21704 Scarborough Bus Service (4) + `Majestic`
White WA20 / SBS-Bolton
circa 1950
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| Body: |
SBS-Bolton 11/44 prime mover |
| Engine: |
White WA22 6cyl petrol |
| Gearbox: |
4sp constant mesh |
| Last updated: |
3 October 2014 |
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| DATE |
REGO |
No |
FLEET |
| Nov 1944 | 21704 | (4) | Scarborough Bus Service | | | 45204 | (4) | Scarborough Bus Service | | | 29 Apr 1962 | | (50) | MTT | | | 18 Jan 1965 | | | Soltoggio Bros (Kardinya) (dealers & wreckers) | |
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| NOTES: |
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| | Prime mover converted from LHD normal-control to RHD forward-control by SBS to maximise trailer length (max length permitted by Transport Board was 45 feet) | | | | | | After re-fueling at SBS depot enroute to Scarborough, collided almost head-on with Foden DG prime mover ( 10) at Doubleview and shortly afterwards burst into flames | | 19 Feb 1951 | | | | Semi-trailer ` Majestic` destroyed, Foden prime mover also destroyed, its driver killed and 21 passengers injured | | | | | | White tractor re-built and returned to service | | | | | | Photographed at the Redcliffe Depot graveyard coupled to semi-trailer ` Mammoth` | circa | Jan 1964 | | | | Withdrawn (officially, though evidently parked-up well before) | | 18 Jan 1965 | |
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