Tag: Leyland
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Pennine Motor Services – Leyland Leopard – 5895 YG
Copyright Pete Davies Pennine Motor Services1962Leyland LeopardDuple DP41F Here is a photo of 5895 YG, Leyland Leopard with Duple body, in the fleet of Pennine Motor Services, then in Gargrave. I took the photo in Morecambe in June 1970. Note the SALOPIA vehicle alongside.This vehicle was the last of four of this style, the other…
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PMT – Leyland Leopard – TVT 129G – SN1129
Copyright Ian Wild Potteries Motor Traction1968Leyland Leopard PSU4A/4RMarshall B43F A pleasant Sunday afternoon scene in May 1970 outside the church at the Bagnall terminus of service 44 from Hanley shows one of Milton Depots pair of short Leopards. This batch of 20 buses was a welcome relief after the 48 Daimler Roadliner buses delivered in…
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CIE – Leyland Leopard – AZC 411 – E71
Copyright Brendan Smith CIE (Coras Iompair Eirann)1962Leyland Leopard L2CIE B45F CIE’s E-class buses were based on the 30ft Leopard L2 chassis. As well as being the last CIE single- deckers to sport a roof-mounted luggage rack, they were also the last single-deckers to be designed by the Company. They were certainly rugged-looking buses, which would…
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Black & White – Leyland Leopard – DDG 256C – 256
Black & White Motorways1965Leyland Leopard PSU3/3RHarrington C47F DDG 256C is a Leyland Leopard with Harrington coachwork, in the fleet of Black & White Motorways of Cheltenham. We see her at Southampton Coach Station – the “real” one in Bedford Place – on 22 August 1970. She’s on an Associated Motorways (remember?) service to Derby. Photograph…
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PMT – Leyland Leopard – 920 UVT – C920
Potteries Motor Traction1962Leyland Leopard PSU3/3RPlaxton Panorama C48F C920 was one of a batch of five Leyland Leopard coaches to the recently permitted 36ft length delivered in 1962.They were used on tours until 1968 when they were modified for one man operation which included fitting the roof mounted destination box. During my time at PMT they…
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Southdown – Leyland Leopard – 179 DCD – 1179
Southdown Motor Services Ltd1964Leyland Leopard PSU3/3RTPlaxton C49F These photos taken opposite their Royal Parade garage show one of Southdown’s first ever batch of Plaxton bodies five of which numbered 1175-79 registered 175-79 DCD were delivered in January 1964 on Leopard PSU3/3RT chassis. The bodies were to C49F layout with low backed leather covered seats, a…
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Western Welsh – Leyland Leopard – OUH 176G – UC 4169
Western Welsh1969Leyland Leopard PSU3A/4RTPlaxton C49F Here are two views of OUH 176G, a PSU3A/4RT Leopard with Plaxton C49F bodywork new to Western Welsh in 1969. Seen at Southampton Coach Station in March 1976, she’s in NBC white, but there are some interesting features which may help redeem her!While the destination blind is set at blank,…
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Calderdale JOC – Leyland Leopard – NHE 10F – 360
Calderdale Joint Omnibus Committee1968Leyland Leopard PSU4/4RMarshall B45F When the Calderdale Joint Committee was formed in the early 1970s several vehicles were acquired from nearby NBC companies. These came mainly from the former Hebble concern and Yorkshire Woollen, however also bought were three Marshall bodied Leyland Leopards from Yorkshire Traction. These were bodied by Marshall and…
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CIE – Leyland Leopard – EZH 234 – C234
CIE (Coras Iompair Eirann)1966Leyland Leopard PSU3 4RMETSEC B53F EZH 234 is a Leyland Leopard PSU3 4R coach with METSEC body. It operated for CIE [Coras Iompair Eireann] and is preserved in their brown and cream livery. It was new in 1966 as B53F [fleet number C234] and reseated to C45F in 1968. In 1986 it…