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Typifying the Red & White fleet of the fifties is this Duple bodied Leyland
Tiger (HWO323). The Red & White group ran an interesting and mixed fleet after
the war, before all whole operation was sold to the government in the wake of
nationalisation of the railways and their bus interests. Eventually the fleet
became a standard red and cream Tilling fleet operating Bristol/ECW products.
Its varous subsidiaries were absorbed by fellow Tilling group members. Venture
of Basingstoke to Wilts & Dorset, Newbury & District and South Midland to
Thames Valley and Cheltenham District to Bristol Omnibus. The bus is seen
at an early Hillingdon Showbus in the seventies.
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Red & White had a wonderful idiosyncratic numbering system consisting of a class identifier (usually one or two letters), followed by a stop, then the number of the bus in the batch and ending with the two numbers identifying the year new. Thus this ECW coach bodied Bristol MW6G, SWO986 received the fleet number UC.758 and was a stalwart performer on the London services along the A4 road. The livery application was slightly non standard Tilling practice, with the red waistband covering the roof. The bus is seen for sale at the 2002 Cardiff Centenary Rally. |
27401 Bristol RELH Coach RED & WHITE.Red & White Services of Monmouth brings a hint of nostalgia to the first release of our new Bristol RELH casting. With new high floor coach interior, full rear window and luggage locker fleet number RD.471, registered XWO174J is working on service 24 to Cinderford. |
16214 Bristol MW Coach RED & WHITE.Working with Associated Motorways our model of fleet number UC5.59, registered UWO 705 is on route to Newport and Chepstow. |
E26803 Leyland Duple RED & WHITE.Over the years we have been asked to produce models from the Red and White Motor Services fleet of Monmouth, and this is our first. Registered HWO 352 this attractive coach, fleet number 52, is on a South Wales route to Swansea. |
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