TitleBrisbane WW2 Semi Trailer BusDescriptionOriginal caption: Articulated vehicle before conversion to a bus.
This 96 seat bus was one of two built at the Brisbane City Council Tram workshops at Milton in May 1943 for the Department of Aircraft Production. The tow vehicle is an International KS5. They operated between the Moorooka Tram Terminus and the Archerfield Factories. One was involved in an accident on 14 Apr 1944 in which 3 passengers were killed.
Fatal Accident - The Courier-Mail (Brisbane) Saturday 15 April 1944 p 1 Dateca. 1940sCollectorElson, RexRecord typePhotographFormat typePhysicalOriginal format colourBlack and white
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