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Stockport Corporation – Leyland Titan PD2 – EDB 547 – 293
Copyright Roger Cox Stockport Corporation1951Leyland Titan PD2/1Leyland H30/26R I note with some surprise that Stockport Corporation does not feature in the list of operators on the website, so perhaps this picture of two of Stockport’s excellently proportioned all Leyland PD2s might redress this omission. I believe that I took this photograph, which dates from 1969,…
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Oldham Corporation – Leyland Titan – PBU 943 – 443
Copyright Stephen Howarth Oldham Corporation1958Leyland Titan PD2/30Roe H37/28R I have been having a rummage through a few pictures and came across this one. Whilst it is not the best photograph in the world, I am sure it is of historical interest.The vehicle on the right is one of Oldham Corporations 1958 “Tin front” Titans fleet…
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Oldham Corporation – Leyland Titan – PBU 951 – 451
Copyright David Butterworth Oldham Corporation1958Leyland Titan PD2/30Roe H35/28R I Would like to contribute the above photo of Oldham Corporation 451 taken after its first repaint – so minus the waistrail white stripe and the intricate lining out (abandoned when these vehicles were repainted in 1965). The interior paintwork was changed also from the original hammered…
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Jersey Motor Transport – Leyland Titan – J 16522 – 21
Copyright Stephen Howarth Jersey Motor Transport1955Leyland Titan PD2/22Metro Cammell H31/26R When Leyland Motors finished building bus bodies, the Jersey Motor Transport Company went to M.C.W. for their next double deck bodies. Two were bought in 1955, the other being J 16521, fleet number 20. They were the first Double Decker’s in the fleet with ‘Tin…
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Oldham Corporation – Leyland Titan PD2 – PBU 947 – 447
Copyright Roger Cox Oldham Corporation1958Leyland Titan PD2/30Roe H37/28R We don’t seem to have any colour pictures of Oldham buses on the site, so I am submitting these two shots, taken early in PTE days. By the time these pictures were taken, the Oldham livery had been further simplified by the elimination of the red stripe…
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East Yorkshire – Leyland Titan PD2 – NRH 219 – 608
Copyright John Stringer East Yorkshire Motor Services1953Leyland PD2/12Roe HBB56R Westwood Bus Station, Scarborough, photographed whilst on a family holiday in 1966.In the foreground 1953 Roe-bodied Leyland PD2/12 608 (NRH 219) is loading passengers for Bridlington, whilst behind lurks 1963 front-entrance Bridgemaster 749 (3749 RH). Opposite, laying over before snarling its way to Driffield, is 1960…
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Oldham Corporation – Leyland Titan PD2 – NBU 502 – 402
Copyright unknown. Oldham Corporation1957Leyland Titan PD2/20Roe H33/27R A couple of weeks ago I commented on the Pommard and Devon Cream livery introduced in 1966, after the very short lived “Blue” livery experiment with NBU 502 (Fleet No 402).Well here it is, seen in a rather grubby state, in Union Street, operating on the Service “A”…
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Todmorden Corporation – Leyland Titan PD2 – JWY 824 – 5
Copyright John Stringer Todmorden Corporation and Joint Transport Committee1950Leyland Titan PD2/1Leyland L27/26R Scanning through the OBP Operators Index I just noticed a glaring omission. What – No Todmorden?How could this possibly be ?So here to immediately rectify the situation is their 1950 Leyland-bodied PD2/1 No. 5 departing Hebden Bridge for Burnley via Todmorden, in the…
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Isle of Man Road Services – Leyland Titan – KMN 513 – 63
Copyright M Bishop Isle of Man Road Services Ltd1950Leyland Titan PD2/1Leyland H30/26R I received the above two photographs along with a shot of a Tiger Cub from Michael Bishop with the following:- “I was on the Isle of Man to explore the railways, but found the IOMR had just closed! Lord Ailsa came along the…
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Leeds City Transport – Leyland Titan PD2/1 – NNW 379 – 379
Copyright Chris Hough Leeds City Transport1950Leyland Titan PD2/1Leyland H30/26R This batch of sixty Leyland bodied Leyland Titans were delivered to Leeds in 1949-1950. Most of the batch were allocated to the Bramley depot for most of their careers providing most of the duties on the 54, 77 and 23 services as well as the Bramley…