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Five Shots Taken in the Fifties
Five colour photographs taken during the 1950s. Not the best of photography, I fear, but possibly useful for the record. Ian Thompson02/2020 Taken at Hastings in 1957, a Maidstone and District 1936 Leyland TD4 CKE 418, with a 1950 Beadle body that at the time I took to be original because of its prewar look.…
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Alder-colours-of-the-rainbow Valley
In the period following the merger of Thames Valley Traction and Aldershot & District Traction in January 1972 to form Alder Valley, the company suffered a severe shortage of vehicles, particularly in the Reading area, partly arising from failing to meet the maintenance standards required by the Vehicle Inspectorate.The result was that over the period…
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Maidstone & District Selected Memories of an Engineer
Geoff Pullin Maidstone & District looked a bit of a conundrum from outside in 1970 – very ‘heritage’ livery, generally looking smart but lots of modern vehicles: large volume orders for early Atlanteans, Nimbus, Fleetlines, Panthers, single deck Fleetlines… Inside, it continued – a very heritage HQ at Knightrider House and depressingly ‘tram-age’ maintenance facilities.…
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Eastbourne Corporation – Daimler Roadliner – DHC 786E – 86
Copyright Roger Cox Eastbourne Corporation1967Daimler Roadliner SRC6East Lancs B45D Here is a shot of the Eastbourne Roadliner, that Diesel Dave referred to under the Halifax Corporation – Daimler Roadliner on the 4th of January heading. Cummins earned such a bad reputation for its V6 engine (and the corresponding V8) that it is a wonder that…
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Demonstrator – Daimler Roadliner – CVC 124C
With – Halifax Corporation Transport and Joint Omnibus Committee1965Daimler RoadlinerMarshall B50F I have listed this under Halifax Corporation has that is who the Roadliner was on loan to at the time the photo was taken. I went on this bus to Brighouse on the 49 route which was normally serviced by double deckers maybe the…
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Daimler Transport Vehicles – Daimler Roadliner – KKV 800G
Daimler Transport Vehicles1968Daimler Roadliner SRC6/SRP8Plaxton DP53F The rear engined Daimler Roadliner powered by the compact and powerful Cummins V6-200 emerged in 1964, but production did not really get under way until 1966, with West Riding, Black & White and Potteries being early users of the type. Reliability problems with the engine and toggle link suspension…
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PMT – Daimler Roadliner – 6000 EH – SN1000
Copyright Ian Wild Potteries Motor Traction1964Daimler Roadliner SRC6Marshall B50F This is one of the prototype Daimler Roadliners which originally had the Clayton COMPAS heating and ventilation system fitted. There were two radiators, one each side of the bus just in front of the rear wheels which had the twin function of engine cooling and saloon…
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PMT – Daimler Roadliner SRP8 – WEH 130G – 130
Copyright Ian Wild Potteries Motor Traction1969Daimler Roadliner SRP8Plaxton B46D 130 was the first of the final batch of ten Roadliners (130-139) to be delivered to PMT. They had Plaxton bodies to their standard timber framed design with BET style front and rear screens. Apart from the Perkins V8.510 engine, they were similar mechanically to the…