Baghdad KD

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VWL119		#21	[url]	[-]
Posts: 478 28/10/2009 12:52:10	Absolutely class photos. Wonder how long it lasted in Baghdad? I notice it has only one door at the front, not to mention a good few other "interesting" features. It looks even shorter than our own KDs. Was this the first ever production KD type, or was it made after KD366?
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VC105		#22	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2370 28/10/2009 16:56:10	OOPPPSSSS!! Left-hand drive, yes, well eh... Ok i walked right into it didn't i ha ha. I thought it was an ex CIE bus which had been converted with doors on other side but obviously the left hand drive was a right give away. I was going more so by the title of KD that i just never really copped on about the left hand drive. God i'll never live this one down now
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Donnybrook Observer		#23	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1589 28/10/2009 17:47:18 Expert	Lesson # 1 for VC105: Think and read carefully before you type!
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VC105		#24	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2371 28/10/2009 18:22:13	Yes Donnybrook Observer, and i presume that goes for everybody.
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bombardier		#25	[url]	[-]
Posts: 401 28/10/2009 18:47:40	I notice that the stair case is behind the driver. Is there any interior shots or ones of it in service in Bagdad? I just noticed that the destination blinds read Bagdad Passenger Transport Authority. Interesting as to why its in english and not arabic either Last Edited By: bombardier 28/10/2009 18:50:12. Edited 1 time.
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RM1986		#26	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1114 28/10/2009 22:44:06	Great shots and a very interesting vehicle. There is definitely a shorter wheelbase. Is it me, or is the windscreen not as curved inwards as ours?
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Nigel		#27	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1603 28/10/2009 23:55:29 Expert	Body would be identical frame dimensions, window gaskets, etc. Same windscreen. I guess that with those obviously bigger wheels, the bus probably sat an inch or two higher. The bigger wheels create an optical illusion of a shorter wheelbase.
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Don E Brook		#28	[url]	[-]
Posts: 231 30/10/2009 00:26:11 Full Member	Aquavid, Was that not the first of an order for Baghdad by Bombardier at Shannon and was curtailed by the Iran Iraq war from 1980-88 . I saw it en route to Southampton Dock. A number of exBaghdad Leyland Atlanteans/ Park Royal, were in operation in Gibraltar working the Airport to City centre certainly in 2003, I have pictures of them at work alongside ex Berlin (BVG) M.A.N SD200. Gibraltar though British, drives on the right... Don E Brook.
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oneonetwo	Windscreen IS different........	#29	[url]	[-]
Posts: 421 30/10/2009 09:16:46 Archivist	Have a look at the bottom of the windscreen, there are narrow horizontal opening sections there.
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AntiDonnybrook		#30	[url]	[-]
Posts: 36 30/10/2009 21:51:22	Body styling and livery shares a fair bit with the left-hand drive prototype Leyland Olympian which Baghdad trialled for a while, and now lives in Gibraltar... http://megabus.fotopic.net/p36574252.html
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C236		#31	[url]	[-]
Posts: 782 02/12/2009 22:36:29	That photo link doesn't work?
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AntiDonnybrook		#32	[url]	[-]
Posts: 51 03/12/2009 22:44:45	Try it again. Fotopic are scum, that is a topic for another day!
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C236		#33	[url]	[-]
Posts: 784 04/12/2009 17:51:08	VWL119 wrote: Absolutely class photos. Wonder how long it lasted in Baghdad? I notice it has only one door at the front, not to mention a good few other "interesting" features. It looks even shorter than our own KDs. Was this the first ever production KD type, or was it made after KD366? Compare its centre door position with the Irish KDs, which might be the reason it looks shorter..............
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