AEC Regent with English Electric L27/26R bodies, new in 1937.
| 207 JN9527 | 208 JN9528 | 209 JN9529 | 210 JN9530 |
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SCT '61 Southend Corporation Bus Fleet Details 207-217 |
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| 207-210
AEC Regent with English Electric L27/26R bodies, new in 1937.
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| 211-217
AEC Regent with Weymann L27/26R bodies, new in 1938.
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Southend's first double deck buses were four AEC Regents delivered in September 1937 with lowbridge English Electric bodies seating 53. They were also the first vehicles to have diesel engines from new. Originally numbered 157-60, they soon became 207-10. Seven more Regents, 211-217, followed in the summer of 1938, this time with attractive Weymann lowbridge bodies. |
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207-210 were lent to Coventry in July 1940 after the disastrous air raids there which put the tramway out of action. They returned home in September 1941 (207/8) and June 1942 (209/10).
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207 is seen here during its last few years in service |
… and 213 around the same time |
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Most were withdrawn in 1956, only 213 lasting until the following year and 208 and 209 lasting until 1958. All went for scrap.
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Many thanks to Richard Delahoy for his kind permission to include extracts from his book in this page and to Ian Banks for supplying one of the photos. |
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