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The Custom CB50 was in production from 1999-2006, replacing the Custom CB30 and the Custom Coaches 550 and being succeeded by the Custom CB60. There were two variants, the high floor CB50 ordered in small numbers by several operators and the low floor CB50HCL which was more popular, with Premier Motor Service ordering 10 on Volvo B7RLE chassis ...
In February 1995 it began bodying buses and coaches for Australian operators. [12] The company was placed in administration in November 2003 with the plant subsequently being purchased by Denning Manufacturing. [13] [14] [15] The business was successfully operated up until its sale to the Dunn Group, in 2019. Maguire Coaches Landseer in ...
Today it includes custom automobiles, buses, motor coaches, and railway carriages. The word "coach" was derived from the Hungarian town of Kocs. [1] A vehicle body constructed by a coachbuilder may be called a "coachbuilt body" (British English) or "custom body" (American English), and is not to be confused with a custom car.
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Custom Coaches stopped assembling Enviro200 buses after it went into administration in May 2014. At the time, it is estimated that Custom Coaches only made five Enviro200 buses during the two year period under Alexander Dennis' ownership. Custom Coaches was then sold by Alexander Dennis back to its previous owners in August that year. [17]
An axlebox, also known as a journal box in North America, is the mechanical subassembly on each end of the axles under a railway wagon, coach or locomotive; it contains bearings and thus transfers the wagon, coach or locomotive weight to the wheels and rails; the bearing design is typically oil-bathed plain bearings on older rolling stock, or roller bearings on newer rolling stock.
In several parts of the world, the bus is still a basic chassis, front-engined, rear-wheel-drive vehicle; however, where manufacturers have sought to maximise the seating capacity within legal size constraints, the trend is now towards rear-and mid-engined designs due to the lack of need for a transmission tunnel.