North Western Road Car Co. Ltd.

Bus Fleet List
1923-1974
Part 1: 1923-1949

Nos. 270-271, 277, 281-284, 287-292, 317-318, 321, 334, 346-347, 361, 368-370, 375-379, 389-392, 397-398, 412-415, 420-421, 433-440, 447-451 ex-British Automobile Traction Company, Macclesfield (new 1919-1923).
No. 289 is also quoted as chassis no. 14457.
No. 317 is quoted as chassis no. 16001 but this is incorrect.
No. 270 re-seated to B32R at a later date.
Nos. 277, 281 re-seated to B28R, B32R respectively in 1924.
No. 289 fitted with B26? body in 1924.
No. 361 fitted with B25? body at a later date.
No. 376 received Brush B25F body ex-468 in Oct. 1923.
No. 413 re-seated to B26F in 1926.
Nos. 452, 468-469, 471, 473-474 ex-War Department (new 1916).
No. 468 fitted with Glendower B29F body ex-376 in Oct. 1923.
No. 469 re-seated to B26F at a later date.
Nos. 470, 472 purchased second-hand (bodies new 1922, 1920 respectively; probably ex-War Department via Samuelson, London).
Nos. 270-271, 277, 281-284, 287-290, 292 re-numbered 14-25 respectively; Nos. 334, 346-347, 361, 368-370 re-numbered 40, 29-30, 41, 31-33 respectively; Nos. 375-379, 391, 397, 398 re-numbered 34-38, 43, 42, 44 respectively; Nos. 412-415, 420-42, 433-440, 447-451 re-numbered 45-63 respectively; Nos. 452, 468-474 re-numbered 64, 66, 65, 67, 68-71 respectively, all in 1927.
Withdrawn 1924 (291, 390, 392), 1925 (321), 1927 (452[64], 468[66], 471[68]), 1928 (270-271[14-15], 277[16], 281[17], 284[20], 287[21], 288-289[22-23], 290[24], 292[25], 317-318, 334[40], 346-347[29-30], 361[41], 368-370[31-33], 375-379[34-38], 389, 397[42], 398[44], 412-415[45-48], 421[50], 433[51], 435[53], 437[55], 439-440[57-58], 447-451[59-63], 470[67], 472[69]), 1929 (283[19], 391[43], 436[54], 473-474[70-71]), 1930 (282[18]), 1934 (420[49], 434[52], 438[56], 469[65]).

B2287 and Nos. 1-16, 18-20 ex-Mid-Cheshire Bus Company, Northwich (new 1914, 1914, 1920, 1920, 1920, 1914, 1920, 1920, 1920, 1919, 1920, 1919, 1919, ?, ?, 1919, 1920, 1919, 1919 respectively). B2287 (new 1914) was allocated fleet number 5 but was immediately withdrawn, the fleet number being re-allocated to MA3915 instead. Nos. 2-5, 7-9, 12-16, 18-20 re-numbered 3, 75, 77, 76, 78-80, 27, 28, 2, 1, 26, 81-83 respectively in 1927.
Nos. 55-80 re-numbered 100-125 respectively; Nos. 81-90 re-numbered 127-136 respectively; No. 91 re-numbered 139; all in 1927. Most re-seated to B38R at a later date.
Withdrawn 1925 (B2287, 1, 6, 10-11), 1928 (2[3], 8-9[79-80], 12[27], 13[28], 14[2], 15[1], 16[26], 18[81], 19[82], 20[83]), 1929 (3[75], 4[77], 7[78]), 1931 (5[76], 55-80[100-125], 81-90[127-136], 91[139]).

Nos. 166-169, 176, 179, 182-188 received Brush B32R bodies by 1930; remaining double-deckers re-seated to O54R by then.
Withdrawn 1930 (146, 165, 170-173, 175-178, 180-182, 185), 1931 (140-145, 147-164, 166-169, 174, 179, 183-184, 186-188).

Nos. 29-54 ex-Altrincham & District MS (new 1922, 1923, 1924, 1924, 1925, 1925, 1921, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1923, 1925, 1925, 1925, 1924, 1924, 1924, 1925, 1925, 1925, 1924, 1924, 1924, 1924, 1924, 1924 respectively); re-numbered 84-99, 4-7, 11-13, 8-10 respectively in 1927.
Withdrawn 1927 ( 51[13]), 1928 (45-48[4-7], 49-50[11-12], 52-54[8-10]), 1929 (29[84], 31-38[86-93]), 1930 (43[98], 193-204), 1932 (30[85], 44[99]).

Nos. 21-23, chassis ex-Halifax Corporation (Nos. 4-6, new 1916); fitted with 1922 Birch Ch28 bodies ex-Potteries Electric Traction (Nos. 30-32); re-numbered 72-74 later in 1927.
Nos. 209-220 re-seated to B39R in 1931.
Withdrawn 1928 (21-23[72-74]), 1934 (209-210, 214), 1935 (212, 220), 1936 (211, 213, 215-219).

Nos. 3, 45, 126, 137-138, 207 ex-Tetlow & Collier, Flixton (new 1924, 1924, 1927, 1925, 1925, 1926 respectively).
Nos. 221-245, 271-290 re-seated to B35R in 1931; most fitted with 1930 B31R bodies from unknown vehicles c.1935.
Nos. 291-293, 295-310 re-bodied by ECOC to B31R in 1935; No. 294 was fitted with 1930 B31R body ex-unknown vehicle in 1935.
Withdrawn 1929 (3, 45, 126, 137-138, 207), 1934 (221-224, 227-229, 231-234, 237-239, 242-244, 248, 274), 1935 (226, 236, 245, 249-250), 1936 (230, 240-241, 246-247, 251-266, 268-271, 273, 275-276, 280-281, 283-284, 290), 1937 (25, 277), 1938 (235, 267, 272, 278-279, 282, 285-287, 289, 294), 1939 (295, 302-303), 1941 (291, 293, 299), 1946 (292, 296-298, 300-301, 304-310).

Nos. 311-350 re-seated to B35R in 1931; Nos. 311-315, 319-322, 324-325, 327, 329-347, 349-350, 352, 354-355, 357-359, 361-362, 364-366, 368-384, 387-389 re-bodied by ECOC to B31R in 1935.
No. 416 was on hire from Crossley for evaluation.
Withdrawn 1930 (416), 1931 (391-415), 1934 (316-318, 323, 326, 348, 351, 353, 356, 360, 363, 367, 385-386, 390), 1938 (328), 1939 (330, 358, 369), 1941 (315, 325, 327, 335, 337, 342, 344-345, 357, 364, 368, 377, 380-381, 383), 1942 (312, 336, 343, 352, 355, 362, 371, 374-375), 1946 (311, 313-314, 319-322, 324, 329, 331-334, 338-341, 346-347, 349-350, 354, 359, 361, 365-366, 370, 372-373, 376, 378-379, 382, 384, 387-389).

No. 497 fitted with the 1929 Tilling B35R body ex-416 from new.
Nos. 417, 419, 421-422, 430, 443-445, 448, 453, 458-497 re-bodied by ECOC to B31R in 1935.
Withdrawn 1938 (418, 420, 423-424, 427-428, 431-442, 446-447, 449-452, 454-455), 1939 (425-426, 429, 432, 456-457), 1941 (421, 430, 443-445, 453, 458, 460, 464, 470-472, 474, 476, 478, 481-482, 485, 491-492), 1946 (417, 419, 422, 448, 459, 461-463, 465-469, 473, 475, 477, 479-480, 483-484, 486-490, 493-497).

Nos. 504-515 re-bodied by Harrington to C32F in 1934; Nos. 504-506, 508-513, 515 requisitioned by War Department in 1941, re-purchased in 1946 and re-bodied with 1934 Harrington C32F bodies ex-657-665, 667, which had been removed in 1943 and stored.
Nos. 516-521 received the 1935 ECOC B31R bodies ex-295, 302-303, 330, 358, 369 in 1939 (sequence unknown).
Nos. 522-546 re-bodied by ECW to B31R in 1936.
Withdrawn 1938 (498-503), 1939 (547-577), 1946 (514), 1947 (527), 1948 (504-513, 151-516, 522-526, 528-530, 532-533, 537, 542-543), 1949 (517-521, 531, 534-536, 538-541, 544-546).

Nos. 202-204 ex-Spa Motor Services, Matlock Bath (all new 1927).
No. 205 ex-Watts Brothers, Wirksworth (new 1928).
No. 206 ex-Dennis demonstrator (new 1932).
Nos. 207-208 ex-Slack & Son, Middleton-by-Wirksworth (new 1931, 1928 respectively).
Nos. 578-579, 590-592, 594, 596-598, 600 re-bodied by Burlingham to B34F in 1943; converted for producer gas operation at same time; reverted to petrol in 1945.
Nos. 580-585, 587-589 fitted with Harrington C32F bodies' ex-709-717 before latter entered service; the ECOC bodies were fitted to 709-717 (sequence unknown).
Withdrawn 1933 (202-204), 1935 (205), 1936 (208), 1937 (207), 1939 (206, 603-614), 1941 (582, 584-587, 589), 1947 (593, 595, 599, 602), 1948 (601), 1951 (578-581, 583, 588, 590-592, 594, 596-598, 600).

Nos 179-180 ex-McKay, Bakewell (new 1932, 1929).
Nos. 187-191 ex-Hands Garages, Matlock (new 1930, 1930, 1929, 1928, 1931 respectively).
No. 192 ex-Sykes Brothers, Sale (new 1930).
Nos. 193-201 ex-Goodfellow Services, Hyde (Nos. 20-28 respectively, new 1930 [20-26] or 1932[27-28]).
Withdrawn 1933 (180, 189), 1934 (179, 191), 1935 (187-188, 190, 193-199), 1937 (192), 1938 (200-201), 1939 (617, 619-620), 1940 (615-616, 618).

Nos. 181-186 ex-Slack & Sons, Darley Dale (new 1930, 1931, 1929, 1932, ?, 1932).
Nos. 657-665, 667 re-bodied by Burlingham to B36F in 1943; converted to producer gas at same time; original bodies stored and to 504-515 in 1946; reverted to petrol in 1946.
Nos. 666, 668 requisitioned by War Department in 1941; re-purchased 1945 and fitted with 1936 ECW B31R bodies (from 727-803 batch); re-bodied by Weymann to B35R in 1948.
Withdrawn 1935 (181-186), 1945 (651-656), 1946 (621-650, 657-661), 1953 (662-667), 1954 (668).