Tag: Metro-Cammell
-
Newcastle Corporation – BUT 9641T – LTN 479 – 479
Newcastle Corporation1948BUT 9641TMetro Cammell H40/30R Another from the Job lot of photos I bought a while ago this time an atmospheric shot of Newcastle’s Byker Depot in 1948. An impressive line up of 20 new BUT 9641T’s with Metro Cammell H40/30R bodies, they were LTN 479 – LTN 498 fleet numbers 479/98. Newcastle ordered 70…
-
Cheltenham District – Albion Venturer CX19 – HDG 448 – 72
Cheltenham District1949Albion Venturer CX19Metro Cammell H56R Cheltenham District was never quite the public transport company it seemed. Always privately owned until the late ’40’s, it always appeared to be a municipal operation, compounded by the town crest its vehicles always bore on the sides.In tramway days, a sprinkling of Guy BB’s supplemented its tram services,…
-
Birmingham City – A E C Swift – KOX 663F – 3663
Birmingham City Transport1967A E C Swift 505 MP2RMetro-Cammell B37D+30 KOX 663F, is an A E C Swift 505 MP2R built in 1967 with Metro-Cammell B37D+30 standing bodywork. New to Birmingham and then West Midlands as 3663 it was acquired by Mid Warwickshire Motors before being preserved and has just been fully restored in West Midland…
-
Aldershot & District – AEC Reliance – MOR 581 – 543
Aldershot & District Traction Co1954AEC Reliance MU3RVMetro-Cammell B40F MOR 581 is an AEC Reliance MU3RV. The chassis of this Aldershot & District vehicle dates from 1954, but the body we see (“MCW” in the PSVC listings) was fitted in 1967. The seating is of the B40F layout, and we see it in the Alton Rally…
-
Bolton Corporation – AEC Regent V – SBN 766 – 166
Bolton Corporation1961AEC Regent V 2D3RAMetro Cammell H40/32F Taken in Bolton bus station this Regent V is working route 81 Four Lane Ends I’ll come back to the destination later. This was one of a batch of six Regent Vs they were the first and only AECs that Bolton took delivery of since the solitary AEC…
-
Bradford Corporation – AEC Regent V – 6208 KW – 208
Copyright Roger Cox Bradford Corporation1964AEC Regent V 2D3RAMetro Cammell H40/30F A while ago there was a thread re Bradfords Regent Vs so I thought I would contribute one of my shots it is of 208 a 2D3RA type with clutch and four speed synchromesh gearbox, and MCW H40/30F bodywork. When I worked in the Traffic…
-
Provincial – AEC Regent 1 – CTO 387 – 63
Photo by unknown if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Provincial (Gosport & Fareham Omnibus Co)1936AEC Regent IMetro Cammell H56R Provincial certainly got there moneys worth out of the buses they bought either new or second hand and in the case of the above bus it was originally owned by Nottingham…
-
Westcliff-on-Sea – AEC Regent I – MV 3394
Westcliff-on-Sea Motor Services1932/3AEC Regent IMetro Cammell H??R Although it has had a passing mention (in connection with the ex-BH&D Dennis Lances it acquired) Westcliff-on-Sea Motor Services has not so far had a mention here in its own right. To rectify that, attached is a shot of one of its more unusual vehicles, AEC Regent MV…
-
Hampson (Oswestry) – AEC Regal IV – LUC 213
Hampson of Oswestry1951AEC Regal IVMetro-Cammell B35F “Yes, Jim, she is an RF, but not as we know them,” as ‘Startrek’s’ Mr Spock might say. This AEC Regal IV of the normal RF specification has a Metropolitan Cammell B35F body and is seen in the livery of a later owner, Hampson’s of Oswestry, at Dunsfold on…
-
London Transport – AEC 664T – CUL 260 – 260
London Transport1936AEC 664TMetro-Cammell H40/30R This representative of London’s once extensive trolleybus system is a London Transport class C2 AEC 664T (chassis number 168) with a Metro-Cammell H40/30R body. The 664T chassis design was a close relative of the six wheeled LT class Renown that the LPTB also operated in large numbers.CUL 260, fleet no. 260,…