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Offline Trojan

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« Reply #75 on: April 13, 2011, 05:44:10 am »
A Midland Scottish Leyland Leopard in the Junction:
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« Reply #76 on: April 13, 2011, 05:46:38 am »
A National Express Bristol:
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« Reply #77 on: April 13, 2011, 05:49:02 am »
Who remembers the Happy Dragon?
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« Reply #78 on: April 13, 2011, 06:17:58 am »
Crosville Bristol LL6B, Llandudno, June 1960:
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« Reply #79 on: April 13, 2011, 06:26:04 am »
A Llandudno bound Crosville double-decker:
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« Reply #80 on: April 13, 2011, 08:01:21 am »
Excellent pics, T.  Very evocative.
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« Reply #81 on: April 13, 2011, 08:08:28 am »
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« Reply #82 on: April 13, 2011, 08:13:37 am »
Quote from: Trojan on April 13, 2011, 04:43:10 am
The world famous Baytree Hotel can be seen in the background.
Famous for what?  8) A Google reveals only the TripAdvisor reviews...
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« Reply #83 on: April 13, 2011, 05:20:55 pm »
Quote from: DaveR on April 13, 2011, 08:13:37 am
Quote from: Trojan on April 13, 2011, 04:43:10 am
The world famous Baytree Hotel can be seen in the background.
Famous for what?  8) A Google reveals only the TripAdvisor reviews...

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« Reply #84 on: April 14, 2011, 07:13:20 pm »
Quote from: Trojan on April 13, 2011, 05:49:02 am
Who remembers the Happy Dragon?

Remember? I've actually driven that bus as well as the open-top one (DFG 27) on the Happy Dragon service!
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« Reply #85 on: April 14, 2011, 07:33:57 pm »
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Who remembers the Happy Dragon?

Remember? I've actually driven that bus as well as the open-top one (DFG 27) on the Happy Dragon service!
I remember I went on of the current open top ones to Rhyl last year (think it was an old Leyland one) and it was absolutely clapped out. The Driver had to rev it right up every time he stopped at a bus stop to (I assume) prevent it stalling. Talk about noise!
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« Reply #86 on: April 14, 2011, 07:43:30 pm »
They don't make 'em like they used to!  lol
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« Reply #87 on: April 14, 2011, 09:08:02 pm »
Quote from: SDQ on April 14, 2011, 07:43:30 pm
They don't make 'em like they used to!  lol

The Atlantean is a classic SDQ.  :)
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« Reply #88 on: April 14, 2011, 10:36:38 pm »
Never driven an Atlantean, the only one they had at Crosville was too high to fit through the arches at Conwy as someone forgot to check the height when they bought it. The Lodekkas, Olympians and VRs were all 13ft 9in but the Atlantean was 14ft 6in so it was just used to serve one school run every day driven by Old Mr Pugh (Ex Manager) on a run which avoided Conwy & the Morfa.
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« Reply #89 on: April 15, 2011, 06:16:04 am »
Quote from: SDQ on April 14, 2011, 10:36:38 pm
Never driven an Atlantean, the only one they had at Crosville was too high to fit through the arches at Conwy as someone forgot to check the height when they bought it. The Lodekkas, Olympians and VRs were all 13ft 9in but the Atlantean was 14ft 6in so it was just used to serve one school run every day driven by Old Mr Pugh (Ex Manager) on a run which avoided Conwy & the Morfa.

The Conwy arches....don't know how some vehicles squeezed through them.
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