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Courtesy of Basil Hancock
Park Royal Railbuses
There were five of these, 79970-79974, built in 1958. They spent their early lives on the London Midland Region and Scottish Region,
but later congregated in Scotland. All were withdrawn by 1968.
The body of 79971 survived as a "Crew Room/Lamp Store" at the Edinburgh Millerhill
yard. It was
the last survivor, and although there was talk of
it being preserved, due to it being contaminated with blue asbestos, it was destroyed by being disposed of
(buried) in a landfill site.
The rare PRV official Railbus Photographs
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Below is 79971 pictured by Basil Hancock on March 10th 1979 at the Millerhill yard © Basil Hancock
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ACV (Associated Commercial Vehicles) Railbuses
(Editor's note: ACV was the "umbrella" company that owned PRV along with AEC, Maudslay & Crossley see the History page)
The first three-car unit, comprising cars 1,
2 & 3 was built as a
demonstrator set in 1952 and ran trials on many lines throughout the UK. It comprised a
motor car, a motor brake car and a trailer. It was painted two-tone grey with red
lining but was later purchased by British Railways and given green livery.
Five similar cars were built for BR in 1955 and three more in 1957, and all eleven spent most of their later lives on the Watford-St Albans line. They were all withdrawn by
1962.
The first three cars in BR livery can be distinguished by their half-drop windows and lower skirt panels. The eight later cars had sliding
windows and no skirts.
The ACV's body drawings and chassis
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The ACV's prototype railbuses
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The ACV's production railbuses
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