GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
GBNF 8 Errata
Misidentified CoachDesign body
page 162 Top photo
Transborder's MO 1 is in fact fleet (30), a 2006 Scania
K124IB with a 12.5m long Coach Design body. (16)the Autobus front had
the older style Autobus front -
The new caption will read
Lever, Mitchell, ACT. MO1 (Fleet # 16) Scania K124IB with Autobus 13.5m body, built in 2000. Lever Coachlines at this time was operated by Transborder Express (TBX) who wanted a more upmarket brand than the popular Transborder name. Max Williams and his lovely family operated Transborder .
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Page 233 top caption should read “At this time the Calabro Bros turned from boot makers to bus operators and commuted to outlying suburbs from Fairfield. “ The Calabro family were never market gardeners ..OOPS I thought that Bap had told me that one day on a sales call!
For readers whose interests are with registrations numbers the following changes can be made after closer inspection of some difficult old photos.
Page 9 at bottom, m/o 5743 should read m/o 4753
Page 80 at top, HXX 366 should read HXK 636
Page 272 at bottom, KPM 444 should read CPM 444
Page 382 at top, m/o 4388 should read m/o 3488
Page 418 at top, m/o 7020 should read m/o 7072
Page 506 at bottom, m/o 364 should read m/o 394
Page 551 at top, MO 2204 should read MO 2024
Page 562 at top, AT 545 should read AT 045
Page 563 at top, HXD 610 should read HXD 691
Page 627 at top, LUX 312 should read LUX 316
Page 637 at top, RKC 754 should read RLI 949
Page 638 at top, LEB 477 should read IS 6172
Page 638 at bottom, no rego should read LEB 477
Page 984 at bottom, GT 7635 should read GT 7365
Page 1024 at bottom, ILO 126 should read IJW 765
Captions reversed
Page 632
TOP - Bulls, Glynde, SA. RFX 873 Albion Clydesdale (modified) with Lewis Bros body, built c 1972. This is showing the trailer attached from the rear view. Freight was a huge part of the Bulls business and they had several rigid buses as “combo’s”. Used on the Cooper Pedy to Alice run.
Bottom Photo: This is showing the exposed 5th wheel, similar to a modern day B double set up. The chassis has been modified with the tag axle. The body has a Denning style at the rear.
(Both Photos courtesy of Tim Williams - ex Murtons.)
I found a photographer
Page 128 at top, photo by Ian Lynas
Page 523 at top, photo by Ian Lynas
Page 365 at bottom, photo by Ian Lynas
Page 591 top, photo by Ian Lynas
Page 694 at bottom, photo by Ian Lynas
Page 700 at top, Photo courtesy of Bob Nean from the Ian Lynas Collection
Page 758 at bottom, photo by Ian Lynas
Page 920, photo by Ian Lynas
Page 1116 at top, Photo courtesy of John Masterton via Ian Lynas.
Page 1116 at top, Photo courtesy of John Masterton via Ian Lynas.
Other changes
Page 114 at top, should read PMA 558
Page 363 at top. Hurstville - Kingsgrove (C.A Leach) should read Leyland Tiger OPS3/1
Page 570 heading, should read H.K McKenzie
Page 575 should read " Stone Bros Transport, Auburn, NSW. m/o 019 AEC Regal III with Hastings Deering body, built in 1971. There are two views of different buses with the same the rego with the colour shot having single headlights and then the second photo showing dual headlights and a different destination header.
Stone Bros were colloquially known as “Stone Age Transport” as they certainly favoured the AEC Regal III and even re-bodying these with their own bodies, see Stone Bros. Top photo: (Photo courtesy of Andrew Potts BCSV CD.) Bottom photo: (Photo courtesy of BusNSW Ken Magor Collection.)"
Page 624 - Text. All references should read Johnstone River Transport not Johnston.
Page 697 at top, It has been identified as an MBA body, not a Burelli built body
Page 709 at top, Photo courtesy of Brisbane City Council
Page 759 at bottom, built by McCafferty not APG
Page 760 both, built by McCafferty not APG
Page 779 at top, build date is 2001
GBNF 7 Errata
On Page 228 a photo did not print for some reason. So every copy of the book has a copy of this photo supplied in the packaging.
Also Page 276 Lower photo is:
State Transit Authority (STA), Adelaide. STA 702 Fleet # 702 AEC Swift AH760 5P5R with PMC SA body, built in 1978.
GBNF 6 Errata
Page 9 Bottom – should read MO 4637
Pages 12, 15, 17, 26, 27, 28, 42, 843 are Quodling Bros not Quadling Bros.
Page 55 Top - should read MO4838
Page 59 Bottom - should read MO 4822
Page 74 Top - should read MO 4288
Page 104 Top - should read 1085 MO
Page 119 Top - should read MO 9084.
Page 144 Bottom - should read 4089 MO
Page 176 Bottom - should read MO9210.
Page 184 Top - should read MO 9879
Page 188 Bottom - should read MO 5935
Page 193 Bottom - should read MO 8965.
Page 227 Bottom - should read MO8535
Page 234 Bottom - should read MO 4346
Page 239 Top - should read MO 8118
Page 251 Top - should read 1351 MO
Page 285 Bottom - should read m/o 1275
Page 290 Top - should read m/o 5754
Page 329 Top - should read MO 2826
Page 354 Top - should read m/o 628
Page 381 Top - should read MO 9467
Page 485 Bottom - should read MO 2334.
Page 541 Top - should read MO 7491
Page 558 Bottom - should read MO 7676
Page 563 Bottom - should read MO 5977
Page 568 Bottom - should read MO 4104
Page 595 Top - should read MO 9079
Page 612 Top - should read MO 3396
Page 620 Top - should read MO 3548
Page 620 Bottom - should read MO 4105
Page 643 Bottom - should read MO 6311
Page 664 Top - should read MO 0972
Page 665 Bottom - should read 7907MO
Page 693 Top - should read 2728 MO
Page 697 Bottom - should read MO 5560
Page 733 Bottom - should read 4251 MO
Page 741 Top - should read MO 8328
Page 768 Bottom - should read m/o 6053
Page 859 Top - should read MO 6172
Page 861 should read "background", not backgrund.
Thanks to Grahame Mitchell for spotting the rego number and spelling typo. Also thanks to Doug and Dawn Lever for identifying misspelling Quodling's.. sad thing is that I knew that too!