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| Fully
restored in GWR livery, VF 714 stands
in front of Reading's GWR station. |
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| Thames
Valley 100 |
| Sunday
2 August 2015 |
| Thames
Valley & Great Western |
| Omnibus
Trust |
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| VF 714 was new to Great Western Railway
Road Motors in 1927 and numbered 1268. |
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| The bus was used in Cornwall. |
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| In 1929 the GWR merged its bus services
with those of National, forming the
Western National Omnibus Co.. |
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| VF
714 |
| Great
Western Railway 1268 |
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| 1927
Guy FBB with Vickers body. |
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| VF
714 |
| Great
Western Railway 1268 |
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| The
body was designed by the GWR and, like
a railway carriage, was divided in to
two compartments, smoking and non-smoking. |
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| VF
714 |
| Great
Western Railway 1268 |
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| This
view shows the folding doors and the
ladder to the roof luggage rack. |
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| VF
714 |
| Great
Western Railway 1268 |
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| To
the left of the registration plate is
a hackney carriage plate, required when
1268 was new. |
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| NJO
703 |
| City
of Oxford 703 |
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| 1949
AEC Regal III with Willowbrook body. |
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| NJO
703 |
| City
of Oxford 703 |
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| Approaching
the station interchange. |
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| NJO
703 |
| City
of Oxford 703 |
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| At
the Rivermead Leisure Complex. |
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| EMW
284 |
| Wilts
& Dorset 279 |
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| 1947
Bristol L6B with Beadle body. |
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| EMW
284 |
| Wilts
& Dorset 279 |
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| At
the station interchange. |
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| HWV
294 |
| Wilts
& Dorset |
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| 1952
Bristol KSW5G with ECW body. |
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| HWV
294 |
| Wilts
& Dorset |
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| In
Twyford, on route 1 from Reading to
Maidenhead. |
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| 675
COD |
| Western
National 603 |
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| 1966
Bristol SUS with ECW body. |
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| 675
COD |
| Western
National 603 |
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| At
the station interchange. |
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| 675
COD |
| Western
National 603 |
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| At
the Rivermead Leisure Complex. |
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| 253
KTA |
| Royal
Blue 2270 |
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| 1962
Bristol MW6G with ECW body. |
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| 253
KTA |
| Royal
Blue 2270 |
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| At
the station interchange. |
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| HJA
965E |
| Stockport
65 |
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| 1967
Leyland PD2 with Neepsend body. |
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| HJA
965E |
| Stockport
65 |
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| At
the station interchange. |
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| HJA
965E |
| Stockport
65 |
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| At
the station interchange. |
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| LH
8186 |
| London
General B2737 |
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| 1914
AEC B with London General body. |
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| LH
8186 |
| London
General B2737 |
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| London
Transport Museum 'Battlebus'. |
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| PNM
757M |
| Ouse
Valley Coaches, Bedford |
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| 1974
Bedford YRQ with Plaxton Panorama Elite
III body. |
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| PNM
757M |
| Ouse
Valley Coaches, Bedford |
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| At
the Rivermead Leisure Complex. |
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