Tag: Leyland Titan PD2
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Newcastle Corporation – Leyland Titan – NBB 286 – 286
Copyright Unknown Newcastle Corporation1950Leyland Titan PD2/1Leyland H30/26R A 1950 H30/26R all Leyland Titan of Newcastle Corporation. One of 52 of the type delivered between 1948 and 1950.PD2/11948 registrations LVK 115/136 fleet numbers 115/1361950 registrations NBB 281 – 300 fleet numbers 281/300PD2/31950 registrations NVK 301/310 fleet numbers 301/310In addition, there were six L27/26R PD2/1 low bridge…
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Newcastle Corporation – Leyland Titan PD2 – NVK 304 – 304
Newcastle Corporation1950Leyland Titan PD2/3Leyland H30/26R Another from Newcastle City Libraries archives. From the caption at the bottom, the location is West Clayton Street Newcastle, which is literally just round the corner from the Central Station. The date is 1952; the buses are lined up ready to depart for Gosforth Park Racecourse, about three miles north…
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Southdown – Leyland PD2 – KUF 700 – 700
Copyright Cliff Essex – Flickr Southdown Motor Services Ltd1950Leyland PD2/12Northern Counties FCH28/16RD In the post about Southdown’s Leyland Titan PD2 756 (MUF 456), Diesel Dave made mention of Southdown’s one-off 700 and Michael Hampton said he saw it in Bognor Depot’s Yard.KUF 700 was Southdown’s 700, a 1950 Leyland Titan PD2/12 with Northern Counties FCH28/16RD…
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Jersey Motor Transport – Leyland Titan PD2 – 780 JGY – 27
Jersey Motor Transport1959Leyland Titan PD2/31Reading H31/28R 780 JGY is a Leyland Titan PD2/31 with H59R body by Readings of Portsmouth. She was new in 1959, as J 8588, for the Jersey Motor Transport fleet and carries the usual advert for Mary Ann.Is my eyesight playing tricks again or does the bodywork look a bit “Park…
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Lancaster City Transport – Leyland Titan – 998 AKT – 998
Lancaster City Transport1957Leyland Titan PD2/30Massey H33/28R 998 AKT is a Leyland Titan PD2/30, was new to Maidstone Corporation in 1957, with fleet number 8. She has a Massey H61R body. In 1975, she and three sisters returned to their birthplace in the north west to join Lancaster City Council’s Transport Department, after the merger with…
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Southport Corporation – Leyland Titan – CWM 154C – 54
Southport Corporation1965Leyland Titan PD2/40Weymann O37/27F New to Southport Corporation in 1965, with fleet number 54. She is a Leyland Titan PD2/40 with Weymann O64F body, converted from H64F. When Southport was absorbed into Merseyside, there was uproar among the natives, who wanted to remain in Lancashire. The place does, after all, have a Preston postcode…
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Sheffield Corporation – Leyland Titan PD2 – LWE 113 – 613
Sheffield Corporation1949Leyland Titan PD2/1Leyland H30/26R There’s a bit of a bus jam in Sheffield High Street on 9th October 1965 as 613, one of the large batch of A fleet all Leyland PD2s leaves the stand for a trip to Millhouses. It takes three Inspectors to peruse the Alexander Regent V in the background, hope…
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Birmingham City – Leyland Titan PD2 – HOV 685 – 1685
Birmingham City Transport1948Leyland Titan PD2/1Brush H30/24R Here is a Leyland Titan PD2/1 with Brush H54R body, to Birmingham’s then standard design. She dates from 1948 and we see her in the Weymouth rally on 1 July 1979. She began her service at Yardley Wood depot and, Malcolm Keeley reports in his book in the Glory…
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Ribble – Leyland Titan PD2 – DCK 219 – 1248
Ribble Motor Services1951Leyland Titan PD2/3East Lancs FCL27/22RD This vehicle is easily recognisable as one of Ribble’s famous ‘White Ladies’. She has a Leyland Titan PD2/3 chassis, with East Lancs FCL49RD body. She dates from 1951 and, at the time of this photograph, she was with Quantock. I understand she has now passed to Sir Brian…