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Post by Oracle on Nov 30, 2008 21:11:37 GMT
This is a photo of one of the oddest buses ever built..why on earth they chose a Thames Trader truck chassis I have no idea, though Thames did provide chassis for coaches. I include this here as they are tunnel buses!  www.countrybus.org.uk/TT/TT.htm |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2008 21:16:21 GMT
Looks very much like the trucks that used to haul freight for the British Road Services!
Very good picture!
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Post by ruislip on Nov 30, 2008 22:32:19 GMT
Could they have used these elsewhere on LT's bus network, albeit configured as "regular" buses?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 1, 2008 0:11:47 GMT
They were definitely the Dartford Tunnel buses for cycles. They were based at Dartford (DT) Country Bus garage, although I have a feeling they weren't actually LT's?
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Post by 21146 on Dec 1, 2008 1:06:26 GMT
TT1-5 and I believe there is one survivor somewhere
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Post by Colin on Dec 1, 2008 1:24:44 GMT
Both the last two posts are covered in the link provided by Oracle;
They were indeed operated by Dartford garage, but owned by the 'Dartford Tunnel joint committee'; and: "TT4 was reported bought for preservation by Leon Daniels, but I don't know what became of it".
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Post by Oracle on Dec 1, 2008 8:47:03 GMT
These were Langley-built chassis, but they were 16' 4" tall? That's very route-restrictive. However they clearly got to Dartford somehow without crashing into bridges!
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Post by Colin on Dec 1, 2008 11:00:58 GMT
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Post by ducatisti on Dec 11, 2008 16:39:27 GMT
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