A re-bodied drawing.
Never being one to waste anything (!), I've spent a few hours of late re-working old illustrations I produced and making what I consider to be improvements.
The original to this one was a refugee from the early 1980s, and one of many which were simply black and white. Thankfully I tended to keep a photocopied original, so editing the 'blank' in this case wasn't too onerous.
The bus is one of a pair of Sentinel STC6 / Beadle buses which worked in the Newcastle under Lyme area for the Duggins 'Princess Bus Service'. Sentinel it will be recalled, stole a march on several of the mainstream British manufacturers by putting this and a smaller 4 cylinder variant (the STC4) designs of underfloor engined into service before they did. Indeed they even gave Leyland a bit of a bloody nose by stealing a reasonable order from local firm Ribble.
The Duggins duo were replaced in service by a large Plaxton bodied AEC Reliance and a smaller Plaxton bodied Albion Aberdonian. VRF 822 surviving until 1967.
A re-bodied drawing.
Never being one to waste anything (!), I've spent a few hours of late re-working old illustrations I produced and making what I consider to be improvements.
The original to this one was a refugee from the early 1980s, and one of many which were simply black and white. Thankfully I tended to keep a photocopied original, so editing the 'blank' in this case wasn't too onerous.
The bus is one of a pair of Sentinel STC6 / Beadle buses which worked in the Newcastle under Lyme area for the Duggins 'Princess Bus Service'. Sentinel it will be recalled, stole a march on several of the mainstream British manufacturers by putting this and a smaller 4 cylinder variant (the STC4) designs of underfloor engined into service before they did. Indeed they even gave Leyland a bit of a bloody nose by stealing a reasonable order from local firm Ribble.
The Duggins duo were replaced in service by a large Plaxton bodied AEC Reliance and a smaller Plaxton bodied Albion Aberdonian. VRF 822 surviving until 1967.