Tag: Massey
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Massey Bodies with Independents
Readers who have read Phil Thoms’ excellent book on Massey Bros of Wigan will have noticed that well over 90% of Massey output, particularly in the post-war period, was destined for municipal operators.After the 1948 nationalisation, the remainder went almost exclusively to independent operators, the exceptions being 10 which were exported to Rhodesia and Mozambique,…
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Southend Corporation – Leyland Titan – CJN 438C – 338
Southend Corporation1965Leyland Titan PD3/6Massey H38/32R This picture was taken sometime in the early seventies at what is now to me an unknown location in Southend, it shows No 338 CJN438C one of a batch of twelve Leyland PD3/6s with Massey H38/32R bodywork delivered in April 1965 after Massey had changed to a severe upright front…
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Bedwas & Machen – Leyland Titan PD3 – PAX 466F – 6
Bedwas & Machen Urban District Council1968Leyland Titan PD3/4Massey L35/33RD PAX 466F was new to Bedwas & Machen in June 1968 and carries a Massey lowbridge body L35/33RD. She was one of the runners at Bus & Coach Wales in September 2014 carrying some healthy loads on some difficult terrain. The event is held in Merthyr…
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Caerphilly UDC – Leyland Titan – GNY 432C – 32
Caerphilly Urban District Council1965Leyland Titan PD3/4Massey L35/33RD Here we have another Urban District Council vehicle this time it is a Massey lowbridge-bodied Leyland Titan PD3/4 which was new to Caerphilly Urban District Council in October 1965 as fleet number 32. With chassis number L42817 and body number 5911 this bus looks in fine fettle in…
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Morecambe & Heysham – Leyland Titan PD2/37 – 33 MTD – 87
Photo by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Morecambe & Heysham Corporation1960Leyland Titan PD2/37Massey H37/27F Here is a difference in livery for Morecambe & Heysham Corporation the old as depicted on fleet number 63 in the background and the new on the Leyland Titan PD2 fleet number 87 in…
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Solent Blue Line – Leyland Titan PD2 – 86 GFJ – 01
Copyright Pete Davies Solent Blue Line1963Leyland Titan PD2A/30Massey H31/26R This PD2A/30 was new to Exeter City Transport in 1963, with Massey H57R bodywork. In this first view she was with Solent Blue Line, a subsidiary of Southern Vectis, established by two disgruntled managers of Southampton Citybus in 1987. Most of the time, 01 was the…
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Wigan Corporation – Leyland PD2/37 – FEK 9F – 46
Copyright John Stringer Wigan Corporation1968Leyland PD2/37Massey H37/27F Latterly, Massey double deck bodies adopted a much squarer outline than the curvy designs of previously, giving them a less stylish but nonetheless quite purposeful air. Here we see one of Wigan Corporation’s final batch of so-equipped PD2’s, about to depart the town’s bus station for Wrightington Hospital,…
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Birkenhead Corporation – Leyland Titan – FBG 910 – 10
Birkenhead Corporation1958Leyland Titan PD2/40Massey H31/28R Birkenhead 10 entered service in January 1958 with Birkenhead Corporation Transport. It has bodywork by Massey Brothers of Wigan which had been a major supplier of bus bodies to Birkenhead for various chassis since 1931. From 1957 to 1967 Birkenhead had almost totally standardised on the Leyland PD2s with Massey…
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Lancaster City Transport – Leyland Titan – 998 AKT – 998
Lancaster City Transport1957Leyland Titan PD2/30Massey H33/28R 998 AKT is a Leyland Titan PD2/30, was new to Maidstone Corporation in 1957, with fleet number 8. She has a Massey H61R body. In 1975, she and three sisters returned to their birthplace in the north west to join Lancaster City Council’s Transport Department, after the merger with…
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Caerphilly UDC – Leyland Tiger – LTX 311 – 1
Caerphilly Urban District Council1952Leyland Tiger PS2/5Massey B35F Fleet number 1 in the small Caerphilly concern was allocated to this less than common Massey-bodied single-deck Leyland PS2/5. Chassis number is 520623 and the body is number 2083 B35F. This image was taken at Bus & Coach Wales in Merthyr Tydfil 14/09/2014. Photograph and Copy contributed by…