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Solved - MJW #1175 - Leyland Tiger TS7 GSR 1936 (Great Southern Railways)
« on: March 30, 2013, 03:15:21 AM »
Time for another passenger vehicle.......
Identify the make, model, year and coachbuilder for one point.
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Re: MJW #1175
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2013, 01:42:58 AM »
Bus experts?
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Re: MJW #1175
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2013, 02:15:24 AM »
Leyland?
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Re: MJW #1175
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2013, 10:02:57 AM »
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Re: MJW #1175
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2013, 02:42:42 PM »
Very beautiful style, I have no idea for the coachbuilder. Is from a well known firm?
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Re: MJW #1175
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2013, 03:16:25 PM »
Quote from: targhediferro on April 05, 2013, 02:42:42 PM
Very beautiful style, I have no idea for the coachbuilder. Is from a well known firm?
Not generally known if you were not from that area.
It dates back to the days when large operators constructed their own bodies......
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Re: MJW #1175
« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2013, 04:51:07 PM »
From the wheels and the tall radiator I should guess a model from middle '30.  Is the coachbuilder Scottish?
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Re: MJW #1175
« Reply #7 on: April 06, 2013, 04:03:21 AM »
Quote from: targhediferro on April 05, 2013, 04:51:07 PM
From the wheels and the tall radiator I should guess a model from middle '30.  Is the coachbuilder Scottish?
Yes, it dares from 1936.
Not Scottish but not English either..... ;)
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Re: MJW #1175
« Reply #8 on: April 06, 2013, 04:09:24 AM »
Irish?
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Re: MJW #1175
« Reply #9 on: April 06, 2013, 05:21:29 AM »
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Re: MJW #1175
« Reply #10 on: April 06, 2013, 05:56:07 AM »
Is the chassis a Royal Tiger?
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Re: MJW #1175
« Reply #11 on: April 06, 2013, 06:20:44 AM »
1936 Leyland Tiger TS79919 GSRFC30F (whatever that means !) constructed by Great Southern Railways. Scrapped in 1949. Registration AZ7185.

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Re: MJW #1175
« Reply #12 on: April 06, 2013, 08:40:36 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on April 06, 2013, 06:20:44 AM
1936 Leyland Tiger TS79919 GSRFC30F (whatever that means !) constructed by Great Southern Railways. Scrapped in 1949. Registration AZ7185.



That would mean it was built for Great Southern Railways, seated 30 and had a front entrance (but doesn't necessarily confirm or otherwise your identification!)
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Re: MJW #1175
« Reply #13 on: April 06, 2013, 09:32:02 AM »
Quote from: Carnut on April 06, 2013, 08:40:36 AM
Quote from: nicanary on April 06, 2013, 06:20:44 AM
1936 Leyland Tiger TS79919 GSRFC30F (whatever that means !) constructed by Great Southern Railways. Scrapped in 1949. Registration AZ7185.



That would mean it was built for Great Southern Railways, seated 30 and had a front entrance (but doesn't necessarily confirm or otherwise your identification!)

That shows how much I know about coach/bus designations ! I found another photo of the same coach on a certain site, and that was all I could find of importance in the caption. The OP has hinted that the operators often constructed their own coachwork, so I assume that GSR were responsible.
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Re: MJW #1175
« Reply #14 on: April 07, 2013, 02:14:57 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on April 06, 2013, 06:20:44 AM
1936 Leyland Tiger TS79919 GSRFC30F (whatever that means !) constructed by Great Southern Railways. Scrapped in 1949. Registration AZ7185.


Yes, that's correct - it's a Leyland Tiger TS7 with a GSR FC30F body built by/for Great Southern Railways in 1936.

The FC30F stands for -
F - full front (as opposed to half-cab)
C - coach
30 - number of seats
F - front entrance

Great Southern Railways owned and operated all the railways within the Irish Free State from 1925 to 1945.
They also had a large bus fleet operated from 1929 until the The Transport Act of 1944 that dissolved the company and transferred its assets (together with those of the Dublin United Transport Co.) to Coras Iompair Eireann on 1 January 1945.
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Re: MJW #1175
« Reply #15 on: April 07, 2013, 02:15:53 AM »
Here's the original photo -
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