10054 United Buses (5) Daimler COG5 / ParkRoyal Perth William St Tuesday 21 December 1937
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Chassis No: |
10296 |
Body: |
ParkRoyal 4860 -/37 H30/24FR |
Engine: |
Gardner 5LW 5cyl 7ℓ 94hp diesel |
Gearbox: |
"Wilson" 4sp mechanical pre-select |
Last updated: |
3 October 2014 |
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DATE |
REGO |
No |
FLEET |
21 Dec 1937 | 10054 | (5) | United Buses | | w/e 28 Dec 1937 | 10257 | (5) | United Buses | | | 10257 | (6) | United Buses | | by Dec 1951 | 31806 | (6) | United Buses | | 14 Dec 1958 | 31806 | (206) | MTT | | | CHASSIS | | Perth & Carlisle Technical Colleges | | 1976 | CHASSIS | (6) | WA Transport Museum (Castledare) | | 9 Mar 1984 | CHASSIS | (6) | Bus Museum of WA (Bellevue) | | | CHASSIS | (6) | Bus Preservation Society of WA (Whiteman Park) | |
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NOTES: |
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| Reported in one source as being chassis no 27420 and body no B4860 | | | | | One of six complete double-deckers ordered | circa | Apr 1937 | | | Remainder of order cancelled due to State Government insistence & union pressure for locally built buses | | | | | Unloaded from the New Zealand Star at Fremantle; tyres fitted, water & oil replenished, driven to United depot | | 20 Dec 1937 | | | After being driven fast around Mounts Bay Rd with 30 burly constables on the top deck (to allay fears that the bus would overturn), was licenced for 81 passengers | | | | | Inaugural trip (reputedly with 105 passengers on board) | | 21 Dec 1937 | | | Narrowly escaped destruction in United Depot fire (roof badly scorched & charred) early on Saturday | | 4 Apr 1942 | | | Running reduced to 0815 Claremont-Perth & 1715 Perth-Claremont services | by | 1958 | | | Final service trip driven by Harold Sutherland (driver of the inaugural run) | | 22 Aug 1959 | | | Withdrawn | | 22 Aug 1959 | | | Body to R King (Perth) (used as a holiday house Palm Beach) | | 4 Apr 1960 | | | Body to ex-United employee (Palmyra) | circa | 1965 | | | Body destroyed by fire | | | |
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