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SCT '61 Photo Index Guernsey Motors & Railway | |
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| 1. 506 Guernsey Railways 14 (506), a Vixen new in 1947 with Duple B35F body and withdrawn in 1964. GR had 10 of these buses (one of which served initially in the Guernsey Motors fleet). Some of these lasted until 1967 but, although several ended their days in Priaulx' scrapyard, by 1978 only this and a Victor remained there. Photo taken August 1978, Priaulx Scrapyard, Guernsey | |
| 2. 4510 Guernsey Motors 44, 4510, (all Guernsey registrations are numbers only) a 1948 Austin CXB with Barnard body. This bus is now in service in the Isles of Scilly and re-registered VVS912. Photo taken 1985, St Peter Port, Guernsey | |
| 3. 3992 Ex Watson's 21 (3992) was an Albion Victor FT39N/Reading B36F new in 1952 and withdrawn by GR in 1980. This and this and a Guernsey Railways Albion are seen at the very pleasant bus station in St Peter Port, the Island's main town. Photo taken August 1978, St Peter Port, Guernsey | |
| 4. 1787 The little Watson's Garage Ltd finally sold out to Guernsey Railway Co Ltd in February 1978. 20 (1787) was a 1954 Albion Victor FT39AN with Reading B36F body (to a square style, not the older-looking curved design favoured by Guernsey Motors/Railways). It never gained GR colours, being sold in 1980 for preservation on the mainland although it subsequently returned to Guernsey. Photo taken August 1978, Guernsey | |
| 5. 6768 Guernsey Railway 66, reg.no.6768 and Guernsey 57, reg.no.2616, Albion Victor FT39ANs with Heaver B35F body, 66 new in May 1955 and 57 in 1956. Photo taken August 1978, Guernsey | |
| 6. 6769 Guernsey 55, reg.no.6769 and Guernsey 60, reg.no.9434. 55 was an Albion Victor FT39AN with a Heaver B35F body new in May 1955 while 60 was an Albion NS3N with a Reading B35F body, new in 1960. Photo taken August 1978, Guernsey | |
| 7. 8226 Guernsey Albion's 76, reg 8226, and 94, reg 12726 with Reading B35F body new in 1963. Photo taken Wednesday 23 August 1978, Grandes Roqcues, Guernsey | |
| 8. 1982 Guernsey Motors and Guernsey Railways were a jointly run company who for a number of years used different liveries for the two branches of the company. Seen at St Peter Port in 1977 is a red Albion Victor with Heaver bodywork of the Motors fleet, 70, 1982, and a Bedford J4E25 with Reading body which has more than a passing resemblance to the Victor, 105, 19663. The Albion dates from the late fifties and the Bedford from the mid sixties Photo taken 1978, St Peter Port Geurnsey | |
| 9. 1309 Guernsey Motors 23, 1309, a 1960 Albion Nimbus with Reading bodywork, acquired with the Watson's Grey business. The white number in the windscreen is the route number. Photo taken 17 August 1979, St Peter's Port, Guernsey | |
| 10. 9434 Guernsey Railway 60, reg.no.9434, an Albion NS3N with a Reading B35F body, new in 1960. Photo taken Tuesday 29 August 1978, Cobo Bay, Guernsey | |
| 11. 11675 Albion Nimbus 89 (11675) was one of many such vehicles with Reading bodywork of a style dating back to the 1940s/50s, this one having been new to Guernsey Motors Ltd in 1962. Both the main Guernsey companies had been under the control of the Red & White United Transport group since 1949 (GR) and 1951 (GM) with the resultant standardisation on Albions. Acquired by GR in 1973, 89 is seen here after the GM and GR fleets merged. Photo taken August 1978, Guernsey | |
| 12. 14626 Guernsey Railway, an associate company of Guernsey Motors, bought this Albion Nimbus with Reading B35F bodywork with a very rounded rear end. 172, 14626, when delivered in 1964 was numbered 72. Partly visible is a Reading bodied Albion Victor. Photo taken 17 August 1979, St Peter's Port Guernsey | |
| 13. 28404 Trade plates T145 were carried by this shortened Albion Victor/Heaver, originally no.36 in the GR fleet and new in 1950. Converted for towing use in 1974, it was reported quite recently on the UK mainland with travellers. The Bedford alongside, 121 (28404), was an SB5 with Wadham Stringer B39F bodywork new in 1976 and carrying the Guernsey Railways green livery first adopted when the fleets merged under new ownership in 1976. Photo taken August 1978, Guernsey | |
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