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A steam omnibus at Bridgnorth in November 1904. From the Sellick collection, hosted online by the National Railway Museum. [http://www.nrm.org.uk/ourcollection/photo?group=Sellick%20collection&objid=1997-7219_RJS_OWW_27 Original source].<br> | A steam omnibus at Bridgnorth in November 1904. From the Sellick collection, hosted online by the National Railway Museum. [http://www.nrm.org.uk/ourcollection/photo?group=Sellick%20collection&objid=1997-7219_RJS_OWW_27 Original source].<br> | ||
| − | Unusually for a steam vehicle, these buses were powered not by coal, but by paraffin, hence the upholstered driver's seat and the absence of a chimney or smokebox. What appears to be a radiator at the front was actually a condenser. | + | Unusually for a steam vehicle, these buses were powered not by coal, but by paraffin, hence the upholstered driver's seat and the absence of a chimney or smokebox. What appears to be a radiator at the front was actually a condenser.<br> |
| + | The man second from right has been identified as Joseph Gooderidge. Joseph's father, John Gooderidge, was the guard on the first train into Bridgnorth when the line opened in 1862.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/224674190996214/posts/2562161137247496/ Discussion on the Bridgnorth Past Facebook Group]</ref> | ||
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== Licencing == | == Licencing == | ||
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Summary
A steam omnibus at Bridgnorth in November 1904. From the Sellick collection, hosted online by the National Railway Museum. Original source.
Unusually for a steam vehicle, these buses were powered not by coal, but by paraffin, hence the upholstered driver's seat and the absence of a chimney or smokebox. What appears to be a radiator at the front was actually a condenser.
The man second from right has been identified as Joseph Gooderidge. Joseph's father, John Gooderidge, was the guard on the first train into Bridgnorth when the line opened in 1862.[1]
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