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Pennine Motor Services – Leyland Leopard – 240 CWY
Copyright Roger Cox Pennine Motor Services1963Leyland Leopard L2Roe B49F In the 1970s, when I was a manager at London Country, to keep my hand in I used to undertake weekend driving jobs for independent operators. One of these was Tillingbourne, then owned by Trevor Brown, who also dealt in second hand buses and coaches. As…
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Sheffield Corporation – Leyland Leopard – 1881 WA – 3081
Copyright Roger Cox Sheffield Corporation1961Leyland Leopard L1ECW C41F Here is a colour shot of 1881 WA, No. 3081, a sister vehicle to the Ian Wild posting of 1882 WA, No. 3082 in June 2011. The photo was taken in the early part of 1970, though I cannot now identify the location. As John Stringer says…
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Wallace Arnold Tours – Leyland Leopard – Plaxton – BNW 603C
Wallace Arnold Tours Leeds1965Leyland Leopard PSU3/3RPlaxton Panorama C49C BNW 603C was one of the 1965 batch of Leyland Leopards with WA’s specified centre-entrance Plaxton Panorama bodies. This is an official publicity photograph taken at Roundhay Park, Leeds immediately after delivery. Judging by the trees, it must have been taken in early April (it’s documented delivery…
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Southdown – Leyland Leopard – 8156 CD – 1156
Photograph by Diesel Dave. Southdown Motor Services1962Leyland Leopard PSU3/3RTWeymann C49F A few weeks ago this photograph arrived in my inbox with no senders name no e-mail address and not a word of comment. Well as it is a good colour shot of a very nice vehicle and from a southern operator which I would like…
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Pennine Motor Services – Leyland Leopard – 5895 YG
Copyright Pete Davies Pennine Motor Services1962Leyland LeopardDuple DP41F Here is a photo of 5895 YG, Leyland Leopard with Duple body, in the fleet of Pennine Motor Services, then in Gargrave. I took the photo in Morecambe in June 1970. Note the SALOPIA vehicle alongside.This vehicle was the last of four of this style, the other…
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PMT – Leyland Leopard – TVT 129G – SN1129
Copyright Ian Wild Potteries Motor Traction1968Leyland Leopard PSU4A/4RMarshall B43F A pleasant Sunday afternoon scene in May 1970 outside the church at the Bagnall terminus of service 44 from Hanley shows one of Milton Depots pair of short Leopards. This batch of 20 buses was a welcome relief after the 48 Daimler Roadliner buses delivered in…
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CIE – Leyland Leopard – AZC 411 – E71
Copyright Brendan Smith CIE (Coras Iompair Eirann)1962Leyland Leopard L2CIE B45F CIE’s E-class buses were based on the 30ft Leopard L2 chassis. As well as being the last CIE single- deckers to sport a roof-mounted luggage rack, they were also the last single-deckers to be designed by the Company. They were certainly rugged-looking buses, which would…
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Black & White – Leyland Leopard – DDG 256C – 256
Black & White Motorways1965Leyland Leopard PSU3/3RHarrington C47F DDG 256C is a Leyland Leopard with Harrington coachwork, in the fleet of Black & White Motorways of Cheltenham. We see her at Southampton Coach Station – the “real” one in Bedford Place – on 22 August 1970. She’s on an Associated Motorways (remember?) service to Derby. Photograph…
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PMT – Leyland Leopard – 920 UVT – C920
Potteries Motor Traction1962Leyland Leopard PSU3/3RPlaxton Panorama C48F C920 was one of a batch of five Leyland Leopard coaches to the recently permitted 36ft length delivered in 1962.They were used on tours until 1968 when they were modified for one man operation which included fitting the roof mounted destination box. During my time at PMT they…