The Classic Commercial Vehicles (Bus, Trucks etc) Thread

KartikeyaL · 14th May 2020, 13:09

Pune 1941

KartikeyaL · 18th May 2020, 14:11

Shared by V Deenadayalan via the "‎INDIAN VINTAGE TRUCK'S CLUB"

VM Motors, Arcot, TN

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KartikeyaL · 19th May 2020, 12:40

Shared by Joshua Mathew

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Probably a modified Bedford bus, ferrying passengers from Hoskote to Bangalore. Clowning atop the bus is the author Kenneth Anderson

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travancore · 21st May 2020, 03:14

courtesy The Citizens Archive of India.

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Across the Sharavati River...….somewhere on the present Konkan Railway.

KartikeyaL · 27th May 2020, 14:08

Most likely Calcutta

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travancore · 4th June 2020, 19:34

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Simpler times, 1964

KartikeyaL · 6th June 2020, 14:20

An accident in Madras

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KartikeyaL · 24th June 2020, 16:43

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Picture taken in 1975. In this picture driver and conductor of a Mercedes-Benz bus of Regional engineering college Kashmir are seen pre heating the engine.

Source

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KartikeyaL · 9th July 2020, 20:52

Calcutta Fire brigade, 1916

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KartikeyaL · 16th July 2020, 12:16

Srinagar, Circa 1950's

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KartikeyaL · 20th July 2020, 13:07

Photograph taken in 1925 by James Dearden Holmes showing buses halted near the Domel Custom Check Post. The custom post was at Domel as two road One from Kohala and other from Abbbotabad- Muzzafarabad joined at Domel.

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Photograph taken by R.C.Mehta in 1943 showing the hustle and bustle at the Custom Clearance House situated at Domel 112 miles from Srinagar.

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Photograph showing one of the last Buses of Pindi Muree transport company leaving from Srinagar in 1947. This service was started in 1929.

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KartikeyaL · 21st July 2020, 12:44

Pictures and info courtesy: Photo Archives of Pakistan

A promotional advertisement in the newspaper regarding the timetable of the service of The Nanda Bus Service Ltd

Base - Lahore & Amritsar. Punjab and Kashmir Routes are shown in the timetable, 1934

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Ashraf Khan & Nanda Bus Service.

To & from Peshawar, Rawalpindi & Abbottabad

Nanda Bus Service was Sialkot/Lahore based and provided services for Pindi, Lahore, Peshawar, Sialkot, Lyallpur, Srinagar, Murree, Abbottabad, etc.
Date: 1939

Courtesy: Tajik Sohail Habib

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Courtesy: Picuki

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Bus on the road to Srinagar from Lahore on the old Mughal Road aka Jhelum valley road which connected Lahore to Kashmir, Nanda Bus Service of Lahore provided regular stage carriage service on this route.

Date: 1936

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KartikeyaL · 22nd July 2020, 13:28

Refueling a BOAC Lockheed Constellation at Dum Dum Airport in 1950's

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KartikeyaL · 30th July 2020, 07:38

Calcutta, 1944

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travancore · 4th August 2020, 07:19

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Of India interest. Rome, 1950

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KartikeyaL Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Jaipur Posts: 3,523 Thanked: 15,781 Times View My Garage	Re: The Classic Commercial Vehicles (Bus, Trucks etc) Thread Photograph taken in 1925 by James Dearden Holmes showing buses halted near the Domel Custom Check Post. The custom post was at Domel as two road One from Kohala and other from Abbbotabad- Muzzafarabad joined at Domel. Photograph taken by R.C.Mehta in 1943 showing the hustle and bustle at the Custom Clearance House situated at Domel 112 miles from Srinagar. Photograph showing one of the last Buses of Pindi Muree transport company leaving from Srinagar in 1947. This service was started in 1929. Last edited by KartikeyaL : 20th July 2020 at 13:13.
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KartikeyaL Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Jaipur Posts: 3,523 Thanked: 15,781 Times View My Garage	Re: The Classic Commercial Vehicles (Bus, Trucks etc) Thread Pictures and info courtesy: Photo Archives of Pakistan A promotional advertisement in the newspaper regarding the timetable of the service of The Nanda Bus Service Ltd Base - Lahore & Amritsar. Punjab and Kashmir Routes are shown in the timetable, 1934 Shared by Photo Archives of Pakistan Ashraf Khan & Nanda Bus Service. To & from Peshawar, Rawalpindi & Abbottabad Nanda Bus Service was Sialkot/Lahore based and provided services for Pindi, Lahore, Peshawar, Sialkot, Lyallpur, Srinagar, Murree, Abbottabad, etc. Date: 1939 Courtesy: Tajik Sohail Habib Courtesy: Picuki Bus on the road to Srinagar from Lahore on the old Mughal Road aka Jhelum valley road which connected Lahore to Kashmir, Nanda Bus Service of Lahore provided regular stage carriage service on this route. Date: 1936
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