Tag: Sheffield Corporation
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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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Sheffield Corporation – Leyland Titan PD2 – NWE 591 – 391
Copyright Ian Wild Sheffield Corporation1952Leyland Titan PD2/12Roe H33/25R The recent posting of a Sheffield Mann Egerton bodied PD2 fleet number 362 provided some interesting information on new bus orders about that time and here is one of the Roe bodied PD2/12 ordered at the same time as the Mann Egerton pair. These were very elegant…
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Sheffield Corporation – Leyland Titan – LWE 123 – 623
Copyright Dave Careless Sheffield Corporation1949Leyland Titan PD2/1Leyland H30/26R The scene on the parking area at Pond Street bus station in Sheffield, in August, 1959, featuring a line-up of Sheffield vehicles, including one of the NCB bodied Crossley DD42/5’s, put to work as a driver trainer after withdrawal, and painted in the reversed livery of the…
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Sheffield Corporation – Leyland Titan PD2 – OWB 866 – G56
Sheffield Corporation1952Leyland Titan PD2/10Leyland (previously H33/26R) This is my only photo of G56 in action doing what it did so often in the 1960s, recovering an errant PDR1/2 Atlantean in this case on a very wet day in Leopold Street, Sheffield.G56 was converted from fleet number 666 as a gritter/tow wagon in 1966. Three of…
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Sheffield Corporation – Leyland Titan PD2 – LWE 113 – 613
Sheffield Corporation1949Leyland Titan PD2/1Leyland H30/26R There’s a bit of a bus jam in Sheffield High Street on 9th October 1965 as 613, one of the large batch of A fleet all Leyland PD2s leaves the stand for a trip to Millhouses. It takes three Inspectors to peruse the Alexander Regent V in the background, hope…
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Greyhound – Leyland Tiger PS2/1 – MWA 761 – 107
Copyright Ian Wild T D Alexander (Greyhound) Sheffield and Arbroath1950Leyland Tiger PS2/1Strachans C32R Sheffield bought eight of these buses in 1950 for the B fleet. Their O.600 engines gave them an enhanced performance compared with the earlier PS1s. These were the only Strachans bodies bought by Sheffield and were the last new half cab single…
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Sheffield Corporation – Leyland Tiger PS1 – KWJ 103 – 103
Sheffield Corporation1949Leyland Tiger PS1 Cawood B34F When the Sheffield Strachan-bodied Leyland Tigers were discussed in a previous posting there was mention of a couple of batches bearing Cawood bodies. 103 was one of five for the Joint Committee (B fleet) another five were delivered to the Corporation (A fleet). I think this is parked outside Leadmill…
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Sheffield Corporation – Leyland Tiger – MWA 757 – 57
Copyright R H G Simpson Sheffield Corporation1950Leyland Tiger PS2/1Strachans B34R Despite the low fleet number, 57, this was a B fleet vehicle. The computer hadn’t taken over yet. This was one of a batch of eight delivered in 1950. Seen here in Pond Street Bus Station before the concrete and glass version. It could be…
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Sheffield Corporation – Leyland Olympic – RPA 771 – 211
Copyright Ian Wild Sheffield Corporation1952Leyland Olympic HR44 Weymann B44F Sheffield bought three early Leyland Olympics in 1951 and followed up two years later by the acquisition of this former Demonstrator. It put in a good service life lasting until 1968 when it was sold to Dodd, (Dealer) in Dromera, Ireland. I wonder if it found a…
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Sheffield Corporation – Leyland Leopard – 1502 WJ – 1002
Copyright Ian Wild Sheffield Corporation1959Leyland Leopard L1Weymann Fanfare C41F This bus delivered as B fleet number 1302 was one of the first batch of six Leopards to enter service in the autumn of 1959. They made quite a stir being completely different from anything that had been purchased previously (if you exclude the one off…