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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].)
 
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== Summary ==
 
== Summary ==
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].
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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>
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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.
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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.

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