Bus nostalgia

[Seth]

Hey splott!
Are you trying to hijack my Bedford ditty?

Ooops! What do you mean? 
Don't want to tread on my Bus Guru's toes.
Just thought I would show my Rally pictures

Just carry on with the good work me ol' bud!

[splott]

Is this beautiful or not?
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[Lizzie_Zoom]

Absolutely beautiful!!

A classis showmans engine, but what looks like a ploughing mechanism on the rear! (??) 8-) 8-)

[Martin_1962]

A lot of these bus and coach manufacturers also made first generation British Railways DMUs, lots of bus technology in use.

The second DMU in this clip is from Metro Cammell (First is BRCW - not buses).

They had AEC or Leyland engines

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy5GMzWXvlU

This one is from Pressed Steel at Linwood

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaPZ7K5bUJw

[Seth]

A lot of these bus and coach manufacturers also made first generation British Railways DMUs, lots of bus technology in use.

The second DMU in this clip is from Metro Cammell (First is BRCW - not buses).

They had AEC or Leyland engines

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy5GMzWXvlU

This one is from Pressed Steel at Linwood

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaPZ7K5bUJw

Dead right Martin!
However, they were actually marketed under the 'B.U.T.' guise - a sort of collaboration between AEC and Leyland for 'rail' rather than 'road' use.

[Seth]

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We usually have around 50 of these fine beasts at Welland each year!

Click here: http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1268840746

........ and read carefully!

[splott]

Unfortunate name but absolutly beautiful......................
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[splott]

Biggest GWR I could get for you Lizzie.......................

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[splott]

My favourite, two reasons, can you guess why?....................... 8-)
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[splott]

This one is from one of those funny named town in Wales..............................
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Biggest GWR I could get for you Lizzie.......................

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Ahhhhhhhhh!

Thanks Splott!  Even a miniture GWR 0-6-0 pannier tank is a wonderful sight! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

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.....................and this is his big brother;  real life GWR PT 0-6-0 4612, built at Swindon in the 1940-2 batch of 57XX class engines that numbered a total of 863 engines constructed between 1929 and 1950.



beautiful eh? 8-) 8-) 8-)

[splott]

Biggest GWR I could get for you Lizzie.......................

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Ahhhhhhhhh!

Thanks Splott!  Even a miniture GWR 0-6-0 pannier tank is a wonderful sight! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

I was reading your posts on GWR whilst in the pub,this was passing back and forth with kids on it. Couldn't resist it. 8-) 8-)

[splott]

.....................and this is his big brother;  real life GWR PT 0-6-0 4612, built at Swindon in the 1940-2 batch of 57XX class engines



beautiful eh? 8-) 8-) 8-)

Its amazing how steam shrinks everything

[splott]

My Dad, who is now 95, used drive one of these.
He used to transport troops into Wales on his leave. The troops were used to put out the beacons that had been lit to guide the German bombers to Birkenhead and Liverpool. He still hates people from North Wales with a passion. Not because of the beacons but because it used to ruin his leave.

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