The national rail strike was in 1982, so I cannot think of any obvious reason why the Bedfords received National Express livery in 1981.
On 14 Oct, 20:48, barrie gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wasn't 1981 the year of the major strikes on the railways ? This > might be the reason for the application of National Express livery for > duplication work, though I cannot recall seeing any of them used, > other than on the Expresswest network. I remember that two former > Crosville ECW-bodied RELH6Gs, 503/4 (UFM 37/9F), also received > National Express livery at the same time. > > On 13 Oct, 22:23, "richard field" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > *Here's a photo of three of the Willowbrook bodied Bedford YRQ's in National > > Express livery Barrie. 221/2 (PWN 221/2M along with another unidentified one > > stored at Gorseinon garage on the 19th of December 1981. I don't know if > > they were ever used on National Express work though.* > > > *Richard Field.* > > On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 7:34 PM, barrie gilbert < > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The main allocations of the YRQs and the YRTs during the mid to late > > > seventies were: > > > > Clarence Terrace, Swansea: 221 & 509 > > > Gorseinon: 222 & 512 > > > Haverfordwest: 219, 224 & 225 > > > Neath: 220, 223, 226, 227, 510 & > > > 511 > > > > I recall that one (I believe it was 222) even received white National > > > Express livery in its latter years. > > > > Interestingly the body made a re-appearance in the South Wales > > > Transport fleet with the acquisition of the Brewers business in 1988. > > > This brought 10m AEC Reliance LTX 591L, though it did not last long. > > > > On 13 Oct, 18:17, "richard field" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > *We had both the YRQ's and YRT's at Neath garage. I remember the YRQ's > > > being > > > > 220/3/6/7 (PWN 220/3/6/7M) but I'm not sure about the YRT's. The were > > > mainly > > > > used on the 251 Carmarthen/ Ammanford - Neath - Port Talbot - Bridgend - > > > > Cowbridge -Cardiff service*. *The old Bedford wasn't built to cope with > > > such > > > > arduous treatment and breakdowns were common. There were no opening > > > windows, > > > > as can be seen and in the summer both passengers and crew would boil. > > > > > Richard Field. * > > > > > On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Paul.H <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > These always were nice looking vehicles as far as the paying public > > > > > were concerned, very modern for their time, especially as they were > > > > > Willowbrook built. Nice vision through the large windows for the > > > > > customers. > > > > > Most seemed to end up at Haverfordwest as service buses on Bws Cleddau > > > > > routes, > > > > > during the early 1980's. I have a photo of one at Broadhaven in 1982 - > > > > > rather large capacity for a route like that - it was nearly empty. > > > > > Are there any preserved ?- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > scan0035.jpg > > 108KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Welsh Bus Photographs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Welsh-Bus-Photographs -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
