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the milk dock was on the depot, the northern side of the rossmore road bridge, effectively next to the depot.

Do you have any pics of them? I have always wanted a Leyland national or an AEC merlin or swift...but as you say, not cheap and beyond me, the crewbuses are keeping me out of trouble ....for the moment!

http://www.travellerhomes.co.uk/?p=13919 Well I know its not on topic, but the above is for sale , looks like an easy restoration, would love it myself, but lack of room and sense says I shouldn't! Andy

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dazzy1960/8664079243/in/faves-90163850@N02/ Its a replica, as merf has commented here, that's a relief, if it was real I would of have had to buy it, and I have enough vehicles already!

A super pic, and bonus with a dodge commando re railing vehicle behind it!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/transrail/7525950050/in/faves-90163850@N02/ And here is one from flickr, first pic I have seen of this one on the internet - they must have had a visist before it was all demolished! Andy

fantastic, that`s such a nostalgic picture, just realised that the Bedford HA picture came form the flickr group...ooops.... merf - replied to your PM, a tad belated though!

A few flickr shots, I like this one, lots of period feel! http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidwf2009/5658339657/in/faves-90163850@N02/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnpaddy22/9555839003/in/faves-90163850@N02/ And a Nice Bedford HA with the S & T, http://www.flickr.com/photos/84777395@N08/8195251275/in/faves-90163850@N02/ And a certain cab form a Leyland roadrunner! Andy

This wiki gives an insight into the Leyland daf history, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyland_DAF merf I sent you a PM, did you see it? Andy

Is that a red / maroon, one? missed that issue, but there was one for sale in classic and vintage commercial a while back.

Thank you - I didnt know about the differences in control gear, typical of the southern to want something different! And I forgot there was bruffs and the like not owned by EWS, the one in that picture doesnt look too bad, depending of course when the pic was taken! In this months Classic and Vintage Commercial, there is an ex BR Dodge Commando crewbus for sale, been convereted into a hippy home "needs tidying and a sympathetic new owner" hmmmm....... The reg might be GGO 8 or 5 or 6 then 93X Andy

One for ringo to investigate, then buy and restore?

Following business at etches park by a friend today , sadly these two are no longer there. The area where they sat is being built on, so who knows what happened, if anybody knows would be interesting!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35618528@N04/7058174691/in/faves-90163850@N02/ Its bruff time again, found this on flickr , looks years after BR service, but seems to have never got the large "Emergency rail Rescue" etc lettering... its nse, but does anyone know where it is and does it still exist? Andy

Ref the reversed arrows, if I re call wasnt the double arrow on the sealink ferrys reveresed? If thats right...then why? Some sort of distinction from the railway? Never got that one!

The escort was the combi, much rarer compared to the standard escort van, it was an estate car without windows, although the ones we had at Reading Depot had rear seat conversions, but were very uncomfortable in the back.

I see, problem will be the corrosion, an new cab would be tricky as they would have been coachbuot on a standard cab, and the missing bits will be hard to locate - I thought the one at Eastleigh had long since gone for scrap....

which makes it a good restioration project as its complete ! Can you post any pics of it - would be good to see them, dont forget to blur out any censored parts!

I wondered that as the bulkhead looks yellow.....and pic five looks very ex airport.....

Yes a Leyland terrier, standard issue crewbus, I still want a terrier!

I like the commer PB - I have found a couple on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tigerman20/6264694970/in/faves-90163850@N02/ from the road vehicles group http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnmightycat/5965525300/in/faves-90163850@N02/ this one is the later dodge space van minibus Does any one have any more pics of these, or the later spacevan? Andy

Thanks for posting those, pictures of these lorries with network southeast branding seem hard to find, despite them being all around me when I worked on the railway in 1988! I like the dodge, complete with extra stickers and roof beacon, some early "customising " taking place! That's also the first picture I have seen of a terrier with NSE branding too, just goes to show how long ago it all was! Andy

Ringo, I understand, the EWS one doesn't interest me at all. but finding anything now in BR colours is hard - my yellow one was just luck, and the fact a collector had bought it from ews and just stotred it for a couple of years, and the fact it was dumped at bescott for many years as well, how the hell it survived almost in one piece is remarkable. As we have discussed , there are some bruffs around , but are in a very poor condition! Any of them would be a full scale restoration, and that's hard given the size of the damn thing! But would be great when done, a real part of railway history. In fact I am surprised there isn't one in the national collection, as they are unique almost! Talking of neighbours, I did take mine to my girlfriends house, it blocked the light out for two houses, they were not that impressed! I always keep looking though, you never know what can pop up, like the D reg one I found, although that's in good condition, in fact its superb, its for spares really as I only wanted it as it had the correct cooker and water heater, and some good cab internals ! Its also very depot like, starting it from cold most of the yard vanishes under a thick white smoke!

Hi ringo, I like that - I reckon the bruff is the one from hornsey, they had a habit of putting orange beacons on them, the Sherpa is similar to one the Chiltern clean teams had, I think F134 SBL - but not certain, would have been NSE branded. One for you here, for sale on evilbay, but the clock is ticking: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221177923371?_trksid=p5197.c0.m619 and here it is at work:

and some more pics I have seen on flickr...... again not sure if they have been on this thread before... http://www.flickr.com/photos/alan1960/5576619838/ a dodge commando, an early Sherpa, land rover and something else in the background http://www.flickr.com/photos/nocturnaljournal95/5239701254/ ignore the `47, what about the NSE maestro vans? I just want one....