RMweb Premium Derek 19B Posted November 23, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 23, 2021 Used to catch the Wigmores on Bawtry road after a visit to my uncles ,opposite Tinsley yard.Uncle was a driver at Tinsley. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 The body style of that was usually applied to small, local authority buses. Not seen it on a VAL before! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johann Marsbar Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 Another VAL with different bodywork after being converted to a caravan.... ....though this one was at Wanaka in NZ back in 2000 (attending Warbirds over Wanaka that year). 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted November 23, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 23, 2021 That Bedford VAL went for fifty quid short of three grand in the end. Will be interesting to see if it returns to the road once more, other than behind a tow truck to its new owner that is. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mike_Walker Posted November 23, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 23, 2021 (edited) If you want VAL14 with unusual bodywork how about this... The only Weymann Topaz built. Originally on prototype VAL chassis 472DYK later transferred to production chassis and registered BMK345A and sol to Rowson (Embassy Coaches) of Hayes in West London. That Kiwi one above has a certain similarity. Official Weymann photo. Edited April 7, 2022 by Mike_Walker 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted November 23, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 23, 2021 (edited) The Kiwi one looks to me like it has ECW bus or DP bodywork similar to the Bristol RE type, but with the coach-style front. This less salubrious example appears similar but in one version on the net it's captioned as Strachan-bodied. Still looks more like ECW to me. It appears to have once belonged to North Western, a fleet I'm not conversant with; maybe someone who is could comment. John Edited November 23, 2021 by Dunsignalling 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Moxy Posted November 23, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Dunsignalling said: The Kiwi one looks to me like it has ECW bus or DP bodywork similar to the Bristol RE type, but with the coach-style front. This less salubrious example appears similar but in one version on the net it's captioned as Strachan-bodied. Still looks more like ECW to me. It appears to have once belonged to North Western, a fleet I'm not conversant with; maybe someone who is could comment. John Here is a more complete version (not necessarily the same vehicle as the one above, but the same series) Not my picture, found on Flickr 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mike_Walker Posted November 23, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 23, 2021 North Western had ten. They were designed to operate a route which traversed the low canal bridge at Dunham Massey. 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted November 23, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 23, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Rugd1022 said: I have by chance just stepped off a 258. Not one of those though, but I certainly remember them out of HD on that route. Today’s version has a top deck and resembles a big red box. The 217B was a late variation to the RT-worked 217/217A which served the fast-growing Ninefields Estate. The 217 ran to Upshire slightly to the north while the 217A was diverted from Honey Lane to loop through Ninefields South. All of which is beyond “red bus” territory these days. If I remember correctly only the new route 151 between Lewisham and Kidbrooke (Ferrier Estate) was a later addition to the RT network before the type left London service. Edited November 23, 2021 by Gwiwer Unable to enter new text outside the quote box. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted November 23, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 23, 2021 5 minutes ago, Mike_Walker said: North Western had ten. They were designed to operate a route which traversed the low canal bridge at Dunham Massey. A very low bridge. And one which kept getting lower until it eventually collapsed. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted November 23, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 23, 2021 58 minutes ago, Mike_Walker said: North Western had ten. They were designed to operate a route which traversed the low canal bridge at Dunham Massey. They were replaced by ECW bodied Bristol RE's with a similar roof profile. 54 minutes ago, Gwiwer said: A very low bridge. And one which kept getting lower until it eventually collapsed. By the time that happened the route had been diverted. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted November 23, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 23, 2021 58 minutes ago, Mike_Walker said: North Western had ten. They were designed to operate a route which traversed the low canal bridge at Dunham Massey. Link to image showing bus under Dunham Massey bridge. Not my image therefore not displayed. http://www.xcrosville.20m.com/cgi-bin/i/images/srl_244_at_dunham_bridge.jpg 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45669 Posted November 28, 2021 Share Posted November 28, 2021 Evening All, A splendid place to visit if in the area is the East Anglia Transport Museum at Carlton Colville which is near Lowestoft in Suffolk. It's a while since I was last there, but I recently came across a couple of minutes footage of the trolleybuses that were in action that day: Hope it's of interest. TTFN, Ron. 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted December 14, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 14, 2021 (edited) 55 minutes ago, Rugd1022 said: Somewhere east of Holborn Circus with Chancery Lane tube in the background? Edit - Yes: https://www.google.com/maps/@51.5181254,-0.1106298,3a,75.5y,297.29h,101.81t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1saFWAmT4PFObKr31BE-hjjA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 The statue seems to be about the only thing to have survived. Edited December 14, 2021 by John M Upton 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45669 Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Afternoon All, A 1954 Dennis Lance was giving rides to the public at Alresford during the Mid-Hants Railway Autumn Steam Gala in October: Hope it's of interest. TTFN, Ron. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 18, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 18, 2021 11 minutes ago, 45669 said: Afternoon All, A 1954 Dennis Lance was giving rides to the public at Alresford during the Mid-Hants Railway Autumn Steam Gala in October: Hope it's of interest. TTFN, Ron. My friends young son would have loved a ride on that. Even his dad wasn't aware that buses with the sunken gangway on the offside existed until a few years ago. The lads favourite buses though are the open toppers, even in the pouring rain. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted December 18, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 18, 2021 Nice. I missed the Lance though remember the very occasional Lancet turning up on the Guildford - Horsham run. And of course the later Lolines which at one time comprised 100% of "Have-a-shot-and-risk-it's" double-deck fleet. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 A lovely looking bus with a beautiful livery, until those of today. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugd1022 Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Christmas is approaching, it must be time for 'The Italian Job' on BBC2 at 1pm on Boxing Day....! 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 2 hours ago, Rugd1022 said: Christmas is approaching, it must be time for 'The Italian Job' on BBC2 at 1pm on Boxing Day....! Big shame that the coach didn't survive, it was around until the 1990s 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted December 19, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 19, 2021 45 minutes ago, 37114 said: Big shame that the coach didn't survive, it was around until the 1990s What happened to it ? Hope it didn't finally go over the cliff. Do any vehicles survive from the film ? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 19, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 19, 2021 It was used as a normal coach and like many similar coaches once life expired was scrapped. One or more of the Minis may have survived. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted December 19, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 19, 2021 9 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: It was used as a normal coach and like many similar coaches once life expired was scrapped. One or more of the Minis may have survived. Though I understand they "used" rather more than three during production and relatively few of them survived the stunts, let alone the ravages of time since.... John 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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