 
British Road Services was created after the war as part of a plan to enable Britain's transport systems to function together and provide a more efficient service. Using a wide cross section of vehicles for various tasks and sizes of loads, BRS. is arguably the most significant name in Britain's road haulage history and below is Exclusive First Editions own collection of vehicles from this famous fleet. |
Other 4mm scale BRS models have been created by B-T Models/Base Toys and Oxford Diecast.
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Base Toys and B-T Models produced large numbers of BRS models, but these are not included here. Below are the EFE BRS models produced alongside their bus range and the one model by Oxford Diecast.
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 10503 BRS AEC Mammoth Major 3 Axle Box Van. 107 from Huddersfield depot. Photo courtesy of Model Bus Zone ISSUED FEBRUARY 1990 reissued in May 1991 as part of Gift Set 99903 as 10503DL-GS and as 10503A from Lincoln for EFE Collectors Club. |
 10503DLa BRS AEC Mammoth Major 3 Axle Flatbed truck. 107 from Lincoln depot. Photo courtesy of Model Bus Zone ISSUED JULY 1992. |
 11008 AEC 4 Axle Box Van BRS (BTC Ltd). From the very early days of BRS is this Boute Tillotson Box Van, 602 (GK9732) is in the green parcel service livery. Photo courtesy of Model Bus Zone ISSUED MAY 1991 |
 12804 Atkinson 8 Wheel Flatbed British Road Services. British Road Services Atkinson, 3C1321 (NRN921), was based at Preston and carries a load of three large cable drums. ISSUED APRIL 2003 |
 12804DL Atkinson 8 Wheel Flatbed BRS BLACKBURN De-luxe. These Atkinson trucks worked from Preston and Blackburn depots, mostly on long haul routes to London. Rig 3C1297 (KBV283) carries a mixed sheeted load. ISSUED DECEMBER 2005 |
 19405 Atkinson Artic Box Van BRS DOOR TO DOOR. This model features the Continental Ferry Service livery. Based at Preston, NRN920 operated primarily between Ireland and the UK. ISSUED MAY 1999 |
 19601 AEC Artic Flatbed. The first BRS release, this attractive truck carries British Road Services' lion emblem on its cab doors, a sight well known in Britain in the ‘fifties. ISSUED JUNE 1995 |
 21603 Albion Ergo Rigid Flatbed. It would be fair to say that there was at least one example of every British, (and many foreign) truck manufacturer in the BRS fleet at one time. It is no surprise then that this Albion version of the Ergomatic design of cab is featured here: AT47 (DRK238D) being an early example of the marque. ISSUED NOVEMBER 1996 |
 21701 Bedford TK Twin Axle Long Rigid Box Van. Registration PJJ618. Photo courtesy of Model Bus Zone ISSUED MAY 1996 |
 22105 AEC Ergo Articulated Box Van BRITISH ROAD FERRY SERVICES. After denationalisation various divisions of British Road Services became operated as separate companies within the National Freight Company. The Continental Ferry Service Division, therefore, became British Road Ferry Services, operating as before but changing livery. AEC Ergomatic cab number 349 (MGY540D), pulls trailer 3082V26. ISSUED JULY 2004 |
 22202 BRS Bedford TK Twin Axle Articulated Tractor Unit. EC25 (NVP301G) represents the early seventies where the new style fleetname was carried proudly in white, this time on the roof. The Bedford TK pulls trailer TEB741 loaded with two large packing crates. A point of detail is that the tail of the trailer on the majority of BRS vehicles was painted white to aid loading as seen on this model. ISSUED OCTOBER 1996 |
 22602 AEC Ergo Artic Flatbed. AM79 (PGW780E), depicts the vehicle as it would have been seen under THC control with the appropriate logo on its cab sides and complete with headboard and highly detailed grill. ISSUED MARCH 1997 |
 22603 AEC Ergo Artic Flatbed Western BRS. Western BRS fleet RL46 (UHU685N) is towing a trailer which features a new design of covered load. ISSUED AUGUST 1999 |
 22605 AEC Ergo Articulated Flatbed WESTERN BRS Western British Road Services' powerful articulated AEC Ergomatic flatbed, RH234 (GEU375N), pulls a "rope and sheeted" load. ISSUED APRIL 2010 |
 22901 Bedford TK Box Van Short Wheelbase. BRS was divided into regional groups in 1969. Southern BRS adopted a bright orange and white livery as their identlty, which included the new corporate "arrows" logo on the cab doors. VBY354M is an accurate representation which even includes the nudge bar on its cab front. ISSUED JANUARY 1997 |
 22909 Bedford TK Box Van BRS TRUCK RENTAL. This attractive Bedford TK in the distinctive BRS Truck Rental livery, JTC48P, features the early all white livery with red, white and blue branding. ISSUED JULY 2004 |
 22912 Bedford TK Box Van NORTH WESTERN BRS This North Western British Road Services Bedford TK boxvan BVM938M is seen on Contract Hire. ISSUED MARCH 2010 |
 23001 Ergo 3XL Box Van BRITISH ROAD SERVICES. This AEC Ergo in British Road Services livery operated from the Bristol depot, RA237 (FHF769D). ISSUED JUNE 1998 |
 24002 Bedford TK Box & Trailer BRS PARCELS In this distinctive yet short lived livery style, this Leicester based rig complete with container fleet number details and depot phone numbers, was used on trunk services. P59E231 (ERY231L) tows a drawbar trailer. ISSUED JANUARY 1998 |
 26001 AEC Ergo 4 axle Flatbed BRS In the very attractive livery of red, black and silver, DB43 (HUB316E) from Leeds depot is loaded with wooden crates and cable drums. ISSUED OCTOBER 1998 |
 27001 Bedford TK Transporter. BRITISH ROAD SERVICES. British Road Services operated many car transporters delivering cars for the various British car manufactures. They tried to match the tractor unit to the vehicles they were delivering, and hence our Bedford TK Fleet number FFB4 9JBC320D) based at Dunstable was used for Vauxhall deliveries. ISSUED DECEMBER 1999 |
 30901 AEC MKIII Flatbed & Trailer BRITISH ROAD SERVICES. The second release of the modified AEC Mk III casting depicts British Road Services Lorry & Trailer number 42D107 (EVH23), from the Huddersfield Depot, carries a crated Chureh organ as a back load from Huddersfield to the docks for shipping to its final destination, Cape Town. ISSUED MAY 2005 |
 31202 ERF KV 4 Axle Flatbed BRS WIGAN. In a fleet dominated by AEC, Leyland, Bedford and Bristol it was good to see a few ERF trucks in the British Road Services livery. Based at the Wigan depot, IC259 (OED94) carries a sheeted load. ISSUED MAY 2010 |
 34402 AEC MkV 4 Axle Flatbed BRITISH ROAD SERVICES. BRS was a big user of AEC trucks as can be seen in this MKV flatbed. Working from the Mitcheldean depot, GP82 (OSD32) would have been used to transport a wide variety of loads. ISSUED SEPTEMBER 2008 |
 35001 AEC Mandator Artic Flatbed BRITISH ROAD SERVICES. This heavy duty AEC Mandator represents one of several operated by British Road Services: CB52 (HDM245C). ISSUED JANUARY 2009 |
 38801 BRS Derbyshire Group AEC Mammoth Major Mark III 3 Axle Dropside Lorry. 66E233 (ORA839). Photo courtesy of Model Bus Zone ISSUED MARCH 2014 |
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