BL,BN (Bristol RELH)
BL, BN (Bristol RELH)
The first of these small, basic buses, the 8ft wide version, arrived in 1973. Further examples, of the 7ft 6in wide version arrived in 1975/6. They had heavy manual boxes and no power steering. They gave a very bumpy ride, and were not very popular. However, they were reasonably reliable and were acceptable for those services for which they were designed; lightly trafficked country routes. However, they were pressed into service as substitutes on all routes, even working Green Line services, for which they were ill equipped.
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BL3 at Knockholt (Crown) 6-8-77 |
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BL3 at Orpington Station, helping out on route 493. 3-9-77 |
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BL3 on yet another variation of route 493. 3-9-77 |
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BL3 again, at Green Street Green (Rose and Crown) on route 493. 3-9-77 |
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BL3 at Wilmington Avenue, Orpington. 3-9-77 |
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BL3 pauses at Pratts Bottom Post Office on an afternoon variation of route 402. This variation was numbered 431d for many years |
