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Leicester City Transport – Leyland Titan PD3 – TBC 164 – 164
Copyright Chris Hebbron Leicester City Transport1958Leyland Titan PD3/1Willowbrook H41/33R LCT bought an eclectic mix of chassis and bodywork for its fleet over the decades, but settled on just three (164-166) tin-fronted Leyland Titan PD3/1’s, with attractive Willowbrook bodywork, in 1958. 165 and 166 were withdrawn in 1972 and 1975 respectively, with 164 being withdrawn in…
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Preston Corporation – Leyland Titan PD – BCK 367C – 61
Copyright Pete Davies Preston Corporation1954Leyland Titan PD2/10 – PD3Leyland – Preston Corporation H38/32F BCK 367C started life as FRN 740 a 1954 PD2/10 with a Leyland H32/29R body which has been rebuilt to a PD3 format. She now resides in the North West Museum of Road Transport in St Helens, but was in need of…
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Southdown – Leyland Titan PD3 – HCD 369E – 369
Copyright Diesel Dave Southdown Motor Services Ltd1967Leyland Titan PD3/4Northern Counties FH39/30F The posting a little while ago of the Bradford Daimler CVG6 was a reminder that although both they and Leyland were then manufacturing rear-engined double decker chassis in large numbers, not all operators were yet willing to make the change to them. Southdown’s later…
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Wakefields Motors – Leyland Titan PD3 – AFT 935 – 235
Photograph by ‘unknown’ if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Wakefields Motors LtdLeyland Titan PD3/41958Metro-Cammell ‘Orion’ H41/32R This 1958 Metro-Cammell Orion bodied Leyland PD3/4 was one of 12 in the Tynemouth and Wakefields fleet. They were AFT 924/35 fleet numbers 224/35; the last two carried the Wakefields name. The Northern General…
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Leicester City Transport – Leyland Titan – GRY 50D – 50
Copyright Michael Crofts Leicester City Transport1966Leyland Titan PD3A/1MCW H41/33R I became a bus driver in 1965 and was driving for PMT Stoke driving Regents, Guy, Daimler, Reliance and of course Leyland PD/3s. So as time went by I ended up working for Midland Red North. I was promoted to Driving Instructor in 1989 and to…
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PMT – Leyland Titan PD3 – 811 JVT – H811
Copyright Ian Wild Potteries Motor Traction1960Leyland Titan PD3/3Willowbrook H39/34F This was the last front engined bus delivered to PMT and was ordered by Baxters of Hanley who had sold out to PMT in December 1958. The Leyland PD/Willowbrook combination was clearly Baxters preferred design following on from the two Leyland PD2/20 supplied in 1955 and…
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Stockport Corporation – Leyland Titan – KJA 871F – 71/5871
Copyright Ken Jones Stockport Corporation1968Leyland Titan PD3/14East Lancs H38/32R KJA 871F is a Leyland Titan PD3/14 with East Lancs H38/32R body, new to Stockport Corporation as their no. 71 in February 1968. It is preserved at The Manchester Museum of Transport in Boyle Street, Cheetham Hill. Greater Manchester. The museum is next to an operational…
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CIE – Leyland Titan – OYI 827 – RA62
Copyright Brendan Smith CIE (Coras Iompair Eirann)1959/60Leyland Titan PD3/2CIE H41/33R Seen in the dark blue and cream livery introduced for double-deckers in 1961, RA62 shows the final version of the CIE double-deck body, which is said to have been originally influenced by the prewar Leyland bodies supplied to Dublin United Tramways. The body design certainly…
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Blackpool Corporation – Leyland Titan – LFR 528F – 528
Blackpool Corporation1968Leyland Titan PD3A/1MCW H41/30R LFR 528F is one of a batch of 40 Titan PD3A/1 vehicles with MCW H71R bodywork, delivered to Blackpool Corporation in 1967 and 1968. Some of the later 1968 vehicles had the G suffix to their registrations. 528 is seen in the old almost-overall cream livery at Fleetwood on 15…
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Southend Corporation – Leyland Titan – CJN 438C – 338
Southend Corporation1965Leyland Titan PD3/6Massey H38/32R This picture was taken sometime in the early seventies at what is now to me an unknown location in Southend, it shows No 338 CJN438C one of a batch of twelve Leyland PD3/6s with Massey H38/32R bodywork delivered in April 1965 after Massey had changed to a severe upright front…