Some pictures of the pre war Maudslay Magna SF40 which was apparently Ailsa and Wulfrunian like, front engined.
So far I don’t think we have mentioned the Guy Wulfrunian, a design which introduced so many features seen later in more successful vehicles.
historywebsite.co.uk/Museum/ … runian.htm
old-bus-photos.co.uk/?tag=guy-wulfrunian
OilTreader:
I’m quite sure this rather odd double decker was in the video link parade that Froggy55 posted earlier.
Oily
TruckNetUK . Old Time Lorries . Buses,Motorcoaches & Lorries . Page 15. IFA,Berlin,Bedford,etc . VALKYRIE . Saturday,10th November,2018.
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Waggonbau Bautzen DO54,Normal Control,EM6-20,9036 cc,Turbocharged,6-Cylinder,120 BHP Diesel-Engined,52-Seat,18-Standing,Double Decker Bus.Wooden body.1954-1957.85 built,Berlin,No.929 preserved.Pinterest.1# In service in East Berlin.
Waggonbau Bautzen DO56,Normal Control,EM6-20,9036 cc,Turbocharged,6-Cylinder,120 BHP Diesel-Engined,52-Seat,20-Standing,Double Decker Bus.Steel body.1957-1959.105 built,Berlin,Nos.10 & 88 preserved.1# In service in East Berlin.
The above German Democratic Republic - East Germany - omnibuses were based on the IFA H6 lorry range,which consisted of road locomotives,
tractive units and rigid 4-wheeler lorries. And the ballasted haulage road locomotive,QV photograph below,is an example:-
IFA H6,Normal Control,4x2 Ballast Road Locomotive-4-Wheeler Drawbar Trailer Outfit. IFA = Industrieverband Fahrzeugbau. H6 = Horch 6-Tons Payload.IFA,Werdau,Saxony,GDR = German Democratic Republic - East Germany. Pinterest.1#
OilTreader Bedford VAL Motorcoaches Post :-
Details:-
Bedford VAL14/Plaxton Panorama C52F,6x2 Twin Steer Chinese Six SD Motorcoach,Chassis No.1698,Body No.653006, GUP 743C,Durham,4-1965,new to JG & ME Carr,New Silksworth.Preserved by Kenzie,Shepreth.J.Bennett-OilTreader.1#
Bedford VAL14/Duple Vega Major C52F,6x2 Twin Steer Chinese Six,SD Motorcoach,Chassis No.1202,105,Body No.6827452, EDL 994D,Isle Of Wight,5-1966,Southern Vectis,No.405.9-1980.CA.Brown-OilTreader.1#
Bedford VAL14/Plaxton Panorama C49F,6x2-Twin Steer Chinese Six,SD Motorcoach,Chassis No.1819,Body No.672478, CCG 704C,Southampton,7-1965,King Alfred.Re-bodied.Graham-OilTreader.1#
Bedford VAL14/Yates Europa DP50F,6x2 Twin Steer Chinese Six,SD Dual Purpose Motorcoach-Bus,Chassis No.1115,Body No.0013, 966 RVO,Nottingham C.C.7-1963,Barton,No.966.D.Nicholls-OilTreader.1#
Bedford VAL14/Plaxton Panorama C52F,6x2-Twin Steer Chinese Six,SD Motorcoach,Chassis No.1731,Body No.652504, CAL 227C.Nottinghamshire,4-1965,CW Moxon,re-registered 1129 ZB,D.Watkins,Youghal,9-1978.Eire.M.Addison-OilTreader.1#
240 Gardner and OilTreader.
In reply to them…speaking of normal control-bonneted double decker omnibuses 
…here is another one:-
Guy CX,Normal Control-Bonneted/Brush H30/26R,6x4 Double Decker Omnibus,Chassis No.23339, RY 7855,7-1929,Leicester,No.48,re-numbered 248 in 1937.Photographed sometime in 1939-1942 in WW2. HistoryWebsite.1#
Froggy55 and OilTreader.
In reply to them:-
Maudslay Marathon MkII,Maudslay 45 RAC HP 7.4-Litre,TOHC,In-Line 6-Cylinder,120 BHP Petrol-Engined/Burlingham C33F Motorcoach,Chassis No.60132,Body No.3359, EMO 385,Berkshire,10-1948,T.Tappin Ltd,Wallingford. Froggy55.1#
VALKYRIE
Tour bus for Tony Christie, his band and road crew, outside The Royal Albert Hall
in London 2005, during a U.K. 25 night theatre tour. This coach was fitted with
Seats. Tables, Toilet, Small Kitchen, and Sleeping Berths. Ray Smyth.
Larry that newspaper cutting showing buses emerging from Hexham bus station must have been in the 1950s A United Leyland Tiger probably leaving for Allenheads on the 37 (United tended to run Leyland single deckers from Hexham and Carlisle depots for the trunk service 34 Carlisle to Newcastle which I travelled on many times as a boy en route to Blyth. There has been much controversy recently about the demolition of the old bus station some saying it should be a listed building I agree for nostalgic reasons. However they have built a very nice new bus station almost opposite the new Hexham Hilton hospital… I wonder who the Bedford Utility bus belonged to back then, M.A Charlton perhaps, Rochester & Marshall or Tyne Valley ■■
BD 3 was Carlisle Willowholm depot tow bus, my mate who was a fitter there was a regular driver. This looks like Willowholm depot railings.
Cheers Leyland 600
Thanks, Valkyrie, for the informations concerning the Waggonbau double-decker and Maudslay bus!
I’m lost and not for the first time recently, which posts or pictures do Hexham bus station and Willowholme railings refer to please? I am finding it increasingly difficult in many old time TN threads to relate a comment upon a picture back to the original post which is sometimes two pages away. I follow the reason for the site’s automatic substitution with a reference number, but is there some other way - a link or thumbnail method?
CAV The new Hexham bus station photos refer to Larry Dunbars newspaper cutting scan on page 4 of a United Leyland /Willowbrook bus en route to Allenheads, the site of the new bus station is just beyond what appears to be a Bedford OB where the road forks off left down to the railway station.
My reference to Ribble tow wagon BD3 is linked to oilreaders photo (by the late Ronnie Cameron) posted on page 1. August 18th . Carlisle depot is situated on the Willowholme industrial estate to the west of the city.
Cheers, Leyland 600
The first horizontal Midland red bus looks like a d9 model. The Bedford coach is about 1957 vintage (ONR993) owned by bishops of coalville. They used to run weekly services to bournemouth Great Yarmouth and other seaside destinations. I rode on them as a kid they were taken over by Bancroft and Powers later . Their booking office and garage was located on owen street in coalville
DeanB . A friend of mine from Greymouth used to look after and maintain the Leyland Comets used within the power station and over the Wilmot Pass, now an operator in his own right. I travelled over the Wilmott Pass in 2006 in a Volvo coach and it was raining cats and dogs but still very impressive. The road is of the unsealed type.
Cheers Leyland 600.
Hi 240 Gardner, Here are a couple of Atki brochure scans describing the Atkinson Alpha underfloor engined chassis. I have had this brochure in my collection since about 1957. I did travel on Venture’s Atkinsons from Newcastle to Blackhill, Consett on a couple of occasions in the mid 1950 not long after they arrived new.
Cheers, Leyland 600
Leyland600:
DeanB . A friend of mine from Greymouth used to look after and maintain the Leyland Comets used within the power station and over the Wilmot Pass, now an operator in his own right. I travelled over the Wilmott Pass in 2006 in a Volvo coach and it was raining cats and dogs but still very impressive. The road is of the unsealed type.
Cheers Leyland 600.
Hello Leyland 600, that looks an impressive trip to do chap with stunning scenery ! 
Heres one from Argentina in 1968.
Click on pages twice.
Two unusual buses with bodywork by Northern Counties of Wigan.
A Karrier 6 wheeler, and a Pagefield. The Pagefield was built by
Walkers Engineering at Wigan.
NMP. Ray Smyth.
Leyland600:
Hi 240 Gardner, Here are a couple of Atki brochure scans describing the Atkinson Alpha underfloor engined chassis. I have had this brochure in my collection since about 1957. I did travel on Venture’s Atkinsons from Newcastle to Blackhill, Consett on a couple of occasions in the mid 1950 not long after they arrived new.
Cheers, Leyland 600
thank you!
Autocares Plaza coach from Carboneras, Almeria, on its regular school bus journey,
seen mid afternoon in Mojacar, Spain. Ray Smyth.
