Tag: Leyland
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Leyland Buses in Rotterdam
The City of Rotterdam introduced the first horse tramway in 1879, operated by the RTM (Rotterdamsche Tramweg Maatschappij). Before that a few horse bus services had existed but were not very successful. The first electric tramway was inaugurated in September 1905. The operation was handed over to the new Dutch/Belgian company RETM (Rotterdamsche Electrische Tramweg…
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Ellen Smith’s Tours – Leyland Worldmaster – SDK 442
Copyright John Stringer Ellen Smith’s Tours (Rochdale) 1958 Leyland Royal Tiger Worldmaster Plaxton Consort Mk.II C41C In the mid 1950’s Leyland abandoned their heavyweight underfloor-engined Royal Tiger model in favour of the very much lighter Tiger Cub. Most export customers however required something rather more substantial, so the opportunity was taken to revamp the old…
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Crosville – Leyland Titan TD7 – GCD 688
Copyright Roy Cox Crosville 1941 Leyland Titan TD7 Body unknown see text in -Gallery’ 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…
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Smiths Luxury Coaches – Leyland Titan TD7 – EDK 648
Photograph taken by Stuart Wyss Smiths Luxury Coaches (Reading) Ltd 1940 Leyland Titan TD7 English Electric H30/26R Once again I am most grateful to Stuart Wyss for this photo. Peter Greave’s recent comment on that handsome Rochdale Regent III and Chris Youhill’s mention of the Leyland 8.6-litre engine prompted me to send this English Electric-bodied…
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Ribble – Leyland Titan TD7 – RN 8979 – 2323
Ribble Motor Services 1940 Leyland Titan TD7 Leyland L27/26R I cannot now remember where in 1960 I took this rather sad picture of RN 8979, a former Ribble Leyland TD7 with Leyland L27/26R bodywork, or who the operator then was. The old telephone code HIL (for Hillside) covered the Barnt Green area of Birmingham, which…
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Bournemouth Corporation – Leyland Titan TD5 – FEL 214 – 14
Copyright Ray Soper Bournemouth Corporation 1939 Leyland Titan TD5 Weymann FO58R This shot is from the Ray Soper -Gallery’ contribution A Trolleybus tour in Bournemouth click on the title if you would like to view his Gallery and comments to it. The shot is shown here for indexing purposes but please feel free to make…
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Turners of Chorley – Leland Titan TD5 – RN 8642
Turners of Chorley 1939 Leland Titan TD5 (1939) Alexander (1949) L27/26R I went on a bus club trip on this bus to visit the bus depot in Leyland Lancashire of John Fishwick & Sons. Fishwicks were and still are a large independent operator with services in the Leyland, Chorley and Preston area. This bus was…
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Tynemouth and District – Leyland Titan TD5 – FT 4498 – 98
Copyright Unknown Tynemouth and District 1938 Leyland Titan TD5 Weymann H??F More from my youth. 98 was one of eight 1938 forward entrance Weymann bodied Leyland TD5’s delivered to the Northern General subsidiary of Tynemouth and District. They were FT 4496/4503 numbers 96/103. About 1950 in common with many pre war vehicles they were given…
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Plymouth City Transport – Leyland Titan – ADR 813 – 141
Plymouth City Transport 1938 Leyland Titan TD5c Leyland L53R The chassis of ADR 813 was new to Plymouth City Transport in 1938, but it received its present Leyland L53R body in 1953. As all I have read about Leyland’s body manufacturing facilities says they finished in 1953, this must, surely, have been one of their…
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Charlton-on-Otmoor Services – Leyland TD – FKO 223 – 293
Charlton-on-Otmoor Services 1939 Leyland TD5 Weymann H28/26R Not one of my best pictures, I fear, but the Comet S camera did not cope well with action shots. Seen on its way out of Oxford in 1960 is FKO 223, a Leyland TD5 with Weymann H28/26R bodywork. This bus was delivered in 1939 to Chatham &…