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Some pictures of the pair of crewbuses together, just need a terrier and a commando now, oh and a lottery win to pay for it all - merf - do you have any pics of either of these two?
new side underslung lockers made and powder coated, at least they won`t fall off like the old rusty ones nearly did! New mudguards and stays as well
This shows the tail lift platform painted and new board fitted, complete with logos. All I need now is a small sticker for the tail lift board " Gateshead WRD - Quality approved" - that might be a bit tricky to find!
Next jobs are the rear roller shutter, new rear tyres ( gulp at £840!) and refurb rear wheels!
Andy
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Gents,
not quite BR, but found this on the Bay of E.
A bit scruffy but, £1500 ......when was the last time you saw one of these?
Cheers
R
These are getting rare, always wanted a terrier, maybe you should buy it, paint it yellow, and find a curved roof crewbus body? maybe I should, but I am running out of space...
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Yes, on my list as a crew bus at Abercynon.
Cheers Merf.
ps I had come across it and had the same feeling.
Thank you I thought you might know!
It really is time for a book on the subject!
Might be a limited market though!
Andy
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I found this on the web,
http://www.motorstown.com/images/renault-commando-07.jpg
The reg is similar to my D336 PHR crewbus, its yellow, and could be a railway (ex) vehicle?
Any records merf of this one?
Andy
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here is My favourite station, way back, a nice bedford Cf!
and some class 115s, somewhere i have a destination blind box and blind for that one!
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Andy,
interesting one that BRUFF, it may be a prototype, as it does not have any BR arrows on it, and its a B reg one, definately in the BR days though given the other stuff arroiund it......intriguing....
I went to the Emergency Services show las week at Stoneleigh, to see if they had anything of use to us for recovery equipment.......I now want a Charmicial Bodied Scania twin cab with special racking for MFD gear painted in Yellow as a support truck for breakdown and recovery, now fit that with SRS road/rail equipment, and you have a fully modern BRUFF, but at about £300K I dont think my Directors will be buying me soon.....boo!
Not the best picture, but were is this Railtrack Renault these days? See below
[attachment=225946:Railtrack rescue veh.jpg
Actually I have found more info out on this ExRailtrack truck, now Network Rail Owned, and a link to the manufacturers of the new body, I assume this was the old Severn Tunnel rescue truck, that was a curtain sider but is now ridgid bodied.......
Heres a link to their site, http://www.polybilte...m/news/view/106
Cheers
Ringo
Hi Ringo, maybe merf knows something about the bruff!
The link for the railtrack renualt doesnt work, can you re post it please?
The emergency services show sounds right up my street! was it trade or public?
Andy
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Thanks Merf, that clears that one up, I never did any time at doncaster!
One for ringo here:
You just want one !
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and a nice shot of a freight rover 400, and a crane of some sort!
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Thanks Paul & Andy for confirming me as correct with the Interleasing name. It reminded me of this Transit we had, fully fitted out to BR spec. as a tempoary measure when we had our maintainence teams made up from 2 men to 3. We previously used Astra vans, and had this Transit till a batch of new Sherpa 400s came some months later.
And one I found on the net tonight (not much on the telly) at Inverness in 1994
http://www.flickr.com/photos/64345695@N06/8203963742/in/photostream
Looks to me a bit like a Volkswagen LT. Any better ideas ?
I recall the LMR had some Renault Master pick ups at the time, the foreigners getting their foot in the door !
Merf.
Hi Merf, thats correct an VW LT crewcab type, dont see many of those!
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and here is another pic from flickr, this just oozes atmosphere, the freshly overhauled 50, the commer PB minibuses etc
http://www.flickr.co...s-90163850@N02/
I am not sure what the tractors are for though....
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aah yes I remember, I knew them as cowie interleasing, we had a transit pick up for a while!
Thank you for the answers! Great pics as well!
Andy
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One from flickr above, a nice selection of Ital vans, plain HV vests, so must of been the mid eighties?
Question is - the white lorry on the right, its a crewbus of some type, I reckon by the cab windows its a ford cargo, but what is it, whats the lettering on the side say?
Were they ever hired in if BR didnt have enough?
Andy
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Never mind a Bedford HA van in yellow.........I want one of these!
Chers
Ringo
(picture copyright SDi Franco)
That daft but I like it!
Talking of daft, most of you must remember this:
but was it preserved and still around? I remember seeing it at open days yonks ago!
Andy
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oh and the yellow one found its way on to flickr, proof that I do use it!
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Hi Ringo, The yellow one is very much going to be kept, this white one will donate its cooker, water heater and most of the cab fititngs. I am a tad retentive and it has to have the right bits in it! I am even bidding on ebay for a 1993 copy of the sun, to leave on the dash!
There are some bruffs out there, i would just make random contact and ask to buy, you never know what the answer might be !
Andy
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I have attached some pictures of my new crewbus, D336 PHR. I Drove it back from crewe this week, and today and have a good look over it, and virtually filled a skip with the junk the last owner left in it!
According to the note left on the sunvisor, it was with exeter signal gang from new until 1997, mostly driven by "Rob" who liked it - so ten years with BR then Amey. It then got sold to The band of the devon and cornwall constabulary in 1997, and gained a trailer and towbar. The in 2005 the police gifted it to THATCH - Teignbridge Humanitarian Aid to Chernobyl , paper work suggest it went to near there, that must have been tedious! After that it had a couple of camping type owners and didnt do much......
Over christmas I `ll try and get some pics of bothe of them together, but that will be a challenge!
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Wellington, Somerset, sounds about right. I recognise that registration, I think that must have been one of the regular vehicles around this area.
Andy - is it a standard one, or does it have a longer body than usual?
martin, its a standard length crew bus, 1987 leyland roadrunner chassis. Its currently white, but according to VRM was yellow, which would be right..
Merf I should be collecting it tuesday eve from crewe, will get some pics when its daylight. So far I know it went from BR to the Police, then as a first aid unit, then finally a sort of camper. I will keep the re railing one as its more unusual and interest me, besides, I have already spent a lot on it. The white one may be for spares, it has some of the right internal fittings that mine is missing. I may just swap some bits and sell it on, but if its good, it will be difficult not to restore it! Must have more self control ....
Andy
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Hi Jo,
Our sherpa was a freight rover 200 with the standard roof and no side doors, it was yellow and had network southeast branding from new, and was maintained in its later years by brian currie daf in Aylesbury. It got sold and we had a succession of hired vans upon privatisation , and eventually leased some transits with CR branding. The sherpa was abused to hell and was bullet proof right until the end!
Old oak had another one E246 AMW, I think Merf said it went to ameys.
Andy
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A question for Merf!
I have just bought D336 PHR, a leyland roadrunner crewbus - do you have any records of it?
Andy
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I remember taking our sherpa (E245 AMW) from old oak back to marylebone, with a 205 litre drum and a pallet of brake blocks, it was on the bumpstops, and i nearly Sh@@ myself when the back door popped open on the westway flyover, luckily nothing fell out!
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On that famous electronic auction website currently for £1500, is it what it looks like? E27 AMR is the registration.
damn I could buy that, havent got room for another one, looks quite tidy too!
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Yes there were crew buses, but I have only seen them used by the Midland Region for overhead line use. Photos very thin on the ground. One I saw for sale some years ago, in a magazine clasified. Rooftop extension not a BR fitting.
Merf.
Interesting, I wonder if the boards on the roof are toe boards, I.e. if the roof was used as working platform, or may be just to carry ladders and stuff and stop them falling off - thats the first picture I have seend of a D Series, despite hours googling until my eyes are sqaure!
The one in the picture was last taxed in 2007, so its probably razor blades by now!
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Agreed, a lot of work to get near correct. I had it on the sideboard for weeks until I said "what the heck" a bit of work and a bit of improvment. I probably won't do another. RTI next time.
Merf.
I have always liked the D series, a bit before my time though - did the railway ever use that chassis as crew buses? I cant recall seeing any pics of them. Nice models though - your fleet must be massive by now!
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I borrowed one of those Balfour Beaty Land rovers in 2001, as we were looking for something that we could use round central London, instead of the huge SRS Road Rail recovery equipment Volvo we kept at Old Oak.
Alas it lacked a engine driven MFD pump, but other than that was a great bit of kit, EWS wouldnt buy it though, shame as it had few miles on it and was perfect for what we wanted, Eastleigh borrowed it after me, and said the same.
The only problem was at 70mph on motorways it was a bit lively on the suspension!
Ringo
I bet the cornering was "interesting too" I have often thought it would be fun to take one of these down something like the bletchley oxford line, currently disused and not connected with bits of rail missing, would be fun!
Andy
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/49864388@N06/8189934483/in/faves-90163850@N02/
A find on flickr, a good shot of two Dodge standard S & T crewbuses!