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Lancaster City Transport – AEC Regal III – KTF 581 – 581
Photographer unknown – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Lancaster City Transport1949AEC Regal IIIStrachans B36F This in my mind is what an half cab single deck bus should look like, mind you the 50-50 split livery of this Lancaster Corporation does help. I’m not all that knowledgeable about Strachans bodybuilders…
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Devon General – AEC Regal III – LUO 594 – SR594
Photographer unknown – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Devon General1950AEC Regal IIIWeymann B35F It is amazing how many buses after serving their time as public service vehicles were bought by private companies as staff transport vehicles. I have quite a few and I will title them by their original…
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Halifax Corporation – AEC Regal III – AJX 848 – 258
Photographer unknown – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Halifax Corporation Transport and Joint Omnibus Committee1949AEC Regal IIIRoe B32R A Halifax Regal III bus in coach livery of all over cream with an orange waistband, there was no difference whatsoever that I know of between this Regal and one in…
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British Rail – AEC Regal III – KRR 261
Copyright Ian Wild British Rail1949AEC Regal IIIWeymann B35F British Rail ran a staff bus between Sheffield Midland Station and Tinsley Marshalling Yard and at various times used this ex Mansfield District bus (fleet number 15), similar KRR 264 and KRB 88 which was an ex Midland General Leyland PS1 with a similar body. All ran…
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Eastern Belle (London) – AEC Regal III – NXL 847
Copyright Ken Jones Eastern Belle Motor Coaches (London)1953AEC Regal III 6821ADuple C39F I am a contributor to Focus Transport main site, their blogsite and other sites, I hired a 1950’s AEC half canopy as part of my 60th birthday celebrations to take invited guests for lunch in a 1928 Pullman Carriage at the Spotgate Inn…
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Sheffield United Tours – AEC Regal III – KWA 722 – 182
Sheffield United Tours1949AEC Regal IIIWindover C32F Looking in remarkably good shape for a contractor’s vehicle is this ex Sheffield United Tours AEC Regal III – chassis number 0962200, with a C32F body by Windover. It entered service in 1949, was sold on to Davies, Tredegar (via dealer) about July 1958, thence (via dealer) to Townson…
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Halifax Corporation – AEC Regal III – BCP 544 – 258
Copyright Roger Cox Halifax Corporation Transport and Joint Omnibus Committee1949AEC Regal IIIRoe B32R Halifax buses seemed to undergo a curious renumbering merry go round from time to time, as if fleet numbers were somehow on ration. The number 258 was a case in point. Here is another Regal III of the 1949 batch, BCP 544,…
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W Alexander & Sons – AEC Regal III – DMS 130 – NA 104
W Alexander & Sons (Northern)1951AEC Regal III 6821AAlexander C35F Here is a view of DMS130. This AEC Regal III 6821A was new to W Alexander & Sons in 1951, with an Alexander C35F body as A104. When the company split, she passed to the Northern section as NA 104. She is seen in this guise…
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Eastbourne Corporation – AEC Regal III – AHC 411 – 93
Eastbourne Corporation1950AEC Regal III 6821AEast Lancs DP30R Eastbourne Corporation purchased this single Regal III 6821A with East Lancs. DP30R body in 1950 and numbered it 11. Though they also owned a small number of other single deckers it is said that this one was intended to provide a better class of vehicle for private hire…
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Rochdale Corporation Welfare Dept – AEC Regal III – BCP 543 – 900
Rochdale Corporation Welfare Dept.1949AEC Regal III 9621ERoe B33F BCP 543 was originally one of twenty-two AEC Regal III 9621E’s with Roe B32R bodies delivered to the Halifax Corporation and JOC fleets in 1949, and was numbered 268. Fourteen of them, including 268, were rebuilt at Skircoat Road workshops during 1953/54 to B33F layout and with…