This delightful period view was included with more recent material kindly provided from the Go North East archives by Keith Lee and David Slater and, as a bonus, it came with background information courtesy of Bob Kell.
Northern 491 (EF 4013) was a Macpherson-bodied AEC 426, one of several acquired with the business of Eastern Express Motors of West Hartlepool in 1930. New in December 1928, they came out of service between 1937 and 1939, with some being converted to wartime ambulances. 491 was converted to a breakdown tender during World War 2 and was replaced by an FWD in 1949, which was, in turn, replaced by an AEC Matador. The Chester-le-Street legal address is noteworthy (18-Feb-13).
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