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*Ian Allan - British Buses Since 1900 - Aldridge and Morris | *Ian Allan - British Buses Since 1900 - Aldridge and Morris | ||
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Revision as of 11:12, 29 January 2009
- In the 1930s Northern General Transport started to build their own chassis designs.
- The prompt for this came in the form of traffic growing. Low bridges were dominant and therefore forbade the use on many routes of double-deckers.
- A new approach was needed in the form of high capacity single-deckers.
- 1933 saw the start of production for single engined single deckers.
- 1951 One bus and one coach were built.
- The coach had an AEC Regal chassis with a 7.7 litre engine.
- The bus had a 30ft by 8ft chassis frame also with a 7.7 litre engine.
- 1970 Northern General built double-deckers, the Tynesider and the Wearsider.
- After the production of these buses no more vehicles were made.
Sources of Information
- Ian Allan - British Buses Since 1900 - Aldridge and Morris