Tag: East Lancs
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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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Dews Coaches – Leyland PD3 – FTF 702F
Dews Coaches1967Leyland PD3/4East Lancs H41/32F This PD3 was delivered to Ramsbottom UDC in November 1967. The chassis is variously described as PD3/4 or PD3/14, the confusion arising because Leyland reclassified its chassis codes at around that time. PD3/4 is probably correct. The body is by East Lancs and was delivered as H41/32, but, again, the…
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Lancaster City Transport – Leyland Titan – LHG 537
Lancaster City Transport1961Leyland Titan PD3/6East Lancs H41/32F At Local Government Reorganisation in 1974, Lancaster merged with Morecambe & Heysham to form a ‘new’ Lancaster City Transport. The operator found itself short of modern, serviceable, vehicles and some were acquired from Maidstone Borough, some from what had become Burnley & Pendle, one from Merthyr Tydfil, and…
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Rossendale Transport – Leyland Titan – XTF 98D – 45
Rossendale Transport1966Leyland Titan PD3/4East Lancs H41/32F XTF 98D is a Leyland Titan PD3/4 with East Lancs H73F body, new to Haslingden Corporation in September 1966. Two years later, Haslingden and Rawtenstall combined their fleets to form Rossendale Transport, in which guise we see it here. It is taking part in the King Alfred running day…
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Premier Travel – Leyland Titan PD2 – DCK 212
Copyright John Stringer Premier Travel (Cambridge)1950Leyland Titan PD2/3East Lancs. FL27/26RD Photographed in Drummer Street, Cambridge in 1970, this was one of eleven former Ribble ‘White Lady’ PD2’s, new in 1950 and purchased by Premier Travel in 1962. Around the same time that Ribble were taking delivery of these, Premier Travel had taken into its fleet…
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Pioneer Coaches – Leyland Titan PD2 – J 14672 – Oliver
Pioneer Coaches1958Leyland Titan PD2/41East Lancs H35/28R This vehicle was new to Lancaster City Transport and its registration was 128 DTD. After withdrawal it spent a period with OK Motor Services – Bishop Auckland, and used as a Driver Trainer. It then spent a period in Preservation with the Cumbria Bus Preservation Group before going to…
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Blackburn Corporation – Leyland Titan – PCB 25 – 25
Blackburn Corporation – Blackburn Borough Transport1962Leyland Titan PD2A/24East Lancs H35/28R The local government reorganisation of 1974 resulted in the merger of the municipal fleets of Blackburn and Darwen. The initial livery was a compromise, using Darwen’s red and Blackburn’s green, although the shades of these colours were rather brighter than those previously used. The combined…
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Ribble – Leyland Titan PD2 – DCK 219 – 1248
Ribble Motor Services1951Leyland Titan PD2/3East Lancs FCL27/22RD This vehicle is easily recognisable as one of Ribble’s famous ‘White Ladies’. She has a Leyland Titan PD2/3 chassis, with East Lancs FCL49RD body. She dates from 1951 and, at the time of this photograph, she was with Quantock. I understand she has now passed to Sir Brian…
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Burnley, Colne & Nelson JTC – Leyland Tiger – CHG 540 – 40
Burnley, Colne & Nelson JTC1954Leyland Tiger PS2/14East Lancs B39R Leyland PS2/14 chassis number 540923 was first delivered to Burnley, Colne & Nelson in 1954 with East Lancs B39R body number EL 5042. In 1958 it was rebodied to B39F by East Lancs, body number EL 5340 for one man operation.It is seen here on October…
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Green Bus Service – Leyland Tiger Cub – BCW 466B
Green Bus Service1964Leyland Tiger Cub PSUC1/11East Lancs B43F The Late Graham Martin’s Green Bus Service (aka Warstone Motors) ran routes in rural Staffordshire. Here is an ex-Burnley Colne and Nelson Leyland Tiger Cub with East Lancs body it was fleet number 66 in their fleet. It is seen in this shot leaving the village of…