Tag: Leyland
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North Western – Leyland Leopard PSU3/3RT – VDB 913 – 913
North Western Road Car 1962Leyland Leopard PSU3/3RTAlexander DP49F This bus was one of the first batch of 36 foot vehicles that North Western acquired. Seen here with LDB 787 fleet number 787 a 1960 Leyland Tiger Cub PSUC1/1 with a Willowbrook dual purpose 43 seat body at the Shay football ground Halifax (I don’t think Halifax…
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Halifax Corporation – Leyland Leopard – OCP 231 – 231
Photograph by unknown – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Halifax Corporation Transport and Joint Omnibus Committee1961Leyland Leopard L1Weymann B34D I thought that this bus was a one off being a dual entrance vehicle with Halifax Corporation, but on research I find that they had half a dozen Karrier WL6…
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East Yorkshire – Leyland Leopard – 9769 RH – 769
East Yorkshire Motor Services 1964Leyland Leopard PSU3/1RWillowbrook DP47F This East Yorkshire Leyland Leopard is on route to Bradford either from or via Birmingham I am sure that it was taken at Doncaster or maybe Rotherham it was 40 odd years ago, if you know let me know. This dual purpose or as my East Yorkshire fleet…
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Stevensons – Leyland Leopard LI – 5907 W – 18
Copyright Ian Wild Stevensons of Spath1960Leyland Leopard LIBurlingham DP41F Sheffield Joint Omnibus Committee was an early user of the Leyland Leopard L1 taking six Weymann Fanfare bodied vehicles for the B fleet in 1959 and then five identical for the C fleet in 1960. Later deliveries in 1960 were nine with what I always thought…
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Sheffield Corporation – Leyland Leopard – 1502 WJ – 1002
Copyright Ian Wild Sheffield Corporation1959Leyland Leopard L1Weymann Fanfare C41F This bus delivered as B fleet number 1302 was one of the first batch of six Leopards to enter service in the autumn of 1959. They made quite a stir being completely different from anything that had been purchased previously (if you exclude the one off…
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Poole’s – Leyland Leopard L1 – 9513 RF – 9
Copyright Ian Wild Poole’s of Alsagers Bank1960Leyland Leopard L1Burlingham B43F Pooles of Alsagers Bank (on the outskirts of the Potteries) ran a stage service from their home village to Newcastle under Lyme. One of their fleet was 9513 RF which is almost identical to the ex Sheffield Leopard shown on the site with Stevensons of…
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Sheffield Corporation – Leyland Leopard – 1882 WA – 3082
Copyright Ian Wild Sheffield Corporation1961Leyland Leopard L1ECW C41F This was one of the final batch of Leopards for the Sheffield C fleet with Eastern Coachworks body of the same style as contemporary Bristol MW vehicles being delivered to Tilling Companies.Delivered as fleet number 1882, it was became 3082 in the 1967 renumbering scheme. The bus…
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Pennine Motor Services – Leyland Leopard – 240 CWY
Copyright Roger Cox Pennine Motor Services1963Leyland Leopard L2Roe B49F In the 1970s, when I was a manager at London Country, to keep my hand in I used to undertake weekend driving jobs for independent operators. One of these was Tillingbourne, then owned by Trevor Brown, who also dealt in second hand buses and coaches. As…
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Sheffield Corporation – Leyland Leopard – 1881 WA – 3081
Copyright Roger Cox Sheffield Corporation1961Leyland Leopard L1ECW C41F Here is a colour shot of 1881 WA, No. 3081, a sister vehicle to the Ian Wild posting of 1882 WA, No. 3082 in June 2011. The photo was taken in the early part of 1970, though I cannot now identify the location. As John Stringer says…
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Wallace Arnold Tours – Leyland Leopard – Plaxton – BNW 603C
Wallace Arnold Tours Leeds1965Leyland Leopard PSU3/3RPlaxton Panorama C49C BNW 603C was one of the 1965 batch of Leyland Leopards with WA’s specified centre-entrance Plaxton Panorama bodies. This is an official publicity photograph taken at Roundhay Park, Leeds immediately after delivery. Judging by the trees, it must have been taken in early April (it’s documented delivery…