BUS 240 - Revision history

ACT Bus: Link to CT article.

2025-11-23T05:14:21Z

Link to CT article.

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	* It was originally supplied by J.H. Bowden, Waverley (as Thornycroft agent) to J.J. King, Kempsey in 1962. It was repurchased by Bowden in March 1974 before being sold to the Department of the Capital Territory on 14 June 1974 at the time of the 1974 vehicle shortage. [Source: Bus Fleets, ACTION, L.J. Pascoe 1984, Railmac Publications]		* It was originally supplied by J.H. Bowden, Waverley (as Thornycroft agent) to J.J. King, Kempsey in 1962. It was repurchased by Bowden in March 1974 before being sold to the Department of the Capital Territory on 14 June 1974 at the time of the 1974 vehicle shortage. [Source: Bus Fleets, ACTION, L.J. Pascoe 1984, Railmac Publications]
	* Following withdrawal in 1976, it was retained in the ACTION Heritage Fleet.		* Following withdrawal in 1976, it was retained in the ACTION Heritage Fleet.
			* On 22 November 1982, the Canberra Times reported <ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/130830933#] '''The Canberra Times''', from trove.nla.gov.au </ref> that Bus 240 was slow (not unlike that news day, seemingly)
	* It was then sold to King Bros for preservation in the early 1990s.		* It was then sold to King Bros for preservation in the early 1990s.
	* Its fate is unknown.		* Its fate is unknown.

Barry Drive: Text replacement - " Bus 2(.*)]" to "-1 Bus 2$1]"

2025-03-10T03:38:11Z

Text replacement - " Bus 2(.*)]" to "-1 Bus 2$1]"

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	\| [https://www.actbus.net/gallery-former-action-buses/nggallery/short-term-demonstrators/bus-240 Bus 240]		\| [https://www.actbus.net/gallery-former-action-buses/nggallery/short-term-demonstrators/bus-240-1 Bus 240]
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ACT Bus: BUS 240

2022-07-09T06:30:12Z

BUS 240

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	\| [~~http~~://www.actbus.net/gallery~~/ACTION~~-~~Buses~~-~~Disposals~~/~~Demo-~~short-term/~~Bus~~-240 Bus 240]		\| [https://www.actbus.net/gallery-former-action-buses/nggallery/short-term-demonstrators/bus-240 Bus 240]
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ACT Bus: 1 revision imported

2021-04-01T10:44:35Z

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en>Barry at 01:56, 24 May 2018

2018-05-24T01:56:50Z

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{| align=right cellpadding=2 class="toccolours" style="margin:10px; padding:5px; z-index: 1; width=62px;"
! colspan="3" align=center |[[File:240-1.jpg|400px]]
|-
! colspan="3" align=center bgcolor=#CCCCFF| Bus 240
|-
| valign=top | '''Chassis'''
| [[:Category:Thornycroft Trident|Thornycroft Trident]]
|-
| valign=top | '''Depot'''
| ---
|-
| valign=top | '''Entered Service'''
| 1974
|-
| valign=top | '''Removed from Service'''
| 1976
|-
| valign=top | '''Desto Equipment'''
| Roller Blind
|-
| valign=top | '''VIN'''
| PG/CR6/1
|-
| valign=top | '''Body'''
| Syd Wood
|-
| valign-top | '''Body Number'''
| 1913
|-
| valign=top | '''Body Date'''
| 29 May 1962
|-
| valign=top | '''Seating'''
| B47F
|-
| valign=top | '''Fuel'''
| Diesel
|-
| valign=top | '''Gallery Album'''
| [http://www.actbus.net/gallery/ACTION-Buses-Disposals/Demo-short-term/Bus-240 Bus 240]
|}
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Bus 240 was a Thornycroft Trident PG/CR6/1

==Notes==
* This was the last bus built by Syd Wood.
* Bus 240 was first registered on 19 June 1974.
* It was originally supplied by J.H. Bowden, Waverley (as Thornycroft agent) to J.J. King, Kempsey in 1962. It was repurchased by Bowden in March 1974 before being sold to the Department of the Capital Territory on 14 June 1974 at the time of the 1974 vehicle shortage. [Source: Bus Fleets, ACTION, L.J. Pascoe 1984, Railmac Publications]
* Following withdrawal in 1976, it was retained in the ACTION Heritage Fleet.
* It was then sold to King Bros for preservation in the early 1990s.
* Its fate is unknown.

[[Category:ACTION Disposals]]
[[Category:Thornycroft Trident]]
[[Category:One-off Buses]]
[[Category:1974 Vehicle Shortage]]
[[Category:Heritage Fleet]]