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Operator: Southern National Fleet No: 1286
Chassis: Bristol LS6G Chassis No: 89.088
Body: ECW C41F Body No: 6287

HISTORY

Aug 52 In service with Southern National Omnibus Company Limited, Exeter (1286)
Mar 60 Rebuilt by ECW (ECW Rebuild No. R742) Converted to C39F
Mar 62 Out of service with Southern National Omnibus Company Limited, Exeter (1286)
Mar 62 In service with Western National Omnibus Company Limited, Exeter (1286)
Jul 68 Out of service with Western National Omnibus Company Limited, Exeter (1286)
Jul 68 W Norths (PV) Limited, Sherburn-in-Elmet (dealer)
Sep 68 In service with T W P Sheffield, Cleethorpes
Feb 72 Out of service with T W P Sheffield, Cleethorpes
Feb 72 In service with W Fletcher, Bristol
Aug 78 Out of service with W Fletcher, Bristol
Aug 78 R Meaden, Bristol
1985 D Wilson, Bristol
Aug 98 Colin Billington, Fifield

Status: Preserved as Southern National 1286

    

Owner : Southern National 1286

Location : Victoria Coach Station

Date : Not Known

 

(C) Brian Botley

     
    

Owner : Southern National 1286

Location : Not Known

Date : Not Known

 

(C) Brian Botley

     
    

Owner : Southern National 1286

Location : Victoria Coach Station

Date : Not Known

 

(C) Alan O Watkins

     
    

Owner : Southern National 1286

Location : Not Known

Date : Not Known

 

(C) Brian Botley

     
    

Owner : Southern National 1284, 2202 & 1286

Location : Bournemouth

Date : April 1967

 

(C) David Mant

     
    

Owner : Southern National 1286

Location : Not Known

Date : Not Known

 

(C) Brian Botley

     
    

Owner : Southern National 1286

Location : Weymouth

Date : July 1980

 

(C) Graham Walker

     
    

Owner : Southern National 1286

Location : Southampton

Date : Not Known

 

(C) Malcolm Audsley

     
    

Owner : Southern National 1286

Location : Not Known

Date : 1990s

 

(C) Philip Doddridge

     
    

Owner : Southern National 1286

Location : Southsea Common

Date : June 1992

 

(C) Terry Lawson

     
    

Owner : Southern National 1286

Location : Not Known

Date : c.2005

 

(C) Ken Baker

     
    

Owner : Southern National 1286

Location : Crystal Place

Date : May 2016

 

(C) Mel Williams

     
    

Owner : Southern National 1286

Location : Lawrence Hill

Date : June 2016

 

(C) Ken Jones

     
    

Owner : Southern National 1286

Location : Not Known

Date : Not Known

 

(C) Thames Valley & Great Western Omnibus Trust

     
    

Owner : Southern National 21286214

Location : Reading

Date : June 2018

 

(C) Ken Jones

     
    

Owner : Southern National 1286

Location : Corley

Date : June 2019

 

(C) Ken Jones

     
    

Owner : Southern National 1286

Location : Esplanade, Weymouth

Date : June 2021

 

(C) Ken Jones

     
    

Owner : Southern National 1286

Location : Fawley Hill Railway

Date : June 2022

(C) Ken Jones

     
    

Owner : Southern National 1286

Location : Wickham Road, Fareham

Date : June 2022

(C) Gerry Tormey

     
    

Owner : Southern National 1286

Location : Near Marshgate

Date : June 2023

 

(C) Ken Jones

     
    

Owner : Southern National 1286

Location : The Avenue, Fareham

Date : June 2024

 

(C) Malcolm Audsley