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NEW CROSSLEY 43-SEATER FOR DUTCH RAILWAYS
BASICALLY similar to the Myercharged oiler described in "The Commercial Motor" on April 25, a further design, without a blower, is now in production by Crossley Motors, Ltd., Heaton Chapel, Stockport. The new type is designed for a 43-seater body and is intended for use on inter-urban operation. As with the design described last month, this model is part of a contract for the Dutch State Railways. Altogether 425 chassis of the second type are to he supplied.
Whilst the width continues at 8 ft., the wheelbase has been reduced to 18 ft. N. in. The overall main chassis length is 32 ft. 4/ ins.
Except for the omission of the supercharger, the engine is practically unaltered, the only changes necessary being the elimination of the corresponding pulleys Tram the crankshaft drive and the strengthening of the oil filler pipe by the incorporation of a stabilizing bracket.
The power unit has, of course, the same piston-swept volume of 525 cubic ins. and in this instance a maximum torque of 4,530 lb.-in. is developed at 1,000 r.p.m. Although the design of the rear axle is unaltered, the ratio in this case is 5.75:1.
As with-tfie supercharged model, the driver has before him an instrument panel with vari-colou red lights to indicate when the various items of equipment are in operation.
An order for five Leyland singledecker bus chassis, with 7.4-litre oil engines, has been placed by a Finnish concern. GLASGOW LOSES 700 MEN IN FOUR MONTHS WHEN asked how many members of VI' the operating staff of Glasgow Transport Department had resigned between January 1 and April 30 of this year, Councillor Storrie, on behalf of the transport committee convener, replied that 10 per cent. of the drivers and conductors-696 men—had left.
Councillor Storrie said that 50 per cent. of the men had resigned to take up other employment. 0 f s h e remainder, 25 per cent, alleged that they found the work unsuitable, 10 per cent. indicated that they were going abroad or were leaving for housing or domestic reasons, 10 per cent. gave no reason, and 5 per cent. were rejoining the Armed Forces.
OLD BIRMINGHAM OPERATOR SELLS OUT
ONE of the oldest and largest privately owned coach businesses in Birmingham, previously operated by Mr. Arthur Young under the name of Red Warrior Coaches, has been purchased by Worthington Motor Tours, Ltd., Wolverhampton. The licences have been "transferred."
Existing services will be continued and additional facilities introduced in the near future.
Worthington Motor Tours, Ltd., runs holiday tours, and this year is operating 12 different Willi; including regular trips to Switzerland and the French Riviera. The company has a new coach station in Hurst Street, Birmingham, but the head office and main repair depot remain at Wolverhampton.
PEAK PROBLEMS PILE UP
PEAK traffic problems have been increased by greater standardization of hours and the introduction of the five-day week in the textile and engineering industries, said Mr. W. T. James, chairman of the Yorkshire Woollen District Transport Co., Ltd., at the company's annual general meeting. Response by employers and employees to suggestions for the staggering of hours had been disappointing.
Of 47 buses dm: for delivery last year, only 10 were received. Nevertheless, bus mileage increased by nearly 1,250,000 and passengers by about 4,000,000.
" DIRTY " BUSES CAUSE STRIKE LLEGING that buses brought in CI for repair were in a dirty condition, mechanics and electricians at eight Lanarkshire depots of the Central S.IVP.T. Co., Ltd., recently stopped work. The strike had the approval of the .Mid-Lanark District Committee of the Amalgamated Engineering Union.
The men demanded the provision of washing facilities, the cleaning of all chassis before overhaul, or extra payment for working on a dirty chassis.
SERVICES AND FARES COR the first time since 1940, London Coastal Coaches, Ltd., has issued "Coach Travel," a booklet which gives the names of all localities in Britain served by luxuby coach, together with single, day-return and period-return fares from London.