Old bus photos

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  • The Horseless Horse Bus Mystery

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    I found this picture in a house clearance store some time ago and it has puzzled me ever since. Although I was at one time a member of The Omnibus Society, I have never seen any reference to the LGOC ever experimenting with the conversion of horse buses to petrol power. Looking back to the…

  • Metamorphosis – From LGOC NS bus to London United ‘Diddler’ trolleybus!

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    The evolution of bus design is a fascinating subject and probably happened faster in the 1929-1939 period, than in any other period. With London Transport, for example, one only has to compare London Transport’s 1929 ST1139, which had vestiges of a piano-front body, plus an open staircase and petrol engine, with its 1939 RT1, sleek…

  • London General – Dennis 4 ton – XX 9591 – D 142

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    London General Omnibus Company1925Dennis 4 tonDodson O26/22RO Pictured at South Croydon on the May 1972 HCVC London – Brighton rally is Dennis 4 ton XX 9591, D142 of 1925 with the  almost inevitable Dodson O26/22RO bodywork. This bus has a complicated history that is detailed on the London Bus Museum website Although a service was…

  • London General – AEC S-Type – XM 7345

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    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…