Tag: Park Royal
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Manchester Corporation – Leyland PDR1/1 – HVM 914F – 1014
Manchester Corporation1968Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1Park Royal H45/28D One of the famous Mancunians which revolutionised the double deck bus in the late 60s is seen turning into Portland Street in May 1968 when just a couple of months old. The stunning livery brightened up Manchester – sad that they soon succumbed to SELNEC orange and white. Photograph…
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Huddersfield Corporation – Karrier E6 – AVH 497 – 497
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Huddersfield Corporation1938Karrier E6Park Royal H?/?R – rebuilt 1950 Roe H36/30R Karrier E6 497 is seen in the mid fifties in Huddersfield Town centre on a through service from Brackenhall to Lockwood. This trolleybus formerly had a Park Royal body and…
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Southampton Corporation – Guy Arab UF – JOW 928 – 255
Southampton Corporation1955Guy Arab UF 6HLWPark Royal B39F JOW 928 is a Guy Arab UF, dating from 1955. It has a Park Royal body and, in the first view it has been renumbered to 903 for duty with the Council’s Welfare Department. It is in the Southsea rally on 17 June 1984. This second view shows…
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Tynemouth and District – Guy Arab – FT 9412 – 212
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Tynemouth and District1956Guy Arab IVPark Royal H35/28 Tynemouth and District had eight of these – FT 9408/15 – 208/15, but I’m not sure if they were in addition to, or part of the 28 ordered by Northern General Transport. Unlike the…
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Exeter Corporation – Guy Arab – UFJ 297 – 57
Exeter Corporation1957Guy Arab IVPark Royal H31/26R Until 1956, Exeter Corporation’s only experience of the Gardner engine came with five Bristol GO5G buses of 1935. All had gone by 1948. Exeter did not accept any utility buses until 1944, but these were seven Daimler CWA6, and ten more of the same type followed in 1945. It…
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Southampton Corporation – Guy Arab – LOW 217 – 71
Southampton Corporation1954Guy Arab III 6LWPark Royal H30/26R LOW 217 is a Guy Arab III with Park Royal H56R body, new in 1954. It is still owned by Southampton City Council and we see it turning from Portswood Road – this section being known locally as Portswood Broadway – into (Old) St Denys Road. It is…
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London Transport – Guy Arab II – HGC 130 – G351
London Transport1946Guy Arab II 5LWPark Royal H30/26R Here we have a Guy Arab II with a Park Royal H56R body, new to London Transport. This vehicle is part of the London Bus Preservation Trust collection, formerly at Cobham but now at Brooklands. Once more, we have a difference of information between Jenkinson and PSVC2012. Jenkinson…
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Harper Bros – Guy Arab I – HWA 714 – 3
Copyright Ray Soper Harper Bros1943Guy Arab IPark Royal H56R rebodied Northern Coachbuilders 1954 This shot is from the Ray Soper gallery contribution titled “Harper Brothers of Heath Hayes” click on the title if you would like to view his Gallery and comments to it.The shot is shown here for indexing purposes but please feel free…
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East Kent – Dennis Lancet – HJG 6
East Kent Road Car Co. Ltd.1954 – 1957Dennis Lancet UF – Guy Arab IVDuple C41C – Park Royal H33/28RD East Kent’s first foray into underfloor engined vehicles occurred in 1951 when six Leyland Royal Tigers with ornate but rather uncertainly styled Park Royal coach bodies arrived in 1951. In 1953 came two more Royal Tigers,…
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Nottingham City Transport – Daimler Fleetline – 62 NAU – 62
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Nottingham City Transport1962Daimler Fleetline CRG6LXPark Royal H77F October 2012 saw the 50th anniversary of the introduction of rear engined buses by Nottingham City Transport. The subject of the image is a Daimler Fleetline CRG6LX, fleet number 62, registration number 62 NAU.…