AEC Regals
AEC REGAL 1 - 156 - 165 (Total 10)
Built in May/June 1936
Chassis: AEC Regal 662 with petrol engines, refitted with 7.7 litre oil engines in 1949.
Body: Stylish Weymann 32-seat front-entrance coach bodies with recessed door and roof luggage pannier, converted to 35-seat bus configuration in 1949.
Notes: Part of a batch of ten bought in 1936. Four were impressed for military service in the early part of World War II and their fleet numbers used again in 1947, the remaining six being converted to oil engines and bus seating in 1949. Of these six, four were retired in 1959, and the final two lasted for another year or so.
CRA 655 fleet number 156 Deliv. 5/36. c/n 6621868, b/n C5031. Received 7.7 litre oil engine in 1949. This and No.164 were the oldest vehicles in the fleet in 1960.
CRA 656 fleet number 157 Deliv. 6/36. c/n 6621869, b/n C5032. Requisitioned for war service.
CRA 657 fleet number 158 Deliv. 6/36. c/n 6621870, b/n C5033. Converted to 7.7 litre oil-engined bus in 1949. Retired in 1959.
CRA 658 fleet number 159 Deliv. 5/36. c/n 6621871, b/n C5034. Requisitioned for war service, then to A.Camm, Nottingham, receiving A173 oil engine 8/49. Temporarily registered GXD 609 while with Ministry of Works.
CRA 659 fleet number 160 Deliv. 5/36. c/n 6621872, b/n C5035. Requisitioned for war service.
CRA 660 fleet number 161 Deliv. 5/36. c/n 6621873, b/n C5036. Converted to 7.7 litre oil-engined bus in 1949. Retired in 1959.
CRA 661 fleet number 162 Deliv. 6/36. c/n 6621874, b/n C5037. Requisitioned for war service.
CRA 662 fleet number 163 Deliv. 6/36. c/n 6621875, b/n C5038. Converted to 7.7 litre oil-engined bus in 1949. Retired in 1959.
CRA 663 fleet number 164 Deliv. 5/36. c/n 6621876, b/n C5039. Received 7.7 litre oil engine in 1949. This and No.156 were the oldest vehicles in the fleet in 1960.
CRA 664 fleet number 165 Deliv. 5/36. c/n 6621877, b/n C5040. Converted to 7.7 litre oil-engined bus in 1949. Sold as scrap 1959.
Chassis: AEC Regal 662 with petrol engines, refitted with 7.7 litre oil engines in 1949.
Body: Stylish Weymann 32-seat front-entrance coach bodies with recessed door and roof luggage pannier, converted to 35-seat bus configuration in 1949.
Notes: Part of a batch of ten bought in 1936. Four were impressed for military service in the early part of World War II and their fleet numbers used again in 1947, the remaining six being converted to oil engines and bus seating in 1949. Of these six, four were retired in 1959, and the final two lasted for another year or so.
CRA 655 fleet number 156 Deliv. 5/36. c/n 6621868, b/n C5031. Received 7.7 litre oil engine in 1949. This and No.164 were the oldest vehicles in the fleet in 1960.
CRA 656 fleet number 157 Deliv. 6/36. c/n 6621869, b/n C5032. Requisitioned for war service.
CRA 657 fleet number 158 Deliv. 6/36. c/n 6621870, b/n C5033. Converted to 7.7 litre oil-engined bus in 1949. Retired in 1959.
CRA 658 fleet number 159 Deliv. 5/36. c/n 6621871, b/n C5034. Requisitioned for war service, then to A.Camm, Nottingham, receiving A173 oil engine 8/49. Temporarily registered GXD 609 while with Ministry of Works.
CRA 659 fleet number 160 Deliv. 5/36. c/n 6621872, b/n C5035. Requisitioned for war service.
CRA 660 fleet number 161 Deliv. 5/36. c/n 6621873, b/n C5036. Converted to 7.7 litre oil-engined bus in 1949. Retired in 1959.
CRA 661 fleet number 162 Deliv. 6/36. c/n 6621874, b/n C5037. Requisitioned for war service.
CRA 662 fleet number 163 Deliv. 6/36. c/n 6621875, b/n C5038. Converted to 7.7 litre oil-engined bus in 1949. Retired in 1959.
CRA 663 fleet number 164 Deliv. 5/36. c/n 6621876, b/n C5039. Received 7.7 litre oil engine in 1949. This and No.156 were the oldest vehicles in the fleet in 1960.
CRA 664 fleet number 165 Deliv. 5/36. c/n 6621877, b/n C5040. Converted to 7.7 litre oil-engined bus in 1949. Sold as scrap 1959.
A very new looking Midland General CRA 663, fleet number 164, AEC Regal / Weymann C32F pictured in 1936. Destination reads: Ripley.
A later picture of Midland General CRA 663, fleet number 164, AEC Regal / Weymann C32F taken at Heanor Garage in August 1951. Destination reads: X2 Private.
AEC REGAL 1 - 53 - 127 (not consecutive) (Total 10)
Built in April 1938
Chassis: AEC Regal O662 with diesel engine.
Body: Weymann 35-seat front-entrance dual-purpose body
ERA 906 fleet number 53 c/n O6622542, b/n M1421, deliv 4/38.
ERA 907 fleet number 55 c/n O6622543, b/n M1422, deliv 4/38.
ERA 908 fleet number 56 c/n O6622544, b/n M1423, deliv 4/38.
ERA 909 fleet number 99 c/n O6622545, b/n M1424, deliv 4/38.
ERA 910 fleet number 100 c/n O6622546, b/n M1425, deliv 4/38.
ERA 911 fleet number 101 c/n O6622547, b/n M1426, deliv 4/38.
ERA 912 fleet number 110 c/n O6622548, b/n M1427, deliv 4/38.
ERA 913 fleet number 113 c/n O6622549, b/n M1428, deliv 4/38.
ERA 914 fleet number 126 c/n O6622550, b/n M1429, deliv 4/38. Chassis survived, having been running for Malta Bus Service since about 1955 with a Debono rebody, and still in use in Malta in October 2003 but may have been withdrawn and scrapped soon afterwards.
ERA 915 fleet number 127 c/n O6622551, b/n M1430, deliv 4/38.
Chassis: AEC Regal O662 with diesel engine.
Body: Weymann 35-seat front-entrance dual-purpose body
ERA 906 fleet number 53 c/n O6622542, b/n M1421, deliv 4/38.
ERA 907 fleet number 55 c/n O6622543, b/n M1422, deliv 4/38.
ERA 908 fleet number 56 c/n O6622544, b/n M1423, deliv 4/38.
ERA 909 fleet number 99 c/n O6622545, b/n M1424, deliv 4/38.
ERA 910 fleet number 100 c/n O6622546, b/n M1425, deliv 4/38.
ERA 911 fleet number 101 c/n O6622547, b/n M1426, deliv 4/38.
ERA 912 fleet number 110 c/n O6622548, b/n M1427, deliv 4/38.
ERA 913 fleet number 113 c/n O6622549, b/n M1428, deliv 4/38.
ERA 914 fleet number 126 c/n O6622550, b/n M1429, deliv 4/38. Chassis survived, having been running for Malta Bus Service since about 1955 with a Debono rebody, and still in use in Malta in October 2003 but may have been withdrawn and scrapped soon afterwards.
ERA 915 fleet number 127 c/n O6622551, b/n M1430, deliv 4/38.
Official photogaph of Midland General ERA 907, fleet number 55, AEC Regal / Weymann DP35F pictured when new in 1938. Destination reads: Matlock via Crich. The fleet number plaque has yet to be fitted.
Midland General ERA 909, fleet number 99, AEC Regal / Weymann DP35F pictured on Heanor Market Place. Destination reads: Spondon.
Midland General ERA 910, fleet number 100, AEC Regal / Weymann DP35F pictured at Mount Street Bus Station, Nottingham. Destination reads: F2 Kimberley.
AEC REGAL 1 - 151 - 173 (not consecutive) (Total 7)
Built in April 1938
Chassis: AEC Regal O662 with diesel engine
Body: Weymann 32-seat front-entrance dual-purpose body
ERA 921 fleet number 151 c/n O6622552, b/n M1436, deliv 4/38.
ERA 922 fleet number 155 c/n O6622553, b/n M1437, deliv 4/38. Retired 1959. With Leslie (contractor), N.London 1960.
ERA 923 fleet number 169 c/n O6622554, b/n M1438, deliv 4/38.
ERA 924 fleet number 170 c/n O6622555, b/n M1439, deliv 4/38. Retired 1959, probably scrapped.
ERA 925 fleet number 171 c/n O6622556, b/n M1440, deliv 4/38. Retired 1959, probably scrapped.
ERA 926 fleet number 172 c/n O6622557, b/n M1441, deliv 4/38. Used as a snowplough at Alfreton from approx 1960 to 1965, then withdrawn.
ERA 927 fleet number 173 c/n O6622558, b/n M1442, deliv 4/38.
Chassis: AEC Regal O662 with diesel engine
Body: Weymann 32-seat front-entrance dual-purpose body
ERA 921 fleet number 151 c/n O6622552, b/n M1436, deliv 4/38.
ERA 922 fleet number 155 c/n O6622553, b/n M1437, deliv 4/38. Retired 1959. With Leslie (contractor), N.London 1960.
ERA 923 fleet number 169 c/n O6622554, b/n M1438, deliv 4/38.
ERA 924 fleet number 170 c/n O6622555, b/n M1439, deliv 4/38. Retired 1959, probably scrapped.
ERA 925 fleet number 171 c/n O6622556, b/n M1440, deliv 4/38. Retired 1959, probably scrapped.
ERA 926 fleet number 172 c/n O6622557, b/n M1441, deliv 4/38. Used as a snowplough at Alfreton from approx 1960 to 1965, then withdrawn.
ERA 927 fleet number 173 c/n O6622558, b/n M1442, deliv 4/38.
Midland General ERA 926, fleet number 172, AEC Regal / Weymann C32F pictured at Lawn Park car park, Skegness. Destination reads: X1 Skegness.
AEC REGAL - 13 - 133 (not consecutive) (Total 20)
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Built Jan/Feb 1939
Chassis: AEC Regal O662 with diesel engines Body: Weymann dual-purpose front-entrance 35-seat body 13 (FRA 828) c/n O6623184, b/n M1852, deliv.1/39. 15 (FRA 829) c/n O6623186, b/n M1853, deliv.1/39. 17 (FRA 830) c/n O6623189, b/n M1854, deliv.1/39. 19 (FRA 831) c/n O6623190, b/n M1855, deliv.1/39. 39 (FRA 832) c/n O6623191, b/n M1856, deliv.1/39. 47 (FRA 833) c/n O6623192, b/n M1857, deliv.1/39. 51 (FRA 834) c/n O6623193, b/n M1858, deliv.2/39. 62 (FRA 835) c/n O6623194, b/n M1859, deliv.2/39. 66 (FRA 836) c/n O6623195, b/n M1860, deliv.2/39. 69 (FRA 837) c/n O6623196, b/n M1861, deliv.2/39. Withdrawn 1959. |
74 (FRA 838) c/n O6623197, b/n M1862, deliv.2/39. 79 (FRA 839) c/n O6623198, b/n M1863, deliv.2/39. 80 (FRA 840) c/n O6623199, b/n M1864, deliv.2/39. Withdrawn 1959. 85 (FRA 841) c/n O6623200, b/n M1865, deliv.2/39. 104 (FRA 842) c/n O6623201, b/n M1866, deliv.2/39. Withdrawn 1958 and scrapped. 112 (FRA 843) c/n O6623295, b/n M1867, deliv.1/39. 115 (FRA 844) c/n O6623296, b/n M1868, deliv.1/39. 130 (FRA 845) c/n O6623297, b/n M1869, deliv.1/39. 132 (FRA 846) c/n O6623298, b/n M1870, deliv.1/39. 133 (FRA 847) c/n O6623299, b/n M1871, deliv.1/39. |
Midland General FRA 828, fleet number 13, AEC Regal / Weymann DP35F pictured at Mount Street Bus Station, Nottingham. Destination reads: B1 Eastwood.
Official photogaph of Midland General FRA 834, fleet number 51, AEC Regal / Weymann DP35F pictured when new in 1939. Destination reads: Glapwell. The fleet number plaque has yet to be fitted.
Midland General FRA 840, fleet number 80, AEC Regal / Weymann DP35F pictured at Mount Street Bus Station, Nottingham. Destination reads: B1 Langley Mill.
Midland General FRA 845, fleet number 130, AEC Regal / Weymann DP35F pictured at Mount Street Bus Station, Nottingham. Destination reads: B5 Eastwood.
AEC REGAL - 41 - 44 (Total 4)
Built in 1946-47
Chassis: AEC Regal
Body: Duple 35-seat front-entrance dual-purpose bodies
JRB 127 fleet number 41 - sold to Nottingham Education Committee in 1960.
JRB 128 fleet number 42 - sold 1960.
JRB 129 fleet number 43
JRB 130 fleet number 44 - sold to Camm, Nottingham in 1960.
Chassis: AEC Regal
Body: Duple 35-seat front-entrance dual-purpose bodies
JRB 127 fleet number 41 - sold to Nottingham Education Committee in 1960.
JRB 128 fleet number 42 - sold 1960.
JRB 129 fleet number 43
JRB 130 fleet number 44 - sold to Camm, Nottingham in 1960.
Ex-Midland General JRB 127, fleet no. 41, AEC Regal / Duple DP35F when operated by People's College of Further Education, Nottingham.
AEC REGAL - 174 - 185 (Total 12)
Built in 1949-50 for Mansfield District, but acquired by Midland General in 1960.
Chassis: AEC Regal III 9621E with 9.6 litre diesel engines
Body: Weymann 35-seat front-entrance dual-purpose (bus or coach) bodies
Notes: Originally ordered by Mansfield District these 12 buses served in Mansfield for ten years as part of a batch of 24 in that fleet. Their acquisition by Midland General then gave them another lease of life, and one example has survived into preservation. The withdrawal from service of Nos.175 and 176 in 1967 marked the end of halfcab single decker operation by Midland General.
174 (KRR 253) Ex Mansfield District No.7. Withdrawn 1966.
175 (KRR 255) c/n 9621E481, body No.M4122, deliv.5/50. Ex Mansfield District No.9. Withdrawn 1967 and acquired by East Midlands Transport Society for preservation. Kept at the Midland Railway Centre, Butterley, Derbyshire (2005).
176 (KRR 264) Ex Mansfield District No.18 - Withdrawn 1967.
177 (KRR 265) Ex Mansfield District No.19 - Sold for scrap 1965.
178 (KRR 266) Ex Mansfield District No.20 - Withdrawn 1966.
179 (KRR 267) Ex Mansfield District No.21 - Withdrawn 1966.
180 (KRR 268) Ex Mansfield District No.22 - Sold for scrap 1965.
181 (KRR 269) Ex Mansfield District No.23 - Had been withdrawn, but returned to service in 1966. Withdrawn again autumn 1966.
182 (KRR 271) c/n 9621E497. Ex Mansfield District No.25. In store with Midland General in 1966, but withdrawn in the autumn.
183 (KRR 272) Ex Mansfield District No.26 - Sold for scrap 1965.
184 (KRR 273) Ex Mansfield District No.27 - Sold for scrap 1965.
185 (KRR 274) Ex Mansfield District No.28 - Sold for scrap 1965.
Chassis: AEC Regal III 9621E with 9.6 litre diesel engines
Body: Weymann 35-seat front-entrance dual-purpose (bus or coach) bodies
Notes: Originally ordered by Mansfield District these 12 buses served in Mansfield for ten years as part of a batch of 24 in that fleet. Their acquisition by Midland General then gave them another lease of life, and one example has survived into preservation. The withdrawal from service of Nos.175 and 176 in 1967 marked the end of halfcab single decker operation by Midland General.
174 (KRR 253) Ex Mansfield District No.7. Withdrawn 1966.
175 (KRR 255) c/n 9621E481, body No.M4122, deliv.5/50. Ex Mansfield District No.9. Withdrawn 1967 and acquired by East Midlands Transport Society for preservation. Kept at the Midland Railway Centre, Butterley, Derbyshire (2005).
176 (KRR 264) Ex Mansfield District No.18 - Withdrawn 1967.
177 (KRR 265) Ex Mansfield District No.19 - Sold for scrap 1965.
178 (KRR 266) Ex Mansfield District No.20 - Withdrawn 1966.
179 (KRR 267) Ex Mansfield District No.21 - Withdrawn 1966.
180 (KRR 268) Ex Mansfield District No.22 - Sold for scrap 1965.
181 (KRR 269) Ex Mansfield District No.23 - Had been withdrawn, but returned to service in 1966. Withdrawn again autumn 1966.
182 (KRR 271) c/n 9621E497. Ex Mansfield District No.25. In store with Midland General in 1966, but withdrawn in the autumn.
183 (KRR 272) Ex Mansfield District No.26 - Sold for scrap 1965.
184 (KRR 273) Ex Mansfield District No.27 - Sold for scrap 1965.
185 (KRR 274) Ex Mansfield District No.28 - Sold for scrap 1965.
Midland General KRR 255, fleet number 175, AEC Regal III / Weymann DP35F pictured at the Midland General Omnibus / Mansfield District Traction Sutton Road Garage, Mansfield. Destination reads: F.1 Mansfield.
Midland General KRR 267, fleet number 179, AEC Regal III / Weymann DP35F. Destination: Private.
Midland General KRR 271, fleet number 182, AEC Regal III / Weymann DP35F pictured on Crich Top. Destination: E2 Matlock.
Mansfield District KRR 272, fleet number 26, AEC Regal III / Weymann DP35F: later to become Midland General fleet number 183. Destination: Private.
