Baghdad KD

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R791	Baghdad KD		Lead	[-]
Posts: 128 27/10/2009 10:02:00 Full Member	Tags : None Anyone have a photo of the Baghdad KD? Would love to see what it looked like in red Last Edited By: R791 27/10/2009 11:39:09. Edited 1 time.
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DublinBuses		#1	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1230 27/10/2009 10:49:47	Alas, that is the Holy Grail of bus photos. Often talked about, never snapped in Iraq, as far as we know. *- Frankie Say . . . Use The Bus -* Last Edited By: DublinBuses 27/10/2009 20:26:25. Edited 1 time.
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griffin		#2	[url]	[-]
Posts: 799 27/10/2009 11:20:08	I have seen photos of it alright, so there is at least one person out there that has them!
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VC105		#3	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2356 27/10/2009 11:21:26	Baghdad KD? Please explain, i'm still asleep Never heard of anything like that.
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R791		#4	[url]	[-]
Posts: 129 27/10/2009 11:37:23 Full Member	The Baghdad KD was a protoype (red) bombardier that had left-hand-drive and doors on the off-side. AFAIK it had a Rolls Royce engine - somehow I wouldn't have thought that an American GM Detroit diesel would have found much favour in Iraq, other than for its oil guzzling capabilities. From memory it had full sliding opening windows on both decks - the upper deck being for women I believe. En route from Shannon it had a bang up that required it to go into Donnybrook Garage for remedial repairs before it went off to the Middle East. I did see a black and white photo of it years ago, so one deffo exists. Indeed, I wonder if the bus does?
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VC105		#5	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2358 27/10/2009 11:45:53	Cheers for that R791, interesting story. Would like to see it myself.
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R791	Irish Times Article 09 12 1982	#6	[url]	[-]
Posts: 130 27/10/2009 12:05:30 Full Member	Link to Irish Times article on the bus here http://www.irishtimes.com...13CB3C152B5131CA4C333A62
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Aquavid		#7	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2592 27/10/2009 17:21:30 Archivist	I have a high quality publicity photo of it taken at Shannon. And I took my own (not great) photo of it late at night when it was being repaired in Donnybrook, next to a DF. I will locate and post both of these shortly. Aquavid
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Aquavid		#8	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2593 27/10/2009 17:30:29 Archivist	The above are official Bombardier publicity photos, which came to me thanks to Gary Manahan.
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Aquavid		#9	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2594 27/10/2009 17:32:56 Archivist	These are my own pictures, taken hurridly at Donnybrook where the bus called in for repairs after an accident en route to Dublin. Inside, all notices in arabic, except for the bell pushes, which were standard CIE "Push Once" . . . Aquavid
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Nigel		#10	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1598 27/10/2009 17:56:54 Expert	Note bigger wheels, no fire exit door downstairs, upstairs appears to have no exit either. I wonder what the grills on the front are, did this bus have aircon? I wonder did it have a standard brown CIE type staircase inside?
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medtrain		#11	[url]	[-]
Posts: 487 27/10/2009 18:06:58	id say thegrills are ventilation the windows look like they slide open like some hong kong buses
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icom102		#12	[url]	[-]
Posts: 662 27/10/2009 18:19:31 Full Member	what damage was done to it?
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Aquavid		#13	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2595 27/10/2009 19:19:07 Archivist	Roof dome damaged after hitting a bridge. Dome was replaced and painted at Donnybrook before my pics were taken. Note no vent on the roof dome in my photo, compared to the publicity pics. Aquavid
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Pat		#14	[url]	[-]
Posts: 708 27/10/2009 21:14:39	Fantastic photos Aquavid, thanks for sharing. The bigger wheels make the short wheelbase look even shorter. It's hilarious how despite all the work done to print all notices in Arabic, the "Push Once" bells remained.
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VC105		#15	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2365 27/10/2009 21:32:45	Great picture. What number KD is it, and when did it leave this country?
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Billy563		#16	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2034 27/10/2009 22:05:24 Professional Driver	As far as I recall,the Baghdad Bus travelled from Donnybrook to Rolls Royce in Crewe for some fairly substantial remedial work to its engine which had developed something of a thirst for Oil.....!! Nothing new there.....!!
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C236		#17	[url]	[-]
Posts: 667 27/10/2009 22:12:08	VC105 wrote: Great picture. What number KD is it, and when did it leave this country? It was not numbered in the CIE KD series as it never operated for them. It was built purely for export only, and remained a one-off. Baghdad City Transport (or whatever they were called) had a large fleet of deckers, including left hand drive Atlantean AN68s.
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VC105		#18	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2366 27/10/2009 23:16:30	Thanks for that C236. I thought that it was an ex C.I.E. bus which was sent to Baghdad after ending its days in Ireland.
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Aquavid		#19	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2596 28/10/2009 05:45:17 Archivist	VC105 wrote: I thought that it was an ex C.I.E. bus Lefthand drive? I know CIE had some strange buses but . . .
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Donnybrook Observer		#20	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1588 28/10/2009 09:04:47 Expert	An ex-CIE bus????? Really VC105 - come on!!!! You only had to look at the pictures.....
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