Buses, coaches, & lorries

Following restoration by Reliance Bus Works Newcastle Under Lyme

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We had them in Bradford rear entrance in red.I think West Yorksire operated them . Were they any good CAV ?

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Some 5200 were built which exceeds the production figures for AEC RT type buses so there can’t have been a lot wrong with them. The Atlantean however knocks both combined into a cocked hat at some 15k. The Lodekka’s transmission was certainly unconventional with a need to lower the propshaft line to allow the sunken lower deck gangway.

Back in early '59 I did a shift in one(brand new) didn’t like it that much especially the set of the steering wheel. The transmission was offset to give the lower central gangway.

Just found this scroll down to see the Lodekka.

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Top photo is of a Bradford steam tram. The bottom is Chiswick works canteen a scene you wont see again since the introduction of microwaves all in the name of cost cutting

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I reckon this would have been filmed in the first quarter of 1068.

Oops, that should be 1968, 1068 was over 700 years before Jimmy bumped into the island in the Endeavor. :rofl:


Originally Stagecoach UK

Where the hell was THAT works canteen ? And who got them all to sit still at he same time ? :laughing:

Preserved Teeside Municipal Transport Daimler Fleetline with Northern Counties bodywork.

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Chiswick according to the poster

They was on overtime! :rofl:

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Good read, thanks Oily.

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Given how urbanised most of Australia’s population is, why did double-decker buses never really catch on here?

[Sydney for a few years excepted]

Heigght I imagine. Melbourne’s tram wires being a constant obstacle.
Street furniture and infrastructure was set up for 4.3 metres, back in the day. Deckers are given a concession at 4.6, a recipe for disaster with some drivers.
Also the exaggerated curbside camber, to deal with tropical rain in the north, may have caused some issues.
All pure conjecture on my behalf.