SCT '61 Photo Index
Midland General
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1. 265HNU
Trent/Midland General 265HNU, a Bristol MW6G with ECW DP43F body, new to Midland General as 267. Behind is Trent 687, 526 VRB, a Bristol FLF6B with ECW H38/32F body, new in 1962 as Mansfield District 511.
Photo taken April 1973, Midland General/Mansfield District depot, Mansfield
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Midland General
Photo taken Sunday 16 June 2013, Peak Rail Rally
3. ERA914
Malta Y-0647, an A E C Regal I built 1938, rebodied by Debono, in Malta, B40F in 1960. This had been new as Midland General 126,ERA914, with Weymann DP35F bodywork and seems to have arrived in Malta ca 1955.
Photo taken ca 1993?, Valletta bus station
4. FRB714
Midland General single decker 149, FRB714, in Market Place, Heanor under the wires of Notts and Derby Traction's Nottingham to Ripley route. 149 was a Leyland TS8 with Weymann DP35F body, new in 1939 and clocked up a very creditable twenty years service, being withdrawn in 1959.
Photo taken March 1951, Heanor Market Place
5. HRA417
Midland General HRA417, new in 1942, a Leyland TD7 with Leyland H30/26R body with a Barton Leyland TD5 in the background.
Photo taken 1946, Mount Street, Nottingham
6. JNU680
Midland General JNU680, a Guy Arab II with Roe 55 seat body, originally fleet number 205 renumbered 405, rebodied by ECW in 1955 and renumbered 102 then 324 in 1966.
Photo taken Friday 29 June 1962, Celanese Car Park, Spondon, Derby
7. JNU684
Seen here as Midland General 106, JNU684 was a Guy Arab II (6LW) which had been new in 1946 as number 209, with a Roe L27/28R body.
Photo taken Sunday 12 July 1964, Langley Mill Garage
8. JRB127
A fine line up of Midland General vehicles, AEC & Leyland, with on the left 41, JRB127, an AEC Regal with Duple DP35F body new in late 1946.
Photo taken early 1950s, Bakewell Show, Derbyshire
9. KRB71
Midland General Omnibus Co 121, KRB71, an AEC Regent II with Weymann H56R bodywork, new 1947.
Photo taken Sunday 12 July 1964, Underwood Depot
10. KRB71
Midland General 121, KRB71, was the first of fifteen A.E.C. Regent IIs new in 1947. It had a Weymann H30/26R body along with the next nine, whilst the last five had L27/26R bodies also by Weymann.
Photo taken Saturday 6 October 1962, Mount Street, Nottingham
11. KRB71
Midland General 121, KRB71, was the first of ten A.E.C. O661 Regent IIs with Weymann H30/26R bodies new in 1947.
Photo taken Sunday 12 July 1964, Underwood
12. KRB80
Midland General 168, KRB80, was one of fifteen A.E.C. Regent IIs new in 1947. It had a Weymann H30/26R body along with the previous nine, whilst the last five, KRB 81-85, had L27/26R bodies also by Weymann.
Photo taken Saturday 6 October 1962, Mount Street, Nottingham
13. KRB86
Midland General Omnibus Co 200, KRB86, a Leyland PS1 with Saunders B35F bodywork, new 1948
Photo taken Sunday 12 July 1964, Langley Mill Garage
14. KRB86
Seen at Langley Mill Garage is Midland General 200, KRB86, which was the first of twenty-five Leyland PS1/1s with Saunders DP bodies new in 1948.
Photo taken Sunday 12 July 1964, Langley Mill Garage
15. KRB88
Midland General 202, KRB88, was a Leyland PS1/1 with a Saunders DP32F body which was seen in the Chorlton Street coach park in Manchester which backed on to Portland Street in the background, the building on the left still being in existence.
Photo taken Saturday 31 May 1958, Chorlton Street Coach Park, Manchester
16. KRB89
Seen in Matlock Bus Station on a wet day with the remains of the snow still visible was Midland General 203, KRB89, a Saunders DP35F bodied Leyland PS1/1 Tiger built in 1948.
Photo taken Saturday 20 February 1960, Matlock Bus Station
17. KRB92
Seen at Langley Mill Garage is Midland General 206, KRB92, a Leyland PS1/1 with a Saunders DP32F body which was one of twenty-five new in 1948, with a mixture of DP32F and DP35F bodies.
Photo taken Sunday 12 July 1964, Langley Mill Garage
18. MRB29
Midland General 27, MRB29, an A.E.C. 9612E Regent III with a Weymann H30/26R body, new in November 1948, is seen in Broad Marsh Bus Station in Nottingham.
Photo taken Saturday 6 October 1962, Broad Marsh Bus Station, Nottingham
19. MRB33
Midland General 88, MRB33, seen at the Langley Mill Garage, was an A.E.C. 9612E Regent III with a Weymann H30/26R body, one of fifteen new in 1948 (MRB 29-43, numbered 27, 28, 86-91, 108, 109, 116-120).
Photo taken Sunday 12 July 1964, Langley Mill Garage
20. MRB36
Midland General 91, MRB36, an A.E.C. 9612E Regent III with a Weymann H30/26R body is seen in Broad Marsh Bus Station in Nottingham.
Photo taken Saturday 27 March 1965, Broad Marsh Bus Station, Nottingham
21. KRR255
Preserved Midland General 175, KRR255, an AEC Regal III with Weymann DP35F body, new in 1949 to Mansfield District.
Photo taken Sunday 27 May 2012, Newark Showground
22. KRR255
Midland General were owned prior to 1948 by the Balfour-Beaty Group and one of the vehicles bought by them prior to coming under BTC (later THC) ownership was this AEC Regal III with Weymann body dating from 1949, 175, KRR255.
Photo taken Sunday 21 June 2009, Chatsworth
23. KRR626
Midland General 178, KRR266, seen at the Mansfield Garage, was an A.E.C. 9621E Regal III with a Weymann DP35F body which had been new in 1949 as Mansfield District 20.
Photo taken Sunday 12 July 1964, Mansfield Garage
24. ONU635
Midland General 426, ONU635, an AEC Regent III with Weymann L27/26R body seen on a wet day in Chesterfield Bus Station.
Photo taken Saturday 24 August 1963, Chesterfield Bus Station
25. ONU636
Seen at the Mansfield Garage is Midland General 427, ONU636, which was one of ten A.E.C. 9612E Regent IIIs with Weymann L27/26R bodies new in 1950.
Photo taken Sunday 12 July 1964, Mansfield Garage
26. VRB522
Midland General 436, VRB522, a Bristol LD6G new in 1955 with an ECW H33/25RD body is seen here in Chesterfield Bus Station.
Photo taken Tuesday 29 September 1959, Chesterfield Bus Station
27. VRB524
Midland General 438, VRB524, was a Bristol LD6G with an Eastern Coachworks H33/25RD body, new in 1955 and seen in Huntingdon Street Bus Station, Nottingham.
Photo taken Sunday 25 August 1963, Huntingdon Street Bus Station, Nottingham
28. XNU419
Midland General 238, XNU419, was a Bristol LS6G with an Eastern Coachworks DP43F body, one of ten new in 1955.
Photo taken Sunday 12 July 1964, Langley Mill Garage
29. XNU421
Midland General 240, XNU421, seen at Langley Mill Garage, was a Bristol LS6G with an Eastern Coachworks DP43F body, one of ten new in 1955.
Photo taken Sunday 12 July 1964, Langley Mill Garage
30. XNU424
West Riding 401, XNU424, was an ex-Midland General Bristol Lodekka LD6G/ECW from 1955. This was one of the first of many ex-NBC Lodekkas transferred to West Riding to cover the early demise of the Wulfrunian, but 401 was withdrawn in 1971.
Photo taken 1969, Leeds Central Bus Station
31. XNU426
West Riding 403, XNU426, a 1955 Bristol Lodekka LD6G with original long radiator bought in 1969 from Midland General to replace Guy Wulrunians.
Photo taken 1969, Leeds Central Bus Station
32. 956ARA
Twelve Bristol LS6Gs with Eastern Coachworks DP43F bodies were delivered to Midland General in 1956 and the first of them 242, 956ARA, which had been converted to B43F in 1968, is seen at the Mansfield garage.
Photo taken Sunday 17 August 1969, Mansfield Garage
33. 962ARA
Midland General 248, 962ARA, seen in Matlock Bus Station was a Bristol LS6G with an Eastern Coach Works DP43F body new in 1956. It was later reseated to B43F in 1968 and, after withdrawal in 1970, became Thames Valley 156 in November 1970.
Photo taken Saturday 20 February 1960, Matlock Bus Station
34. 966ARA
Seen at the Mansfield Garage is Midland General 252, 966ARA, which was a Bristol LS6G with an Eastern Coachworks DP43F body new in 1956.
Photo taken Sunday 12 July 1964, Mansfield Garage
35. 969ARA
This Bristol LD6G had formerly been Midland General 450, 969ARA. It is seen here in August 1973 in use as a mobile outside broadcast studio by CH1N Radio which is a radio station based in Toronto, Canada.
Photo taken Monday 27 August 1973, Canada
36. 976ARA
West Riding 461, 976ARA, was ex-Midland General 457, a Wulfrunian replacement Bristol LD6G from 1956.
Photo taken 1971, Wakefield Bus Station
37. 11DRB
West Riding 418, 11DRB, was one of the Lodekkas brought in to help replace the Wulfrunians and is seen outside Savile Street depot in Wakefield in June 1972. It had originally been 462 in the Midland General fleet and was a Bristol Lodekka LD6G with ECW H33/25RD body featuring power doors instead of the more familiar manual ones.
Photo taken Tuesday 13 June 1972, outside Savile Street Garage, Wakefield
38. 9DRB
Midland General received five Bristol LD6Gs with Eastern Coachworks H33/25RD bodies in 1957. All passed to West Riding in 1970 and 9DRB which had become West Riding 414 is seen in the parking area at the side of Saville Street garage in Wakefield.
Photo taken Tuesday 18 April 1972, Saville Street Garage, Wakefield
39. 9DRB
Midland General received five Bristol LD6Gs with Eastern Coachworks H33/25RD bodies in 1957. All passed to West Riding in 1970 and 9DRB which had become West Riding 414 is seen in the parking area at the side of Saville Street garage in Wakefield.
Photo taken Tuesday 18 April 1972, Saville Street Garage, Wakefield
40. 261HNU
261HNU was new in 1958 as Midland General 476. It was a Bristol LD6G with an Eastern Coachworks H33/25RD body and is seen at the garage in Mansfield.
Photo taken Sunday 17 August 1969, Mansfield Garage
41. 26DRB
Midland General 257, 26DRB, seen at the Langley Mill Garage, was a Bristol MW6G with an Eastern Coachworks DP43F body, one of ten new in 1958.
Photo taken Sunday 12 July 1964, Langley Mill Garage
42. 262HNU
Midland General/Mansfield District 264, 262HNU, a Bristol MW6G with E.C.W. DP41F body.
Photo taken Saturday 19 September 1970, Lawn Motor Park, Skegness
43. 264HNU
The Crich Tramway Museum was increasing the number of visitors by 1968, causing jams on the surrounding country roads. A policeman directs visitors to the entrance holding up Midland General 266, 264HNU, at Crich Town End on the service between Alfreton and Matlock. This Bristol MW6G carried both Mansfield District and Midland General fleet names. Crich Parish Church is in the background.
Photo taken April 1968, Crich Town End
44. 518JRA
Matlock Bus Station where Midland General met North Western, witness this immaculate Lodekka 518JRA on the E3 service with the BET owned North Western LDB739, AEC Reliance with Weymann DP43F, by now converted to pay as you enter.
Photo taken Saturday 2 September 1967, Matlock Bus Station
45. 518JRA
Midland General 480, 518JRA, was a Bristol LD6G with an Eastern Coachworks H33/25RD body new in 1959, and was seen in Chesterfield Bus Station.
Photo taken Sunday 14 August 1966, Chesterfield Bus Station
46. 526JRA
Midland General 488, 526JRA, a Bristol Lodekka LD6G with ECW H33/25RD body, new in 1959.
Photo taken 1972, Midland General Langley Mill Depot
47. 527JRA
Midland General 489, 527JRA, seen at the Langley Mill Garage. was a Bristol LD6G with an Eastern Coachworks H33/25RD body, new in 1959.
Photo taken Sunday 12 July 1964, Langley Mill Garage
48. 914MRB
Midland General 499, 914MRB, a Bristol FS6G with ECW H60RD body, new 1960.
Photo taken c.1963, Derby Bus Station
49. 441SNU
Seen at Underwood is Midland General 501, 441SNU, a Bristol FSF6G with an Eastern Coachworks H34/26F body, one of five new in 1961.
Photo taken Sunday 12 July 1964, Underwood
50. 442SNU
Midland General 502, 442SNU, a 1961 Bristol FSF6G wearing the then new NBC poppy red livery in Nottingham. The use of a full three aperture blind was the exception rather than the rule in most fleets by the time this photograph was taken.
Photo taken Wednesday 17 May 1972, Mount Street Bus Station, Nottingham
51. 51JAL
Midland General Omnibus Co. (left to right) 53/57/56/59/51JAL, Bristol FSF6Gs with E.C.W. H34/26F bodies. From a batch of ten (51-60 JAL) new to Mansfield District in 1961, they passed to Midland General in 1968 in exchange for an equal number of FSs.
Photo taken July 1972, Midland General's Alfreton Depot
52. 911MRB
911MRB, new in 1961, was a Bristol FS6G with an Eastern Coachworks H33/27RD body, and was Midland General 496, seen in Mount Street, Nottingham.
Photo taken Sunday 12 July 1964, Mount Street, Nottingham
53. 446SNU
On the left, Trent 682, 446SNU, a Bristol Lodekka FSF6G with ECW H34/26F body, new in 1962 as Midland General 506: on the right, Mansfield District 325, FRB214H, a Bristol VRT/SL6G with ECW H39/31F body, new in 1970.
Photo taken April 1973, Mansfield Station Forecourt
54. 528VRB
528VRB, a Bristol FLF6B with an Eastern Coachworks H38/32F body was new in 1962 as Midland General 513, seen in Mount Street, Nottingham.
Photo taken Sunday 12 July 1964, Mount Street, Nottingham
55. 529VRB
Midland General 514, 529VRB, a 1962 Britol FLF6B gleams in the sun at Crich Tramway Museum.
Photo taken August 1987, Crich Tramway Museum
56. 534VRB
Ex Midland General 519, 534VRB, a Bristol FLF6B with ECW body new in 1962
Photo taken Saturday 30 August 2003, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
57. 1378R
Midland General 281, 1378R, a Bristol MW6G with an Eastern Coachworks C39F body, was the first of six new in 1963.
Photo taken Sunday 12 July 1964, Langley Mill Garage
58. 1383R
Midland General 133, 132 & 131, 370RNN, 1383R & 1382R, Bristol MW6Gs with ECW C39F bodies new in 1963.
Photo taken April 1973, Midland General/Mansfield District depot, Sutton Road, Mansfield
59. 449SNU
Former Midland General 509, 449SNU, was an FSF6G, one of many Bristol Lodekkas which found their way overseas in the 1980s.
Photo taken Tuesday 26 September 1989, Powell Street, San Francisco, USA
60. 1386R
Midland General 32. 1386R, was the last of three Bristol RELH6Gs with Eastern Coachworks C51F bodies which were new in 1964.
Photo taken Sunday 12 July 1964, Langley Mill Garage
61. 1392R
1392R was Midland General 631, and was a Bristol FLF6B with an Eastern Coachworks H38/32F body new in 1964, seen at Mount Street Bus Station, Nottingham.
Photo taken Sunday 12 July 1964, Mount Street Bus Station, Nottingham
62. BRB493B
Premier Services, Stainforth, BRB493B, a Bristol Lodekka FLF6G built in 1964 with ECW H38/32F bodywork. This had been new as Midland General 634.
Photo taken late 1970s, Premier Services depot, Stainforth.
63. DNU13C
Midland General 140, DNU13C, and 136, BNN102C, Bristol MW6Gs with ECW DP43F bodies, new in 1965.
Photo taken April 1973, Midland General/Mansfield District depot, Sutton Road, Mansfield
64. DNU20C
Midland General 296, DNU20C, a 1965 Bristol MW6G with ECW dual purpose bodywork The attractive Midland General blue and cream livery is carried.
Photo taken Sunday 14 September 2008, Meadowhall, Sheffield
65. DNU20C
Midland General 296, DNU20C, a Bristol MW6G with ECW dual purpose bodywork new in 1965
Photo taken Sunday 18 July 2010, Beaumanor Hall
66. DNU20C
DNU20C Bristol MW6G / ECW new to Mansfield & District Traction in 1965 and now carrying the classic MGO livery. recently repainted by Lynn Pestall the owner.
Photo taken Sunday 2 July 2017, Ecclesbourne Valley Railway Wirksworth, Classic Bus Rally
67. JNU989D
United AS 106, JNU989D, a Bristol Lodekka FLF6G built in 1966 with ECW H38/32F bodywork.
Photo taken early 1980s, Cleveland Centre, Middlesbrough
68. SRB76F
Trent 735, SRB76F, was new as Midland General 678 in October 1967. It was a Bristol Lodekka FLF6G (LX) with 4-speed semi-automatic transmission and ECW H38/32F bodywork.
Photo taken 1979, Edward Street, Leeds
69. BNU673G
Trent 401, BNU673G, is a Bristol LH6L with ECW B45F bodywork delivered new to Midland General. Seen at the bus stop at the junction of Plaistow Green Road and Cromford Road close to the entrance to Crich Tramway Museum on the occasion of the 1977 Grand Transport Extravaganza.
Photo taken Monday 29 August 1977, Plaistow Green Road, Crich, Derbyshire
70. TRB576F
Former Midland General 309, TRB576F, is a Bristol FLF6G with an ECW H38/32F body, dating from 1968.
Photo taken Sunday 27 August 1995, Kilnsey Show, near Skipton
71. TRB576F
One time Midland General semi-automatic Bristol FLF 309, TRB576F, spent over 30 years as a mobile pizza parlour in the north of England before moving across the water to Dublin in 2014. Now owned by Bryce Odgers and trading as the ‘Eco Bus Café’, it provided me with a welcome place for a food break and reminded me of student days during the late 1970s in Nottingham, where it was a regular sight.
Photo taken Saturday 26 September 2015, Second Dublin Port Rally
72. YNU351G
Midland General 313, YNU351G, a 1968 Bristol FLF6G in Midland Generals non-THC standard blue livery.
Photo taken Sunday 11 September 2005
73. YNU351G
Midland General YNU351G, new to MGO in September 1968 and withdrawn in August 1979, sold to Arthur Webb in September 1997 and still owned today by Arthur.
Photo taken Saturday 8 September 2018, Awsworth Bypass
74. BNU674G
Hampson, Oswestry, BNU674G, a Bristol LH6L built in 1969 with ECW B41F bodywork. Loading on the Oswestry Town Service, it was former Midland General 112.
Photo taken late 1970s?, Salop Road, Oswestry
75. BNU679G
Midland General 315, BNU679G, a 1969 Bristol VRTSL with ECW body, seen in service with British Rail Engineering. It has been preserved.
Photo taken 1989, Leeds City Station
76. DRB308H
Midland General 319, DRB308H, a Bristol VRT/SL6G with ECW H39/31F body, new in 1969.
Photo taken 1972, Underwood, Nottinghamshire
77. ERB343H
West Yorkshire RC 2101, ERB343H, a Bedford VAM70 built in 1970 with Duple Viceroy C41F bodywork.
Photo taken May 1979, Exhibition Square, York
78. FRB208H
Midland General became part of Trent in the NBC reorganisations of the early seventies. Seen wearing poppy red is 146, FRB208H, a 1970 Bristol RE with a late example of ECW dual door bodywork.
Photo taken 2000, Meadowhall, Sheffield
79. FRB208H
Delivered new to Midland General as their 146, FRB208H, in 1970 this Bristol RELL6G became 365 in the Trent fleet when that company absorbed Midland General in 1977.
Photo taken Sunday 19 June 2011, Rowsley
80. FRB209H
Trent/Midland General 357, FRB209H, a Bristoll RELL6G with ECW B44D body, new to Midland General as 147.
81. FRB211H
FRB211H is a Bristol VRT/SL2 with Gardner 6LX 10.45 litre diesel engine new in 1970 to Midland General. It has a semi-automatic gearbox and ECW body with 70 seats.
Photo taken Monday 26 August 2013, Wythall Transport Museum
82. FRB211H
From left to right, Midland General 761, FRB211H, a Bristol VRT/SL6G with ECW H39/31F body, new in 1970 as 322, then Trent 665, 569ERR, a Bristol Lodekka FS6G with ECW H33/27RD body, new to Mansfield District in 1961 as 533, and similar Mansfield District 8526 & 8531 (562ERR & 567ERR).
Photo taken March 1973, Mansfield District/Midland General Garage, Sutton Road, Mansfield
83. JRB770J
JRB770J was a Bristol LH6L with Eastern Coachworks B45F body, new in 1970. It was numbered 119 in the Midland General fleet but was in the joint Mansfield District/Midland General cream and black fleet livery that had been introduced in 1966.
Photo taken October 1970, Eastern Way, Lowestoft
84. LNU344J
West Yorkshire RC 2103, LNU344J, a Bedford YRQ built in 1971 with Plaxton Panorama Elite II C41F bodywork.
Photo taken December 1979, Museum Street, York
85. XRB416L
Midland General 416, XRB416L, a Leyland National 1151/2R B44D, new in 1972.
Photo taken March 1973, Alfreton Bus Station