RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted November 1, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 1, 2020 Hello A bit of casual research here at the moment, can anyone tell me what vehicles were in use by the British Transport Police in approximately the mid 1960's please, particularly London area? Google searching is coming up with a lot of non specific stuff that is not that helpful. Many thanks! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted November 1, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 1, 2020 I'm not sure but you might find some pics amongst those of the Great Train Robbery. I took a look and the vehicles there after the robbery were a Ford Zephyr Mk. II, an Austin A35 van and a Standard 10 van. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted November 1, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 1, 2020 Oh, good call. I didn't think of that embarrassingly. Note a blue light fitted Mk2 Jag in some photos too so that give me a couple of ideas, thanks! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted November 1, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 1, 2020 The investigation appears to have been in the hands of Buckinghamshire Police from the start, with the Met joining in, so I'd be wary of identifying any vehicles at the scene as BTP. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted November 1, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 1, 2020 Yes, the vans were probably forensics vehicles from the Bucks police. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 (edited) A bit ot, but for what it is worth: When I was working with Cambs Police in the '80s, I had cause to visit BTP in Cambridge, at the railway station. Talking to the (sole) PC on duty - for the whole patch, he covered everywhere N & E of Cambridge, and halfway down to London (Bishops Stortford I think). Not a small patch - and his transport was the train. No wonder BTP was scarcely scene. Much later, when I started working on the Underground in the 00s, I was amazed at the number of them that I saw. Stewart Edited November 2, 2020 by stewartingram typos 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 The only vehicles from the mid 60s I have details if were these c1962 399PRO Humber Hawk black Saloon BTP London plain black 1966 JLE 69D Ford Zephyr 6 Mk.III Saloon BTP Birmingham Not London but their may have been similar there. Plain black with a bell on the front bumper 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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