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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton LMS Route: Nuneaton to
Leamington
Coventry Station: lnwrcov2642
A publicity photograph showing the Triumph built 'AA'
motorcycle sidecar combinations being loaded into covered wagons. The AA began
to motorise its patrolmen from 1912 when solo motorcycles were introduced,
initially for Inspectors. The first motorcycle combinations, known as Road
Service Outfits or 'RSOs', were issued in 1919. The sidecar made it possible to
carry a tool kit along with cans of petrol, oil and water. Early motorcycles
were from manufacturers such as Chater Lea, Triumph and BSA. For several years
after the introduction of motorcycles a significant number of patrols were
still conducted on bicycles (whilst in 1923 there were 274 AA patrols with
motorcycle combinations some 376 still relied on pedal power). By 1938 the
patrol force had grown in size and motorcycles now dominated with 1500 patrols
on motorcycles compared to 860 still relying on pedal power.
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