British Engines for Belgian Giants
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DELIEVED to be the longest buses on 1-) two axles in the world, 10• new rearengined single-deck vehicles to be put into service by the National Vicinal Railway Co. (S.N.C.V.), of Belgium, will have Leyland motive units. The vehicles, to replace a fleet of trams, will operate on an inter-urban service.
Designed and built by the Belgian concern of Brossel Frres, the buses have art overall length of 42 ft. 8 in. and can carry 57 seated and 23 standing passengers. They incorporate 150 blip. diesel engines and four-speed Pneumo-Cyclic gearboxes shipped from England by Leyland Motors, Ltd.
• The buses, which will be one-man operated, have jonckheere bodies with two doors, an entrance ahead of the front axle and an exit in front of the rear axle.
LORRY DRIVERS' MOTEL
LONG-DISTANCE drivers will be able 1--.1 to sleep and leave their vehicles in £1, safe place overnight when a motel, projected by West Ham Borough Council, is completed.
ft is intended to serve drivers who are waiting overnight for their vehicles to be unloaded at London Docks, and will he located in Silvertown Way, West Ham. The motel, for 50 drivers, is expected to open next year.
BUSES FOR SULTANAS
AIMED at the disposal of 20,000 tons of sultanas before the new export season commences in September, the Greek Foreign Trade Board has authorized the import of bus chassis against payment in equal value fsr exports of sultanas.