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Alan Rimmer
The Leyland Experimental Vehicle (LEV)
| The forerunner of all those nasty railbuses was the Leyland Experimental Vehicle,
a joint venture between Leyland and BR to combine the worst features of
rail and bus. Here are some pictures of the some of the early railbuses at RTC
and at the test track. There were five single car railbuses built on BR for trials and miraculously they have all survived - look here for information and pictures. |
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The first LEV was un-powered and
is shown here in the sidings at the RTC around 1978
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A view of the Wickham version of
the railbus
(known as R3 and built especially for the USA) at the test track. The
vehicle had an overall length of 18.3m rather than the LEV1's 12.3m. It is pictured on the straight between the Covered Way and Grimston.
This vehicle is still in existence in the USA - look
here
and here
for more info and pictures. BR |
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The second BR version of R3
(known as Rb3) pictured at the Control
Centre at Old Dalby on test
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For more pictures of the various versions look on my train testing site