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| Roe bodied Leyland Panther 48 (GVL 84F) |
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| Roe bodied Leyland Panther 48 (GVL 84F) |
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| New to the
Company in 1964 was this Leyland Atlantean PDR/1 with Roe body. 97 (WFE 49) is seen near the Cathedral on route 9 to Nettleham Road. |
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| ECW bodied
Bristol VR 25 (LFE 25P) is seen at the City bus station advertising the Company's 75th anniversary. |
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| Leyland
Atlantean / Roe 99 (PBC 99G) was one of four of the type acquired from Leicester City Transport in 1981. |
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| Alexander
bodied Bristol VR (on the right) 91 (OSR 201R) was one of eight of the type acquired from Tayside Regional Council in 1981/2. On the left, behind the Company's Land Rover, is ECW bodied VR 26 (RFE 26R). |
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| Another of the ex Tayside VRs, this time 94 (OSR 198R). |
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| 27 (RFE 27R) in all over advertising livery for the Co-op. |
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| East Lancs.
bodied Bristol VR, 35 (NFW 35V), was one of 7 examples of the type in the fleet being purchased new during 1980/1. |
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| LCT had
some 12 of these Alexander bodied Bristol REs in the fleet. Here 74 (UVL 874M) is seen on a rather wet day heading north along the busy High Street. Sister vehicle 73 (UVL 873M) has recently been purchased by the Lincolnshire Vintage Vehicle Society for preservation/ |
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| Alexander RE 70 (RVL 70L) at Lincoln City bus station |
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| Another
Alexander bodied RE, 77 (UVL 877M), seen at the City bus station. |
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| RE
66 (RVL 66L) in all over advertising livery for Jackson Shipley. |
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| Ex Tayside
VR 89 (OSR 189R) in advertising livery approaching the City bus station. |
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| Three of
the ex Tayside VR's returned to Scotland after being purchased by Highland Omnibuses on March 9th, 1992. The vehicles were OSR 187/8/203R. In this view we see former 93 (B203 in the Highland fleet) OSR 203R a long way from Lincoln at Highland's Seafield Road depot in Inverness still wearing Lincoln City colours in 1994. |
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| The mid
1980's and deregulation saw significant changes to the Company, not least the dramatic change of livery. 99 (CJN 441C), a Leyland Titan PD3/6 with Massey H38/32R body, was previously preserved and then used as a Driver Trainer. It is shown at the former rival LRCC Lincoln St. Marks bus station. |
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| ECW bodied VR 24 (LFE 24P) wearing the new livery. |
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| 88 (OSR
188R) stands at the City bus station wearing all over advertising livery for the Co-op. |
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| The new
livery as applied to 94 (OSR 198R) at the compound at St. Marks depot. |
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| Gardner
engined Leyland National 71 (VBG 91V) at the City bus station. (Photo : Barry Smith) |
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| 68 (RVL 68L)
was one of the few remaining REs in the fleet to receive the new style livery. |
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| 71
(RVL 71L) heads south down High Street on route 4 (Photo : P. Wright) |
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| In the
wake of deregulation LCT introduced a fleet of 20 FX4 taxis ton operate "Limo" services. 2 (D578 CRW) is seen whilst at the City bus station. |
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| Three of
these very smart East Lancs bodied Leyland Olympians with coach seats were purchased new by LCT in 1985. Above we see 47 (C47 KBE) outside the St. Marks depot. All three are still in active service with Road Car. |
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| Two East
Lancs bodied Leyland Olympians at Skegness on the Sunday service Lincoln. On the left is 44 (KTL 44Y) whilst beside it is 46 (C46 KBE). |
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| 65 (KIB
6527) was one of four East Lancashire bodied Volvo City Bus B10M-50s purchased new in 1988. It is seen at the Richmond Coach park in Skegness in 1989. (Photo : Barry Smith) |
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| Daimler
Fleetline 83 (MLH 494L) was one of four of the type acquired from Warrington inm1987. It is seen parked at Tower Esplanade in Skegness in 1989. (Photo : Barry Smith) |
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| The mid
1980s also saw LCT operate a number of National Express services for which three out of five ex London Country AEC Reliances were suitably painted. 52 (YSV 563 - previously EPM 149V) is seen at Sheffield on a day excursion. |
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| 54 (XLB
821) is seen at Lincoln in 1989 and was another of the AEC Reliances acquired in 1986 having been previously registered EPM 148V. Another view of it at Skegness can be seen below. (Above photo : Barry Smith) |
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In 1994, to commemorate the 90th anniversary of Lincoln City Transport, Road Car painted Leyland Olympian 643 (KTL 43Y) in a special livery. |
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| A note in the January 1992 timetable. |
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| A diagram of routes from the Auguat 1980 timetable. |