Tag: Leyland Titan PD2
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Wallasey Corporation – Leyland Titans – BHF 497/AHF 854 – 78/58
Wallasey Corporation – 1952 – Leyland Titan PD2/12 – Weymann H30/26R Wallasey Corporation – 1951 – Leyland Titan PD2/1 – Metro Cammell H30/26R The 75 buses of the quaintly named Wallasey Corporation Motors were absorbed – along with those of the Corporations of Birkenhead and Liverpool – into the newly formed Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive on 1st December…
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Southdown – Leyland Titan PD2 – MUF 456 – 756
Southdown Motor Services Ltd1953Leyland Titan PD2/12Northern Counties H30/26RD Taken in the summer of 1963 in the Old Steine area of Brighton this photo is of Southdown 756 one of a batch of ten Leyland PD2/12’s with Northern Counties H30/26RD bodies No’s 755-764 delivered in 1953. These always appeared wider and heavier than any of the…
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Moor-Dale – Leyland Titan PD2 – KGU 60
Moor-Dale Coaches1949Leyland Titan PD2Metro Cammell H30/26R Moor-Dale coaches were based in Longbenton to the North East of Newcastle. I don’t know if it was a takeover or a merger, but they became Moor-Dale Curtis. The fleet was moved to the much larger Curtis depot in Dudley, a former mining village in Northumberland which about seven…
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Tyneside – Leyland Titan – GTY 163 – 39
Tyneside Omnibus Company1954Leyland Titan PD2/12MCW H32/26R GTY 169; 39, one that Chris Youhill will no doubt recognise, but not in this livery. It was one of nine H32/26R MCW Orion bodied Leyland PD2/12’s delivered to Tyneside in 1954, GTY 169/177 numbered 39/47. Shortly after they were delivered, the number plates were moved from the radiator…
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Birkenhead Corporation – Leyland Titan – FBG 910 – 10
Birkenhead Corporation1958Leyland Titan PD2/40Massey H31/28R Birkenhead 10 entered service in January 1958 with Birkenhead Corporation Transport. It has bodywork by Massey Brothers of Wigan which had been a major supplier of bus bodies to Birkenhead for various chassis since 1931. From 1957 to 1967 Birkenhead had almost totally standardised on the Leyland PD2s with Massey…
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Blackburn Corporation – Leyland Titan – PCB 25 – 25
Blackburn Corporation – Blackburn Borough Transport1962Leyland Titan PD2A/24East Lancs H35/28R The local government reorganisation of 1974 resulted in the merger of the municipal fleets of Blackburn and Darwen. The initial livery was a compromise, using Darwen’s red and Blackburn’s green, although the shades of these colours were rather brighter than those previously used. The combined…
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Newport Corporation – Leyland Titan – PDW 484 – 178
Newport Corporation1958Leyland Titan PD2/40Longwell Green H30/28R I don’t recall seeing any example of Longwell Green bodywork on here, so here it is. This Leyland Titan PD2/40 was new to Newport as their number 178 in 1958. Seating arrangement is H30/28R. An unusual feature is the upward bow of the canopy line. This picture was taken…
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Liverpool City Transport – Leyland Titan – VKB 711 – L255
Liverpool City Transport1956Leyland Titan PD2/20Crossley H33/29R New in November 1956, L255 was one of a batch of 65 Leyland Titan PD2/20 chassis that had been ordered back in 1955, partly to enable the 19 & 44 tram routes to be converted to bus operation. It was originally painted in the Dark green livery with two…
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North Western – Leyland Titan PD2 – KDB 666 – 666
North Western Road Car Co1956Leyland Titan PD2/21Weymann L30/28RD Until the arrival of ten of these in the North Western fleet in 1956, previous examples of the Leyland PD2 had featured traditional exposed radiators and bodywork by either Leyland themselves, or by Weymann, who had supplied six lightweight but otherwise classically styled bodies in 1953. This…
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W Alexander & Sons – Leyland Titan – DWG 917 – RB161
W. Alexander & Sons Ltd.1953Leyland Titan PD2/12Alexander L27/26R W. Alexander & Sons Ltd Leyland Titan PD2/12 with Alexander lowbridge bodywork RB161 DWG 917, ‘Bus Lists on the Web’ have it listed as new to Alexander in 1952, ‘British Bus Fleets have RB160 DWG 916 listed at 1953, though not all of the batch are listed.…