Guest bus man Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Duggy the Dinosaur or if you prefer alias 9001 and also known as M1 and also known as DUG 167C left olive grove depot at 830 this morning 22nd November 2008 after been bought for preservation . Duggy was the last in a long line of former double deck buses cut down to single deck form to operate in Sheffield Duggy joins a small fleet of tow wagons owned by a well known local Wagon Preservationist. More details and photos will appear later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterside Echo Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 Duggy the Dinosaur or if you prefer alias 9001 and also known as M1 and also known as DUG 167C left olive grove depot at 830 this morning 22nd November 2008 after been bought for preservation . Duggy was the last in a long line of former double deck buses cut down to single deck form to operate in Sheffield Duggy joins a small fleet of tow wagons owned by a well known local Wagon Preservationist. More details and photos will appear latter My old mate Eric Belk [sadly now deceased] drove Duggy and his stablemates during his years with SYT and later Mainline. In those days it was a rare sight indeed to see a outside contractor recovering SYT vehicles no matter how far away they were from their base. I remember Eric telling a story of the time he was sent out to assist one of the older tow wagons recovering a bus from Leeds, the long climbes on the M1 had got too much for it and it needed help from Eric`s truck to reach the summits.If he was using Duggy, that would have been a photo for the album, M1 `piggybacking` on the M1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bus man Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 My old mate Eric Belk [sadly now deceased] drove Duggy and his stablemates during his years with SYT and later Mainline. In those days it was a rare sight indeed to see a outside contractor recovering SYT vehicles no matter how far away they were from their base. I remember Eric telling a story of the time he was sent out to assist one of the older tow wagons recovering a bus from Leeds, the long climbes on the M1 had got too much for it and it needed help from Eric`s truck to reach the summits.If he was using Duggy, that would have been a photo for the album, M1 `piggybacking` on the M1. Understand that the tow wagon in trouble was M10 (Now preserved) which was bring a Y Type (Motorway Leopard) from leeds M10 had a siezed engine. We dont (at this stage) now what the rescue wagon was or what it did , ie did it tow the low - M10 & Y type - off motorway then take each back to south yorks individually or were two wagons sent . O to be on an over bridge with a camera that day Sincere thanks to the owner of M10 (and other local wagons) for the above information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterside Echo Posted December 21, 2008 Share Posted December 21, 2008 Just before the 501/502 services were abandoned, I was traveling home on the 53 one afternoon and spotted a Bendy broken down in the layby outside Woodseats library, and our friend Duggy was in attendance. I dashed home for the camera but by the time I got back down to Woodseats they had both gone. I often wondered if Duggy recovered the Bendy, and if so did anyone snap it. Whilst on the subject of tow trucks, when I worked for Bentley Brothers in the 60s we had a Diamond T, does anyone know what happened to that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bus man Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Just before the 501/502 services were abandoned, I was traveling home on the 53 one afternoon and spotted a Bendy broken down in the layby outside Woodseats library, and our friend Duggy was in attendance. I dashed home for the camera but by the time I got back down to Woodseats they had both gone. I often wondered if Duggy recovered the Bendy, and if so did anyone snap it. Whilst on the subject of tow trucks, when I worked for Bentley Brothers in the 60s we had a Diamond T, does anyone know what happened to that? Next time I see duggy I ll ask him Not aware of any local car firm tow trucks in preservation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest transit Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 ...a couple of rare pics here when Duggy was still a bus ! ... http://adosbuspics.fotopic.net/p56722054.html http://adosbuspics.fotopic.net/p62449607.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyrad Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 I hope Darren restores it complete with the little green dinosaur it once had on the roof! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest transit Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 ...like this ? - spot the dinosaur !!!!!! (just realised its one of your pics Andy ! - had you forgot !?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyrad Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 ...like this ? - spot the dinosaur !!!!!! (just realised its one of your pics Andy ! - had you forgot !?) yeah i was gonna say thats my pic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyrad Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 found a video of Duggy too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterside Echo Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 One of few STD recovery vehicles not related to Duggy. W/E. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bus man Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 That was a "heavy recovery" as oposed to the bus derived tow wagon the above wagon was commonly called the red devil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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