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Off on our Scarlett Coaches C1 and at the coach station there is an air of London's Victoria Coach Station about it. Note the driver in typical Midland Red fashion, wearing a white cowgown and white topped cap.

Mooooore????

Whilst Molesworth continues to delve in to the Vapeur Exotica, moving ever forward towards front row within inches of the blackboard and Sir, creep, creep, cad, here at the back of the class the steamyokels are still searching out the more mundane to appear on the Steam Palace of Varieties and...

Aiden, good to see my home city of natural steam producing waters Aqua Sulis aka Bath, getting another mention in the Palace of Steam Varieties:thumbsup: Going back to our sponsor advert, the image used turns out to be the 1898 Gillet, a strange choice of bus because although licenced by the...

We now take a natural break to hear from our sponsors

I fear I cannot feel at ease with these regressions to the first generation steam carriages so in answer to the earnest request of our esteamed threadmaster I give you a contempory of our own, ladeeez and gentlemen, our very own, your favourite and mine - the Beliss & Morcom Brummie Steamer -...

Sorry for delay in posting. We began our tour of the works in the wheel shop followed by the bodyshop we found out that the track metre (3 foot) gauge was to be changed to standard 4ft 8.1/2 inch so many trams were being rebogied as during the changeover an additional outer rail would be laid to...

Right up to date is this multiview sent this month from Tenby.

In an attempt to steer the thread back to things Midland Red I resort to another image of Midland Red inspired artwork. This time a C1 fronted coach appearing in a little story book produced c.1950's by Birn Brothers of London. Operated by 'Scarlet Coaches', this obviously rebodied, Halifax...

...and with Winifred Steamwell tinkling the ivories on her 'other' Aerophonlol

Might be a good time to change Spearmints as well;)

Aiden, many thanks for finding a photo of the Belliss (correct spelling)& Morcom steam bus, proof positive it existed. Now we need to know whether it used the streets of Birmingham on test or to reach the LGOC under it's own steam in order to claim the distinction of there definitely having been...

I have searched through this condiderable thread with care but may well have missed a reference to the 1907 Bellis and Morcom Birmingham built open top steam bus for trial with the London General Omnibus Co. Ltd. This steam bus may well have graced some Birmingham streets if delivered under it's...

There's the Cheshire M registration again, so reckon we have two factory registered Fodens in the first pic but the Dorset FX is more of a mystery on a Devonian lorry unless, that is, it is a Dorset built Hindley first registered in that county or perhaps second hand.

If I didn't know you better Aiden Molesworth I would swear you used that Bach clip to lead us astray with the bikini gurls that you somehow got mixed in with the classical gas over there on the youtube menu:rolleyes:.

With my Scottish Steam Spirit in hand, a mellow perspective of this thread comes over me as the gurls exit right before I even have time to see them properly behind the mop tops. We then get taken on a Magical Mystery Tour in a Smethwick registered steam charabang along the Midland Red 'G'...

Mention of the all American Manchester Locomotive Works Inc. links me conveniently to a vehicle close to Aiden's heart and a treat for when he rejoins us from rehab - the articulated steam wagon. Pictured is a prototype 5 tonner built in 1903 as the 'Brightmore' articulated steam tractor, by T...

Lloyd as the photo appears in his book 'Buses, Trolleys and Trams' with the caption attributing the bus to Bartons and accepting C.S. Dunbar as much respected in bus publications, hopefully his information is researched and correct. However given the misinforming photo captions in some recent...

With every cause to be frightened, not only for the fearsome appearace of this engine, but because that prodigious pump delivered 1450 gallons per minute - a veritable water cannon or what? :confused: Not bad for a firm famous for it's horsedrawn fire engines that built only 22 of these...

I know during WWI due to the shortage of men to conduct the buses that women took on the role but I never realised they recruited them so young! Here we have what from the lack of ID may well be a second hand Clarkson steamer belonging to the famous Barton fleet of Chilwell, Notts, in our...