4495 PND 495 was one of twenty slow speed Daimler CVG5s with an MCW Orion H36/28R body seen here in Trafford Park.
4495 PND 495 was one of twenty slow speed Daimler CVG5s with an MCW Orion H36/28R body seen here in Trafford Park.
17th November 2005 00:00
Buses of Greater Manchester from Municipal Days.
Derek Gordon's Bus Photos @ fotopic.net
A front and nearside view of ex-Manchester Corporation No 4468 NNB 278 with an H32/28R Metro-Cammell body. This vehicle was one of just three Daimler CVG6s in the 4400-4479 batch repainted into Selnec PTE livery in 1972 and was based at Princess Road garage until it was finally withdrawn from traffic in 1974 after twenty years service. It is seen here on St Mary's Gate turning onto Deansgate in Central Manchester. (Photo courtesy of Steve Kemp)Previous | NextOf the thirty MCW Orion H36/28R bodied Daimlers in the Manchester Corporation fleet, the first ten vehicles 4480-4489 were Daimler CVG6s with a slide-opening cab door and, the remaining twenty vehicles including 4498 PND 498 as seen here at Piccadilly Bus Station were Daimler CVG5s with a conventional cab door. This vehicle entered traffic in 1955 and carries the original Manchester Corporation livery. (c) SCT61.

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