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Leeds City Transport – Leeds Titan – UUA 207 – 207
Leeds City Transport1955Leeds Titan PD2/11Roe H33/25R This looks like a typical view from Yorkshire but these Leeds City Transport buses are interloping in Lancashire. Taken around 1970 the two Leyland Titans are seen in Rochdale climbing up from Sudden on Manchester Road heading for the town centre. The occasion was the Trans Pennine Rally from…
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Portsmouth Corporation – Leyland Titan – ORV 989 – 112
Portsmouth Corporation1958Leyland Titan PD2/40MCCW H30/26R ORV 989 is another in the long line of Portsmouth buses with the registration numbers in the ‘high 900’ series. It dates from 1958 and is a Leyland Titan PD2/40 with Metropolitan Cammell H56R body. It is seen in the St Catherine’s park and ride car park during the King…
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Ideal Service – Leyland Titan – CCK 668 – 16
Copyright Unknown Ideal Service (R Taylor & Sons)1949Leyland Titan PD2/3Brush L27/26R New to Ribble Motor Services (No 2691) in 1949 passed to Delaine, Bourne in 1961 as their (No 54) where it served 5 years when it then passed to R Taylor & Sons Cudworth in February 1966 (No 16) part of the Ideal Service…
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Southdown – Leyland Titan – RUF 189/5 – 783/5
Southdown Motor Services1956Leyland Titan PD2/12Beadle H59RD There have been comments over the years about the last Beadle double deck bodies to be built delivered to Southdown in Nov/Dec 1956 but few photos. To try and rectify this I attach two photos of this batch No’s 777-788 Reg No’s RUF 177-188, That of 783 was taken…
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Halifax Corporation – Leyland Titan PD2 – KWX 19 – 356
Halifax Corporation Transport and Joint Omnibus Committee1951Leyland Titan PD2/12Leyland L27/26R On the left of this photo taken in PTE days in December 1977 is the last operational ex Todmorden JOC PD2, as Halifax 356 which had been a Driver Training bus since withdrawal from passenger service. On the right is its replacement – ex Halifax…
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Manchester Corporation – Leyland Titan PD2 – JND 619 – 3218
Manchester Corporation1951Leyland Titan PD2/3Metro-Cammell H32/26R Seen in Piccadilly in August 1969 in the final months of Manchester Corporation ownership is No 3218, JND 619, one of a batch of Leyland PD2/3 buses purchased in 1951. Despite appearances, the bodywork is not by Crossley, being instead of the then standard Manchester design built by Metro-Cammell. Having…
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Portsmouth Corporation – Leyland Titan PD2 – GTP 976 – 59
Portsmouth Corporation1952Leyland Titan PD2/10Leyland H30/26R Seen on 13 August 1967 beside the superb gardens at Southsea seafront is Portsmouth Corporation No.59, GTP 976, one of a batch of twenty five Leyland PD2/10 buses with Leyland H30/26R bodywork delivered in 1952. No.59 was withdrawn in 1969, and the last of this batch went in 1971. My…
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West Riding – Leyland Titan PD2 – GHL 302 – 753
West Riding Automobile1954Leyland Titan PD2/22Roe L24/26R During the mid 1950s West Riding favoured the Leyland PD2 for its double deck requirements, taking 12 in 1953 with Roe L27/26R bodywork, and a further 10 in 1954, also with Roe lowbridge bodies, but in these the upper deck capacity was reduced to 24. The tin fronted PD2/22…
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Smith’s Luxury Coaches – Leyland Titan – JUG 623
Copyright Ray Soper Smiths Luxury Coaches (Reading) Ltd1946Leyland Titan PD1Roe H56RD This shot is from the Ray Soper gallery contribution titled “Smith’s Luxury Coaches of Reading” click on the title if you would like to view his Gallery and comments.The shot is shown here for indexing purposes but please feel free to make any comment…
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Smiths Luxury Coaches – Leyland Titan PD1 – JUG 623
Photograph taken by Stuart Wyss Smiths Luxury Coaches (Reading) Ltd1946Leyland Titan PD1Roe H31/25R When I started at Smiths Coaches, Reading, in May 1964 we had 4 batches of double-deckers and a solitary unroofed tree-lopper. More on the others later, but JUG 623 was one of half a dozen ex-Leeds Corporation Leyland PD1s dating from 1946…