roythebus Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Unlikely given that the Leyland National (love it or hate it) was one of the most corrosion resistant buses of its time. Hmm, I beg to differ. My tongue was not THAT firmly in my cheek when I made my original post.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerces Fobe2 Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Drifting off topic somewhat the bumpers, exhausts and fuel cap flaps used to drop off the early Leyland Nationals. I much prefered the Bristol RE now a Bristol bodied railway coach would have looked much better.. How do passengers exit a Leyland built railway coach? One out all out! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 ...now a Bristol bodied railway coach would have looked much better. An ECW bodied railway coach, surely... Adam 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossfell5 Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 A another picture of LEV 1 at Loughboro' courtesy John Goodale Crossfell5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 The very first Nationals I was shown were brand new deliveries acting as christmas trees to keep earlier ones in service! Decked in SELNEC orange & white in the ex SHMD garage near Stalybridge. A brandnew Crosville National on trail in Colwyn Bay looked far smarter despite the plain green, something the Bristol RE's did not. But both were neater than the Seddon bodied cruds. I wonder what a Mk.I bus would have looked like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium cctransuk Posted September 16, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 16, 2011 LEV1.....[/url] When LEV1 was running trials in East Anglia it was chartered for an excursion between Cambridge and Bury St.Edmunds (and return). I was on this trip, and the ride was definitely 'nodding donkey'. The flange squeal around the Coldham's Common Curve was deafening, too !! Still - an opportunity not to be missed. Regards, John Isherwood. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armchair Modeller Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 An ECW bodied railway coach, surely... Adam ECW did one on a Bristol Chassis in the late 1950s - it looked very silly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Is this the same one that went out to Canada - I think for the Olympics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 An ECW bodied railway coach, surely... Was this the one....? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 Was this the one....? Thats not a coach that is a bus body! Like it though, better in ECOC red. Stewart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted September 16, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 16, 2011 (edited) Thats not a coach that is a bus body! Stewart Still looks better than LEV1 though. At least it's got the right number of wheels! Keith Edited September 16, 2011 by melmerby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted September 16, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 16, 2011 Think that destination blind's misspelt, Coachman - should be Banger? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R A Watson Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 On the road that body was used on the SC4LK lightweight model, in fact it was designed as a light weight, one man, front entrance bus, that did not realy catch on for country routes. Both E C W (Lowestoft) and Bristol ( at Brislington Works) built bodies for the Tilling Group and the easy way to tell the difference was E C W used flat headed countersunk screws to fix the external beading but Bristol used dome headed ones! Guess who has rebuilt both types of body in preservation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 I deliberately chose that particular bus as we called them 'noddy buses'. 'Orrible gearboxes too. Was it the worst Bristol but ever? Thankfully I didn't have to drive one but the other drivers used to stop at the bottom of St.Asaph hill and select first gear. Changing gear part-way up the hill was not a viable option! It lasted all of a week before it was sold on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 This is the coach version of the LC (ECOC class type), this is a preserved Lincs Roadcar coach: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 The Leyland coach arriving at Cynheidre http://youtu.be/CrOTFP_ohFc Watched this footage - notice Mr Thomas' smirk at 1:07 when the cow tries to drown out his words !!!! Brian R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPT Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 is that a leyland mark 1's i see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianfolland Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 (edited) A few more pictures (taken at Banbury. I don't have the details handy): [attachment=126132:QXA RDB977091 data.jpg It still seems to be in remarkably good condition, even the interior. See also http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=62132 Edited September 19, 2011 by ianfolland 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP&GVLRly Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 this coach is now owned by us and has been taken to Cynheidre for full restoration, once the Gwendraeth Railway society has a lease for the mothballed Burry Port & Gwendraeth Valley Railway, it will work with diesel shunter 03141 currently stored at Blaenavon and 1900 Avonside Steam loco No2 Pontyberem being restored at Newport Docks. The coach was bought as it will fit the low height loading gauge of the line. and once restored will be dual braked in both having vacuum and air brakes to co-inside with the 3 class 08's which are still on the main network with DB Schenkar. There are plans in the pipeline to make a 00gauge model. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RANGERS Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Is this the vehicle that Lincolnshire Road Car used as a mobile information office at some time during the '70s and '80s? OFW801 was the info' office, it doubled as a left luggage office in Skegness Bus Stn into the 1980s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Looking at the lack of corrosion on that Leyland vehicle, has it got an aluminium body by any chance? It certainly is an attractive vehicle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CloggyDog Posted December 1, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 1, 2014 Anyone know (or have drawings to show) if 977091 had the long or short National panels/windows, please?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Savoyard Posted December 1, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 1, 2014 Anyone know (or have drawings to show) if 977091 had the long or short National panels/windows, please?? Looking at the pictures above they look like the short windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin_m Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Looking at the pictures above they look like the short windows. Hi there, I've just found this post after doing some browsing re LEVs, Pacers, Sprinters etc. I've seen other mentions of long and short windows, but does anyone know what the actual sizes of windows and panels was? Even the HMRS booklet doesn't offer any detail. I'm tempted to hack a couple of 142 bodies together on a Mk 1 underframe, but the doors look to be very non-standard - there seems to be a ledge just below the 'white' paint and the hinges look to be on the end? Anybody got any more info? regards martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Hi there, I've just found this post after doing some browsing re LEVs, Pacers, Sprinters etc. I've seen other mentions of long and short windows, but does anyone know what the actual sizes of windows and panels was? Even the HMRS booklet doesn't offer any detail. I'm tempted to hack a couple of 142 bodies together on a Mk 1 underframe, but the doors look to be very non-standard - there seems to be a ledge just below the 'white' paint and the hinges look to be on the end? Anybody got any more info? regards martin A check on the window size of a Hornby Pacer and a Dapol 155 show both to have the same window size as a long window National (EFE) being 16.5mm wide. A would assume that the coach body would have used the same size. Not the short window which is about 13.5mm. Maybe the Dapol 155 or Hornby 153 body would be a good start. Merf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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