Re: R10 - sorely missed at the Essendon de-railment

Quite right, Norman.

AEC stands for Associated Equipment Corporation and it was, in the early
days, a subsidiary of London Transport.

It was taken over by Leyland around 1966 or so and, as independent vehicle
builders, both sunk without trace.

I sit in an AEC Regal Mk III bus as I type this.

Bob Murphy
Daylesford, Oz
----- Original Message -----
From: "norman welch" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 4:39 AM
Subject: Re: [TramsDownUnder] R10 - sorely missed at the Essendon
de-railment

Dear Mal
Thanks for the photo of the recovery vehicle.
If I may be pickey it was built by AEC not Leyland.
Many were converted in this country for similar use and a few still exist

in

the same duty
Reards
Norm.
Norman.M.Welch
[email protected]
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mal Rowe" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 6:17 AM
Subject: [TramsDownUnder] R10 - sorely missed at the Essendon de-railment

Now here was a vehicle equal to the task.

"R10" was in fact the radio call sign of the emergency
breakdown vehicle of the M&MTB. This particular
vehicle was R10 in 1968. It was a rebuilt exWW2 tank
recovery vehicle - a Leyland Matador I believe.

(With apologies for 'bussy' talk in a tram discussion
group!)

Mal



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