SORT1
(SORT CODES A-E & QM)
A
AD:Bus Accident Damage
AL:Bus T/pre-1956 all-Leyland
AM:Bus T/Athens Magirus Deutz
AR:Bus T/AEC Regent
AT:Bus T/Leyland Atlantean
AV:Aerial View
B
B:Bus Bodywork
BB:Articulated(Bendi)Bus
BC:Bus Body Conversion
BK:Bus T/Bristol K
BL:Bus T/Bristol Lodekka
BM:Bus Body Maintenance
C
c:No. of Bus Companies in pic
CC:Camera Clarification
CH:Bus T/Chausson(FR)
CL:Clarification (any sort)
CN:clarification re. negative
D
DC:Date not confirmed/clarification
DF:Bus T/Daimler Fleetline EXCEPT
DM:DMS(London,S.Yorks & after)
DI:Bus Info.re Destination
DR:Bus Demonstrator
DT:Bus DriverTrainer
QM
QM:Queen Mary (Southdown & after)
SORT2
(SORT CODES F-L)
F
FF:bus full fleetname(abbreviated in BUS CO. box)
FG:fairground
FM:bus MAP fleetname
G
GB:Bus T/Goldfish Bowl(US GM 'New Look')
GR:Group(of buses etc)
GV:General view of bus garage
GY:Bus T/Guy
H
H:Bus livery(hue) info.
HA:Bus advert livery
HG:Bus graffiti
HF:Bus fleetname info.(See FM too)
HN:Bus displayed (fleet)no. info.
HS:Bus T/Hino s/d
HX:Bus special livery
I
ID:Bus interesting destination
IK:Bus T/Ikarus
K
k:Convoy (of buses etc)
L
L:Line-up(of buses etc)
LC:Location Clarification
LN:Bus T/Leyland National(See NG too)
SORT3
(SORT CODES M-R)
M
M:Model buses
MS & MD:Bus T/Mercedes s/d & d/d
MI:Minibus
N
N:Night
ND:Dusk
NM:Dawn(morn)
NC:Bus T/normal control
NG:Bus T/National Greenway
NP:Bus co. non-PSV
O
OB:Trolleybus(obus)
OC:order clarification
OH:bus on hire
OL:Bus T/Olympian
OP:Bus-pic includes item of operational interest
P
PB:Preserved bus
PY:Playbus
P3:Bus T/Leyland PD3(except QM)
Q
QM:Queen Mary(Southdown & after:usually in SORT1)
R
RC:Bus registration/ID clarification (or not confirmed)
RE:Bus T/Bristol RE
RM & RT:Bus T/Routemaster & RT(London & after)
SORT4
(SORT CODES S-V)
S
S:Bus service in picture
SB:School Bus
SY:Scrapyard
SV:General view of bus station (some or all of pic)
T
T:Bus Type with no sep sort code (see ADD DATA for details)
TC:Bus co. towing vehicle
TL:Bus co. treelopper
TW:Bus co. tower wagon (trolleybus operators)
TR:ADS tram;main subject trams shown as ''TRAM'' in REG NO box
V
V:view -landscape,townscape,anything of gen geographical interest
VA:Venezuelan American-made bus
VD & VS:Bus T/Volvo d/d & s/d
VR:Bus T/Bristol VR
SORT5
(SORT CODES W-Z)
W
W:weather general
WC:clouds
WF:fog
WG:gale
WM:mist
W2:weather comparison
WR:heavy rain
WS:snow
WW:wind
WA:wild animals
WB:wild birds
WD:domesticated wildlife
WZ:zoo animals
X
X:general info about negative
XB:blurred
XC:chemical contamination
XD:damaged negative
XF:fogged
XI:also interneg or other copyneg
XT:thin
X2:double exposure
XM:no negative for this photo no.
Y
y:airport
Z
ZC:continuous exposure sequence
ZL:zoom lens (28mm wide-angle lens fr Aug82(PX) not coded)
SORT6
(NON-LETTER SORT CODES)
A number here is the original fleetnumber of a bus in picture -this is given for some batches as a sort aid. Number+c:see C %:special Ottawa code +:additional item (usually bus) in pic;check ADSs & ADDITIONAL DATA SC10:Bus T/French standarde (60s city Saviem)