Tag: Neepsend
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Sheffield Corporation – Leyland Atlantean – KWJ 163D – 163
Sheffield Corporation1966Leyland Atlantean PDR1/2Neepsend H44/33F There were 40 of these Atlanteans in Sheffield in two batches of 20. This is one of the second batch delivered with blue interiors and wheels together with three rotovents in each side of the upper deck in lieu of sliding windows. These were quite effective in extracting the tobacco…
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Sheffield Corporation – Leyland Atlantean – CWB 346B – 346
Sheffield Corporation1964Leyland Atlantean PDR1/2Neepsend H44/33F Nice body – pity about the chassis! Neepsend produced a striking looking body (ok, I know – it was an East Lancs design) for the 20 buses delivered in 1964/5 plus a further 20 in 1966. I rather preferred this first batch with the red upholstery and red wheel centres.…
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Cardiff Corporation – Guy Arab V – ABO 434B – 434
Cardiff Corporation1964Guy Arab V 6LWNeepsend H37/28R – O37/28R (1976) This vehicle was new to City of Cardiff Transport in 1964 and is now owned by Cardiff Transport Preservation Group having been donated to them in 2008 by the National Museum of Wales. One of 12 Guy Arab V’s fitted with Neepsend rear entrance body it…
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Cardiff Corporation – Guy Arab V – ABO 434B – 434
Cardiff Corporation1964Guy Arab V 6LW Neepsend H37/28R Cardiff took delivery of this Guy Arab V in 1964. The Neepsend H37/28R body was built on frames supplied by the associated East Lancs andABO 434B was originally closed top but as can be seen has since been converted to open-top for tours of Cardiff City and special events.…
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Bradford Corporation – Daimler CVG6 – EAK 232D – 232
Copyright Brendan Smith Bradford Corporation1966Daimler CVG6LX/30East Lancashire (Neepsend) H40/30F Captured here waiting on Park Road, Bingley is Bradford CT 232, one of a batch of fifteen Daimler CVG6LX/30s supplied to the undertaking in the latter part of 1966. It is seen still wearing BCT’s attractive blue and cream livery, but has had its classic Bradford…
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Reading Corporation – AEC Reliance – CRD 152C – 52
Copyright Pete Davies Reading Corporation1965AEC Reliance 2MU3RANeepsend B34D In my comments on the Royal Tiger coach GWM 981, which John Stringer posted, I noted that there were no views of the vehicles of Reading Corporation in the column on the left. The Gallery section does have some views from Roger Cox, however. Even into the…
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A Mayne & Sons – AEC Regent V – CXJ 520C
A. Mayne & Sons1965Regent V 2D3RANeepsend H41/32R Another independent bus operator but this time from the other side of the Pennines, A. Mayne & Sons operated in the Manchester area. I must admit I know very little about A. Mayne & Sons but I have two photographs of AEC Regent Vs that are worth posting,…
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A Mayne & Son – AEC Regent V – 8859 VR
A Mayne & Son1964AEC Regent V 2D3RANeepsend H41/32R 8859 VR was an AEC Regent V 2D3RA with a Neepsend H73R bodywork originally with A Mayne & Son of Manchester. She was built in 1963 and delivered in January 1964 and is seen at the Wisley rally on 5 April 2009. Rumour has it this bus…
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Southampton Corporation – AEC Regent V – BOW 507C – 371
Southampton Corporation1965AEC Regent V 2D3RANeepsend H37/29R This AEC Regent V with East Lancs (Neepsend) H66R bodywork was new in 1965 to Southampton City Transport with fleet number 371. Some of this delivery (358 to 370) were to have been 358 HCR to 370 HCR, but were caught in the change to year suffix numbers. Indeed,…
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Southampton Corporation – AEC Regent V – KOW 909F – 401
Southampton Corporation1967AEC Regent V 3D2RANeepsend H40/30R KOW 909F was in the last batch of AEC Regents delivered to Southampton, in 1967. It is of the 3D2RA variety and the body was built by Neepsend, to the H70R formation. It was decorated in the early 1980s as being the Transport Department’s last rear entry bus, but…