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Bristol RE GWO 6 D

GWO6D was delivered as Red and White's RC666 during Feb 1966.

It had 47 coach seats in it's Eastern Coachways body, number 15915.
When built it was fitted with a 2 piece coach (small) destination panel and a coach type door. (Illustrations)
Its chassis (number 232.020) was powered by a Gardner 6HLX engine.

This vehicle no longer exists, it was last recorded in May 1979.
 
 

Photographs

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Where no copyright details are shown the photo is known to exist, but is not freely available.
There may be other photos on the Internet that I cannot show the links for. See 'Useful sites for finding pictures' on the links page.
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** = Black and white photo, otherwise colour.

   Livery Owner Date Location Photo copyright Photo link
**Red and White Cream/Red (1) Red and White RC666  London Ken Steley Click Here 
 Red and White Cream/Red (1) Red and White RC666 Jun 1972 Newport Andrew Mann Click Here 
 NBC Express Red and White RC666 28 Apr 1973 Bristol Andrew Mann Click Here 
 NBC Express Red and White RC666   eBay  Click Here  
**NBC Express Red and White RC666 1974 Liverpool Book-NBC Early Years  Buy Book 


Diary for GWO6D

Date Event Owner Number Allocation Details Livery
Feb 1966 Built for:Red and White RC666   Red and White Cream/Red (1) 
Feb 1966 Transfer Red and White RC166 Cheltenham Gloucestershire's Buses  
By 1 Apr 1973 Repaint Red and White RC666  Andrew Mann NBC Express 
Jan 1974   Monmouth   
6 Aug 1975   Cardiff, Gelligaer Street Allocation of Rolling Stock document  
Jan 1976 Renumbered Red and White RC7666    
Apr 1976   Cardiff, Gelligaer Street   
By 27 Apr 1978 Withdrawn by:Red and White    
Nov 1978 Sold to:National Welsh RC7666    
Apr 1979   Barry   
May 1979 Withdrawn by:National Welsh  Used as staff transport at Ely, Cardiff works afterwards  

Owners shown above in Green are preservationists, Red are dealers, Blue for PSV use and brown for None-PSV.

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