Chilwell H.Q. Sun. 1 Dec. 1974 and another recovery truck, this time based on a Leyland chassis, lurks inside the main garage with a backdrop of pallets. There was always a lot of stuff inside the depot!
Chilwell H.Q. Sun. 1 Dec. 1974 and another recovery truck, this time based on a Leyland chassis, lurks inside the main garage with a backdrop of pallets. There was always a lot of stuff inside the depot!
Barton Buses in 1975
Tony Griffin's Bus, Lorry & Railway Archive @ fotopic.net
Seen at the terminus is VVO 734, a lowbridge Willowbrook rebody of a former singledecker Leyland Tiger PS1, fitted with the E181 Leyalnd 7.4 litre diesel, originally developed for the Matilda tank!Previous | NextVVO 734 seen passing the roadway leading to Melton Mowbray Town Station on the line to St. Pancras. The bus was well past its best by this time, wheezing like a geriatric but what a classic Barton machine!

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