Daimler CW Utility (Birmingham Route 22 Bolton Road)

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Daimler CW Utility (Birmingham Route 22 Bolton Road) in Blue & Cream (1:76 scale)
- Birmingham City Transport was created out of Birmingham Corporation Tramways to reflect the mixture of vehicles operating in Birmingham in the 1930s. In 1933 the corporation acquired an experimental Daimler diesel engine bus, which proved so successful that 130 were ordered by 1935. Daimler CWA6 1389 (FOP 389) had a 56 seat Park Royal Utility body new in 1944 & was included, along with all other types in Birmingham’s strict fleet sequential numbering scheme. This had started in 1913 with 1, OA 1601, A 40HP Daimler with an LGOC open top body. Between 1947 & 1954, Birmingham City Transport purchased 1, 748 new buses to replace its entire fleet of trams, trolleybuses & all except 40 of its pre-war bus fleet. The company survived until 1969 when it became incorporated in the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive & is currently owned by National Express. This is a dual destination/split run item. OM43915A features the destination Bolton Road & OM43915B features the destination City (Suffolk Street). Every model in The Original Omnibus Company is recreated in 1:76 scale &

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