Tag: Guy GS
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London Transport GS Class
This year marks the 60th anniversary of London Transport’s GS class. Perhaps the most surprising thing about the GS was that such a competent and handsome bus should emerge from a specification that on paper looks decidedly iffy. Not to put to fine a point on it, it looks like a real bitsa: bitsa this,…
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Southern Motorways – Guy GS – MXX 343 – Ex LTE GS 43
Copyright Roger Cox Southern Motorways1953Guy GSECW B26F Here is a picture of one of the ex LTE GS type Guy Specials operated by Basil Williams of Emsworth during the 1970s, who then traded as “Southern Motorways”. In the week I “drove” a desk at London Country back then, and, to keep my hand in, I…
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Bickers of Coddenham – Guy GS – MXX 356/60
Copyright Roger Cox Bickers of Coddenham1953Guy GSECW B26F In 1969 Bickers bought two Guy GS buses, MXX 356 and 360 which were GS56 and GS60 in the London Transport fleet. Here is a picture of them in 1975. The following year they were both sold into preservation, though I believe that neither has been seen…
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West Bromwich – Guy GS – MXX 340 – 252
West Bromwich (County Borough of) Transport Dept1953Guy GSECW B26F This Guy GS Special was attending a West Bromwich running day at the Black Country Museum in September 2014. It was new to London Transport in December 1953 as fleet number GS40 and has an Eastern Coachworks B26F body (number 6386). MXX 340 looks superb and…