Tag: Leyland Royal Tiger
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R W Jackson – Leyland Royal Tiger – GVN 952
R W Jackson (Cleveland Coaches), Guisborough1951Leyland Royal Tiger PSU1/15Strachans C41C Strachans (Successors) was in a bad way in the early 1950s. Many of the vehicles supplied to operators in the 1946-1949 period had proven less than robust (due to poor quality timber), a fault shared with bodies produced by Santus and many of the smaller…
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Booth & Fisher – Leyland Royal Tiger – SNU 234
Copyright Unknown Booth & Fisher1952Leyland Royal TigerLeyland C41C The first Leylands bought new (in 1952) by this Derbyshire operator were two Royal Tigers; SNU 234 had this C41C body whereas SNU 235 was B44F. Chassis numbers were 520911 and 520179 respectively. School journeys to Creswell swimming baths were often on this superb vehicle, arriving far…
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Southdown – Leyland Royal Tiger – MCD 515 – 1515
Southdown Motor Services Ltd1953Leyland Royal Tiger PSU1/13East Lancs DP40C This photo taken in the mid sixties in Pevensey Road Eastbourne shows one of my all time favourites, one of batch of thirty No’s 1510-1539 Reg No’s MCD 510-539 delivered in 1953 it is a Leyland Royal Tiger PSU1/13 with an East Lancs body delivered as…
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Ideal Service – Leyland Royal Tiger – HAV 384
Copyright R F Mack Ideal Service (R Taylor & Son)1952Leyland Royal Tiger PSU1/13Leyland B44F The attached Photograph dating back to the 1950 show HAV 384 in Barnsley Bus station preparing to depart for Pontefract on the Ideal service route run jointly with H Wray & Son. This vehicle was new to Simpsons of Rosehearty before…
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Bournemouth Corporation – Leyland Royal Tiger – NLJ 272 – 94
Bournemouth Corporation1954Leyland Royal Tiger PSU1/13Burlingham B42F NLJ 272 is a Leyland Royal Tiger PSU1/13 with Burlingham B42F body, new to Bournemouth Corporation in 1954. She is seen on Southampton Common, while taking part in the Southampton City Transport Centenary rally on 6 May 1979. This second view is a close one of the Royal Tiger…