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1969 Daimler Fleetline CRG6 (Walsall Corp., Northern Counties body)

Daimler introduced its first rear-engined Fleetline chassis in September 1960. This very high quality model proved popular both with traditional Daimler customers and with new ones too. The 10.45 Litre Gardner 6LX was the standard engine. In 1963 Walsall Corporation received its first short Fleetline with 65-seat Nothern Counties body and between 1963 and 1969 99 such bused were delivered to Walsall. The style of buses 1-30 was unique to Walsall Corporation but the style of 76-119 was only taken by one other operator, Stalybridge, Hyde, Mossley and Dukinfield who run 10 similar vehicles. These buses, only 25ft 7in long, had a very unusual styling with jacknife front door and sliding exit door behind the front axle. Bus No. 116 was delivered in 1969 and was withdrawn in 1986 and it passed directly to the Transport Museum in Wythall near Birmingham and was restored to original Walsall Corp.colours.

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210/II

1951/53 Leyland Royal Tiger PSU 1/15 (Ribble Motor Services Ltd.; Leyland C41C body)

The first Leyland Royal Tiger with Leyland body was introduced at the Commercial Motor Show in 1950 and Ribble Motor Services Ltd. placed the order for 145 fourty-one seaters shortly. A full-sized mockup was produced at Leyland to study all improvements to the pilot coach and the whole order was delivered to Ribble between 1951 and 1953. They formed the backbone of the Ribble express coach fleet for over a decade. Very shortly the original panel below the front bumper was replaced by more simple panel, as it could rebult in the operator's workshops.

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210/II-a

1952 Leyland Royal Tiger PSU 1/15 (Maidstone & District; Leyland C37C body)

Maidstone & District's origins can be traced back to 1908 when a hired Darracq-Serpollet steam bus made a trial run from London to Maidstone. The first public service commenced a week or so later between Maidstone and Chatham. This famous Mid and West Kent (East Sussex) operator preferred the AEC and Bristol vehicles after the World War II, but in early 1950s the company returned to Leyland chassis and in 1952 also acquired 14 Leyland-bodied Royal Tiger coaches in 37-seat configuration. In the summer monthes these coaches were used for popular express service from London to Bournemouth.

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210/II-b

1952 Leyland Royal Tiger PSU 1/15 (Trent Motor Traction Co.; Leyland C37C body)

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229

1949/50 Bristol L5G (Crosville; ECW B35R body)

The first Bristol post-war single-deck and coach chassis was the L. It was introduces in 1946 and it was an update version of the 1937 model. Bristol and its long-time bodywork partner Eastern Coach Works (or ECW) passed in the state control and Bristol buses were available only for state-owned companies between 1948 and 1965. Chassis No.79093, fitted with 7.0 liters Gardner 5LW engine, was built in 1949 and bodied by ECW early in 1950. Its service life was started in March 1950 with Crosville and continued until 1970, when it was preserved.

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229-1

1947/50 Bristol L5G (Eastern Counties Omnibus Co Ltd; ECW B35R body)

The Eastern Counties Omnibus Company Limited was registered on the 14 July 1931 and since then operated very succesful in the Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, the Isle of Ely and the Soke of Peterborough areas. Since the early 1930s, Bristol Tramways & Carriage Company had been part of the Tilling Group, and, as a result, the Group started to standardise on Bristol chassis, usually bodied by Eastern Counties. In 1937, the Eastern Counties coach factory in Lowestoft, was renamed Eastern Coach Works (ECW). The company operated large fleet of Bristol L5G models, bodied by ECW. The Eastern Counties survived through Nationalisation, and prospers under the ownership of FirstBus.

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229-2

1947/50 Bristol L5G (United Automobile Services Ltd; ECW B35R body)

The United Automobile Services Limited was registered in April 1912 operating services in East Anglia and County Durham. The Company rapidly expanding until 1929 when it was jointly purchased by Tilling-BAT and LNER. As other Tilling Group companies, the United operated the large fleet of Bristol L5G single-deckers.

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229-3

1947/50 Bristol L5G (Wilts & Dorset Bus Co., Ltd.; ECW B35R body)

Wilts and Dorset Bus Co. has provided local bus services in south-west Hampshire and Test Valley since 1915. The company was the subject of a management buy-out from the National Bus Company in 1987 and remains one of the very few companies to retain independence outside the major transport groups. With a fleet of 285 vehicles, heavy investment in modern buses has seen the average age of the fleet reduce to six years.

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229-4

1947/50 Bristol L5G (United Counties Omnibus Co.; ECW B35R body)

In 1913 a conductor and driver would hire a London General bus each Saturday and operate a town service in Wellingborough. From those humble origins emerged the Wellingborough Motor Omnibus Company, which was to form the core of United Counties when the latter was formed in 1921. Passing under Tilling control in 1931, United Counties continued to acquire other businesses and by the 1950s had taken over more than 50. A great Leyland user in its early years, UCOC under the Tilling influence switched to Bristol and Eastern Coach Works but also ran a splendid selection of other makes, many from acquired operators. A major player in the Tilling portfolio, UCOC was running 21 million miles and carrying 84 million passengers a year by the mid 1960s.

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1947/50 Bristol L5G (West Yorkshire Road Car Co.; ECW B35R body)

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206a

1944 Bedford OWB Utility Bus (Portsmouth Corp.)

The first motorbus in Portsmouth, a Thornycroft J, arrived in 1919 and Crossley and Leyland buses formed the bus fleet by the outbreak of World War 2. During the war, only Bedford OWBs and some Utility Daimlers were purchased to serve the main naval base. An 1944 OWB 170 is preserved now by City of Portsmouth Preserved Transport depot.

Scale 1:43

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206b

1942 Bedford OWB Utility Bus (Royal Navy)

Many Bedford OWB buses were supplied to Government contracts during the war for military transportation needs.

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206e

1942 Bedford OWB Utility Bus (Western National)

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206d

1942 Bedford OWB Utility Bus (Lincolnshire Road Car Co.)

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