Tag: Reading Transport
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Reading Corporation Transport
Reading’s first motor buses were AEC YC types, and these were followed over the years by Guy and Karrier machines, including some of the decidedly dubious six wheelers from both makers. In 1929, the first of eleven Leyland TD1s arrived, and then from 1933, the Corporation turned to the AEC Regent, which, apart from four…
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Reading Corporation – Sunbeam S7 – ERD 149 – 178
Reading Corporation 1950 Sunbeam S7 Park Royal H38/30RD This photo of Reading Corporation 178 a Sunbeam S7 with Park Royal H38/30RD bodywork, delivered in November 1950, was taken 18 years later on the last day of trolleybus operation Sunday 4th of November 1968 as I recall a very cold but bright day. Taken when 178…
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Reading Corporation – Dennis Loline – GRD 576D – 76
Copyright Pete Davies Reading Corporation1966Dennis Loline IIIEast Lancs H38/30F Here is a Reading Corporation Dennis Loline III with an East Lancs H38/30F bodywork, and is seen arriving at Wisley Airfield for the “Cobham” Running Day on 4 April, 2004. The Loline, as most know already, was the Bristol Lodekka built under licence by Dennis of…
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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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Reading Corporation – AEC Regent I – RD 7127 – 47
Reading Corporation1935AEC Regent IPark Royal L26/26R RD 7127 is an AEC Regent I with ‘oil’ engine, making her an O661. Those with petrol engines did not have the O prefix, and it dates from 1935. It has Park Royal bodywork, to the L52R layout, and we see it at Longcross, Chobham, on 1 April 2007.…
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Reading Corporation – Bristol RE – KRD 258F – 258
Reading Corporation1967Bristol RELL6GStrachans B34D KRD 258F, Reading 258, is another of the operator’s Bristol RELL6G fleet, with Strachans of Hamble B34D body (and the tribute to Burlingham’s “Seagull” motif). She’s seen at Wisley airfield, arriving for the open day there on 4 April 2004. Since the organisers’ move from Cobham to Brooklands, these events are…