CARRUTHERS OF NEW ABBEY 1 DRN249
DRN249 was an all-Leyland Titan PD2/3 L27/26RD new as Ribble Motor Services fleet number 1309 in October 1950. On disposal in June 1964 it was purchased by Jimmy Carruthers of New Abbey. It is positively gleaming in this view taken at Dumfries Whitesands. The firm had an office opposite at number 30 Whitesands. The business later passed to WL &W Peacock (Truck Services) Ltd, based at Locharbriggs.
Of interest was that Carruthers began to carry mail for the GPO during the war, and this continued until 1966, after which the Post Office carried the mail in the mornings and Carruthers did so in the afternoon.
The company's vehicles originally wore a blue colour scheme, but this was changed in 1929 to the unusual brown and yellow that is associated with the fleet. This was chosen after a Minerva bus was borrowed from the manufacturers which wore this colour combination.
CARRUTHERS OF NEW ABBEY 1 DRN249
DRN249 was an all-Leyland Titan PD2/3 L27/26RD new as Ribble Motor Services fleet number 1309 in October 1950. On disposal in June 1964 it was purchased by Jimmy Carruthers of New Abbey. It is positively gleaming in this view taken at Dumfries Whitesands. The firm had an office opposite at number 30 Whitesands. The business later passed to WL &W Peacock (Truck Services) Ltd, based at Locharbriggs.
Of interest was that Carruthers began to carry mail for the GPO during the war, and this continued until 1966, after which the Post Office carried the mail in the mornings and Carruthers did so in the afternoon.
The company's vehicles originally wore a blue colour scheme, but this was changed in 1929 to the unusual brown and yellow that is associated with the fleet. This was chosen after a Minerva bus was borrowed from the manufacturers which wore this colour combination.