LONDON TRANSPORT T CLASS

AEC Regal single-deckers

This page prepared by Ian Smith, created 2nd September 1999, updated 27th June 2006.

The Chiswick CB buses: T 1000-2 (Total 3)

T1001 At about the time that AEC was contemplating the Regal, Regent and Renown chassis, Chiswick works was contemplating its own designs of chassis: the CC six-wheeler for double-deckers, and the CB four-wheel single-decker chassis. The General management gave permission for six of each to be built, but in the event there were only four CC chassis and three CB. They had been overtaken by events, or rather by the advent of the AEC chassis.

Construction

The CB buses had six-cylinder Meadows petrol engines and separate gearbox, tucked under a long bonnet with two inspection panels on the nearside and a short one on the offside.

The bodies were L.G.O.C. (Chiswick-built) forward entrance, 30 seaters, 26ft long x 7ft 6in wide. The doorway occupied the front bay on the nearside, with a step up into the saloon.

The cabs were not identical: T1000, built in May 1931, had a separate cab unit mounted on the chassis. It was built with a wind-screen, and a grommet between the screen top and the roof. T1001-2, built in September and October, had cabs cantilevered out from the body, with a seal between cab and bonnet. These two also had route boxes on the rear of the roof, like the later LTLs, while T1000 only had a front box, like the 1T1s.

Registrations:
T1000, GO7153
T1001, GT7446
T1002, GT7477

Into service

T1000 went at first to Nunhead garage (AH), where it was used on the Nunhead circular route (621A). When T1001 and T1002 were delivered, all three went to Weybridge garage (WB), for use on the Kingston - Woking 79 route. When WB closed they moved to Kingston (K), still on the Woking route, by now the 219.
They were retrofitted with AEC petrol engines during 1933, and were also later fitted with different differential gears.
They stayed at Kingston until withdrawn in February 1938, and were then stored at Bromley, Chiswick Tram Depot and Bull Yard, Peckham before being sold in August 1940 to Henry Lane (London SW10). All three were then bought by Valliant of London, but T1001-2 were requisitioned for War Department use during the war..



T1000 GO 7153   7/31    Chiswick/Chiswick CB1000, B29F
                7/31 AH into service on 621A (Nunhead)
               12/31 WB transfer for 79 (Weybridge)
                     K  transfer, still on 219 (Kingston)
                2/38 K  withdrawn
                     TB transfer into store (Bromley)
                     CB change store (Chiswick Tram Depot)
                        change store (Bull Yard, Peckham) 
                8/40    sold to Henry Lane (London N10) 
                9/40    bought by Valliant, London W5
                2/48    bought by Fountain, Twickenham

T1001 GT 7446  11/31    Chiswick/Chiswick CB1001, B29F
               12/31 WB into service on 79 (Weybridge)
                     K  transfer, still on 219 (Kingston)
                2/38 K  withdrawn
                     TB transfer into store (Bromley)
                     CB change store (Chiswick Tram Depot)
                        change store (Bull Yard, Peckham)
                8/40    sold to Henry Lane (London N10)
                9/40    bought by Valliant, London W5
             by 5/41    requisitioned by War Department
                5/46    bought by North, Derby
                7/47    withdrawn
                
T1002 GT 7477  12/31    Chiswick/Chiswick CB1002, B29F
               12/31 WB into service on 79 (Weybridge)
                     K  transfer, still on 219 (Kingston)
                2/38 K  withdrawn
                     TB transfer into store (Bromley)
                     CB change store (Chiswick Tram Depot)
                        change store (Bull Yard, Peckham)
                8/40    sold to Henry Lane (London N10)
                9/40    bought by Valliant, London W5
             by 2/41    requisitioned by War Department #L4379488
                5/46    bought by North, Derby


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