Tag: Sheffield Corporation
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Sheffield Corporation – AEC Regent V – 365 EWE – 1365
Copyright Ian Wild Sheffield Corporation1963AEC Regent V 2D2RAPark Royal H38/32F After several years of deliveries of rear engined double deckers, Sheffield bought batches of forward entrance for all three fleets in 1963 and 1964. This bus was from the first batch and is seen in May 1967 at the Oughtibridge terminus of service 18. Although…
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Sheffield Corporation – AEC Regent III – SWE 296 – 2196
Sheffield Corporation1954AEC Regent IIIWeymann H32/26R I must admit that I have come up with the above information on a bit of a wing and a prayer after searching Google and my regular informative web sites I think I am right. But if I am wrong I will not be upset if you correct me, please…
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Sheffield Corporation – AEC Regent III – WWB 484 – 1284
Sheffield Corporation1956AEC Regent IIIWeymann Orion L27/28R Now I know what your thinking you think I have got this completely wrong, this is surely a Regent V you say. No it is definitely a Regent III there was a small number of late Regent IIIs that were built with the wide bonnet front more associated with…
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Sheffield Corporation – AEC Regent III – RWA 168 – 2168
Sheffield Corporation1953AEC Regent IIIRoe H33/25R Here we have two Sheffield Corporation work horses photographed on a very wet grey day. The Leyland is a Titan PD2/30 built 5 years later than the Regent it had a Weymann H31/28R body registration 4494 WB fleet number 494. It also had a concealed radiator which was nicknamed a…
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Sheffield Corporation – AEC Regent III – UWE 765 – 1265
Sheffield Corporation1955AEC Regent III 9613SRoe H33/25R Sheffield bought 86 AEC Regent III in 1955/6 incorporating the new look front more usually associated with the Regent V model.The first to arrive were a batch of 32 for the B fleet numbered 1251 – 1282 with handsome Roe bodies. 1265 is shown outside the Roe premises at…
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Sheffield Corporation – AEC Regent III – KWE 258 – 258
Sheffield Corporation1948AEC Regent IIIWeymann H30/26R The three batches of Weymann bodied AEC Regent III’s, comprising forty vehicles in all, were, to my mind at least, arguably the most attractive of all the double deckers taken into stock by Sheffield Transport Department in the immediate post-war period. The initial batch of ten, 527-536 (JWB 727/828/729-736) probably…
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Sheffield Corporation – AEC Regent III – RWA 174 – 2174
Sheffield Corporation1953AEC Regent III 9631SRoe H33/25R It’s November 1967 and Sheffield B fleet 2174 is at Central Bus Station ready for an hours journey round the City on the 9 Inner Circle route which is a category A service. The Inner Circle traversed the older inner part of the City through much industry and terraced…
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Sheffield Corporation – AEC Regent III – LWB749 – 249
Sheffield Corporation1949AEC Regent III 9612ECraven H30/26R A pair of withdrawn Craven bodied Regent III are evident in this picture taken on the parking area behind East Bank Garage in May 1966. Further along the row is another one with the front number plate in the raised position (presumably to reduce accidental damage). The next in…
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Sheffield Corporation – AEC Regent I – BWE 526 – 208
Copyright R H G Simpson Sheffield Corporation1935AEC Regent IWeymann H56R Another R H G Simpson photo which I think is worth sharing. Sheffield livery as you’ve never seen it before? Although many vehicles were taken into stock in 1935, this one was not part of a batch, and is possibly the only bus to appear…
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Sheffield Corporation – AEC Regent I – DWB 27 – 27
Copyright Unknown Sheffield Corporation1937AEC Regent IWeymann H55R Quite a few of Sheffield’s Regent 1 intake of 1937/8 with both original and rebuilt bodies survived up to around 1960 with the majority being withdrawn in the late 1940’s and early 1950’s. One such survivor was No. 27 registration DWB 27, a Weymann bodied H55R example. This…