Tag: Leyland Tiger PS
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Yorkshire Woollen District Tigers and Arabs
When new, the Willowbrook bodied PS2s (697-725) and OPD2s (728-733) of Yorkshire Woollen District were painted in the old livery of maroon with cream bands above and below the windows. (The maroon was not quite the standard shade). They were unusual in that they were fully lined out with black edging to the cream and…
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Harper Bros – Leyland Tiger PS2 – LTF 808 – 22
Copyright Ray Soper Harper Bros1950Leyland Tiger PS2Harrington C??F This shot is from the Ray Soper gallery contribution titled “Harper Brothers of Heath Hayes” 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 any comment regarding…
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West Riding – Leyland Tiger PS 2/12 – EHL 337 – 726
West Riding Automobile1952Leyland Tiger PS2/12Roe B39F According to my Ian Allan book which I have now found West Riding was the second largest Independent operator in the UK not sure who the first one was LUT perhaps. The book British Bus Fleets no 9 Yorkshire (company operators) was published March 1962 and cost 2s/6d by…
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West Riding – Leyland Tiger PS2/3 – CHL 746 – 340
West Riding Automobile1950Leyland Tiger PS2/3Longford C33F This bus was originally owned by J Bullock & sons which merged with West Riding in 1950 this was after a failed attempt of West Riding to sell out to the British Transport Commission.There is another photo of a similar preserved bus all be it 2 years younger and…
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Yorkshire Woollen District – Leyland Tiger PS1 – HD 7905 – 622
Photograph G. Brooke Yorkshire Woollen District1948Leyland Tiger PS1Brush B34F This great shot of a superb bus arrived above due to a comment made on another YWD vehicle on this site. The person who made the comment said he owned the only survivor of a batch of 75 Brush bodied Leyland Tiger PS1s. This I had…
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Blackburn Corporation – Leyland PS1 – BCB 340/EAS 956 – 7
Copyright Duncan Holden Blackburn Corporation Transport1948Leyland Tiger PS1Crossley B32F Blackburn Corporation Transports roots go back to the first services in 1881, the trams, unusually, being wholly steam-hauled for the whole period, with corporation takeover and subsequent electrification in 1901.Bus services started in 1929. Tramway closures started in 1935, but the system’s complete demise was delayed…
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West Midlands PTE – Leyland Tiger – JOJ 252 – 2252
Copyright Ian Wild West Midlands PTE1950Leyland Tiger PS2/1Weymann B34F PMT went through various vehicle shortages in 1969/70 mainly as a result of the unreliability of the Roadliner fleet which was sucking maintenance resources from the rest of the fleet. East Midland and Trent loaned Tiger Cubs but a real surprise was the hiring of up…
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Greyhound – Leyland Tiger PS2/1 – MWA 761 – 107
Copyright Ian Wild T D Alexander (Greyhound) Sheffield and Arbroath1950Leyland Tiger PS2/1Strachans C32R Sheffield bought eight of these buses in 1950 for the B fleet. Their O.600 engines gave them an enhanced performance compared with the earlier PS1s. These were the only Strachans bodies bought by Sheffield and were the last new half cab single…
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Wallace Arnold Tours – Leyland Tiger – LUB 260
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Wallace Arnold Tours Leeds1948Leyland Tiger PS1Duple C33F This photo is another from my dusty collection of postcards bought many years ago, and recently extracted from the proverbial shoebox. This view of Wallace Arnold coach LUB 260 was taken by an unknown…