Tag: Red & White
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1930s London-South Wales Coach
Can anyone identify this coach? PSV Circle photo archive have it as Red & White fleet 121 with no other details. I have identified the location as outside Strachans factory where many of their new vehicles were photographed so presumably it has Strachans bodywork. Does it look like a Gilford? I have been unable to…
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Red and White Guy L1749 – Part Three
Not seen Part One click hereor Part Two click here This is the third and final part of my gallery regarding preserved Red & White Guy Arab III L1749. It shows her in the condition she is in today, I have also included a selection of internal shots which depict the lowbridge seating arrangement and…
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Red and White Guy L1749 – Part Two
Not seen Part One click here This is the second part of my gallery regarding preserved Red & White Guy Arab III L1749. It shows photographs of chassis and body restoration ending with a complete respray to the original livery of Red & White pre the BTC Tillings take over. Ken Morgan04/2011 Under Preservation After…
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Red and White Guy L1749 – Part One
My wife and I are the present owners of Red & White Services Duple bodied Guy Arab III double decker HWO 342 Fleet No L1749, which I helped to restore to a roadworthy condition in 2003 in Cinderford, in the Forest of Dean, after nearly 30 years of neglect. In 2004 the owner Andy Mayo,…
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Highland Omnibuses Ltd – Guy Arab UF – KWO 37 – K47
Highland Omnibuses Ltd1952Guy Arab UFDuple C37F Back in the days of half-cabs, most coaches were distinguishable from single-deck buses by their window line. On buses this was straight and level, but on coaches it usually formed a gentle curve from the focal point of bonnet and cab down towards the rear. Later, when the engine…
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Red & White – Guy Arab III – HWO 342 – L1749
Photograph by A Charles Red & White Services 1949Guy Arab IIIDuple L27/26RD Sometime ago a comment was sent in by David Wilder for the Eastern Scottish AEC Regent posting regarding Red & White having had very pleasing Duple body Guy Arab IIIs. Above is a great shot contributed by Andrew Charles who took this shot in…
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Provincial – Guy Arab III – HWO 344 – T1
Copyright Pete Davies Provincial (Gosport & Fareham Omnibus Co)1949Guy Arab IIIDuple L27/26RD HWO 344 was a 1949 Guy Arab III with Duple L53RD body, in the fleet of Provincial, Gosport & Fareham. She’s been relegated to duty as a training vehicle and is seen outside the Hants & Dorset depot in Southampton on the same…
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Red & White – Gloster-Gardner – WO 7518
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Red & White Services 1932Gloster-Gardner 6LWGloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. Ltd C30R Photographed when new, here’s a rare Gloster-Gardner coach, in Red & White Services livery, the company which collaborated with the Gloucester Railway Carriage & Wagon Works in the production…
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Red & White – Albion Valkyrie CX13 – FWO 646 – S1447
Red & White Services 1947Albion Valkyrie CX13Bristol (Body Building Works -BBW) B35R Living in Clevedon, Red and White territory was very close and could be seen easily but was not accessible except by paddle steamer, the mildly frightening Aust car ferry or a drive through Gloucester! This photo was taken on 24/03/1963, probably in Chepstow, on…
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Red & White – Bristol MW – SWO 986 – UC758
Red & White Services1958Bristol MW6GECW C39F Here are two more views indicating what a difference a coat of paint makes, especially if it’s the same colours applied in a different style on the same vehicle. SWO 986 was new to Red & White in 1958. It is a Bristol MW6G with ECW C39F bodywork and…