First of 100 New Buses for B.M.M.O.
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FIRST production models of 100 newly styled double-deckers for the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co., Ltd., have left the assembly lines at Leyland Motors, Ltd. Sixteen of these vehicles are now in the painting and finishing stages, whilst others are in the erection department.
The buses follow the design of the prototype exhibited at the Commercial Motor Show and incorporate several interesting features specified by the operator. The most prominent of these is the full-fronted engine compartment built in conjunction with the driver's half cab. Both these units are constructed integrally with the body and are cantilevered from it, so that there is no independent movement between the driver's compartment and the bonnet.
A detachable false grille replaces the usual Leyland radiator shell. The squab back of the off-side wheelarch seat is detachable and its removal allows a long two-sectioned brace, for operating the lifting jack, to be clamped to the body side frame. The jack itself is stowed below the seat Ventilation sliders are fitted to four of the five lower-deck side windows, and to four of the seven upper-deck side windows.
NEW SPARKtNG-PLUG STANDARD
ANEW standard, B.S. 45: 1952, has been published by the British Standards Institution, 24, Victoria
• Street, London, S.W.1, to supersede B.S. 45: 1928, sparking plugs for automobile engines, and British Standard E.9, sparking plugs for aircraft engines. The provisions of B.S. 45: 1952 are mainly dimensional and relate to features of design such as standard . reaches and terminals, body hexagon, counter bore of the tapped hole, and to the limits and tolerances for the screw thread of the plug and the tapped hole.
Standardization has been confined to the 14-mm. size. Full consideration has been given to the desirability of achieving interchangeability between British and American plugs. Copies of the standard may he obtained from the Institution, price 4s.
50 SERVICEMEN AS WITNESSES
FIM soldiers and airmen attended a hearing by the Northern Licensing Authority to support applications by various operators to run week-end services from Catterick Camp and Acklington R.A.F. station to various towns. Sunter Bros. sought permission to operate a group of excursions and tours from Cattcrick, but this hearing was adjourned indefinitely.
Messrs. G. R. and F. Longsliff, Broomhill, were allowed to run from a6 Acklington to Leeds and Manchester, and United Automobile Services, Ltd., from Acklington to Newcastle-on-Tyne, INGLIS REPORT ENDORSED
THE main principles and proposals of the Inglis Report have been endorsed by the executive committee of the Clyde Valley Planning Advisory Committee. Specific support is given to the suggestion to electrify suburban railways in and around Glasgow. The committee has delayed its decision on details until the outcome of the Transport Bill is known.
EXPRESS CARRIERS' GAZETTEER
A GAZETTEER of members has
been published by the express carriers' group of the Road Haulage Association, 146, New Bond Street, London, W.I. The country is divided into 10 areas and the publication contains an alphabetical index of towns in each. Names, addresses and telephone numbers of carriers are given, together with details of districts served and available storage facilities. Copies can be obtained from the secretary of the R.H.A.
WRONG DESTINATION SHOWN
A CONDUCTRESS employed by CA Chester Transport Department pleaded guilty to Chester magistrates, last week, to failing to indicate the correct destination of her vehicle. She had forgotten to change the indicator. The chairman said that this was the first case of its kind to come before the court, and discharged the defendant absolutely on payment of 4s. costs.