Duple Roadmaster South Notts

Duple Roadmaster South Notts

For the second release on the Duple Roadmaster, we see it this time in the unusual dark blue and red colour scheme of the South Notts Bus Co. Ltd., based in Gotham. Registered LOE 900, it carried 41 passengers and had a Managing Director, C T Dabell according to the information printed along the bottom behind the passenger door. The decoration on our single decker includes a cream stripe running round the centre of the front, sides and rear of the coach. The famous Leyland Royal Tiger badge is printed on the front as well as on the passenger side of the body. The fleetname is also printed along the sides in dropped shadow gold/red, while additional attention to detail sees window openers and the wheel centres given a silver finish.

The bus company operated from 1926 right through to 1991, when it was sold to Nottingham City Transport who still continue to use the original brand name today.