Tag: Leyland
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Douglas Corporation – Leyland Comet – KMN 519 – 21
Douglas Corporation1959Leyland Comet CPO1Park Royal B30F We don’t often see a Leyland Comet with bus or coach body, as it was normally considered to be a lorry chassis, and we see even fewer in Municipal liveries, but Douglas Corporation’s fleet was renowned for being “different”! KMN 519 is an example of the CPO1 model, with…
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Scarlet Coaches – Leyland Comet – MYA 590
Scarlet Coaches (Minehead)1950Leyland Comet CPP1Harrington C29F Here we have another wonderful example of how a coat of paint can make such a difference to the way almost anything can appear. MYA 590 is a Leyland Comet CPP1 with Harrington C29F body. In the first view, it is in the livery of Scarlet Coaches of Minehead,…
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Portsmouth Corporation – Leyland Cheetah – BTP 946 – 46
Copyright P J Marshall Portsmouth Corporation1939Leyland Cheetah LZ4Wadham B32R Portsmouth Corporations fleet number 46 was the last of a batch of 6 Leyland LZ4 Cheetahs, 41-46 (BTP 941-946), with locally-built Wadham bodywork, new in 1939. 41 and 42 were withdrawn in 1941, after suffering war damage. This view of 46 at Eastney Depot was taken…
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Blue Motors – Leyland Cheetah – EYA 923
Blue Motors1939Leyland Cheetah LZ5Harrington C31F EYA 923 was new in 1939. She is a Leyland Cheetah LZ5, with Harrington C31F body, complete with the tailfin, and we see her at Amberley during the Harrington Gathering on 3 June 2012. Some confusion creeps in about her origins, as I have seen mentions in different places of…
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Bradford Corporation – Leyland Badger – KW 7604
Bradford Corporation1930Leyland Badger TA4Plaxton B20F The Leyland Badger was a haulage model introduced in 1920, but progressively developed for heavier weights up to the outbreak of WW2. This little bus, a TA4 4 tonner (denoting payload), was purchased by Bradford for its Welfare Department in 1930, when the city motorbus fleet then consisted of AEC…
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Yorkshire Traction – Leyland Atlantean – FHE 340D – 1340L
Yorkshire Traction1966Leyland Atlantean PDR1/2Northern Counties H42/33F I do not have many photos of rear engined buses they did not have the same charisma has the front engined buses, a little bit boxy for me. Although this Northern Counties body on this bus does look good, mind you I think it was brand new at the…
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Demonstrator (Glasgow Corporation) – Leyland Atlantean – SGD 669
Photograph by unknown – if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. With – Halifax Corporation Transport and Joint Omnibus Committee1963Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1Alexander H44/34F This is shot of George Square Halifax where quite a few buses started there journey out of town rather than using the bus station. So here we have…
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Tyneside – Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 – ENL 355C – 55
Tyneside Omnibus Company1965Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1Alexander H43/32F Tyneside Omnibus Company were a subsidiary of Northern General, they may of run a more local service than the very large area that Northern General did. If you know, let me know, please leave a comment. Typical of most rear engined buses of this era it had the “bustle”…
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Bolton Corporation – Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 – ABN 213C – 213
Photo by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Bolton Corporation1965Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1East Lancs H45/33F Here we have two Bolton Corporation Leyland Atlanteans separated by only eleven registration and fleet number but they are both bodied by a different body builder. The one on the left was by East Lancs…
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Hull Corporation – Leyland Atlantean – 7383 RH – 383
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Kingston upon Hull Corporation Transport1963Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 Roe H44/31F I could say here is a rather poor shot, not too bad at the front of the vehicle faded out and slightly grainy to the rear, or alternatively, I could say this photo…