PRESERVED BUSES & COACHES
| FLEET No | Q 55 |
| REG | BXD 576 |
| MAKE | AEC |
| MODEL | Q type |
| YEAR | 1935 |
| BODY | Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Works - 35 seat |
| OWNER | London Transport Museum, Acton Reserve Collection |
| HISTORY | Very innovative for the
time, the Q vehicles had the engine on the off-side, behind the front
wheel. Inside, a longitudinal bench seat was fitted over the engine
cover. The engine turned an offset differential on the rear axle,
which necessitated the use of single tyres at the rear.
This vehicle was one of 102 buses built for the country area during 1935-6. Originally at Swanley, it moved to Dorking during WWII for the 431 Sevenoaks route. In 1949 it was working the Green Line route 708 from Victoria to East Grinstead. Withdrawn from service in 1953, it was transferred to the London Transport Museum. In 2000 it was moved to the Reserve Collection at Acton. |
| Above photo taken at: | London Transport Museum Reserve Collection, Acton. |
| Taken on: | 7th March 2009 |
Photographs © Mike Smith 2012
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