SCT '61 Photo Index
Heaver
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1. 3810 ... Guernsey Railway Company 24, 3810, was a Leyland KP3 Cub which, when new in June 1934 to Collenette (Paragon), St. Sampson, had a Strachans B29F body. It passed, in July 1948, to Falla (Paragon), St. Sampson as number 6 and in June 1950 it was converted to forward control and fitted with the Heaver FB35F body seen here. (Sat 11/6/66, St Peter Port Bus Stand, Guernsey)
2. 864 ... Guernsey Railway Company 25, 864, was a Leyland KP3 Cub which, when new, in June 1935 to Collenette (Paragon), St. Sampson, as number 2, had been fitted with a Strachans B29F body. (Sun 12/6/66, Guernsey)
3. CUL804 ... CUL804 was City Coach Company LT10, a six-wheel Leyland TS7T from 1936 rebodied as shown by Heaver in 1947.
4. CUL804 ... A second view of City Coach Company LT10, CUL804, a six-wheel Leyland TS7T from 1936 rebodied by Heaver in 1947. (Tylers Avenue, Southend)
5. DUC901 ... A line up of City Coach Leyland TS7Ds LT25, DUC901, and LT22, CYO194, alongside Regal MV2272 (Brentwood Depot)
6. EFJ92 ... Vic's Tours EFJ92, a Bedford WTB with Heaver body, built in 1938 for Taylor of Exeter. (1968, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly)
7. 5499 ... Guernsey Motors 26, 5499, acquired in January 1963, with the business of Falla (Bluebird), Vale to whom it had been new in April 1939 as number 7, was a Reo Gold Crown with a Heaver FB35F body, which in 1954 had replaced the original Heaver FB35F body, it having earlier been fitted with a Perkins P6 engine in March 1952, and it was withdrawn in October 1967. (Fri 10/6/66)
8. CYO190 ... City Coach LT18, CYO190, rebodied Leyland Tiger TS7T/Heaver, still in City livery in 1955 - thought to have been one of the last 3 vehicles in their brown and cream (1955, Ingrave Road, Brentwood)
9. EFJ92 ... Vics Tours of St Marys, Scilly Isles, EFJ92, is the famous Bedford WTB with a Heaver C25F body, delivered to Taylors' of Exeter in 1939. (circa 1974, Trans-Pennine Rally, Harrogate Stray)
10. 3990 ... Guernsey Motors 29, 3990, was one of three Commer Commandos acquired in January 1963, with the business of Falla (Bluebird), Vale, to whom it had been new in 1947 as number 6. It had a Heaver B35F body and was withdrawn in October 1967. (Fri 10/6/66)
11. 3990 ... A second shot of Guernsey Motors 29, 3990, which was one of three Commer Commandos acquired in January 1963, with the business of Falla (Bluebird), Vale, to whom it had been new in 1947 as number 6. It had a Heaver B35F body and was withdrawn in October 1967. (Sat 11/6/66, St Peter Port Bus Stand, Guernsey)
12. LPU690 ... One of the later City Coach Commers, C7, LPU690, with Heaver body is parked outside Laindon Railway Station. It appears still to be in City brown livery. (Laindon Station)
13. LPU690 ... City Coach C7, LPU690, a Commer Commando with Perkins P6 engine and Heaver B33F body new in February 1948, one of a batch of 7 new in 1947/8. (1950, opposite Newbury Park Underground/Bus Station, London Ilford )
14. LPU691 ... City Coach Commer Q4 (P6 engined)/Heaver LPU691, believed to show one of only two single deckers still in City livery in 1955. (Mon 28/2/55, High Street, Brentwood)
15. LPU694 ... ENOC 161, LPU694, a Commer Q4 with Heaver B33F body, new to City Coach as their C11 in 1948. (Sat 11/8/56, Maldon Disposal Yard)
16. MCE201 ... Seen at Cheltenham Coach Station is MCE201 of Parkin, Borrowash, Derbyshire. It was a Heaver FC35C bodied Daimler CVD6SD. (Sat 11/8/62, Cheltenham Coach Station)
17. 4818 ... Guernsey Motors 29, 4818, an Albion FT3AB Victor, new in November 1949 with a Heaver B35F body, was acquired in January 1963 from Falla (Paragon), St. Sampson number 7. (Sat 11/6/66, St Peter Port Bus Stand, Guernsey)
18. NVX170 ... NVX170 was City Coach Company G7, a unique Leyland PS2/11 with Heaver B39C body which had to have an extra axle as it was 30ft long but had this removed when the law changed in 1950.
19. 6435 ... Guernsey Railway Company 35, 6435, was an Albion FT39N Victor new in March 1950 with a Heaver B35F body. It was withdrawn in September 1973. (Sat 11/6/66, St Peter Port Bus Stand, Guernsey)
20. 6436 ... Guernsey Railway Company towing vehicle on trade plate T145, was an Albion FT39N Victor with a Heaver B35F body, originally 36, 6436, in the Guernsey Motors fleet. (Fri 27/4/79, Rue De Bouillon, Guernsey)
21. 6440 ... Guernsey Railway Company 40, 6440, one of three new in March 1951, was an Albion FT39N Victor with a Heaver B35F body, and was withdrawn in September 1974. (Sat 11/6/66, St Peter Port Bus Stand, Guernsey)
22. LAD380 ... Daimler LAD380 was a CVD6SD with Heaver FC40C body new in 1951 as fleet number 6 with Say, Gloucester at whose garage it is seen. It was burnt out early in 1961. (Sun 13/7/58, Gloucester)
23. UHW343 ... The Transport Appreciation Society of Oldham owned UHW343, an Albion Victor FT39AL with Heaver B37F bodywork which had been new to Glenside Hospital in Bristol. It was similar in design and colour to vehicles supplied to Guernsey Railways and was mistaken by many (including me) for a vehicle from that fleet. (Sun 10/6/79, Chester)
24. 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. (August 1978, St. Peter Port Bus Station, Guernsey)
25. 6768 ... Guernsey Motors 66, 6768, an Albion FT39AN Victor had a Heaver B35F body and was new in April 1955. It was transferred to Guernsey Railway Company in October 1973. (Sat 11/6/66, St Peter Port Bus Stand, Guernsey)
26. 6769 ... Guernsey 55, reg.no.6769 and Guernsey 60, reg.no.9434. (August 1978, St. Peter Port, Guernsey)
27. UHY211 ... Not quite what it seems! UHY211 was a Daimler D650HS Freeline with a Heaver C41C body seen here at Victoria Coach Station with Monarch, Bristol to whom it was new in 1955. (Sat 10/6/61, London Victoria Coach Station)
28. 1982 ... Guernsey Motors 70 an Albion Victor FT39AN with Heaver B35F body new about 1956 seen in St Peter Port Bus Station. (1976, St. Peter Port Bus Station, Guernsey)
29. 2027 ... Four Albion FT39AN Victors were new to Guernsey Motors in January 1956 and 71, 2027, like the others, had a Heaver B35F body. It was transferred to Guernsey Railway Company in October 1973. (Sun 12/6/66, St Peter Port Bus Stand, Guernsey)
30. 2636 ... Seen in use as a waiting room at the bus stand in St. Peter Port is Guernsey Railway Company 58, an Albion FT39AN with a Heaver B35F body. (Fri 27/4/79, St. Peter Port)
31. 3324 ... Guernsey Railway Company 59, 3324, an Albion FT39AN Victor, was mew in November 1956 and had a Heaver B35F body. (Sat 11/6/66, St Peter Port Bus Stand, Guernsey)
32. 4022 ... 4022, an Albion FT39AN, with a Heaver B35F body, was number 72 in the fleet of the Guernsey Railway Company. (Fri 27/4/79, St. Peter Port)
33. 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 (1978, St. Peter Port, Guernsey)