Tag: Leyland
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Jersey Motor Transport – Leyland Titan – J 16522 – 21
Copyright Stephen Howarth Jersey Motor Transport1955Leyland Titan PD2/22Metro Cammell H31/26R When Leyland Motors finished building bus bodies, the Jersey Motor Transport Company went to M.C.W. for their next double deck bodies. Two were bought in 1955, the other being J 16521, fleet number 20. They were the first Double Decker’s in the fleet with ‘Tin…
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Oldham Corporation – Leyland Titan PD2 – PBU 947 – 447
Copyright Roger Cox Oldham Corporation1958Leyland Titan PD2/30Roe H37/28R We don’t seem to have any colour pictures of Oldham buses on the site, so I am submitting these two shots, taken early in PTE days. By the time these pictures were taken, the Oldham livery had been further simplified by the elimination of the red stripe…
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East Yorkshire – Leyland Titan PD2 – NRH 219 – 608
Copyright John Stringer East Yorkshire Motor Services1953Leyland PD2/12Roe HBB56R Westwood Bus Station, Scarborough, photographed whilst on a family holiday in 1966.In the foreground 1953 Roe-bodied Leyland PD2/12 608 (NRH 219) is loading passengers for Bridlington, whilst behind lurks 1963 front-entrance Bridgemaster 749 (3749 RH). Opposite, laying over before snarling its way to Driffield, is 1960…
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Oldham Corporation – Leyland Titan PD2 – NBU 502 – 402
Copyright unknown. Oldham Corporation1957Leyland Titan PD2/20Roe H33/27R A couple of weeks ago I commented on the Pommard and Devon Cream livery introduced in 1966, after the very short lived “Blue” livery experiment with NBU 502 (Fleet No 402).Well here it is, seen in a rather grubby state, in Union Street, operating on the Service “A”…
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Todmorden Corporation – Leyland Titan PD2 – JWY 824 – 5
Copyright John Stringer Todmorden Corporation and Joint Transport Committee1950Leyland Titan PD2/1Leyland L27/26R Scanning through the OBP Operators Index I just noticed a glaring omission. What – No Todmorden?How could this possibly be ?So here to immediately rectify the situation is their 1950 Leyland-bodied PD2/1 No. 5 departing Hebden Bridge for Burnley via Todmorden, in the…
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Isle of Man Road Services – Leyland Titan – KMN 513 – 63
Copyright M Bishop Isle of Man Road Services Ltd1950Leyland Titan PD2/1Leyland H30/26R I received the above two photographs along with a shot of a Tiger Cub from Michael Bishop with the following:- “I was on the Isle of Man to explore the railways, but found the IOMR had just closed! Lord Ailsa came along the…
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Leeds City Transport – Leyland Titan PD2/1 – NNW 379 – 379
Copyright Chris Hough Leeds City Transport1950Leyland Titan PD2/1Leyland H30/26R This batch of sixty Leyland bodied Leyland Titans were delivered to Leeds in 1949-1950. Most of the batch were allocated to the Bramley depot for most of their careers providing most of the duties on the 54, 77 and 23 services as well as the Bramley…
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Newcastle Corporation – Leyland Titan – LVK 11 – 359
Photograph by ‘unknown’ if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Newcastle Corporation1949Leyland Titan PD2/1Leyland L27/26R Yet again another shot from the job lot of shots I bought at the market I’m afraid there is no information on the photo. But staying on the low bridge theme of Newcastle Corporation that…
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Sheffield Corporation – Leyland Titan PD2 – NWE 561 – 361
From the Tom Robinson Collection Sheffield Corporation1952Leyland Titan PD2/12Mann Egerton H30/26R There have been many previous references to Sheffield PD2s including those bodied by Leyland, Weymann/MCW, Roe and ECW but as far as I know, the small but rare order for two buses from Mann Egerton hasn’t been mentioned. These buses enjoyed the usual thirteen…
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Preston Corporation – Leyland Titan PD – BCK 367C – 61
Copyright Pete Davies Preston Corporation1954Leyland Titan PD2/10 – PD3Leyland – Preston Corporation H38/32F BCK 367C started life as FRN 740 a 1954 PD2/10 with a Leyland H32/29R body which has been rebuilt to a PD3 format. She now resides in the North West Museum of Road Transport in St Helens, but was in need of…