Tag: Park Royal
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Sheffield Corporation – AEC Swift – TWE 123F – 1023
Sheffield Corporation1968AEC Swift 2P2RPark Royal B53F Sheffield took delivery of two batches of AEC Swifts in 1968. The 2P2R type was fitted with the AH691 engine, ideal for the Sheffield hills. The first 11 buses were single doorway for the Joint Committee B fleet as shown here. These buses were initially put to work on…
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London Transport – AEC Routemaster – 254 CLT – RMF 1254
Photographer unknown – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. London Transport1962AEC-Park Royal RoutemasterPark Royal H38/31F Whilst on loan to Halifax Corporation this was London Transports first front entrance Routemaster, it also had a tow bar fitted so it could tow a luggage trailer when doing airport duty. I think there…
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London Transport – AEC Routemaster – ALD 924B – RM 1924
Photographer unknown – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. London Transport1964AEC-Park Royal RoutemasterPark Royal H28/36R Here is a nice action shot of a standard Routemaster, and it’s probable out accelerating the mini next to it. This particular vehicle had the Leyland O600 9.8 litre diesel engine and it would of…
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Northern General – AEC Routemaster – EUP 405B – 2105
Copyright Ronnie Hoye The Northern General Transport Company1964AEC-Park Royal RoutemasterPark Royal H41/31F Pictured at the Seaburn Bus Rally, this 1964 Routemaster has been beautifully restored to its original livery and is now part of the North East Bus Preservation Trust Ltd collection; it was one of the second batch to be delivered. I know the…
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London Transport – AEC Routemaster – WLT 339 – RM 339
London Transport1960AEC Routemaster 4/5RM5/4Park Royal H36/28R The 630 trolleybus route took over from the former South Metropolitan tramway that ran between West Croydon and Mitcham on 12 September 1937, and was extended northwards over ex LCC tramway routes to a destination that, on the vehicle blinds, rather indecisively declared itself to be “Nr. Willesden Junction”.…
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British European Airways – AEC Routemaster – NMY 641E
British European Airways1967AEC RoutemasterPark Royal H32/24F From 6 October 1957 until 1 January 1974, British European Airways operated a passenger transfer service between its West London Air Terminal at Cromwell Road, Kensington and Heathrow Airport. The rolling stock fleet was staffed and maintained by London Transport, and this was reflected in the vehicle types operated.…
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London Transport – AEC Routemaster – CUV 308C – RML 2308
London Transport1965AEC RoutemasterPark Royal H40/32R OBP seems yet to have a picture of Routemasters in the Country Area livery, so here is one. RML 2308, delivered to London Transport in November 1965, is seen at Biggin Hill in the following year. These green buses, which totalled one hundred in two batches of fifty, RML 2306-…
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East Yorkshire – AEC Renown – GAT 815D – 815
Copyright Ian Wild East Yorkshire Motor Services1966AEC Renown 3B3RPark Royal H38/30F This was taken at Flamborough on 12 June 1968 in glorious sunshine and about to head off on a Bridlington cross town service. The top deck has the characteristic East Yorkshire inward taper to allow safe passage through the North Bar at Beverley and…
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North Western – AEC Renown – AJA 127B – 127
Copyright Ian Wild North Western Road Car1964AEC Renown 3B3RAPark Royal H42/30F This former North Western bus still in its original livery but with SELNEC (Cheshire) fleetnames is at the Norfolk Arms terminus in Glossop in May 1972 not long after North Western was split between SELNEC, Trent and Crosville. This was one of the second…
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King Alfred – AEC Renown – 595 LCG & 596 LCG
King Alfred Motor Services1964AEC Renown 3B2RAPark Royal H44/31F 595 and 596 LCG are AEC Renown 3B2RA vehicles with Park Royal H72F bodywork from the fleet of King Alfred Motor Services of Winchester, and date from 1964. They are both seen during one of the famous Running Days on 1 January 2009. Note the different applications…