Tag: Leyland
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More Photos of Rawtenstall Corporation Leyland Titan No 18
Photograph taken by Rod Stansfield when No 18 was taking part in the 1977 Blackpool -Southport Rally Photograph copyright G Walker. Photograph copyright G Walker. Photograph copyright G Walker. Photograph copyright G Walker. Photograph copyright G Walker. Photo of No 18 whilst with Rawtenstall Corporation on the Bacup…
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East Yorkshire Leyland Lion WF 1170 – Documents
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Hants and Sussex – Leyland Titan PD1 – FCG 526 – LO55
Copyright John Turner Hants and Sussex1947Leyland Titan PD1Northern Coachbuilders L55R The above shot of the Silentnight (Barnoldswick) works bus appeared for identification on this websites DYK page from John Turner. Pat Jennings did correctly identify it as FCG 526, it was one of nine Leyland PD1s bought new by Basil Williams in 1947 for his…
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How a Manchester Daimler morphed into a squealing Leyland!
Occasionally a thread wanders off the actual posted vehicle and reveals some fascinating comments. Here we have one such case the posting was a Manchester Corporation Daimler CVG6 until comments from Roger and Chris brought up the steering and braking characteristics of certain vehicles. The thread then laid dormant for three months until Diesel Dave…
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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…