Tag: Huddersfield Corporation
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Huddersfield Corporation – Leyland Titan – WVH 419 – 419
Huddersfield Corporation1963Leyland Titan PD3A/2Roe H39/31F Since the formation of the partly railway-owned Huddersfield Joint Omnibus Committee in May 1930, the arrangement had been that tram and trolleybus routes, irrespective of whether they ran within or without the borough, were to remain the business of the Corporation, and that all motorbus routes would be run by…
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Huddersfield Corporation – Karrier MS2 – CVH 743 – 543
Copyright Ian Wild Huddersfield Corporation1947 rebodied 1961Karrier MS2East Lancs H40/32R On a day trip to Huddersfield on 30th May 1967 I travelled on service 40 to Bradley, Leeds Road on 543. Trolleybuses were replaced by motor buses on this cross town route to Longwood a few weeks later on 12th July. In those relatively traffic…
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Huddersfield Corporation – Karrier E6 – AVH 521 – 521
Copyright C Carter Huddersfield Corporation1940Karrier E6Weymann H34/30R One of the large group of Karrier E6 trolleybuses built to a similar style to the larger group of Park Royal trolleybuses to the unique design specified by Huddersfield. These ten Weymann built bodies were longer than the Park Royal ones and 521 also had English Electric motors…
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Huddersfield Corporation – Karrier E6 – AVH 497 – 497
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Huddersfield Corporation1938Karrier E6Park Royal H?/?R – rebuilt 1950 Roe H36/30R Karrier E6 497 is seen in the mid fifties in Huddersfield Town centre on a through service from Brackenhall to Lockwood. This trolleybus formerly had a Park Royal body and…
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Huddersfield Corporation – Guy Arab IV – PVH 991 – 191
Huddersfield Corporation1959Guy Arab IVEast Lancs H37/28R This bus looked very dated for its actual age if you think about it most Arab IVs had the “Birmingham tin fronts” as they were called which looked more modern. The Leyland Titan on the other hand could get away with the exposed radiator look probably because there was…
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Huddersfield Corporation – Daimler CWA6 – CCX 778 – 218
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Huddersfield Corporation1945Daimler CWA6Duple L55R This is obviously a pre delivery photograph of a Huddersfield Joint Omnibus Committee vehicle, note the combined Huddersfield/LMS Railway crest on the nearside panels. The bus is in full fleet livery so must date from the end…
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Huddersfield Corporation – Daimler CVG6 – DCX 114B – 114
Huddersfield Corporation1964Daimler CVG6-LX30Roe H39/31F This photo was taken at the old Huddersfield bus station of a typical front entrance Daimler of the time. This bus has the Manchester style front as opposed the Birmingham style front which can be seen here. It was taken over by W.Y.P.T.E. on the 1st of April 1974 and entered…
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Huddersfield Corporation – Daimler CVG6 – DCX 114B – 114
Huddersfield Corporation1964Daimler CVG6-LX30Roe H39/31F This particular vehicle has appeared on this site before, but a comment came in from Stephen Ford requesting any rear or internal shots. So I thought I would oblige, no internal shot I’m afraid but it’s not a bad rear end. I notice on this particular vehicle there is no destination…
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Huddersfield Corporation – Daimler CVG6 – HVH 472D – 472
Huddersfield Corporation1966Daimler CVG6LX.30DDEast Lancs H41/29F This is the last Huddersfield Corporation vehicle delivered (numerically) with a front engine and is currently preserved. It was new in 1966 to the Corporation, being withdrawn in 1980, having served 6 years with the WYPTE.The photo was taken in 2005 at a local bus rally and shows the vehicle…
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Huddersfield Corporation – AEC Reliance – ACX 324A – 24
Huddersfield Corporation 1963AEC Reliance 2MU2RARoe B44F Another shot of the very popular AEC Reliance this one has a rather nice C. H. Roe of Leeds body. During researching this bus I found it to be listed as a 2MU2RA and a 2MU3RA but as Huddersfield only had two post war buses with manual gearboxes and they…