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Model Condition: Very Good

Packaging Condition: Very Good

This is a very rare and historical item as it is the first single deck bus to be produced by Trux. This model features the destination 'Taronga Zoo' which was a regular destination for these buses when they entered service in the 1950s.

M/O 2670  Rt 229

"Taronga Zoo"

Model Condition: Very Good

Packaging Condition: Good

In the 1950s and 1960s, a lot of the services that runs between the North Shore and Sydney CBD terminates in Wynyard.

Nicknamed "Frogs" because of their unprepossessing appearance, they were the result of a hasty decision bt the Department of Government Transport NSW to provide feeder services on routes which did not need a large capacity double decker.

M/O 2700  Rt 175

"Wynyard"

Modeling a pre-war Gardner-engined bus, the model carries the engine side-cover, omitted on post war buses. Camouflaged livery was applied to this vehicle during war time.

M/O 1615  Rt 150

"Palm Beach"

Metropolitian Omnibus Transport Company (MOTC) was the largest operator in Sydney during the late 1920s, this Leyland was introduced during that time for the Sydney Enfield route.

M/O 402  Rt 88

"Sydney"

As the precedcessor to the MOTC, the Fred Stewart Bus Company operated the Bondi Beach to Central Railway Station route via Bondi Junction. Beautifully detailed elegant model with maroon and cream with open rear staircase. Body was built by Leyalnd Motors UK.

M/O 554  Rt 160

"Bondi Beach North"

Prior to the opening of the railway, FJ Bardsley ran these beautifully-coloured Leyland Titan TD1 deckers to replace the government operated steam train service from Sutherland to Cronulla.

M/O 841  Rt 62

"Sutherland"

These beautiful buses operated on the  Brighton-Le-Sands to Central Railway via Mascot service. With open staircases, built and bodied  by Leyland Motors in their elegant steel framed design, the bus was way ahead of its time in the 1930s.

M/O 601  Rt 237

"Brighton-Le-Sands"

Model Condition: Very Good

Packaging Condition: Good

This model was sold out years ago. Other versions are still easily obtainable. This bus was the last of the nine originally imported by NSW private operators, then taken over by NSW DRTT. Believed to have passed to Rover Motors, Cessnock. Sadly no TD1s survive in preservation in Australia, and very few in UK.

M/O 1009   Rt 392

"Wooloomooloo"

This was the first new government bus that was built for the newly formed NSW Department of Road Transport and Tramways (DRTT). It was new in December 1933 with a Syd Wood 51 seat body, and it was based in Burwood Depot. Beautifully detailed with an enclosed rear staircase that differs from some other Leyland Titans.

M/O 1009  Rt 992

"Drummoyne"

Model Conditon: Very Good

Packaging Condition: Very Good

This ex-Government AEC was acquired by Linsley's Motor Service to add capacity to their Newcastle routes.

M/O 5427  Rt 17

"Wallsend"

This ex-government AEC Regent III double decker was operated by Road Runner Tours of Wangi NSW. This bus features the air-operated power front door. 

M/O 4763

"Morisset"

In the collection of Sydney Bus Museum, the full-size prototype of this bus model is amongst the last half-cab double-deckers built for Sydney in 1952.

These AEC Regent III double deckers were the most popular NSW chassis at that time. 

M/O 2643  Rt 396

"Maroubra Beach"

EX-SYDNEY AEC Regent IIIs were converted for use as tourist buses along the Queensland Gold Coast picking up visitors to convey them to the ferry for Stradbroke Island, located off Brisbane's Moreton Bay. Some were still in usae in 1979, a service life of nearly 30 years.

AEC Regent chasses formed the majority of post WWII double deck bus building. Sydney accounted for 359 chassis imported.

Later production buses were fitted with an air-operated front door to improve loading time.

Destination WATSONS BAY route 324. Fleet number 2619

The model is based on one of the last half cab double deckers, built for NSW DGT in 1952.  Bus m/o 2691 is restored at Loftus: Sydney Tram Museum

Ballarat Coachlines is one of Victoria's premier coach companies which operates intercity express services. With Ballarat's distinctive multi-tone livery, this is also the first Trux model to come with 3D wing mirrors!

Rego: PAY 204   Destination "Melbourne"

Former Ribble No. 1971 is a Leyland Atlantean imported to NSW from the English Midlands in 1976 by Kirklands. This was done to get around the huge new bus costs in Australia due to scarcity of chasses. These buses could be one-man operated, and were especially useful for country school runs.

M/O 5205  "Taree-Harrington"

Kirklands of Lismore NSW imported many UK built second-hand Atlantean buses and sold some on the oteher operators such as Joyce's of Bellingen NSW. This former Ribble No. 1972 bus was used to operate between Urunga on the NSW North Coast and Bellingen.

M/o 4210  "Urunga - Bellingen"

Kirlands Brothers pioneered in importing second-hand Atlantean buses from UK operators in the 1970s. During that time, their fleet of UK Atlantean grew up to 10, while some of the other imported buses were sold on. These buses were mostly used for school runs.

M/O 085  "Lismore"

Leyland and the National Bus Company collaborated in a standard single deck bus in Britian from the 1970s. The Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board used them on one of their longest bus routes, from Warrandyte to Melbourne via Templestowe.

Rego: IAC.821  Rt 277

"Melbourne - Templestowe"

Government bus services in Canberra commenced in 1926 where they operated four buses on different routes between Ainslie in the north and Eastlake in the south. By 1977, Canberra had a comprehensive metropolitan system and was re-branded ACTION (Australian Capital Territory Internal Omnibus Network). Seventy Leyland Nationals 10.9m buses arrived in Canberra in 1974 and 1975 to meet the demands of new routes and improved timetables.

Rego: ZIB.261  Rt 350

"Red Hill via Barton"

The service to Port Melbourne in the mid-1950s operated through the City Centre.

Rego:272.117  "Port Melbourne"

CONDITION  AS NEW

Packaging very good

This is the only example of this model we have ever seen. The initial production run sold out almost instantly, and this model was obtained by the museum only recently.

Bodied by Cheetham and Borwick in Melbourne, the chassis was the standard Leyland Titan TD5, but with the optional torque converter transmission.

One example survives in preservation in NSW.

FLEET NO. 245

Destination CLIFTON HILL

Tried by many operators on light traffic routes, these minibuses did not survive in service for long. Gold Coast Surfside was one of the companies that operated these buses.

Interestingly the problem was not with the bus: it was the lack of flexibility. The wages for a driver were the same but a big bus could carry three times as many passengers, and still be available for light duty.

Rego: 684.DTD  Rt 20

"Pacific Fair"

These minibuses were not very popular among Australian operators, as their operating costs were hardly better than a full-size bus, and staff cost was the same yet its usage was very limited. Toronto Bus Service near Newcastle was one of the companies that operated these buses.

M/O 9615  "The Train"

Shorelink, an operator near Hornsby, in the Upper North Shore area of Sydney  was briefly a user of these Mercedes minibus.

M/O 8384  Rt 589

"San Hospital"

The Brisbane based A B Denning Company was the biggest coachbuilder for Ausrtalia's fleet of private bus operators. Despite the tyrany of distance and harsh climatic operating conditions, this model can still be seen on many Australian coach services 30 years after its introduction. This Driver Bus Lines version in very fine detail and very attractive muted colour scheme is now very rare.

Rego: AXD.564  "Melbourne"

This Olympic East West Expres model, which ran some very long distance services, such as Perth - Brisbane services is avaiable in its stainless steel livery with contrasting red and blue livery.

Rego: BOQ.070  "Perth"

Deluxe Coachlines was one of the largest and most famous user of these Denning Monocoaches. And just like on the original long distance coaches, this model also features the blacked-out windows for the rest room located at the rear.

Rego: SAN.257  "Brisbane"

Some  Denning Monocoaches were used by Australian VIP Tours for their tour services which linked most Australian capital cities. They commenced services in the early 1980s on the eastern seaboard. Following rapid expansion, VIP Express collapsed due to financial pressures in the late eighties.

Rego: 746.ONH "ON TOUR" 

This ‘Aussie Express’ Denning Monocoach coach, hailing from South Australia, features one of the more unusual, but distinctly Australian and colourful liveries.

Rego: RI.8306

Kirkland Bros have been running services in northern NSW since the 1930s and at their peak in the 1970s were reportedly taking over 5,000,000 pasengers per year. Being one of the most popular touring coach, the Denning was used by Kirkland Bros for their touring and express service. This model also includes a replica of the front bull bar and two external stacks.

M/O 8496 "Lismore"

Stateliner coaches took in towns and sights often ignored by other major bus companies, traversing South Australia from Port Lincoln to the towns along the Riverland and from Ceduna in the west to Lake Alexandrina in the south-east.  But this latest Denning DenAir is bound for the urban hub of Australia's red centre: Alice Springs.

reg'd S.A SVH 213

Some Atlanteans were sold on to private operators as school buses and tour buses.

Buck Rogers Night Tours Gold Coast was one such.

Blue/ black colours with white roof.

Designed especially for the Public Transport Commission of NSW, these Atlanteans were unique to Sydney. This bus has one of the attractive all-over-advertisement - bankcard applied to it.

M/O 1155  Rt 330

"Bondi Junction via Double Bay via King Cross"

Never particularly successful in their role of providing reliable public trasnport, as NSW Government buses, many Leyland PDR2 Atlanteans were sold on to private operators and were  popular as school buses and city excursion coaches.

Melbourne's APT After Dark bus was well known for taking its customers for a walk on the Wild Side!

Sydney Bus Museum has two PTC Atlanteans: nos. 1003 and 1224 both in full working order.

rego. VICTORIA  . BLS 556

The AEC Frogs were the result of hasty decisions by DGT planners and engineers. A quantity of Regent III Double Decker chasses was ordered from UK, but by the time they arrived, the need for large capacity deckers was waning and low capacity feeder buses was more needed. So the chasses had single deck bodies built on them. M/O 2578 at the bus museum is one surviving example.

M/O 2526   Rt 409

"Burwood"

Mercedes-Benz buses had been in service since 1970s and the Mk IIIs saw revisions to the PMC bodywork and flashing amber lights either side of the route number display. This Sydney NSW Government Mercedes Mark III features the limited-stop Route L20 which runs from Circular Quay to Parramatta.

M/O 2706 Rt L20

"Parramatta Limited Stops"