Tag: Roe
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Hulls Atlanteans in various liveries
Kingston upon Hull Corporation Transport purchased four batches of Leyland Atlanteans between 1966 and 1968 as below:-403 – 412 (FRH 403 – 412D) 2/66 PDR1/1 renumbered 203 – 212 12/66213 – 227 (JRH 413 – 4127E) 1-2/67 PDR1/1228 – 243 (NAT 228 – 243F) 1-2/68 PDR1/1244 – 257 (PRH 244 – 257G) 12/68 – 1/69…
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Enjoyable Weekend
I’ve just had a very enjoyable weekend: Saturday, North West Museum of Road Transport at St Helens; Sunday, Dewsbury Running Day. I wish I could have squeezed in Aldwarke too, but that’s for another time DV. This magnificent Albion was running between the Museum at Ravensthorpe and Dewsbury bus station. I first saw it in…
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Hull Corporation – Sunbeam MF2B – RKH 102/15 – 102/15
Photographs by ‘unknown’ if you took these photos please go to the copyright page. Kingston upon Hull Corporation Transport Sunbeam MF2B 1954 (102) 1955 (115) Roe H30/24D The final batch of Kingston upon Hull Corporation trolleybuses, comprised a batch of 15 production and one prototype Sunbeam MF2B’s with Roe 54 seat highbridge bodywork. Due to…
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Hull Corporation – Sunbeam W – GRH 356 – 80
Kingston upon Hull Corporation Transport 1945 Sunbeam W Roe H31/29R In order to undertake the final tram replacement along Hessle Road, in 1945. The final trolleybus route commenced on 1st of July. To operate this route 18 trolleybus chassis were purchased from Sunbeam. The first 12 were bodied by Brush of Loughborough, but the final…
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Wolverhampton Corporation – Sunbeam W – EJW 451 – 451
Copyright Tony Martin Wolverhampton Corporation 1948 Sunbeam W Roe H32/28R (1960) Passing through Sedgley on its way back to its home town, Wolverhampton 451 was nearing the end of its days in early 1967. Built in 1948 with a Park Royal body and rebodied in 1960, these vehicles saw out the once extensive Wolverhampton trolleybus…
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County Motors – Leyland Titan PD3A/1 – AVH 635B – 105
County Motors1964Leyland Titan PD3A/1Roe H42/31F Another County Motors of Huddersfield vehicle this time a Leyland Titan PD3A/1. The PD3 indicated that the bus was 30 foot long rather than 27 foot of which all the PD2s were. The A after the 3 indicates an enclosed radiator made mainly of fibre glass and this style was…
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Sheffield Corporation – Leyland Titan PD3 – 4462 WE – 462
Copyright ‘unknown’ if you know please get in touch Sheffield Corporation1959Leyland PD3/1Roe H39/30R This was one of the first 30ft long double deckers for Sheffield and was one of a batch of 30 similar buses. In a typically perverse way these buses, all for the A fleet, were numbered 461-476 and 901-914. Logic suggests they…
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Sheffield Corporation – Leyland Titan – 4461 WE – 461
Copyright Ian Wild Sheffield Corporation1959Leyland Titan PD3/1Roe H39/30R An earlier Sheffield posting showed sister bus 462 when brand new outside the Roe factory. Here is 461 towards the end of its life on 13th July 1974 passing the Three Merry Lads pub returning from an occasional extension of the 51 service to Wyming Brook. By…
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South Yorkshire – Leyland Titan PD3/1 – 2600 WW – 83
Copyright Brian Lunn South Yorkshire Motors 1960Leyland Titan PD3/1Roe L31/32RD In the late 1970’s I purchased South Yorkshire Motors Leyland PD3 2600WW at the urging of a number of people who offered help in preserving this vehicle. The bus was running in service the day before I took it to where I was keeping it. I…
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Leeds City Transport – Leyland Titan – 5221 NW – 221
Copyright Chris Hough Leeds City Transport1958Leyland Titan PD3/5Roe H38/32R This handsome Leyland Titan PD3/5 was the Roe exhibit at the 1958 Earls Court Show It was one of 70 bought by Leeds for tramway replacement The batch were used extensively on the Moortown – Middleton group of former tram routes and most of them lasted…