1. NSG869 ... Albion Motors built the lightweight Nimbus in the fifties. NSG869 was originally a demonstrator with a body built by Scottish Omnibuses. It ran for many years in the fleet of Berresfords of Cheddleton in whose livery it is seen here. (Sun 21/6/09, Chatsworth)

2. KST54 ... Albion Nimbus KST54, new in August 1956, was Highland A5 and carried an Alexander C29F body. It is seen entering Farraline Park Bus Station, Inverness. (Fri 24/7/59, Farraline Park Bus Station, Inverness)

3. KST55 ... One of six Albion MR9 Nimbus chassis new in 1956 fitted with Alexander C29F bodies, A6, KST55. (Sat 25/7/59, Farraline Park Bus Station, Inverness)

4. NJB819 ... NJB819 was an Albion MR9N Nimbus with a Willowbrook B31F body seen here with Ireland, Lancaster in the Gynn Square car park in Blackpool. (Sun 16/4/72, Gynn Square Car Park, Blackpool)

5. ZP4438 ... Londonderry & Lough Swilly Railway Albion Nimbus single decker, No.92, ZP4438 at Letterkenny station yard. Church Hill was a station about 10 miles north west on the former Burtonport line. (Summer 1966, Letterkenny Station Yard)

6. KWG585 ... Alexander (Fife), Kirkcaldy FNL10, KWG585, seen at the garage in Lochgelly, was an Albion MR11L Aberdonian with an Alexander C41F body. It had been new in June 1958 as Alexander NL10 becoming Alexander (Fife) FNL10 in May 1961, although the F prefix was not applied until 1962. (Wed 29/7/70, Garage, Lochgelly)

7. XTA839 ... Two variations on the small single decker theme. Preserved Devon General XTA839, SN839, is a 1958 Albion Nimbus NS3AN with Willowbrook B31F bodywork, whilst preserved East Kent EFN568 is a 1950 Dennis Falcon P3 with Dennis B29F bodywork. Both are seen here at the 2003 Worthing Rally. (July 2003, Marine Parade, Worthing)

8. XTA839 ... Preserved Devon General XTA839, SN839, a 1958 Albion Nimbus NS3AN with Willowbrook B31F bodywork. (Sun 17/7/05, Alton)

9. XTA839 ... Preserved Devon General XTA839, SN839, is a 1958 Albion Nimbus NS3AN with Willowbrook B31F bodywork. (Sun 17/9/17, Dartmoor)

10. XTA843 ... Yuill, Hartlepool based contractor, XTA843, an Albion Nimbus NS3N of 1958 with Willowbrook B31F bodywork (August 1972, Yuill's Hartlepool Depot)

11. ZP5561 ... Londonderry and Lough Swilly 93, ZP5561, an Albion NS3N with O'Doherty B31F body photographed at the garage presumably (but not recorded as such). (Sat 9/9/67, Letterkenny)

12. 335KPL ... Brady, Forest Green (Brown Motor Services) put 335KPL, an Albion NS3N Nimbus with a Willowbrook B31F body into service in July 1959 and it is seen here in the Farnham Road Bus Station in Guildford on his service to Holmbury St. Mary. (Mon 31/8/59, Farnham Road Bus Station, Guildford)

13. CEX490 ... Great Yarmouth bought six Albion NS3N Nimbus buses with Willowbrook B31F bodies in 1959. Seen here at the garage is 90, CEX490, the first of the batch. (Sun 11/10/64, Caister Road Garage)

14. CEX490 ... Booth & Fisher, Halfway CEX490 was an Albion NS3N Nimbus with a Willowbrook B31F body which had been new in 1959 as Great Yarmouth 90, and is seen outside Sheffield Midland Station. (Sun 21/5/67, Sheffield Midland Station)

15. CEX491 ... Booth & Fisher, Halfway CEX491 an Albion NS3N Nimbus with Willowbrook B31F bodywork, new in July 1959 as Great Yarmouth 91, was acquired in September 1965. (Sun 14/8/66, Booth & Fisher Garage, Halfway)

16. CEX494 ... Among the second hand Albion Nimbus' purchased by Booth and Fisher were five with Willowbrook 31 seat bodies from Great Yarmouth Corporation, CEX490-494. The last of that batch, CEX494, is seen at Halfway Depot in South Yorkshire PTE days. (Sun 9/7/78, Booth & Fisher Garage, Halfway)

17. 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. (17 August 1979, St. Peter Port Bus Station, Guernsey)

18. 1309 ... A rear view of Guernsey Railway Company 23, 1309, which was an Albion NS3N Nimbus with a Reading B36F body. It had been new to Watson, St. Martin in June 1960, was acquired in February 1978, and is seen in the parking area at the St. Peter Port Bus Station. (Fri 27/4/79, St. Peter Port Bus Station)

19. 1309 ... Watson, St. Martin 1309 seen at Pleinmont was an Albion NS3N Nimbus with a Reading B36F body new in 1960 and was Watson's newest bus. (Sat 26/5/73, Pleinmont)

20. 1309 ... A rear view of 1309 of Watson, St. Martin seen at Pleinmont. This was an Albion NS3N Nimbus with a Reading B36F body new in 1960 and was Watson's newest bus. (Sat 26/5/73, Pleinmont)

21. 1309 ... Watson, St. Martin 1309 was an Albion NS3N Nimbus with a Reading B36F body new in June 1960. (Sat 11/6/66, St Peter Port Bus Stand, Guernsey)

22. 315LKK ... Maidstone & District 3315, 315LKK, an Albion Nimbus NS3N with Harrington B30F body, new in 1960. (Tue 14/7/70, Hastings Bus Station)

23. 316LKK ... Maidstone & District SO316, 316LKK, an Albion NS3N Nimbus with a Harrington B30F body was seen outside Tonbridge Garage. (Sat 21/7/62, Tonbridge Garage)

24. 363MRA ... Among the Albion Nimbus units operated by Booth & Fisher Ltd. of Halfway, was this NS3N model, 363MRA, new in January 1960 with Willowbrook B31F bodywork. (Mon 12/4/71, Booth & Fisher Garage, Halfway)

25. 363MRA ... Booth & Fisher, Halfway 363MRA, an Albion NS3N Nimbus with a Willowbrook B31F body new in February 1960 is seen at the garage. (Sun 14/8/66, Booth & Fisher Garage, Halfway)

26. 364MRA ... Booth and Fisher assembled a collection of ten Albion Nimbuses (or should that be Nimbii) with two examples coming new to the operator. One of that pair was 364MRA a NS3N model with Willowbrook B31F bodywork which survived long enough to become SYPTE number 1057. (Sun 9/7/78, Booth & Fisher Garage, Halfway)

27. 537JTC ... Booth and Fisher acquired 537JTC, a former 1960 demonstrator Albion Nimbus NS3 Willowbrook B31F from Barrie of Balloch in 1963. (Sun 9/7/78, Booth & Fisher Garage, Halfway)

28. 9436 ... Seen at the bus stand in St. Peter Port is Albion NS3N Nimbus 9436 which was number 80 in the Guernsey Railway Company fleet and which had a Reading B35F body. (Fri 27/4/79, St. Peter Port)

29. 9437 ... Guernsey Motors 81, 9437, one of four such buses new in April 1960, was an Albion NS3N Nimbus with a Reading B35F body. (Sat 11/6/66, St Peter Port Bus Stand, Guernsey)

30. OMS243 ... OMS243 was number N10 in the Alexander Midland fleet, being an Alexander C29F bodied Albion NS3L Nimbus and was seen at Falkirk garage. It was one of ten such coaches new in 1960. (Tue 27/7/65, Falkirk)

31. OMS244 ... OMS244, an Albion Nimbus NS3L with Alexander C29F bodywork, new in 1960 to W. Alexander's as their N11. Pictured being overtaken by weeds at the rear of Doune Motors, Doune, Stirlingshire and surrounded by by a fascinating collection of derelict Albion commercials. (Fri 22/8/86, Doune Motors, Doune, Stirlingshire)

32. TUH13 ... Western Welsh 13, TUH13, a 1960 Albion Nimbus with dual purpose Harrington body. (1994, off Charlestown Road, Halifax)

33. TUH14 ... Booth & Fisher, TUH14, an Albion Nimbus NS3 built in 1960 with Harrington B30F bodywork. (August 1978, Chesterfield)

34. TUH5 ... This Harrington DP30F bodied Albion Nimbus, TUH5, was numbered 5 in the Western Welsh fleet and is seen in the garage yard at Haverfordwest. (Wed 15/8/62, Haverfordwest)

35. TUH7 ... Booth & Fisher Ltd. of Halfway operated an interesting assortment of single deckers. TUH7 was formerly Western Welsh No.7, and was an Albion Nimbus NS3N with Harrington DP30F body dating from 1960. (Mon 12/4/71, Booth & Fisher Garage, Halfway)

36. TUH7 ... Former Western Welsh 7, TUH7, was a Harrington DP30F bodied Albion Nimbus, which entered service on 1 August 1960 and was one of a batch of 24 delivered between April and October of that year. (Sun 1/6/08, Bents Park)

37. TUH7 ... A rear view of TUH7, a 1960 Albion Nimbus NS3N with Harrington DP30F body. (Sun 1/9/24, Keighley Bus Museum, Riverside, Keighley)

38. WAJ112 ... Plaxton Consort IV bodywork seeing out its last days in the yard of Doune Motors, Doune, Stirlingshire. It was WAJ112, an Albion Nimbus with Plaxton Consort IV C29C body, new to Watson of Huntington, York in 1960. (Fri 22/8/86, Doune Motors yard, Doune, Stirlingshire)

39. WKG41 ... Western Welsh 41, WKG41, a Weymann DP30F bodied Albion NS3AN Nimbus, waits for the next departure from the Coach Station at Cheltenham. (Sat 20/7/63, Cheltenham Coach Station)

40. WKG32 ... Western Welsh 32, WKG32, was one of 24 Albion Nimbus NS3AN with Weymann DP30F bodies new in May 1961. (Sat 6/9/69, Bridgend Bus Station)

41. WKG35 ... Western Welsh 35, WKG35, an Albion NS3AN Nimbus with a six-speed gearbox. It had a Weymann DP30F body, and was one of twenty-four new in May 1961. (Sat 6/9/69, Bridgend)

42. WKG41 ... Western Welsh 41, WKG41, was an Albion NS3AN Nimbus with a Weymann DP30F body and is seen in the virtually deserted coach station in Cheltenham after one of the mass departures. (Sat 20/7/63, Cheltenham Coach Station)

43. 11674 ... A rear view of Guernsey Railway Company 88, 11674, which was an Albion NS3AN Nimbus with a Reading B35F body new in January 1962 as Guernsey Motors 88, and acquired from them in October 1973. (Fri 27/4/79, St. Peter Port Bus Station)

44. 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. (August 1978, Guernsey)

45. 934NYB ... Hutchings & Cornelius, South Petherton 934NYB was an Albion NS3AN Nimbus with a Harrington B31F body, one of two new in April 1962, and was seen at the garage. (Sat 15/6/68, South Petherton Garage)

46. LHF32 ... Merseyside P.T.E. (Wallasey) 32, LHF32, an Albion Nimbus NS3N with Strachan DP31F body, new to Wallasey Corporation in 1962. (Sun 2/8/70, MPTE Wallasey Depot)

47. LHF32 ... Wallasey 32, LHF32, an Albion NS3AN Nimbus with a Strachans DP31F body, the second of four new in November/December 1962, was seen on an Omnibus Touring Circle weekend visit. (Sat 9/9/67, Wallasey)

48. LHF34 ... Merseyside PTE 34, LHF34, a Albion Nimbus NS3AN built in 1962 with Strachan DP31F bodywork. (September 1971, Liscard Road, Liscard)

49. 12727 ... Guernsey Railway Company 70, 12727, new in April 1963, was an Albion NS3AN Nimbus with a Reading B35F body. (Sat 11/6/66, St Peter Port Bus Stand, Guernsey)

50. 432RYD ... Wilson of Carnwath, 432RYD, an Albion Nimbus NS3AN built in 1963 with Harrington bodywork. (August 1978, Carnwath)

51. RJX250 ... Halifax bought a small number of Albion Nimbus chassis in 1963. All carried stylish Weymann coachwork. 250, RJX250, survived long enough to be preserved and is seen in the centre of Halifax. (2001, Westgate, Halifax)

52. RJX250 ... Former Halifax Albion Nimbus 250, RJX250, after its short career in Yorkshire, spent a number of years in Cornwall with Harveys of Mousehole to operate their service to Penzance. (1968, Penzance Station)

53. RJX250 ... Harvey, Mousehole, operated RJX250, an Albion NS3AN with Weymann 31 seat bodywork which was new to Halifax JOC as their 250 in May 1963 and withdrawn by them in 1966. (c. 1973, Mousehole)

54. RJX251 ... Former Halifax J.O.C. 251, RJX251, an Albion Nimbus NS3AN/Weymann B31F new in 1963. (1973, Booth & Fisher Garage, Halfway)

55. RJX251 ... Booth & Fisher, Halfway RJX251, was an Albion NS3AN Nimbus with a Weymann B31F body which had been new in 1963 as Halifax J.O.C. 251. (Sun 21/5/67, Sheffield Midland Station)

56. RJX252 ... Halifax Nimbus 252, RJX252 at the bus station (Thu 19/12/63, Crossfield Bus Station, Halifax)

57. RJX253 ... Former Halifax 253, RJX253, served several years with Baddeley Bros as their 87 and it lasted long enough to become the second of the batch to be owned by a PTE, with 258 having earlier joined SELNEC PTE having passed through the ownership of Warrington Corporation and Ramsbottom UDC along the way. (Sun 18/8/74, Holmfirth Bus Station)

58. RJX253 ... Baddeley Bros. had two ex-Halifax Nimbuses - formerly 253 and 256. Here 253, RJX253, is seen outside Baddeley's garage in Holmfirth as their no. 87. New in 1963, Halifax J.O.C. had sold it in 1967, having done the repaint for its new owner. It was finally broken up by a Barnsley dealer in 1975. (1973, Baddeley's Garage, Holmfirth)

59. RJX253 ... A rear view of Baddeley Bros., Holmfirth's ex-Halifax Weymann-bodied Nimbus RJX253. (1973, Baddeley's Garage, Holmfirth)

60. RJX254 ... Halifax 354, RJX254, was an Albion Nimbus NS3AN with a Weymann B31F body of 1963. (1965, Halifax Depot yard)

61. RJX255 ... Yet another ex-Halifax Nimbus - though this one did not stray just as far as the others. (Summer 1970, The Chatham Street Centre, off Pellon Lane)

62. RJX255 ... Halifax Weymann bodied Nimbuses 255, RJX255, and 251, RJX251, new in 1963. (Thu 14/5/64, parking adjacent to Crossfield Bus Station)

63. RJX256 ... Yet another ex-Halifax Nimbus, but a bit closer to home this time. 256, RJX256, was new in 1963, renumbered 356 in 1966, and then sold in February 1967 to Baddeley Bros., Holmfirth who numbered it 88. (Sun 10/3/68, Upperhead Row Bus Station, Huddersfield)

64. RJX258 ... Halifax Nimbus 258, RJX258, so far unrepresented in this Nimbus collection, which is surprising as it probably had the most interesting history of all, despite 250's longevity. 258 had what must be the unique distinction of being owned by Joint Omnibus Committee (Halifax), a municipality (Warrington), an Urban District Council (Ramsbottom) and a PTE (SELNEC and later GMPTE). (April 1970, Ramsbottom)

65. RJX258 ... Seen at Holcombe Brook near Bury on a gloomy January day in 1975 is a former Halifax Albion Nimbus, RJX258, that was with its fourth local authority owner having been operated by Halifax, Warrington and Ramsbottom before joining the PTE fleet in 1969. Alongside is a former Bury Atlantean, REN104. (Thu 16/1/75, Holcombe Brook)

66. RJX259 ... 1963 Albion Nimbus NS3AN, RJX259, with Weymann B31F body. New to Halifax JOC as their 259 it is seen here in service with Wiles, Port Seton. (early 1970s, Port Seton, East Lothian)

67. 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. (17 August 1979, St. Peter Port Bus Station, Guernsey)

68. 14626 ... Guernsey Railway 72, 14626, was an Albion NS3AN Nimbus, new in April 1964, with a Reading B35F body. (Sun 12/6/66)

69. 14627 ... Guernsey Railway Company 95, 14627, was an Albion NS3AN Nimbus with a Reading B35F body, new in April 1964 to Guernsey Motors, passing to the Guernsey Railway Company in October 1973. (Fri 27/4/79, St. Peter Port)

70. 14628 ... Guernsey Railway Company 20, 1787, was an Albion FT39AN, Victor with a Reading B36F body still in the livery of Watson, St. Martin to whom it had been new in June 1954 and from whom it had been acquired in February 1978. Alongside is Guernsey Railway Company 96, 14628, an Albion NS3AN Nimbus with a Reading B35F body new in April 1964. (Fri 27/4/79, Guernsey)

71. 14651 ... EBW112B is a Albion Nimbus / Reading B35F, originally operated by Guernsey Railway (reg. 14651), being new to them in 1964. (Sun 15/10/23, IOW Bus Museum, Ryde)

72. 16216 ... Guernsey for many years had very strict rules about vehicle size which resulted in small buses being the norm. This Albion Nimbus NS3AN has a Reading 35 seat body and dates from 1965. When new it was 75, 16216, in the Guernsey Railways fleet and was the last Guernsey Nimbus to enter service. Now preserved it carries a UK 1965 registration, JNP590C. It is seen at the Aire Valley running day (Sun 12/10/14, Coach Street Car Park, Skipton)

73. 16216 ... A rear view of Guernsey Railway 75, a 1965 Albion Nimbus with Reading bodywork showing the vintage styling of the rear. (Sun 12/10/14, Coach Street Car Park, Skipton)

74. 16216 ... Guernsey Railway Company 75, 16216, was new in May 1965 and was an Albion NS3AN Nimbus with a Reading B35F body. (Sun 12/6/66, Guernsey)