Tag: Roe
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Rotherham Corporation – Daimler CTE6 – FET 617 – 37
Rotherham Corporation1950Daimler CTE6Roe H40/30R FET 617 is a Daimler CTE6 of 1950, once in the fleet of Rotherham Corporation. Originally it had an East Lancs B38C body but in 1956 it was re-bodied by Roe to H40/30R and at the same time it was renumbered from 17 to 37. It was one of the last…
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J Wood & Sons – Crossley DD42 – EVD 406 – 20
Copyright Pete Davies J Wood & Sons (Mirfield) 1949Crossley DD42/7Roe H56R Here is a view of J Wood & Sons of Mirfield preserved Crossley DD42/7 bought in 1953 from Baxter’s of Airdrie where it was delivered new in 1949. She sports a Roe H56R body from either 1954 or 55 there seems to be conflicting information…
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Northampton Corporation – Crossley – VV 9146 – 146
Northampton Corporation1946Crossley DD42/3Roe H31/25R Although Northampton were well known for their liking of the Daimler/Roe combination, in the 1930s they had purchased several batches of Crossleys, so perhaps it is not surprising that they purchased a batch of ten DD42/3 chassis with Roe bodies in 1946.One of them, fleet number 146, VV 9146, has survived…
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Lancashire United Transport – Atkinson Alpha – TTD 297 – 528
Lancashire United Transport1954Atkinson Alpha PL745HRoe B44F When the BET subsidiary and previously staunch Bristol user North Western Road Car Co. found itself unable to continue buying its favourite make of chassis (due to the manufacturer falling under state-owned BTC ownership and only able to supply to other similarly owned companies), NWRCC management, not to be…
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Leeds City Transport – AEC Swift – JNW 952E – 52
Leeds City Transport1967AEC Swift MP2RRoe B48D Leeds bought several batches of AEC Swifts between 1967 and 1971. Prior to these appearing the fleet was 90% double deck with around 15 saloons most of which were AEC Reliances some with centre entrance bodies with the later ones being dual door for one man operation.Seen here are…
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Rotherham Corporation – AEC Renown – 5588 ET – 88
Rotherham Corporation1964AEC Renown 3B3RARoe H39/31F There has also been a 1961 Rotherham Corporation Bridgemaster on site (link here) and the easy way to tell them apart was the front off side mudguard. It is easier to show than describe so the close up on the left is the Renown and the one on the right…
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Hanson – AEC Reliance – BCX 486B – 383
Hanson1964AEC/Hanson RelianceRoe B41F My first black & white photo and what a good one it is, on the face of it this bus looks like any normal “AEC Reliance” of 1964 but believe you me when it comes to Hansons nothing is what it seems. This bus is actually a rebodied “AEC Reliance” registration JCX…
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Huddersfield Corporation – AEC Reliance – ACX 324A – 24
Huddersfield Corporation 1963AEC Reliance 2MU2RARoe B44F Another shot of the very popular AEC Reliance this one has a rather nice C. H. Roe of Leeds body. During researching this bus I found it to be listed as a 2MU2RA and a 2MU3RA but as Huddersfield only had two post war buses with manual gearboxes and they…
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Sheffield Corporation – AEC Reliance – 9000 WB – 900
Copyright Ian Wild Sheffield Corporation1958AEC Reliance MU3RVRoe Dalesman C37C This was a one off purchase by Sheffield initially used for visits, inspections etc by the Transport Committee but later used in normal service. My mother travelled on it on a number of occasions on service 48 to Manchester via Woodhead when visiting relations ‘over there’.…
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West Riding – AEC Reliance – JHL 717 – 817
Copyright Chris Hough West Riding Automobile1956AEC RelianceRoe B44F In the nineteen fifties West Riding bought very few batches of saloons They were used on a selection of routes. Seen in Leeds bus station is a Roe bodied AEC Reliance fleet number 817 registration JHL 717 which dates from 1956. It is on the “back roads…