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| Displaced
Deckers Central SMT misfits |
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| Above left: Seen
in Great Yarmouth bus station in July 1979 is Eastern Counties VR320
(NGM162G). The VR's were part of a larger, well documented
swap in the early 1970s between the SBG and NBC. Unloved and
unwanted VRs went from Scotland to England in exchange for FLFs in
return. Above right: Johnson of Hodthorpe still
operates NGM168G, as seen in their yard in December 2000. |
| Central
SMT, in Scotland's central belt, had great difficulty adapting to new
double deckers during the 1960's and early 1970's. Vehicles
came and went with alarming regularity till a successor for the Bristol
Lodekka was found. This is a brief summary of those vehicles
and their new homes. |
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| Central's favourite
decker was undoubtedly the Bristol Lodekka. B139
(DGM439), an FSF6G example from 1962, is seen at Anderston X in
March 1979. |
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Above
left: Two batches of Albion Lowlanders were delivered during
1962 and 1963. They moved on almost immediately in 1965
to Fife and Highland. Highland AL14 (FGM14), an
Alexander bodied example and AL10 (EGM10), a Northern
Counties bodied example are seen at Dounreay on a grim summer's day
in July 1976.
Above right: The Fleetlines lasted a little longer than other
vehicles, resulting in a colossal swap of vehicles amongst SBG
companies when they were sold in 1975. Northern NRF6
(TGM235J) is seen in the company of NRB304 (MSD374) and NAC110
(JWG690) at Aberdeen bus station, also in July 1976. |
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| Summary |
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| Vehicle
Type |
Fleet
Number |
Registration |
Disposal |
Date |
| Albion
Lowlander |
A1-4,6-9 |
EGM1-4,6-9 |
Fife |
1965 |
| |
A5,10 |
EGM5,10 |
Highland |
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| |
A11-16/8/9/21/22 |
FGM11-16/8/9/21/22 |
Highland |
|
| |
A17,20/3-30 |
FGM17/20/3-30 |
Fife |
|
| Bristol
VR |
BN357/62/4-6/70/4 |
NGM157/62/4-6/70/4G |
Eastern
Counties |
1973 |
| |
BN358-61 |
NGM158-61G |
Alder
Valley |
|
| |
BN363/7/9/71/3 |
NGM163/7/9/71/3G |
Lincolnshire |
|
| |
BN368 |
NGM168G |
Southern
Vectis |
|
| |
BN372/5/6 |
NGM172/5/6G |
United |
|
| Daimler
Fleetline |
D1-20 |
TGM201-20J |
Eastern
Scottish |
1975 |
| |
D21-9 |
TGM221-9J |
Midland |
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D30-5 |
TGM230-5J |
Northern |
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