B190 BLG ‘CONFIDENCE BUS, Leicester’ No. 70.
Leyland Olympian / Eastern Coach Works
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘Crosville Wales’ as No. DOG190.
WLT 655 ‘CONFIDENCE BUS, Leicester’ No. 15.
AEC Routemaster / Park Royal
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New to ‘London Transport’ in 1961 as No. RM655.
‘Barton Transport’ was one of the major independent bus operators in the East Midlands.
Eventually becoming part of the ‘Wellglade’ group of companies.
Always known for their style and flair when it came to buying buses, this is but one example.
851 FNN ‘Barton Transport’ No. 851 /1.
AEC Regent 5 / Northern Counties Lowbridge
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
It spent some time at ‘Quantock Motor Services’ where it was part of the heritage fleet.
851 FNN ‘Barton Transport’ No. 851 /2.
AEC Regent 5 / Northern Counties Lowbridge
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
851 FNN ‘Barton Transport’ No. 851 /3.
AEC Regent 5 / Northern Counties Lowbridge
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
For those readers who don’t fully understand what a lowbridge body was.
It was a way of building double deck bus bodies to a lower overall height. Generally, a foot or thereabouts lower.
What would have been the centre aisle upstairs was moved to the offside and dropped into the downstairs saloon.
It intruded over the offside downstairs seats and was ready made for banging heads on when leaving seats.
Upstairs, the two pairs of seats were replaced by one seat that seated 4 people.
It was a most uncomfortable arrangement where you could finish up climbing over the other passengers seated with you.
Fortunately, this arrangement came to an end with the introduction of the drop centre rear axle which I think debuted on the Bristol Lodekka.
So allowing conventional 2X2 upstairs seating in a low overall height bus.
EOD 524D ‘Devon General’ No. 524.
AEC Regent 5 / Metro-Cammell Orion
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
The body shell was built in 1966 by Weymann but completed by MCW.
9 RDV ‘Devon General’ No. 9.
AEC Reliance / Marshall
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Built by ‘Marshall’ to the BET Federation standard of the time.
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