Tag: Leyland
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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.…
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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…