Tag: Leyland
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Southdown – Leyland Titan – RUF 189/5 – 783/5
Southdown Motor Services1956Leyland Titan PD2/12Beadle H59RD There have been comments over the years about the last Beadle double deck bodies to be built delivered to Southdown in Nov/Dec 1956 but few photos. To try and rectify this I attach two photos of this batch No’s 777-788 Reg No’s RUF 177-188, That of 783 was taken…
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Halifax Corporation – Leyland Titan PD2 – KWX 19 – 356
Halifax Corporation Transport and Joint Omnibus Committee1951Leyland Titan PD2/12Leyland L27/26R On the left of this photo taken in PTE days in December 1977 is the last operational ex Todmorden JOC PD2, as Halifax 356 which had been a Driver Training bus since withdrawal from passenger service. On the right is its replacement – ex Halifax…
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Manchester Corporation – Leyland Titan PD2 – JND 619 – 3218
Manchester Corporation1951Leyland Titan PD2/3Metro-Cammell H32/26R Seen in Piccadilly in August 1969 in the final months of Manchester Corporation ownership is No 3218, JND 619, one of a batch of Leyland PD2/3 buses purchased in 1951. Despite appearances, the bodywork is not by Crossley, being instead of the then standard Manchester design built by Metro-Cammell. Having…
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Portsmouth Corporation – Leyland Titan PD2 – GTP 976 – 59
Portsmouth Corporation1952Leyland Titan PD2/10Leyland H30/26R Seen on 13 August 1967 beside the superb gardens at Southsea seafront is Portsmouth Corporation No.59, GTP 976, one of a batch of twenty five Leyland PD2/10 buses with Leyland H30/26R bodywork delivered in 1952. No.59 was withdrawn in 1969, and the last of this batch went in 1971. My…
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West Riding – Leyland Titan PD2 – GHL 302 – 753
West Riding Automobile1954Leyland Titan PD2/22Roe L24/26R During the mid 1950s West Riding favoured the Leyland PD2 for its double deck requirements, taking 12 in 1953 with Roe L27/26R bodywork, and a further 10 in 1954, also with Roe lowbridge bodies, but in these the upper deck capacity was reduced to 24. The tin fronted PD2/22…
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Smith’s Luxury Coaches – Leyland Titan – JUG 623
Copyright Ray Soper Smiths Luxury Coaches (Reading) Ltd1946Leyland Titan PD1Roe H56RD This shot is from the Ray Soper gallery contribution titled “Smith’s Luxury Coaches of Reading” click on the title if you would like to view his Gallery and comments.The shot is shown here for indexing purposes but please feel free to make any comment…
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Smiths Luxury Coaches – Leyland Titan PD1 – JUG 623
Photograph taken by Stuart Wyss Smiths Luxury Coaches (Reading) Ltd1946Leyland Titan PD1Roe H31/25R When I started at Smiths Coaches, Reading, in May 1964 we had 4 batches of double-deckers and a solitary unroofed tree-lopper. More on the others later, but JUG 623 was one of half a dozen ex-Leeds Corporation Leyland PD1s dating from 1946…
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Bristol Omnibus – Leyland PD1/A – LAE 13 – C4044
Bristol Omnibus1947Leyland PD1/AECW H30/26R Chris Youhill has mentioned that Samuel Ledgard bought and ran a few of these vehicles in the early 1960’s, which prompted me to rummage around and find this photo, which I took at the Bristol Bus Rally in 1977. I don’t believe that LAE 13 was a Ledgard vehicle, although LAE…
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East Yorkshire – Leyland Titan PD1 – JAT 455 – 487
Copyright both shots Bob Gell East Yorkshire Motor Services1949Leyland PD1Roe H?RSeen on 25 June 1958 at the North Landing terminus of route 31 from Bridlington are these classic members of the East Yorkshire fleet. At that time, I remember them as regular performers both on the North Landing service and the then separate service to the…
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Portsmouth Corporation – Leyland Titan PD1 – DTP 822 – 188
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Portsmouth Corporation1948Leyland Titan PD1/1AWeymann H30/26R # One of 19 identical PD1/1A’s delivered in 1948, 188 still looks very smart in its glossy maroon and white paint, with roof of grey, paint dipping at the corners a la London Transport’s post-war STL…