I'd heard something of that before, but just imagine it! a fleeet of 11 metre
double deck trolleys!


> From:: "Tony" <ken@...>
> To: therearenginedbusclub@...
> Subject: [the rear engined bus club] Re: XDH 56 G progress at Wythall_it is
undercoat
> Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 09:47:59 -0000

> Hi Stephen, I did say in my message that it's undercoat, yes. You are
> quite right about it being paler when new - powder blue with ivory
> window pans. It was a one-off colour scheme at Walsall. According to
> Keith Bodley at The Black Country Museum, Ron Edgley Cox, Walsall's
> individualistic general manager, got hold of a batch of paint cheap
> and it was supposedly battleship grey. Not sure how accurate all that
> is but 56 was certainly one on its own. The intention was that if its
> layout was deemed a success, then it would form the prototype for a
> new fleet of high-capacity trolleybuses at Walsall. The V6 Cummins
> sat under the rear stairs and could easily be replaced with an
> electric traction motor. The bus even had double-skin insulated
> floors with all this in mind, as I understand. Of course, with the
> coming of WMPTE in 1969, nothing came of the project and R. Edgley
> resigned soon after.
> Regards,
> Tony.
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