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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)

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