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AOG 638 - Birmingham

51 (AOG 638)

1935 Daimler COG5 lorry

Preserved, ex Birmingham City Transport

Wythall Transport Museum, 26 May 2025

 

Originally bus 638 with a double-deck body by the Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Works. That body was scrapped in 1947 and it was converted into a dropside lorry used for towing broken-down buses, moving shelters and other heavy equipment, and spreading grit in the winter. In this form it survived into the WMPTE era, working until 1973 and then being sold for preservation.

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Uploaded on May 27, 2025
Taken on May 26, 2025