London buses - 2 and 3 axle types
Ronald
"big six-wheeler, scarlet-painted, .... London Transport Omnibus"
The question is, how common were 3-axle buses in London, which clearly
have six wheels, as against the two-axle variety, which APPEAR to have
only four wheels, but actually also have six because the rear wheels are
doubles?
Thanks
Ron B
Jim Brittin
rbes...@bigpond.net.au says...
When that song was written [1956] there weren't any.
The buses referred to were the LT class which had been retired around
1949/1950. My favourites as a young bus spotter, used to be on routes
38 and 53 among others.
We have some tour buses now imported from Hong Kong, not always red
though.
tony
to reply]> wrote:
> In article <jDAdm.9212$ze1.4...@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
> rbesd...@bigpond.net.au says...
course. And in the same song the buses are 30 feet long, 10 feet wide
and 97 horse power! Much as I admire and enjoy Flanders and Swann's
songs, they were not always very accurate!
The other Tony in Walsall
rail
tony <to...@amartin22.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
I doubt whether the correct dimensions would have scanned!
My favourite line from the pre-amble is the comment that the bus outside was
marked Private, Flanders could remember when they were Generals.
--
Graeme Wall
This address not read, substitute trains for rail
Transport Miscellany at <www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail>
Jim Brittin
@v20g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, to...@amartin22.freeserve.co.uk says...
> On 3 Aug, 15:09, Jim Brittin <pedigreeZ...@ZZZZoperamail.com [wake up
> to reply]> wrote:
> > In article <jDAdm.9212$ze1.4...@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
> > rbesd...@bigpond.net.au says...
> >
> > > In "A Transport of Delight" by Flanders and Swann, one of the lines is
> >
> > > "big six-wheeler, scarlet-painted, .... London Transport Omnibus"
> >
> > > The question is, how common were 3-axle buses in London, which clearly
> > > have six wheels, as against the two-axle variety, which APPEAR to have
> > > only four wheels, but actually also have six because the rear wheels are
> > > doubles?
> >
> > > Thanks
> >
> > > Ron B
> >
> In 1956 there were still plenty of 3 axel trolleybuses around, of
> course. And in the same song the buses are 30 feet long, 10 feet wide
> and 97 horse power! Much as I admire and enjoy Flanders and Swann's
> songs, they were not always very accurate!
>
> The other Tony in Walsall
>
They weren't diesel-engined though so didn't consider them.
When the song came out the thought of tickets costing a pound a piece
was very humourous, little did we know .. .. ..
Ian
"Jim Brittin" <pedigr...@ZZZZoperamail.com [wake up to reply]> wrote in
message news:MPG.24e14a37e...@news.btinternet.com...
For those who are not sure what we are on about, see
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMomrsgw-B4
(Has previously been posted, some time ago...:o) )
Even *less* accurate!!!!! (although it *is* diesel engined..... and at one
stage, we *were* lost....)
--
Ian
Ian Jelf
<pedigr...@ZZZZoperamail.com.invalid> writes
>When the song came out the thought of tickets costing a pound a piece
>was very humourous, little did we know .. .. ..
I think of *that* every time I hear the song!
--
Ian Jelf, MITG
Birmingham, UK
Registered Blue Badge Tourist Guide for London and the Heart of England
http://www.bluebadge.demon.co.uk
Now blogging in "The World According to Ian Jelf" at
http://ianjelf.blogspot.com
Stevie fae Cardross
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LT derated the 7.7 litre to 97bhp, but that was fitted to two axle
double decks. Provincial Renowns wer up to 30ft long as were LT single
deck buses. width was always 7'6" however.
Just my ukp 0.02
Stephen Allcroft
Cardross
Scotland