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Lloyd said:
I know it as 'gear change pedal'. The selector is the lever on the steering column to select which gear you want next. See https://daimlerandlanchester.com/how-to-drive-a-pre-selector/
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Lloyd, I accept 'gear change pedal' but i called it a selector pedal ,not a selector lever. I drive LOG 302 a BCT Daimler at Aldridge transport museum which has the lever on the steering column , some other BCT standards had floor 'sticks'. to select pre select gears.
 
brian johnson said:
some other BCT standards had floor 'sticks'. to select pre select gears.
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Those were Guy Arabs Brian, using a very similar gearbox and a pedal to effect the change. Later versions of the box in Rear engined chassis were directly selected using air pressure, sometimes electrically operated.
 
MidlanD Red used Setright machines. Easy to use, and not too heavy. When I was a conductor in 1958, based at Sutton Garage, the machine was issued on a daily basis. On a Saturday night in the rush hour running a 119 to Great Barr, standing load from the Dog Track at Perry Barr...the machine used to get red hot, but hardly ever let me down. Thanks for the memory.
 
For more information on tickets and the machines that issued them.

Ticket Machine

I think London used the TIM right up to the end of conductors. Before the Setright Speed, Midland Red used a machine with buttons on the top for the different fares and the conductor then moved a lever across the front of the machine to print and issue the tickets. No idea what that was called...
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Lloyd said:
Albion used the 'sunrise' as an advertising slogan through most of their time. Eventually they were swallowed by the Leyland conglomerate, their last products being badge-engineered Leyland products for Scottish customers.

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Trivia, I believe that ALBION were the first to produce the underfloor engine, and remember their advert for this innovative design. Thanks guys.
 
I think that you will find the B&MMO (Midland Red) were the first have underfloor engined vehicles. During the early part of WW2 single deck bus BHA 1 was produced this lead to the S6 class of buses in 1946;
The Albion Nimbus, their u/floor bus was in 1955.
 
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