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Operator: | Western National | Fleet No: | 603 |
Chassis: | Bristol SUS4A | Chassis No: | 157.007 |
Body: | ECW B30F | Body No: | 11394 |
1960 | Allocated Fleet Number 2623. Renumbered 603 before entering service |
Feb 60 | In service with Western National Omnibus Company Limited, Exeter (603) - Based at Totnes |
Jul 66 | Transferred to Penzance |
Nov 69 | Transferred to Helston |
Mar 72 | Out of service with Western National Omnibus Company Limited, Exeter (603) |
Jun 72 | W Norths (PV) Limited, Sherburn-in-Elmet (dealer) |
Beedon, Rotherham (contractor) | |
Apr 73 | Spurgeon Tabernacle Baptist Church, Elephant & Castle, London |
<Jan 95 | Mark Riedel |
<Feb 00 | Colin Billington, Fifield |
Mar 00 | Tony Brown, Rushden (Chelveston Preservation Society) |
Dec 06 | Brian Ede, Stroud |
Jan 12 | John Howden, Shobdon |
Status: Preserved as Western National 603
Owner : Western National 603 Location : Depot, Totnes Date : July 1960
(C) P J Relf |
Owner : Western National 603 Location : Coinagehall Street, Helston Date : Not Known
(C) Brian Botley |
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Owner : Western National 603 Location : Station Road, Penzance Date : September 1966
(C) West Country Historic Omnibus & Transport Trust |
Owner : Western National 603 Location : Not Known Date : Not Known
(C) Brian Botley |
Owner : Western National 603 Location : Penzance Bus Station Date : Not Known
(C) Colin Billington Collection |
Owner : Western National 603 Location : Not Known Date : Not Known
(C) Webmaster Collection |
Owner : Spurgeon Tabernacle Baptist Church Location : Elephant & Castle Date : February 1983
(C) Colin Billington Collection |
Owner : Spurgeon Tabernacle Baptist Church Location : Not Known Date : September 1989
(C) Colin Billington |
Owner : Western National 603 awaiting restoration Location : Not Known Date : Not Known
(C) Nigel Adams |
Owner : Western National 603 Location : Not Known Date : 2007
(C) Mike Ede |
Owner : Western National 603 Location : Harbourside, Bristol Date : May 2006
(C) Gerry Tormey |
Owner : Western National 603 Location : Harbourside, Bristol Date : May 2007
(C) Gerry Tormey |
Owner : Western National 603 Location : Westpoint, Exeter Date : September 2006
(C) Gerry Tormey |
Owner : Western National 603 Location : Weymouth Date : June 2008
(C) Malcolm Audsley |
Owner : Western National 603 Location : Harbourside, Bristol Date : May 2008
(C) Gerry Tormey |
Owner : Western National 603 Location : Fore Street, Kingsbridge Date : September 2008
(C) Peter Delaney |
Owner : Western National 603 Location : Queen Street, Weymouth Date : June 2009
(C) Terry Lawson |
Owner : Western National 603 Location : South Cerney Airfield Date : August 2011
(C) Roy Lambeth |
Owner : Western National 603 Location : Park & Ride, Brislington Date : August 2012
(C) Terry Lawson |
Owner : Western National 603 Location : Brislington Date : August 2013
(C) Chris Stewart |
Owner : Western National 603 Location : Kingsbridge Bus Station Date : September 2013
(C) Gerry Tormey |
Owner : Western National 603 Location : Not Known Date : August 2015
(C) Ken Jones |
Owner : Western National 603 Location : Station Road, Bewdley Date : September 2015
(C) Ken Jones |
Owner : Western National 600 - 672 COD (left) and Western National 603 (right) Location : Inner Cove Date : September 2015
(C) David Sheppard |
Owner : Western National 600 - 672 COD, Western National 603 & Bristol Omnibus 301 - 862 RAE Location : Loddiswell Date : September 2017
(C) Ken Jones |
Owner : Western National 603 Location : Kingsbridge Date : September 2017
(C) Ken Jones |
Owner : Western National 603 Location : Newton Abbot Racecourse Date : August 2019
(C) Dave Bickley |
Owner : Western National 603 Location : Eardisland Date : 17 June 2020 (Diamond Jubilee of the Bristol SU entry into service)
(C) Ken Jones |
Owner : Western National 603 Location : Kingsbridge Bus Station Date : September 2021
(C) Ken Jones |
Owner : Western National 603 Location : Nr Coventry Date : April 2022
(C) Ken Jones |