Paul Williams
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73082 'Camelot' departs from Sheffield Park, Bluebell Railway, June 2024
Standard 5MT 73082 'Camelot' makes a quiet, steady departure from Sheffield Park station on the Bluebell Railway.
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A ride on a Midland Red S12
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This is a short ride from Wythall to the Maypole on BMMO S12 3744, NHA744. Midland Red were pioneers in using underfloor engines, and S12 is an early design - it's hard to see on the video, but the hinged entrance door isn't at the edge of the bus at the bottom of the steps but behind the driver as one enters the saloon. 3744 has a tricky crash gearbox - I omitted the part where the driver lost...
A Bristol RE drive through Warrington
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I took my Bristol RE, North Western 299A, to an event at the North West Museum of Road Transport, St Helens. This video shows it pointing vaguely in the direction of my Staffordshire home, driving through Warrington - a town in which I spent much of my childhood holidays staying with my sister. We pick up the action in Newton-le-Willows High Street and follow my progress through Warrington to t...
Ellenroad Steam Museum, Rochdale, October 2023
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A short visit to the lovely Ellenroad Steam Museum, with compound mill engines 'Victoria' and 'Alexandra' in steam and with lots of things going on including a blacksmith at work.
An RE ramble through the Peak District, September 2023
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This is just a pleasant drive through the countryside with the accompaniment of a tuneful Bristol RE gearbox. The camera is a little low (to be more stable) so you can't really see much outside - that's not really the point, and in any case I've included captions as we reach locations along the route. It's a relaxing watch and an even more relaxing listen, the nearest thing I've done to an ASMR...
Leigh 15, September 2023
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Just a short burst setting off from traffic lights, giving us the chance to hear some AEC Renown gearbox whine.
A busy few minutes at Morley (West Yorkshire) station, March 2023
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I took my camera to Morley one evening, mainly to record the old station before its relocation a couple of hundred metres north later this year. In just a few minutes, I watched three First Trans Pennine Express class 802 trains pass by.
Golden key and QAVS, full session - August 2021
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Dennis Talbot receives the 1901 golden key from Cllr Tommy Judge, Lord Mayor of Manchester; and the 2020 Queen's Award for Voluntary Service from Felicity Goodey CBE, a Deputy Lieutenant of Greater Manchester. This video is not intended for public use, but is for the benefit of members of the Greater Manchester Transport Society.
To Manchester, by Bristol RE
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In August 2019 I took my Bristol RE, North Western 299A, on a trip to Manchester. 299A was still under restoration at the time and was full of tools and tins of paint so a little bit rattly, but there's plenty of gearbox and axle whine to keep the Bristol RE fan happy for nearly an hour.
'Transpo 50' cavalcade, Museum of Transport Greater Manchester, October 2019
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The start of the Museum of Transport Greater Manchester 'Transpo 50' cavalcade, 19 October 2019. I was piloting Rochdale 235. Yes I know some of the buses are smoky - we'd only just set off and the engines were cold. With these old design of engines, smoke is inevitable until they warm up - even idling doesn't really do the trick, they have to be used under load for a few minutes and then the s...
Through town and country - by Bristol RE
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After the successful 'Ribble 100 and X60 90' event at the Museum of Transport Greater Manchester, I took my North Western Road Car Company Bristol RE 299 back home. In this little ride of half an hour of part of the journey, I take 299 from the outskirts of Manchester to Cheshire in the direction of my Staffordshire home.
Take a relaxing ride on an RE in the rain...
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I moved my Bristol RE, North Western 299 built in 1968, from its home in St Helens to an undisclosed location in Cheshire to progress its restoration. Watch me drive it from the outskirts of St Helens through Warrington towards Lymm Services. Enjoy a RElaxing ride without passenger chatter! 299 is mobile but still needs much work doing to it, which is why you see the blue oil container in the l...
North Western 299 coughs into life
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North Western 299 hadn't been started for some weeks, and it was a cold day (though bright), so it was slightly reluctant to start. And Gardner engines are notorious for being smoky when cold, although this soon clears when they warm up. So please don't tell me the engine is broken or worn! Once warmed and on the road, in fact 299 produces no visible smoke at all.
Moving trolleybuses at the Museum of Transport Greater Manchester
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In December 2018, the Museum of Transport Greater Manchester spent a day moving vehicles to improve displays and position buses in the workshop to receive attention. Two of the most rare and interesting moves were those of our trolleybuses, Manchester and 1250 which have not ventured outdoors for many years. The moves inside the Museum were performed pushing by hand: the transfer from upper hal...
299's first test run
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Today, I took North Western 299 on its first test run since I bought it last year. It's in dire need of a wash, and there are several faults to rectify (speedo, water overpressurising) and in particular - and audible in this video - a slipping flywheel. But it goes, and rather well at that - we clocked 45 mph with plenty more oomph left, on a first test run we didn't push our luck. But the brak...
299 Dec 17 long
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299 Dec 17 long
Mary Travers' 70th birthday, Castlejordan, Ireland
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Mary Travers' 70th birthday, Castlejordan, Ireland
A ride on Royal Blue 2380
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A ride on Royal Blue 2380
North Western 299 starts for the first time in new ownership
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North Western 299 starts for the first time in new ownership
Vancouver trolleybuses, July 2017
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Vancouver trolleybuses, July 2017
88002 'Prometheus' on its way to London
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88002 'Prometheus' on its way to London
A ride on Birmingham Corporation Transport 3009
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A ride on Birmingham Corporation Transport 3009
A ride on Daimler Fleetline Birmingham 3780
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A ride on Daimler Fleetline Birmingham 3780
A nice day at Wythall bus museum
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A nice day at Wythall bus museum
A ride on Walsall Corporation bus 56
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A ride on Walsall Corporation bus 56
A ride on AEC Regent III Rochdale Corporation 235
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A ride on AEC Regent III Rochdale Corporation 235
An interlude at Milford, Derbyshire, 12 May 2016
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An interlude at Milford, Derbyshire, 12 May 2016
Rochdale AEC Regent 235 starts up
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Rochdale AEC Regent 235 starts up
The sea at Herzliya, Israel
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The sea at Herzliya, Israel
A ride on Rochdale Corporation AEC Regent III no. 235
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A ride on Rochdale Corporation AEC Regent III no. 235

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @garyglover1969
    @garyglover1969 9 днів тому

    Lovely bus! What engine is it please?

    • @jp4712
      @jp4712 9 днів тому

      @@garyglover1969 hi, it’s a Gardner 6HLX.

  • @markfinney4157
    @markfinney4157 2 місяці тому

    At last a video on board a Midland Red S model. It's taken a long time and what a joy to travel on a true Midland Red for so many people living outside double-decker operations. Apart from Shrewsbury and Kidderminster most of my bus travel was on S6 and S10,12s. Thank you for this video and many more, please. Note how little rattling in the inside is a lesson for modern bus engineers as they rattle and bang like an old galvanised bucket full of nails.....bloody disgraceful considering the unit costs.☺☺☺☺

  • @louisadams4540
    @louisadams4540 9 місяців тому

    *PromoSM*

  • @Oliver66FarmBoy
    @Oliver66FarmBoy 9 місяців тому

    Victorian era steam was art with horsepower.

  • @XlebSAS
    @XlebSAS 9 місяців тому

    Oh hey, looks like it's the engines from the "Steamboy" anime!

  • @philpots48
    @philpots48 9 місяців тому

    Love to see the giants working. The UK, where the steam age began.

  • @johncamp7679
    @johncamp7679 10 місяців тому

    What does the small thing that spins around on top of a lot of steam engines do? It looks like a wind meter. Not sure how to describe it.

    • @timmiller9666
      @timmiller9666 10 місяців тому

      It’s called a flyball govern aka a centrifugal throttle.

    • @sculpturebyjoelrwashing628
      @sculpturebyjoelrwashing628 10 місяців тому

      @@timmiller9666 If I'm not mistaken, the governor is where the term "balls out" originates. If the balls are extended all the way out it is going as fast as it can.

    • @984francis
      @984francis 9 місяців тому

      @@sculpturebyjoelrwashing628 And 'balls to the wall" must mean they've flown right orf.

    • @GoingtoHecq
      @GoingtoHecq 9 місяців тому

      ​@@984francisballs to the wall may refer to a similar governor being used as an emergency brake in early elevators. The balls would go to the wall to lock the elevator in the shaft or something?

    • @jcalpha2717
      @jcalpha2717 9 місяців тому

      @@sculpturebyjoelrwashing628 The engine is going as fast as the governor *allows* it to run. It can be set to run at any speed the operator desires.(within reason).

  • @superadio1
    @superadio1 10 місяців тому

    Are there any looms left?

    • @jp4712
      @jp4712 10 місяців тому

      Sadly, no - the entire mill has been demolished except for the steam engine house.

    • @andyyoung4030
      @andyyoung4030 10 місяців тому

      Ellenroad didn't have looms, it was a Spinning Mill.

  • @johng.lidstone2236
    @johng.lidstone2236 Рік тому

    Such magnificent sounds :) gorgeous

  • @simonbeasley989
    @simonbeasley989 Рік тому

    Had a ride a few years ago at the museum. It's like something I've never heard before, as unique as an Ailsa and you have captured it perfectly.

  • @Northerner_Transport_Hub
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    I was standing just to the left of your friend here. What a cavalcade!

  • @piratedjradio
    @piratedjradio Рік тому

    my dad used to drive trolley busses for LT

  • @stevenpaulgoulding
    @stevenpaulgoulding Рік тому

    I what month and year did this vehicle entered service?

    • @jp4712
      @jp4712 Рік тому

      September 1951.

    • @stevenpaulgoulding
      @stevenpaulgoulding Рік тому

      @@jp4712 The vehicle sounds like a routemaster as long ago as the early 1950s.

  • @cannadineboxill-harris2983
    @cannadineboxill-harris2983 2 роки тому

    Extended Bodies for Most of the Buses Much as I am not comfortable to ask the depot why they stopped running the London Suburban Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Gardner 6LX and Gardner 6LXC Diesel Engine Olympian ECW’s on routes N26, 30, 121, 230, 271, 349, N279 And 158 why can’t we make the same make of the Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Gardner 6LX and Gardner 6LXC Diesel Engine Olympian ECW Buses but Modernise the insides of these Buses. Also make it low floor up and down and also extend the middle body part of these vehicles a little bit more so there will be more space for the wheelchair users. By the way, if you could remake and Modernise these vehicles could they also make it into a Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Gardner 6LX and Gardner 6LXC Diesel Engine Olympian ECW Version’s that if it will be possible and to Modernise the insides of these Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Gardner 6LX and Gardner 6LXC Diesel Engine Olympian ECW’s make it low floor up and down and also extend the middle body part of these vehicles a Little bit more so there will be more space and even a London Suburban Scania N230UD Enviro 400 MMC and also extend the middle body part of these vehicles a little bit more. Why couldn’t we have those London Suburban Buses Pale red on the top roof Pale red again on the top middle Milk Chocolate brown on the middle Creamy white on the Bottom Middle and Milk Chocolate Brown again on the Bottom on most of those kind of those Particular Double Decker Vehicles. Could you put the Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox in the Scania N230UD Enviro 400 MMC and also put the Loud 3-Speed Voith Diwa Gearbox in the Volvo TD102KF Engine East Lancs Olympus and also extend the middle body part of these vehicles a little bit more and also turn most of them to a London Suburban Buses. By the way could you also make the routes N26, 349, 121, N279 and 271 into a London Suburban Buses and have a mixture of a Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Scania N230UD Enviro 400 MMC and Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Gardner 6LX and Gardner 6LXC Diesel Engine Olympian ECW Version’s. Could they also transfer the Arriva Bus Depots from Hackney to Stagecoach company so they can replace all the Arriva buses so that all of them can go to Birmingham and Leeds and they can be replaced by Stagecoach Loud 3-Speed Voith Diwa Gearbox Volvo TD102KF Engine East Lancs Olympus and also Extend the Middle body part of these Vehicles and that includes A Mixture of a Stagecoach Loud 3-Speed Voith Diwa Gearbox Volvo TD102KF, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 6LXCT Engine Northern Counties Palatine One and that Includes a Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Scania N230UD Enviro 400 MMC Vehicles A Little Bit More. Can Arriva London Bus Company’s Replace Most of their Wight Buses so they can also transfer them to Birmingham and Also Manchester so they can be Replaced by Loud 3-Speed ZF Ecomat Gearboxes Volvo D10A Engine East Lancs Olympus and also Extend the Middle body part of these Vehicles A Little Bit More Thank You Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Much. Oh buy the way could the bus Factory Companies also Make More of Those Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Gardner 6LX and Gardner 6LXC Diesel engine Olympian ECW Vehicles And that also includes Those Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Cummins L10 Enviro 400 MMC And also Extend the Middle Body part of those Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Gardner 6LX and Gardner 6LXC Diesel Engine Olympian ECW Vehicles and the Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Cummins L10 Enviro 400 MMC Vehicles and that also includes The Loud 3-Speed ZF Ecomat Gearboxes Volvo D10A Engine East Lancs Olympus A Little Bit More And Paint Those 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Cummins L10 Enviro 400 MMC Vehicles and also those Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Gardner 6LX and Gardner 6LXC Diesel engine Olympian ECW Vehicles and that also includes The Northern Counties Palatine One with a Volvo TD102KF, Gardner 6LXC and Gardner 6LXCT Diesel engines with a Loud 3-Speed Voith Diwa Gearboxes and The Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Scania N230UD Enviro 400 MMC Vehicles and also The Loud 4-Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearbox Cummins L10 Enviro 400 MMC Vehicles to the Grey Green Colours Just Like The Other Original Scania Grey Green on the Bus Route 313 and the 103, If all The Leyland Titan B15’s are Fully Red and even Mostly Red, could they also Repaint All of The Leyland Titan B15’s into Grey Green Colours Just Like The Other Original Scania Grey Green on the Bus Route 313 so they can Reuse them for Only Every 5 and a Half Months and also Reuse them on those Rail Replacement London Bus Routes if that will Be Alright for Only Just Every 5 and a Half Months and also Reuse Those Buses Only on the London Bus Routes witch are The 341, N41, 34, 123, N29, 149, 221, N73, 121, 86, 30, 262, 147, 396, N26 so Please make sure that the builders can do as they are told!!!!!!!!!! And Please do something about these Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Very Important Professional Ideas Please Please Prime Minister and also Includes the Mayor of London.😉😉😅😀😀😃😃

  • @cannadineboxill-harris2983
    @cannadineboxill-harris2983 2 роки тому

    Hi Guy's my name is Mr C. T. Boxill-Harris I was wondering, why coudn't you find a nice fresh shiny Leyland Titan B15's and Repaint them to a Grey Green Color's just like the original Scania Grey Green's which were in the East London bus route's such as 125, 313 and also the bus route 103, if you guy would like to find about 11 Leyland Titan B15's, please could you Repaint them in the Exact Grey Green Bus Color's for us because it would be a Very Very Very Very Interesting Buses to see them Repainted to a Grey Green Color's and I'am a Big Fan of all of the Leyland Titan B15's😉😉😅😀😀😃😃

  • @christophernash4095
    @christophernash4095 2 роки тому

    Wonderful sound quality - almost as good as being there. Thanks!

  • @evisresortatnggatiranaisla1673
    @evisresortatnggatiranaisla1673 2 роки тому

    Love the 6LX sound - it is harmonious with the drop centre axle and SCG box. A tribute to the restorers is the relative lack of body rattle, unfortunately very loud in ECW bodies

  • @stevewilson6390
    @stevewilson6390 2 роки тому

    Loved this ! The paint on the 218 Ashton bus . Beautiful .

  • @basiltaylor8910
    @basiltaylor8910 2 роки тому

    Not bad for a 6LX RE, as due to their lower revs Lawrence Gardner,s 6LX lacks the vocal repertoire of a Preston Prima Donna you should know what I mean, yes cats and kittens ,A 680 LEYLAND!!! One Hundred Fifty Prancing Preston Ponies high on weed. A 680 RE sends bolts of electricity up my spine just to hear that Prima Donna,s booming exhaust rasp ,the SCG gearbox,and OH OH!!! those screaming transfer gears as backing vocals when the driver Mike Ede mashes the loud pedal.

  • @rolandharmer6402
    @rolandharmer6402 2 роки тому

    Beautiful bus!

  • @traveladdict1
    @traveladdict1 2 роки тому

    Great seeing the vehicles but if they are concerned about safety they should have one person giving instructions and hand signals, having two doing their own thing is a recipe for disaster.

    • @jp4712
      @jp4712 2 роки тому

      One person was in charge, the other was acting as the eyes and ears for the Matador as visibility from its cab is poor and it’s too loud to hear instructions - so his job was to replay the instructions to the Matador driver and monitor the angle of the tow bar in the Matador’s towing eye.

  • @lesleymyers1503
    @lesleymyers1503 2 роки тому

    ,

  • @flippop101
    @flippop101 3 роки тому

    Great vid! The Matador looks stunning!

  • @fortniteinreallifeepic4497
    @fortniteinreallifeepic4497 3 роки тому

    Mancunian bodied buses , they were good to drive in service , especially on the 53 route .

  • @rickydub6950
    @rickydub6950 3 роки тому

    Looks an amazing place 🙂 thanks for posting 👍

  • @musiclover5023
    @musiclover5023 4 роки тому

    Back to my childhood daily transport in Birmgham 1970 to 1980 great times on the numbers 8 11 33 46 50 90 91 Bus routes my favourite SEAT was on the top deck right at the front !

  • @bungfupanda8936
    @bungfupanda8936 4 роки тому

    That AEC Matador is beautiful, a treat in itself.

    • @caidenkalel4649
      @caidenkalel4649 3 роки тому

      Instablaster

    • @vincentdow5899
      @vincentdow5899 Рік тому

      Matador is the truck moving the busses about? That thing is awesome, but what’s with the observation lounge?

  • @ianthompson9201
    @ianthompson9201 4 роки тому

    My first "ride" in this fascinating machine. Always wondered what it sounded like. Thanks for posting.

  • @neogeocroiseur
    @neogeocroiseur 4 роки тому

    Wow qu’elle merveille!..

  • @franckbouvard5684
    @franckbouvard5684 4 роки тому

    Super

  • @hinlunlai869
    @hinlunlai869 4 роки тому

    Cummins V6-200 是老爺的環保引擎。

  • @we1330
    @we1330 5 років тому

    Very nice, Paul - what did mount your camera on?.

    • @jp4712
      @jp4712 5 років тому

      Robert Tarling it was just mounted on a fairly sturdy tripod, but set with its legs opened to the maximum extent so that two of the feet almost touched the sides of the bus, with the third leg in the gangway.

    • @we1330
      @we1330 5 років тому

      @@jp4712 Thanks Paul, I just may have to try that with mine...

  • @allenwilliams1306
    @allenwilliams1306 5 років тому

    Beautiful.

  • @rolandharmer6402
    @rolandharmer6402 5 років тому

    Wonderful! Thank you for keeping history alive.

  • @northstar1950
    @northstar1950 6 років тому

    A very nice upload, that interior looks lovely. sounds like a pre-select gearbox too.

    • @johnboytd
      @johnboytd 5 років тому

      Yes definitely a "fluid flywheel' (pre-select) Regent! A manual Regent has a higherpitched sound.

  • @djgirl5944
    @djgirl5944 6 років тому

    I was searching Castlejordan and found my beautiful family!

  • @abuubaydullah1
    @abuubaydullah1 6 років тому

    What a treat, i remember these buses and they were run by Rochdale not greater Manchester and run on time.

  • @v6200man
    @v6200man 6 років тому

    Absolute belter - that "nine six" sounds delicious

  • @v6200man
    @v6200man 6 років тому

    Very nice D132 box there - lovely sounds

  • @aleksey1083
    @aleksey1083 6 років тому

    Почему в Ванкувере нет маршрутного такси?

  • @Rvdecwthug
    @Rvdecwthug 6 років тому

    Are these Trolleys New Flyers?

    • @jp4712
      @jp4712 6 років тому

      Yes, they are.

  • @MrThrash37
    @MrThrash37 7 років тому

    Lovely shot, lucky that you had to be up early. I got it on the tour at Stafford with the 68 leading.

  • @cfb15jan
    @cfb15jan 7 років тому

    Almost began to sound like a Deltic!

  • @ianwinterbottom9539
    @ianwinterbottom9539 7 років тому

    I WAS a Rochdale conductor in the late 60s! This particular one is showing 17t, a Chesham Avenue turn back. And nearly everyone that got on tried to book through! Nobody ever read the front Destination board! Sigh!

  • @johno4521
    @johno4521 7 років тому

    Fantastic combination of engine/transmission sound; like nothing I've ever heard (in a bus anyway!)

  • @davmar5648
    @davmar5648 7 років тому

    in the late sixties living in Hyde Cheshire I remember an Experimental North Western Daimler with this engine fitted. I always waited in hope when I could catch a bus it was the one with this engine.. I was about 7 years old and I could tell the difference with the sound of the normal Daimler s and the one with this engine in.

  • @Squiz1971
    @Squiz1971 7 років тому

    A great sounding bus here although I am a bit young to fully remember these beauties. I have rode on some of these when they were still in service back in the 70's. I have ridden on 2976 and the old gal 1107 at Wythall on their trips. Great video of a well presented and kept preserved Guy

  • @Squiz1971
    @Squiz1971 8 років тому

    A bus from my youth as well

  • @Squiz1971
    @Squiz1971 8 років тому

    Great video of a great beast of fleetline & it is great to see this beauty back on the road after being a static display at Wythall for 25 years

  • @mazda159786cct
    @mazda159786cct 8 років тому

    令我回憶中巴珍寶巴士。