Tag: Northern Counties
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Stratford Blue – Leyland Titan – 537 EUE – 25
Copyright Roger Cox Stratford-upon-Avon Blue Motors Ltd1963Leyland Titan PD3/4Northern Counties H41/32F My second of three Stratford Blue pictures this one is of 537 EUE, an exposed radiator Leyland Titan PD3/4 of 1963 with a Northern Counties H41/32F body.The fleet list at this site :- www.petergould.co.uk/gives the fleet number of this bus as No.37, but the…
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Southdown – Leyland Titan PD3 – HCD 369E – 369
Copyright Diesel Dave Southdown Motor Services Ltd1967Leyland Titan PD3/4Northern Counties FH39/30F The posting a little while ago of the Bradford Daimler CVG6 was a reminder that although both they and Leyland were then manufacturing rear-engined double decker chassis in large numbers, not all operators were yet willing to make the change to them. Southdown’s later…
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Southdown – Leyland Titan – 415 DCD – 415
Southdown Motor Services Ltd1964Leyland Titan PD3/4Northern Counties FCO39/30F This Titan PD3/4 in the Southdown fleet is seen in somewhat strange surroundings. She is adjacent to a public park outside Dock Gate 4 in Southampton on 23 August 1982 while on hire to Southampton City Transport on park and ride duty in connection with the Tall…
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Southdown – Leyland Titan – BUF 279C – 279
Southdown Motor Services Ltd1965Leyland Titan PD3/4Northern Counties FH39/30F BUF 279C fleet number 279 is nearest the camera in this view taken at Dunsfold on 10 April 2011. Her close cousin, 972 CUF fleet number 972, is alongside. Both are Leyland titan PD3/4 vehicles with Northern Counties FH69F bodies. 972 was new in 1964 and 279…
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Southdown – Leyland Titan PD2 – MUF 456 – 756
Southdown Motor Services Ltd1953Leyland Titan PD2/12Northern Counties H30/26RD Taken in the summer of 1963 in the Old Steine area of Brighton this photo is of Southdown 756 one of a batch of ten Leyland PD2/12’s with Northern Counties H30/26RD bodies No’s 755-764 delivered in 1953. These always appeared wider and heavier than any of the…
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Southdown – Leyland PD2 – KUF 700 – 700
Copyright Cliff Essex – Flickr Southdown Motor Services Ltd1950Leyland PD2/12Northern Counties FCH28/16RD In the post about Southdown’s Leyland Titan PD2 756 (MUF 456), Diesel Dave made mention of Southdown’s one-off 700 and Michael Hampton said he saw it in Bognor Depot’s Yard.KUF 700 was Southdown’s 700, a 1950 Leyland Titan PD2/12 with Northern Counties FCH28/16RD…
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Middlesbrough Corporation – Leyland Panther Cub – DXG 401D – 1
Middlesbrough Corporation1966Leyland Panther CubNorthern Counties B44F This bus must of been brand new when I took this picture it certainly looks that way. If I remember correctly Middlesbrough Corporation used route letters rather than route numbers which was quite novel. I think they only had 2 single deckers in there fleet this one and its…
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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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Verwood Transport – Guy Arab V – WTE 159D
Verwood Transport1966Guy Arab V 6LWNorthern Counties H41/32F WTE159D is a Guy Arab V with Northern Counties H73F body (well, she did start her life with Lancashire United!) in service with Verwood Transport. The indicator display has been altered to suit a more rural operation, and we see her in the yard at Mallard Road during…
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Llandudno and Colwyn Bay – Guy Arab II – GUF 159 – 3
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Llandudno and Colwyn Bay Electric Railway Co1945Guy Arab II Northern Counties UH30/26R I am, basically, a tram and trolleybus enthusiast, and, unfortunately, I never had the pleasure of sampling the delights of the LCBER. By 1955, money was in short supply, and…