SCT '61 Photo Index
Barton
  
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 1. GWW41
Barton 942, GWW41, was ex-Todmorden 20, an all-Leyland PD2/1 of 1948.
Photo taken Mar 1972, Nottingham

 
 2. JVO230
Preserved Barton 507, JVO230, a Leyland Titan PD1 from 1948 with Duple L28/27F bodywork.
Photo taken August 1972, Harrogate

 
 3. VVO737
Barton 737, VVO737, was a Leyland Tiger PS1 given a Willowbrook double deck body in 1957. Barton were one of the last major operators to provide a parcels service as exemplified by the sign on the radiator
Photo taken Thursday 27 April 1972, Huntington Street Nottingham

 
 4. KNN254
Barton 580, KNN254, one of their famous front entrance Duple bodied Leyland Titan PD1s at a wet Trans-Pennine rally in the days before it was held on the stray
Photo taken Sunday 6 August 1972

 
 5. KNN254
Barton 580, KNN254, was a Leyland PD1A with a superbly "Bartonesque" Duple L55F body of 1949.
Photo taken 1966, Nottingham

 
 6. KNN254
Barton 580, KNN254, was one of their magnificent Duple-bodied Leyland PD1As dating from 1949, which was fortunately saved for preservation.
Photo taken circa 1975, Sandtofts

 
 7. RAL40
Barton 725, RAL40, a Barton BTS1 from around 1953 with Plaxton C37F bodywork.
Photo taken June 1969, Barton's Chilwell depot

 
 8. SAU199
Barton 1087, SAU199, an AEC Regent III 9613S from 1954 with Park Royal lowbridge bodywork alongside Barton 944, GWU11, a Leyland Titan PD2/1 from 1947 with Leyland lowbridge bodywork.
Photo taken June 1969, Barton's Chilwell depot

 
 9. URR865
Beestons URR865, AEC Reliance / Plaxton C41F. Ex Barton 765, new to them in 1956.
Photo taken September 1974, Ipswich

 
 10. WAL782
Preserved Barton 782, WAL782, a Leyland Tiger PS1 single deck chassis rebuilt with a Willowbrook L61RD body in 1957
Photo taken Sunday 2 April 2006, Wisley Aerodrome

 
 11. XAL784
Preserved ex-Barton 784, XAL784, an AEC Regent V LD3RA455 with Northern Counties L35/32RD body, new in 1957.
Photo taken Sunday 26 September 2004, Duxford

 
 12. XVO788
Barton 788, XVO788, a Leyland Tiger PS1/B given a Northern Counties body around 1957 on what was normally a single deck chassis.
Photo taken June 1969, Barton's Chilwell depot

 
 13. YNN775
Barton 755, YNN775, an AEC Reliance MU3RV with Alexander C37F body, convertible to DP43F, new in 1958.
Photo taken Thursday 25 August 1960, Nottingham

 
 14. 799BAL
Barton 799, 799BAL, a Leyland PS1/1 with Northern Counties FL33/30F body, rebodied (and re-registered) in 1959.
Photo taken Thursday 25 August 1960, Nottingham

 
 15. 901LRR
During 1974, another Ensign hire to Southend was of 901LRR, an ex-Barton BTD2 rebuild, with full front Northern Counties lowbridge 70 seat body in a bright yellow colour scheme. The single-deck chassis had been acquired by Barton from Yorkshire Woollen District in 1961.
Photo taken Thursday 16 May 1974, Southend Pier Hill

 
 16. 249CNN
Barton 934, 249CNN, an AEC Reliance 2MU3RV from around 1960 with Duple Donnington C41F bodywork.
Photo taken June 1969, Barton's Chilwell depot

 
 17. 799JRR
Barton 939, 799JRR, an AEC Reliance 2MU3RA with Harrington Cavalier C41F body, new in 1960 and acquired from Robin Hood the following year
Photo taken Saturday 9 May 1964, Seaway Car Park, Southend

 
 18. 861HAL
Barton 861, 861HAL, the Dennis Loline II with Northern Counties FL37/31F body, exhibited at the 1960 Commercial Motor Show, is seen here in Nottingham, approaching Mount Street Bus Station, when still carrying its Loline radiator grille.
Photo taken Saturday 27 March 1965, Nottingham approaching Mount Street Bus Station

 
 19. 662KNN
General, Chester-le-Street, 25, 662KNN, a Bedford SB1 built in 1961 with Duple Super Vega C41F bodywork.
Photo taken February 1978, Chester-le-Street Bus Station

 
 20. 861HAL
Barton Transport 861, 861HAL, a 1961 Dennis Loline II with lowbridge fully fronted Northern Counties bodywork. This was the lowest double decker to run in the UK until the advent of modern low-height double deckers.
Photo taken August 1985, Leeds

 
 21. 878LRR
Barton were well known for rebuilding and rebodying buses. Seen here is 878, 878LRR, a 1961 rebuild of an early post war Leyland Tiger with a full front lowbridge Northern Counties body.
Photo taken 1972, Nottingham

 
 22. 965RVO
John Rannock 965RVO, Bedford VAL with Yeates C50D body, originally with Barton, new in July 1963.
Photo taken June 1974, Ipswich

 
 23. 969RVO
Barton 969, 969RVO, a Bedford VAL14 from 1963 with Yeates Europa DP56D bodywork
Photo taken June 1969, Barton's Chilwell depot

 
 24. GFT964
Barton 1157, GFT964, a Bedford SB8 from 1963 with Duple Bella Vega C41F bodywork.
Photo taken June 1972, Ripon Racecourse

 
 25. ACU306C
Barton 1169, ACU306C, a Leyland Leopard PSU3/3R from 1965 with Harrington Grenadier C51F bodywork.
Photo taken August 1972, Redcar Racecourse

 
 26. BVO7C
Premier Travel BVO7C, AEC Reliance / Harrington C51F, new in July 1965 to Barton.
Photo taken July 1975, Colchester Bus Station

 
 27. FUP272C
Barton 1129, FUP272C, was a shrewd 1969 acquisition from Stanhope Motor Services. New in 1965, the Willowbrook DP49F bodied AEC 2U3RA Reliance was still in its former owner’s livery when photographed in Morecambe a year after acquisition.
Photo taken Saturday 8 August 1970, Morecambe

 
 28. ECU757E
Barton ECU757E, a Leyland Leopard from 1967 with Plaxton Panorama C49F bodywork.
Photo taken July 1971, West Hartlepool

 
 29. DAL771J
Barton Transport 1146, DAL771J, a 1970 AEC Reliance 6U2R7520 with Plaxton bodywork
Photo taken Sunday 14 September 2008, Meadowhall Rally Sheffield

 
 30. YRR516H
Barton 1138, YRR516H , a Barton BTS2 rebodied with a Plaxton Panorama Elite C45F in 1970 and reregistered.
Photo taken September 1971, Darlington