If i remember right one did get as far as Bridgend and the engine blew up on
a national working.
Steve
On 15/10/2008, barrie gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Thnak you for posting the photograph of 160 Richard. You certainly
> helped to jog my memory.
>
> On 15 Oct, 07:05, "richard field" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > *The Duple Dominant Reliances were numbered 467 - 471 (HCY 467 - 471R)
> and
> > were delivered in NBC dual purpose red and white livery alone with a
> batch
> > of Leopards with identical bodies 472 - 476 (NCY 472 - 476R). Latter in
> > their lives they were painted into National Express white and renumbered.
> > The Reliances changed to 159 - 163 and the Leopards to 164 - 168.
> Attached
> > are three photos. Reliance 160 (HCY 468N) photographed at Neath garage in
> > National Express livery, Leopard 166 (NCY 474R) at Neath, Victoria
> Gardens
> > bus station, also in National Express livery and 164 (NCY 472R) another
> > Leopard also at Vicoria Gardens bus station but this time wearing a
> latter
> > livery.
> >
> > Richard Field. *
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 10:28 PM, barrie gilbert <
> >
> >
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > A valid point Ian, but I cannot recall seeing any of the Bedfords used
> > > on National Express work in white. I similarly cannot recall the HCY -
> > > N Reliances being repainted white. You're not thinking of similar
> > > 180-2 (TCY 180M, UCY 181/2N), which were always in white ?
> >
> > > The former National Travel South West Leopards simply received new
> > > fleetnumbers, fleetnames and legal lettering. It was otherwise
> > > business as usual (apart from the move to Brunswick Street depot)
> > > until the Trathens MANs arrived for the launch of the Swansea to
> > > London "Rapide" service.
> >
> > > On 14 Oct, 21:28, "Ian Kirby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > But didn't SWT take over the Swansea based operation of National
> Travel
> > > > South West in May 1981? Could the sudden appearence of dual purpose
> > > coaches
> > > > in National white be connected with this - I seem to recall that some
> of
> > > the
> > > > HCY-N Reliances also appeared in white around this time.
> >
> > > > Ian
> >
> > > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 9:24 PM, barrie gilbert <
> >
> > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > > > The national rail strike was in 1982, so I cannot think of any
> obvious
> > > > > reason why the Bedfords received National Express livery in 1981.-
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