Tag: Newcastle Corporation
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Newcastle Bus Lost in London
Here is a strange one for you, (VK 2399) is a pre war Newcastle Corporation AEC complete with advert for our local rag, so what’s so strange about that when it comes from me? Take a look at that bus stop, isn’t that a London Transport compulsory stop, so how did a Newcastle bus end…
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Northumberland Street
Northumberland Street, Newcastle upon Tyne 1969Taken with an Instamatic Camera from the footbridge that was there at that time.I started on the buses in 1970 as a conductor, then in August 1971 I passed my bus driving test in a Leyland Atlantean.I was based at Slatyford Depot until I took early retirement in 2008. Brian…
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Newcastle ‘Back Enders’
Does anyone know when was the last ‘back ender’ was used in Newcastle upon Tyne. Bob Powell 31/03/12 – 17:34 The memory’s not what it was, but I think this question could well have two answers. The last open platform buses Newcastle bought as new vehicles were the Tin Front Orion bodied PD3’s, and that…
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Newcastle Training Bus
Copyright R. C. Davis Yet another from the job lot, but this one has the following on the back of it. JTN 243 (243) now L918 – Park Royal AEC RT picture by R. C. Davis. The yellow livery dates the photo as post 1949 but from the registration I would say the vehicle is…
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Newcastle Corporation Follow-Up
A follow-up to the recent thread posted by Ronnie Hoye of a line up of Newcastle Corporation buses lined up for a race meeting at Gosforth Park Racecourse. Ian T put in a query about Newcastle’s CVG6s with Birmingham style bodies and what appears below is an answer to that. In 1948 Newcastle Corporation received…
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BUT Three Axle Newcastle Trolley
I lived on the No.34 trolleybus route on the Wallsend section in the 1950s and 60s and throughout my early childhood became very fond of these Q1 type 1948 batch with the drop down windows. The very distinctive livery of mainly yellow and cream brightened up the dreary post war, landscape, stained by years of…
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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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Newcastle Corporation – Leyland Titan – NBB 286 – 286
Copyright Unknown Newcastle Corporation1950Leyland Titan PD2/1Leyland H30/26R A 1950 H30/26R all Leyland Titan of Newcastle Corporation. One of 52 of the type delivered between 1948 and 1950.PD2/11948 registrations LVK 115/136 fleet numbers 115/1361950 registrations NBB 281 – 300 fleet numbers 281/300PD2/31950 registrations NVK 301/310 fleet numbers 301/310In addition, there were six L27/26R PD2/1 low bridge…
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Newcastle Corporation – Leyland Titan PD2 – NVK 304 – 304
Newcastle Corporation1950Leyland Titan PD2/3Leyland H30/26R Another from Newcastle City Libraries archives. From the caption at the bottom, the location is West Clayton Street Newcastle, which is literally just round the corner from the Central Station. The date is 1952; the buses are lined up ready to depart for Gosforth Park Racecourse, about three miles north…
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Newcastle Corporation – Karrier E6A – BVK 810 – 20
Courtesy of Newcastle City libraries archives. Newcastle Corporation1935Karrier E6AMetro-Cammell H33/27D The last Tyneside and Tynemouth and District trams ran in 1930 and 31 respectively, they were replaced by motor buses, but Newcastle Corporation decided on trolleybus as tram replacements. The Tyneside and T&D tram networks were small in comparison, so the change came very quickly;…