Tyne & Wear PTE 905 (JBR105F) - Circa 1974
In 1966, a large scale modernisation of the Sunderland municipal bus fleet commenced with the acquisition of several batches of rear-engine single deck vehicles built to the distinctive and stylish design specifications of the Corporation's General Manager, Mr Norman Morton, featuring dual-doors and sloping window pillars. The Leyland Panther with Strachan bodywork was the most numerous type purchased, but the Corporation also bought smaller batches of other types - i.e. AEC Swifts, Daimler Roadliners and Bristol RELLs.
Here we see Tyne and Wear PTE's Metro Cammell bodied Bristol RELL6G, 905 (JBR105F), one of a batch of ten originally new to Sunderland Corporation Transport in 1968, pictured at Fulwell depot in 1974. This vehicle was originally number 105 in the Sunderland municipal fleet, becoming Tyne & Wear PTE's number 905 in 1974 and renumbered once again in 1977 as 1905. Withdrawals of the type commenced in 1977 with the last two leaving the PTE fleet during 1979, but a number of them saw several years further service in Lancashire after being sold on to Burnley & Pendle Transport.
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Tyne & Wear PTE 905 (JBR105F) - Circa 1974
In 1966, a large scale modernisation of the Sunderland municipal bus fleet commenced with the acquisition of several batches of rear-engine single deck vehicles built to the distinctive and stylish design specifications of the Corporation's General Manager, Mr Norman Morton, featuring dual-doors and sloping window pillars. The Leyland Panther with Strachan bodywork was the most numerous type purchased, but the Corporation also bought smaller batches of other types - i.e. AEC Swifts, Daimler Roadliners and Bristol RELLs.
Here we see Tyne and Wear PTE's Metro Cammell bodied Bristol RELL6G, 905 (JBR105F), one of a batch of ten originally new to Sunderland Corporation Transport in 1968, pictured at Fulwell depot in 1974. This vehicle was originally number 105 in the Sunderland municipal fleet, becoming Tyne & Wear PTE's number 905 in 1974 and renumbered once again in 1977 as 1905. Withdrawals of the type commenced in 1977 with the last two leaving the PTE fleet during 1979, but a number of them saw several years further service in Lancashire after being sold on to Burnley & Pendle Transport.
Copyright Peter Barclay/Peter Barclay Collection