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Here is another ex Edinburgh vehicle working for a living in another city.
Edinburgh tram 35 was built in 1948 and withdrawn and preserved with the closure of the system in 1956. It used to live in the old Edinburgh Corporation Transport Museum in Shrubhill. I spent many happy hours in the museum as a child. As I recall, there was a horse bus, a road roller, this tram, and a comprehensive collection of photographs. I remember setting the screens on the tram, playing with the various mysterious pedals and handles, and flipping the seat backs so they all faced the other way. There were lots of other small objects but I can't remember what they were. All this was dispersed when the museum itself became a thing of the past, many years ago now.
You can see a picture of the tram in a musum here. Althugh the caption states this is Shrubhill, the building that I remember it being in was substanially larger. I do, however, have a very faint memory of seeing a preserved Edingburgh tram in a building on East London Street, and I wonder if this is it.
The closure of the museum was, however, a blessing for car 35. Dusted off and generally fettled, in 1988 she was transported to Glasgow where she operated in the company of other preserved trams as a passenger-carrying attraction during the Glasgow Garden Festival, in which guise she is seen here. So far as I can recall, this would be the only time that any Edinburgh tram operated in Glasgow.
This all went down so well that 35 then spent some time working in Blackpool before going to the National Tramway Museum in Crich, where she can be seen to this day.
Photographed at the 2010 International Route 66 Mother Road Festival in Springfield, Illinois on September 24-26, 2010.
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My custom repaint of the Movie Transformers Decepticon Wreckage. Although he never appeared in the film, just concept art, he is probably my favorite figure in the movie line. It's all about those arm-mounted switchblade swords!
Head-to-toe repaint, I filled in all the gaps and holes, airbrushed him in greys, then drybrushed in light grey and white highlights, then went back in with artist pastels for shading. His original color is white, with grey camo stripes, and red swords. I wanted to keep the "wintery" color scheme, but a little more realistic looking.
Vehicles new to the fleet of Shelton-Orsborn of Wollaston, Northamptonshire traditionally carried the '310' digits in their registration number.
C310 MRP continues the trend. It is a DAF MB230DKVL615 with Van Hool Alizee coachwork and new in September 1985 as fleetnumber 88.
It is seen at the 1986 British Coach Rally in Brighton.
The car that truly put Bentley on the map, and for their first product that's really an achievement. The Bentley 3-Litre has become one of the most desirable cars from the early days of motoring, up their with its rivals such as the Rolls Royce Silver Ghost and contemporary Bugatti's.
The Bentley company was the brainchild of Walter Owen Bentley and his brother Horace Millner Bentley, two men who had had a long history in the motor industry by selling early French DFP cars prior to World War I. It was on a visit to the DFP factory in 1913 that W.O. noticed an aluminium paperweight, and had the inspired idea of using the lightweight metal instead of cast iron to make engine pistons. The first Bentley aluminium pistons went into service in aero engines for the Sopwith Camel during World War I. In August 1919, Bentley Motors Ltd. was registered, and a chassis with dummy engine was exhibited at the London Motor Show in October of that year.
The Bentley 3-Litre, as its name implies, consisted of a 3.0L 2,996cc Straight-4 engine, but modified to make it one of the most endearing and innovative powerplants of the era. It was the first production car in the world to sport 4 valves per cylinder, and was also the first to be fitted with an overhead camshaft. The bevel-geared shaft drive for the camshaft was designed by ex-Royal Flying Corps engineer Clive Gallop. The engine was also among the first with two spark plugs per cylinder, pent-roof combustion chambers, and twin carburetters. It was extremely undersquare, optimized for low-end torque, with a bore of 3.1in and a stroke of 5.9in. To increase durability, the iron engine block and cylinder head were cast as a single unit. The result was a power output of 70hp and a top speed of 80mph. Of course such an innovative engine couldn't just be for the civilian market, and thus a modified Speed model was created with a top speed of 90mph, and a later Super Sports version that could do a mind-blowing 100mph!
Design of the car itself was contemporary at best, with Bentley providing the chassis and drivetrain, but leaving it up to customers to choose which coachwork would be placed onto the car. Standard coachwork was usually given to Vanden Plas, but Touring cars were often made with unique coachwork. Three variants of the 3-Litre were made available, the Green, Blue and Red label. The Blue label was the standard model with a wheelbase of 117.5 inches, Red label was fitted with a 5:3:1 high compression engine and available after 1924, and the Green label was given a high performance 6:3:1 compression ratio and a short 108 inch wheelbase for a top speed of 100mph, again only available from 1924.
The 3-Litre remained in production until 1929, being replaced by the 4 1⁄2 Litre after 1,622 examples were built. The oldest surviving production Bentley is 3 Litre chassis number 3. The first Bentley sold, it was delivered to its original owner in 1921. Bodied by UK coachbuilder R. Harrison & Son, chassis number 3 has engine number 4 and UK registration AX 3827. In 2011 it sold at auction for $962,500 including buyer's premium.
East Holmes #6, 2007 IC CE 300 @ East Holmes Local School District - Holmes County, Bus Yard Berlin, OH.
Bus Éireann (Cork) DAF SB220 / Alexander Setanta AD 21 (94-D-3021) in Skibbereen Depot, Cork 16th June 2009.
Mil-8 Hip, operated by the Croatian Air Force, seen departing Payerne. The helicopter was on static display but was also the support aircraft for the Croatian Wings of Storm team who were present at AIR14.
Canon 7D
Canon 100-400 L
Two vehicles in the varied fleet of Stevenson, Uttoxeter, seen in the depot at Spath are:
On the left, CTT 423C is an AEC Reliance 2U3RA with Duple Northern Continental coachwork. It had been new to Trathens, Yelverton in 1965.
On the right, 6306 W is an early Leyland Leopard L1 with Weymann bodywork, formerly with Sheffield Transport.
S 602 E SSX 602V......seen here in Saline,Fife.
Taking part in the Bus Running Day at the SVBM Lathalmond,Fife.
Generation Travel - Mercedes Benz O510 Tourino - V222 GEN is seen here at Middlesbrough, Vulcan Street participating in the 500 Group's Annual Teesside Running Day on April 24th 2016.
This bus was previously registered as BX06UMZ.
The last hour of daylight on the last day of the Woodhead route. Diesels scavenge for traffic. July 1981.
Photographed at the Cool Cruisers Car Club Steak-N-Shake Cruise-In in Springfield, Illinois on September 17, 2011.
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Such a grey, dull day. But had to get Mwtw out so went along the coastal path at Bettisfield. One look at that mud and she was back on the leash......
Photographed at the Lincoln Land Community College MotorSports Club Car/Truck/Motorcycle Show in Springfield, Illinois on July 9, 2011.
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Another view at the same location and probably the same vehicle which is Selnec 2065 LNA 265G, a Park Royal bodied Fleetline Mancunian originally delivered to Manchester. The mill and containers from the Geoffrey Reyners yard have now gone and replaced with a large new housing estate.
Before the bypass was built a young 8860Brian went to Littlemoss Secondary School which was fairly close to this location. In early years it would be by bike but in later years the journey inward would be via the Maynes to St Stephens and a walk along the canal, but the return journey would be a brisk walk to catch the 170 at the old terminus then onwards on a trolleybus along Ashton New Road from Market Street to Edge Lane. A brisk walk was required for the 170 as there was one timed to leave very shortly after school finished, many pupils electing to dawdle and get the next bus which would be absolutely packed, we however wanted to get the early one which would only contain 10-15 of us school boys. The crew were well aware that departure was time critical as hoards of Littlemoss rebels were on their way, I won’t say the bus ever left early, I think there was a time clock there so they couldn’t, but certainly they didn’t leave late. One particular night an elderly PD was the chosen chariot, it would be early 1966 so one of the batch due for imminent withdrawal at Hyde Road, the driver had negotiated the reverse and was standing at the stop awaiting departure time. The crowd of rebels was getting ever closer, the sweat was dripping from the crew, then two bells rang and the driver stalled, disaster as the bus wouldn't re-start the batteries were flat. Quick as a flash the conductor asked the boys to give the bus a push, off we piled, push, bump start and the bus was off, those of us quick enough dived onto the platform and waved to those left behind, the driver had no intention of stopping for them, time had run out the herd was almost at the stop. Great days, a national headline today, "Bus crew leave school boys behind" a simple lesson in life then.
Cardiff Bus Scania N270UD/East Lancs Olympus 467.CN57BKL at Cardiff Bus Station on the 5th May 2015.
Photographed in 2009 at Bob Taylor's Classic Auto in Bloomington, Illinois.
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