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Portsmouth Corporation – Leyland Cheetah – BTP 946 – 46
Copyright P J Marshall Portsmouth Corporation1939Leyland Cheetah LZ4Wadham B32R Portsmouth Corporations fleet number 46 was the last of a batch of 6 Leyland LZ4 Cheetahs, 41-46 (BTP 941-946), with locally-built Wadham bodywork, new in 1939. 41 and 42 were withdrawn in 1941, after suffering war damage. This view of 46 at Eastney Depot was taken…
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Blue Motors – Leyland Cheetah – EYA 923
Blue Motors1939Leyland Cheetah LZ5Harrington C31F EYA 923 was new in 1939. She is a Leyland Cheetah LZ5, with Harrington C31F body, complete with the tailfin, and we see her at Amberley during the Harrington Gathering on 3 June 2012. Some confusion creeps in about her origins, as I have seen mentions in different places of…
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Bradford Corporation – Leyland Badger – KW 7604
Bradford Corporation1930Leyland Badger TA4Plaxton B20F The Leyland Badger was a haulage model introduced in 1920, but progressively developed for heavier weights up to the outbreak of WW2. This little bus, a TA4 4 tonner (denoting payload), was purchased by Bradford for its Welfare Department in 1930, when the city motorbus fleet then consisted of AEC…
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Yorkshire Traction – Leyland Atlantean – FHE 340D – 1340L
Yorkshire Traction1966Leyland Atlantean PDR1/2Northern Counties H42/33F I do not have many photos of rear engined buses they did not have the same charisma has the front engined buses, a little bit boxy for me. Although this Northern Counties body on this bus does look good, mind you I think it was brand new at the…
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Demonstrator (Glasgow Corporation) – Leyland Atlantean – SGD 669
Photograph by unknown – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. With – Halifax Corporation Transport and Joint Omnibus Committee1963Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1Alexander H44/34F This is shot of George Square Halifax where quite a few buses started there journey out of town rather than using the bus station. So here we have…
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Tyneside – Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 – ENL 355C – 55
Tyneside Omnibus Company1965Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1Alexander H43/32F Tyneside Omnibus Company were a subsidiary of Northern General, they may of run a more local service than the very large area that Northern General did. If you know, let me know, please leave a comment. Typical of most rear engined buses of this era it had the “bustle”…
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Bolton Corporation – Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 – ABN 213C – 213
Photo by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Bolton Corporation1965Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1East Lancs H45/33F Here we have two Bolton Corporation Leyland Atlanteans separated by only eleven registration and fleet number but they are both bodied by a different body builder. The one on the left was by East Lancs…
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Hull Corporation – Leyland Atlantean – 7383 RH – 383
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Kingston upon Hull Corporation Transport1963Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 Roe H44/31F I could say here is a rather poor shot, not too bad at the front of the vehicle faded out and slightly grainy to the rear, or alternatively, I could say this photo…
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PMT – Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 – 861 REH – L861
Copyright Michael Crofts Potteries Motor Traction1961Leyland Atlantean PDR1Weymann L39/33F This is one of a batch of 105 Atlanteans delivered between 1959/1961 and the above picture was taken at the water point at the PMT Newcastle under Lyme depot. It was very rare for this type of vehicle to do the Leek route as it was…
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Tynemouth and District – Leyland Atlantean – CFT 640 – 240
Copyright Ronnie Hoye Tynemouth and District Transport Co Ltd1960Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1Metro Cammell H44/34F Not very good photo of one of the first Leyland Atlantean PDR 1’s to be delivered to Percy Main depot, they were MCW bodied, and if I’m correct, they were the first in the Northern group but I don’t think they had…