Tag: LGOC
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White Heather – LGOC CC Class – GF 7254 – 12 (ex LT 1000)
Copyright D A Jones White Heather 1930 LGOC CC Class with Meadows Engine Duple C??C When Chris Youhill posted his Daimler/Brush Hybrid HGF 948, it made me search out another such vehicle. Although LGOC’s associate, AEC, had designed the AEC Renown chassis and they had gone into service in 1929 as the LT class, LGOC…
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London General – AEC S-Type – XM 7345
Photograph by “unknown” – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. London Generalc1920AEC S-TypeLGOC O30/26RO Here is a wonderfully evocative photo of Morden UndergrounD Station (near to where I grew up) with the Derby Week “racing fraternity” in full flood, having arrived by Tube and queuing up for transporting to Epsom…
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National Omnibus – AEC Regent I – GF 7217
Copyright V C Jones Copyright Surfleet Transport Photos Copyright J C Gilham National Omnibus/LGOC/London Transport1930AEC Regent IShort Bros. L26/24R In LGOC days, it competed with independents as much in the rural areas around London as in Central London. Two of the main contenders were, in the South, East Surrey, based in Reigate, and, in the…
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London Transport – AEC Regent Bluebird ST – APC 168 – ST1037
Photo: Copyright unknown LGOC/LGCS/LCBS1932AEC RegentLGOC H26/22R The Bluebird six-wheel LT was an impressive and attractive variant of the LT class, but the Bluebird ST was rare. ST1037 was one of the first 8 of a total of just 23 Bluebird STs which London General built for their expanding green Country Services. Initially allocated to Windsor…