Tag: Southdown
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Southdown Motor Services
Yet another selection of shots from the bought album. Roy Dodsworth01/2016 Copyright Gordon M. Gangloff Registration LUF 816 fleet number 1816 was a Leyland Royal Tiger PSU1/15 with a Harrington C26C body. Registration MUF 456 fleet number 756 was a 1953 Leyland Titan PD2/12 with Northern Counties H56RD bodywork. Registration OUF 643 fleet number 643…
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Crosville – Leyland Titan TD7 – GCD 688
Copyright Roy Cox Crosville 1941 Leyland Titan TD7 Body unknown see text in -Gallery’ This shot is from the Roger Cox gallery contribution titled "The People’s League for the Defence of Freedom" click on the title if you would like to view his Gallery and comments. The shot is shown here for indexing purposes but…
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Southdown – Leyland Titan – UF 4813
Southdown Motor Services 1929 Leyland Titan TD1 Brush O27/24RO Seen at the Southgate roundabout on the A23 Crawley By Pass during the 3rd May 1970 HCVC Rally is UF 4813, a 1929 Leyland Titan TD1 with the Brush open top O27/24RO open staircase body that it carried from new – it is not a conversion.…
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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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Southdown – Leyland Titan – RUF 189/5 – 783/5
Southdown Motor Services1956Leyland Titan PD2/12Beadle H59RD There have been comments over the years about the last Beadle double deck bodies to be built delivered to Southdown in Nov/Dec 1956 but few photos. To try and rectify this I attach two photos of this batch No’s 777-788 Reg No’s RUF 177-188, That of 783 was taken…
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Southdown – Leyland Titan PD1 – GUF 669 – 269
Southdown Motor Services1946Leyland Titan PD1Park Royal H26/26R Taken with my rather primitive Comet S camera in Brighton in 1960, this picture is not one of my best. There were twenty five of these PD1s delivered between June and September 1946, and 269, GUF 669, arrived with Southdown in July. 269 was withdrawn in 1963 and…