Tag: Weymann
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Smiths Luxury Coaches – AEC Regent III – NTG 137
Copyright S Fitton Smiths Luxury Coaches (Reading) Ltd1954AEC Regent III 9613SWeymann Orion H30/26R Quite awhile ago on the ‘Q&As’ page there was a question titled “Ex Rhondda Regents” which questioned the number of AEC Regents that joined the fleet of Smiths Luxury Coaches from the Rhondda. The question was answered but as usual the thread…
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London Transport – AEC Regent III – MXX 232 – RLH 32
Copyright Allan Machon London Transport1952AEC Regent III 9613E Weymann L53R Just a short contribution but I thought you may be interested in the above shots of ex London Transport RLH 32 which looked a real treat at the Oxford bus rally last Sunday 16th October.As you can see it is still in the Samuel Ledgard livery…
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Hull Corporation – AEC Regent III – FBC 284 – 103
Copyright Robert Mack Kingston upon Hull Corporation Transport1949AEC Regent III 9612EWeymann H30/26R As part of the replacement programme for the post-war AEC Regents, by Leyland Atlanteans, a number of second-hand vehicles were purchased by Hull Corporation. As mentioned in a previous Hull Corporation posting one of these batches were twelve AEC Regents from Leicester Corporation,…
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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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Smith’s Luxury Coaches – AEC Regent II – MWL 970
Copyright Ray Soper Smiths Luxury Coaches (Reading) Ltd1947AEC Regent IIWeymann H56RD This shot is from the Ray Soper gallery contribution titled “Smith’s Luxury Coaches of Reading” click on the title if you would like to view his Gallery and comments.The shot is shown here for indexing purposes but please feel free to make any comment…
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Hull Corporation – AEC Regent II – HAT 241 – 241
Kingston upon Hull Corporation Transport1946AEC Regent IIWeymann H31/29R I think any bus would look good in the K.H.C.T. livery but a Weymann flared skirt bodied Regent II looks just about perfect. This bus was one of a batch of 16 Regent IIs delivered in 1946, they were the first non utility bodied buses delivered to Hull…
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Tynemouth and District – AEC Regent II – FT 6153 – 153
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Tynemouth and District1948AEC Regent II Weymann H30/28R A pair of very handsome AEC Regents from the Northern General Tynemouth and District subsidiary. They are pictured at Whitley Bay Bandstand waiting to depart on the service 8 to North Shields Ferry Landing, they…
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Tynemouth and District – AEC Regent II – FT 6152 – 152
Tynemouth and District1948AEC Regent IIWeymann H30/26R After the Intake of early 1940, no more vehicles arrived at Percy Main until 1946, in the meantime, seven vehicles were transferred to other Northern General Transport depots, eight more were requisitioned by the Ministry of War Transport.A total of 15 from a fleet of around 110 was a…
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Wakefields Motors – AEC Regent II – FT 6156 – 156
Wakefields Motors1948AEC Regent IIWeymann H30/26R Having completed its journey, 156 is seen here turning round at Whitley Bay Bandstand before returning to North Shields Ferry Landing. The service 8 was known to crews as ‘the track’ because it followed the exact route of the Tynemouth and District trams. The AEC Regent II chassis was well…
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London Transport – AEC Regent II – HGC 225 – STL2692
London Transport1946AEC Regent IIWeymann H30/26R HGC 225 is an AEC Regent II with Weymann H56R body, and it dates from 1946. It wears Country Area green in this view, and the fleet number STL2692. Allowing for the London method of bus overhauls, how many chassis and bodies have worn this fleet number over the years?…