Friday, 5 June 2015
Crosville Bristol RE ELL 530 in Chester
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Hi,
The Crosville letter codes described the vehicle:-
- the first letter was the class of vehicle: C for a coach, D double-deck bus, E dual-purpose and S single-deck bus;
- the second letter was (if I remember rightly) the type of vehicle: O for Olympian, that sort of thing; and
- the third letter was the engine: G for Gardner and L for Leyland are the only two I remember.
So, in this case it's ERL rather than ELL and means it's not being treated as a coach by Crosville:
- E means Dual Purpose;
- R means Bristol RE; and
- L on the end means it has a Leyland engine.
My personal favourite Crosville type code was that used for it's Gardener-engined Leyland Olympian double-deckers: DOG. Never heard one barking, though...
Thank you for that I was tempted to add some of that but I was in a hurry. As for the Olympians many of the drivers I bet they thought it was a dog's life.
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