Tag: Weymann
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Sheffield Corporation – AEC Regent V – 7441 WJ – 441
Copyright Ian Wild Sheffield Corporation1960AEC Regent V 2D3RAWeymann H39/30R Nearing the ending of its days, 441 was one of 26 Weymann H39/30R bodied AEC Regent V 2D3RA delivered in April 1960 to replace trams on the penultimate route – Meadowhead to Sheffield Lane Top . There were also 20 Alexander bodied Regent V for the…
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Hebble – AEC Regent V – GJX 847 – 303 – (2)
Hebble Motor Services1957AEC Regent V D3RVWeymann H33/28R Due to a height restriction at their garage in Walnut Street, Halifax, Hebble had always purchased lowbridge double deckers, and their first two Regent V’s (75/76, GCP 4/5) of 1956 carried lowbridge Weymann Orion bodies. However, by early 1957 the northern end of the garage had been modified…
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South Wales Transport – AEC Regent V – MCY 407 – 447
South Wales Transport Co Ltd1955AEC Regent VMD3RVWeymann H33/26R Seen at the Swansea Bus Museum Running Day was this AEC Regent V MD3RV010 bearing Weymann body M6709 H33/26R and new to South Wales (447) in 1955. South Wales were loyal AEC customers over the years. For several years the livery was all-over red without the cream…
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Samuel Ledgard – AEC Regent III RT – MXX 148
Samuel Ledgard1949AEC Regent III RTWeymann H30/26R In 1937-8 London Transport got together with AEC to jointly design and produce a new double deck chassis with AECs large 9.6 litre oil engine with air operated gearbox and brakes. From what I can gleam the prototype entered service in 1938 as ST1140 (EYK 396) but it had…
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London Transport – AEC Regent III RT – NLE 826 – RT3719
Copyright Victor Brumby London Transport1953 (registration date)AEC Regent III RT – RT8/2Weymann H30/26R Two weeks ago my contribution for the ex London Transport STL2117 was posted on this site, the shot was taken in April 1958. At about the same time that shot was taken, spiffing new RTs were coming on stream, and here is…
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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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London Transport – AEC Regent III RT – OLD 564 – RT4777
Copyright Pete Davies London Transport1954AEC Regent III RT – RT8/2Weymann (Originally) Park Royal (Now) H56R Here we have two views of the same vehicle in the two liveries of London Transport. The view of it in red is at Heathrow Bus Station on 21 January 1976, where she is on the 140 to Mill Hill…
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London Transport – AEC Regent III RT – JXN 46 – RT1018
London Transport1948AEC Regent III RTWeymann H56R Here is a view of JXN 46, RT1081 1018 (see below) in full London Country NBC livery. She’s on parade in the Weymouth rally on 1 July 1979. She dates from 1948 and has a Weymann H56R body. At the time of the photograph, she was still in service…
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Rochdale Corporation – AEC Regent III – GDK 718 – 218
Rochdale Corporation1949AEC Regent IIIWeymann H33/26R Memories of the No. 17 from Manchester Cannon Street to Rochdale in the 50’s Mullion Not strictly true, not the original colour scheme of the time. Good photo though! Ian Buckley One of the early Rochdale Regent IIIs turned over at the junction of Broadway and Middleton Road, Chadderton on…
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Leeds City Transport – AEC Regent III – TNW 757 – 757
Leeds City Transport1954AEC Regent IIIMCW H33/25R Photo taken Leeds city bus station information from my now found official fleet lists my Leeds one is dated May 1964. “TNW 757 entered service 1st December 1954. It was withdrawn 29th October 1970.The batch 755- 759 were all then sold to Telefilm Transport Ltd in November 1970 but…