WMPTE 149N, Bentley, Walsall, 1976 - a photo on Flickriver

WMPTE 149N, Bentley, Walsall, 1976

            En route for Wolverhampton, WMPTE 149N is pictured at Bentley, Walsall in the early weeks of 1976. The Guy Arab motorbus has just crossed over Junction-10 of the M6 Motorway, with Reedswood Power Station hard at work in the backdrop. In the low winter sunshine the gritty feel of the era and area abounds.

149N was the last Strachan bodied Guy Arab bus to operate for the PTE, having received significant attention to reinforce the inherently structurally weak body framing. As far as I am aware, this was the only such Strachan Guy Arab so treated. The rebuild ensured that the bus lasted until withdrawal in January 1977. Its sister Strachan bodied Guy Arabs had succumbed to withdrawal between January 1972 and March 1976, most of them in 1973-74.

This former Wolverhampton Corporation bus had been transferred to Walsall bus garage in June 1973, remaining there for the rest of its service life. 

149N had been repainted into WMPTE's blue and cream corporate livery in 1972, receiving the 'Wolverhampton Steam Laundry' advert soon after. It carried this advert until its demise. 

Scanned and corrected from a very washed-out 'Dixon's' own brand 35mm colour slide. I seem to recall that Dixon's film was actually Fuji film, which at this time was poor for getting the colour rendition correct.

Taken on: February 24, 2024

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Sets appears in: • Britain in the 1970s • Cars, vans, and bikes more » • Walsall • WMPTE North Division • Wolverhampton Corporation Transport « less

Camera: Plustek OpticFilm 7600i (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Plustek OpticFilm 7600i
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Pixelmator 3.5.1
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