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VINTAGE FENTON FILE
| 题名： | VINTAGE FENTON FILE |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | MIKE FENTON |
| 摘要： | Seven years ago in December 2014 Buses, I featured Whitson-bodied Rowe Hillmaster TAF 587, a vehicle designed by Cornishman Maurice Rowe and built in Dobwalls by his company, MG Rowe (Motors) Doublebois. That was the sole example of the type bodied as a coach. The other four all received 44-seat bus bodies. One was WRL 16, new in June 1956 to the Millbrook Steamboat & Trading Company of Millbrook, Cornwall with a Reading body, while HB 9287, 9486 and 9922 were new in May 1957, October 1957 and July 1958 respectively to Morlais Services of Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan. Morlais bodied its trio on its own premises on framing supplied by Metal Sections (Metsec) of Oldbury, Worcestershire. To say that they were basic would be an understatement. Nor would they have won any prizes for elegance of design, or longevity, as none had attained seven years of service by the time they were withdrawn in the mid-1960s. This John Cockshott photograph, taken at The Traction Yard, Merthyr on June 30, 1959, shows the then almost one-year old HB 9922. The operator's name was, incidentally, taken from the 13th century Morlais Castle that once had stood on an escarpment overlooking the River Taff, a short distance to the north of Merthyr. The castle was built by the Earl of Gloucester to further a dispute with the Earl of Hereford, but apparently was never completed. |
| 出版年： | 2022 |
| 期刊名称： | Buses |
| 卷： | 74 |
| 期： | 803 |
| 页码： | 59-59 |
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