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SCT '61 Southend Corporation Bus Fleet Details 210-214 |
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Leyland Royal Tiger Worldmasters RT3/1 with Glasgow Corporation / Weymann B44F bodies, new in 1956/7, purchased from Glasgow Corporation in 1966.
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Later in 1966 another five saloons were acquired in apart exchange deal with MilIburn Motors of Preston, who acquired deckers 281/3-6 (and some cash!) in exchange for FYS 667-9/86/72, which became Southend 210-4. They were 10 year old Leyland Royal Tiger Worldmasters with 44 seat bodies, built by their previous owner, Glasgow Corporation, on Weymann shells, part of a batch of 30. As new they had dual entrance 40 seat bodies but were all later converted, while still in service with Glasgow, to single entrance.
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The Worldmaster was an almost indestructible export model and the complete opposite in specification to the Aberdonians, with the big 11.1 litre 0680 engine and pneumocyclic semi-automatic gearboxes (both features then new to Southend). At 7t 9cwt their unladen weight was almost two and a half tons more than the Aberdonians, and nearly as much as the Massey bodied PD2's!
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211 at Bournes Green in April 1966, just after entering service | 
210 outside Central Station | 
212 outside Victoria Station |
… and 210 six years later at Pier Hill, just before withdrawal |
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All the Worldmasters were withdrawn in 1972. 213 was the last to go on October 31st that year and then for 3 years it was owned by Southend Stadium and used as a greyhound transporter - the other four all went to a local dealer in early January 1973.
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Many thanks to Richard Delahoy for his kind permission to include extracts from his book in this page and also for supplying some of the pictures. |
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