Rigs of Nigg

(BBC Scotland documentary, 2021)

Documentary about how the village of Nigg became an important location in the growth of the Scottish oil industry.
7144SP is seen transporting workers for the Highland Fabricators oil rig builders firm while contracted to the Brown and Root-Wimpey consortium. A Ford 570E/Plaxton new in 1962, it's owned here by Newton of Dingwall:
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Also a works bus was SUF895, a Leyland Tiger Cub PSUC1/2 with Beadle centre-entrance coachwork with its Wimpey fleetname blacked out. It was new as Southdown 1095:
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In front of it is AST575M, a Willowbrook Expressway-bodied Ford R1014 of Newton of Dingwall, with a similar vehicle in the background:
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Following SUF895 is KDB874, a Leyland Tiger Cub PSUC1/1/Weymann new as North Western 674:
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The footage is not clear enough to identify this Duple coach:
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Three Newton Fords with Willowbrook Expressway bodywork; the middle one is YST962M, a Ford R192:
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Lastly a Duple Dominant coach followed by what might be Newton YST961M, a Ford R1014 with Willowbrook body, but I can't prove it:
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