Corgi OM43915A Daimler CW Utility – Birmingham – Bolton Road – Dual Destination

Destination Birmingham City Transport was created out of Birmingham Corporation Tramways to reflect the mixture of vehicles operating in Birmingham in the 1930s. In 1933 the corporation acquired an experimental Daimler diesel engine bus, which proved so successful that 130 were ordered by 1935. Daimler CWA6 1389 (FOP 389) had a 56 seat Park Royal Utility body new in 1944 and was included, along with all other types in Birmingham’s strict fleet sequential numbering scheme. This had started in 1913 with 1, OA 1601, A 40HP Daimler with an LGOC open top body. Between 1947 and 1954, Birmingham City Transport purchased 1,748 new buses to replace its entire fleet of trams, trolleybuses and all except 40 of its pre-war bus fleet. The company survived until 1969 when it became incorporated in the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive and is currently owned by National Express.