THE SHOWBUS UK MIDLANDS BUS IMAGE GALLERY
South Midland Motor Services
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 Duple bodied Bedford VAM14 C413 (GRX413D) was seen at dusk in an unknown location.
Picture ref H855 |
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 At least ten years old at the time, this Weymann bodied AEC Reliance, 618 (AJO618C) was working the London - Oxford express from Gloucester Green. Definitely not in the same league as the Bristol coaches. It had been repainted in South Midland livery but still kept its dual purpose bus seats. In 1972 one of these presented itself for a journey from Slough to Worcester. Fortunately it was unwell by the time we reached Oxford and we pulled into the small South Midland Botley Road depot and had no other option but to swap it for one of the luxury Plaxton Elite bodied Bristol RELH coaches reserved for the 1972 tour programme. What a contrast!
Picture ref H858 |
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 One of the newer dual purpose Marshall bodied Relainces, 55 (TJO55K), is seen at Cowley Road depot in the company of a visiting Bristol Omnibus ECW bodied Bristol MW6G coach.
Picture ref H866 |
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 The last new coaches for the London service in South Midland colours were a trio of the new look ECW body on Bristol RELH6G chassis of which this is the last of the last, 73 (GBW73L) believed to be seen in Maidenhead. Subsequent deliveries were impressive ECW coach seated doubledeckers in NBC dual purpose livery.
Picture ref H862 |
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