short Lodekka” is a flash back to when an English seaside resort had every thing going…