180 Years of Service
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180 Years of Service!
Tucked away in a corner of the bus depot at Beamish Museum are these two amazing survivors of public transport of the past. Between them they have been around for over 180 years and, although both degenerated into advanced states of dereliction, they were both brought back to life by dedicated restorers.
On the left is a 1928 Northern General SOS QL ("Queen"-class, Low) bus .
The Friends of Beamish Museum have spent well over twenty years restoring this magnificent "Queen"-type bus, No.338 (UP 551) of the Northern General fleet. The 37-seat bus is of a BMMO design by Brush and was the first of 65 supplied to Northern General Transport. It remained in service until 1950.
Northern General was one of the few companies outside the West Midlands to use this BMMOC-built vehicle in significant numbers and, in 1928, was the largest user of SOS buses other than Midland Red itself.
On the right is a magnificently restored 1933 Leyland Cub KP2 with Brush body. The bus is ex-Crosville No.716, registered FM 7443.
The bus has been restored to this very high specification on behalf of the museum over the past seven years. The aim was to make available an authentic period vehicle to provide wheelchair access to visitors to the museum.
Notes by Terry Pinnegar
Tucked away in a corner of the bus depot at Beamish Museum are these two amazing survivors of public transport of the past. Between them they have been around for over 180 years and, although both degenerated into advanced states of dereliction, they were both brought back to life by dedicated restorers.
On the left is a 1928 Northern General SOS QL ("Queen"-class, Low) bus .
The Friends of Beamish Museum have spent well over twenty years restoring this magnificent "Queen"-type bus, No.338 (UP 551) of the Northern General fleet. The 37-seat bus is of a BMMO design by Brush and was the first of 65 supplied to Northern General Transport. It remained in service until 1950.
Northern General was one of the few companies outside the West Midlands to use this BMMOC-built vehicle in significant numbers and, in 1928, was the largest user of SOS buses other than Midland Red itself.
On the right is a magnificently restored 1933 Leyland Cub KP2 with Brush body. The bus is ex-Crosville No.716, registered FM 7443.
The bus has been restored to this very high specification on behalf of the museum over the past seven years. The aim was to make available an authentic period vehicle to provide wheelchair access to visitors to the museum.
Notes by Terry Pinnegar
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