Tag: Saunders-Roe
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East Midland – Leyland Tiger Cub – R 324 – ORR 324
East Midland Motor Services1954Leyland Tiger CubSaunders-Roe B44F This batch was a favourite of mine. The Saro body looked so much better than many contemporary offerings. These were sometimes to be found on East Midland route 99 Chesterfield to Sheffield via Ford and Ridgeway. This picture is in the maroon livery but they looked even better…
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London Transport – AEC Regent III RT – KLB 593 – RT 1344
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. London Transport1949AEC Regent III RT RT3/3 Saunders H56R I have dated this bus by its registration and as KLB started being used in July 1949 so I thought it was a fairly safe guess. I have also stated that its original body…
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Browns Blue Bus – AEC Regent III RT – KLB 596
Copyright Mike Greenwood Browns Blue Bus Service1950AEC Regent III RT RT3/3Saunders H56R originally now Weymann I was interested to read about Victor’s visit to Leicester in 1958 to see the ex-LT Daimlers in service with Browns Blue. A good friend of mine, Mick Gamble, has just completed writing a comprehensive history of the Browns Blue…
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Liverpool City Transport – AEC Regent III – NKD 540 – A40
Copyright Alan Murray-Rust Liverpool City Transport1954AEC Regent III 9613SSaunders-Roe H32/26R Liverpool City Transport’s A40 can reasonably be stated to be a unique bus. As far as I can make out, it was one of just two double-deck buses for the UK market with bodies built as a Saunders-Roe product (the other being its twin, A39),…