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  • Lancaster City Transport – Seddon RU – TBU 598G – 598

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      Lancaster City Transport 1969 Seddon RU Pennine B??F Much has been written, on this website and elsewhere, about the Seddon Pennine. Most of such text is not complimentary. Southampton City Transport had several, with bids for their Gardner engines being far higher than bids for the complete vehicle when they were withdrawn. TBU 598G…

  • Lancaster City Transport – Leyland Titan – LHG 537

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    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…

  • Pioneer Coaches – Leyland Titan PD2 – J 14672 – Oliver

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    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…

  • Lancaster City Transport – Leyland Titan – 998 AKT – 998

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    Lancaster City Transport1957Leyland Titan PD2/30Massey H33/28R 998 AKT is a Leyland Titan PD2/30, was new to Maidstone Corporation in 1957, with fleet number 8. She has a Massey H61R body. In 1975, she and three sisters returned to their birthplace in the north west to join Lancaster City Council’s Transport Department, after the merger with…

  • Lancaster City Transport – Leyland Panther – LTC 109F – 109

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    Lancaster City Transport1968Leyland Panther PSUR1/1REast Lancs B53F LTC 109F fleet number 109 is a Leyland Panther PSUR1/1R with East Lancs B53F body, new to Lancaster in 1968. The batch was in maroon and cream livery then, but we see it in ‘post merger’ livery of blue and white, on the sunny evening of 20 May…

  • Lancaster City Transport – Daimler CWG5 – FTD 70 – 70

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    Lancaster City Transport1943Daimler CWG5Crossley (1952) H30/26R I’ve looked at the website several times, and made a few comments. I’ve decided to offer a few of my colour slides for inclusion in the forums. Sadly, the black and white prints I once had (taken on a 2s 6d camera bought from Woolworths in 1962) were not…

  • Lancaster City Transport – Daimler CV – NTF 466 – 466

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    Lancaster City Transport1952Daimler CVG5Northern Counties B35F NTF 466 is a Daimler CVG5 with Northern Counties B35F body, built for Lancaster City Transport in 1952. There were three of them, but 467 and 468 were withdrawn in 1958. They had B32R bodies [with door!] when new and 466 was converted in the operator’s workshops to forward…

  • Lancaster City Transport – Crossley SD42/3 -HTC 614 – 614

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    Copyright Roy Cox Lancaster City Transport1947Crossley SD42/3Crossley B36R This shot is from the Roger Cox gallery contribution titled “The People’s League for the Defence of Freedom” 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…

  • Lancaster City Transport – AEC Regal III – KTF 581 – 581

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    Photographer unknown – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Lancaster City Transport1949AEC Regal IIIStrachans B36F This in my mind is what an half cab single deck bus should look like, mind you the 50-50 split livery of this Lancaster Corporation does help. I’m not all that knowledgeable about Strachans bodybuilders…