Tag: Pennine Coachcraft
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Demonstrator – Seddon Pennine IV – RBU 502F
Demonstrator 1968 Seddon Pennine IV Pennine B45F Something to give Roger Cox the shudders ! In late 1968 Halifax Corporation borrowed the prototype Seddon Pennine IV demonstrator, though I wonder if the intention was simply to give the manufacturer some operational experience of their new model. Surely manager Geoff Hilditch could never have been serious…
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WYPTE – AEC Reliance – Pennine – ECP 950D – 250
WYPTE (Calderdale)1966AEC Reliance 6MU3RAPennine B39F Having suffered a number of Albion Nimbuses whilst in his previous post at Great Yarmouth, Geoffrey Hilditch arrived as GM at Halifax only to find that his predecessor there had bequeathed him a batch of ten more, only recently delivered. Bought originally with the intention of operating out-of-town feeder services…