Tag: United Automobile
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Sandsend
Sandsend is a village on the North Yorkshire coast two miles north of Whitby. It lies at the bottom of Lythe Bank, a lengthy gradient of 1 in 4 which takes the main road from the coast to the moors. The village was served by United’s Middlesbrough – Whitby – Scarborough service, originally service 65,…
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United Automobile – Leyland Leopard – 7462 PT – W 5 ?
United Automobile Services1962Leyland Leopard L2Plaxton C43F Established in the early 1920’s, Wilkinson Motor Services were an independent based in the Durham Mining Village of Sedgefield. They had a well-maintained fleet of quality vehicles, which to the best of my knowledge were all single deck, and mostly AEC and Leyland with a couple of Bedford’s thrown…
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United Automobile – Bristol SU – AHN 901B – S1
United Automobile Services1964Bristol SUL4AECW B36F The Bristol SU series had a limited following amongst THC Companies. This example is in Ripon Bus Station in July 1968 about to set out on the lengthy run to Masham. I would imagine the Albion 4cyl engine would be quite noisy although probably not as bad as the Gardner…
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United Automobile – Bristol Lodekka LD6B – WHN 703 – L3
United Automobile Services1955Bristol LD6BECW H33/25R Not many of these deep radiator versions made shame really I quite liked them. This photo was taken at Scarborough on the round about by the railway station. A full list including Bristol and United codes can be seen here. The original deep radiator versions of the Lodekka were indeed…
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United Automobile – Bristol Lodekka FLF6B – 153 SHN – L153
United Automobile Services1964Bristol Lodekka FLF6BECW H38/32F I am not sure if the Lodekka actually had a version number i.e. I, II, III as the Regent III, V for example if any body knows please let me know. I did like these front entrance Lodekkas, the three things I remember most is the low step to…
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United Automobile – Bristol Lodekka LD6B – 113 BHN – L13
United Automobile Services1956Bristol Lodekka LD6BECW H33/27RD Quite a few lists have United fleet numbers starting with a “B” which I presume denotes Bristol. But as one can plainly see in this photo there is no “B” just L13 does anybody know if United changed there fleet numbering system after 1966. This shot was taken July…
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United Automobile – Bristol Lodekka FS6B- 5108 HN – L108
United Automobile Services1962Bristol Lodekka FS6BECW H33/27R This photo was taken in the middle of July 1966 and is the Scarborough North Bay “Corner Cafe” terminus of several routes. This photo apart from being a nearly decent shot of a “Short Lodekka” is a flash back to when an English seaside resort had every thing going…
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United Automobile – Bristol Lodekka – DHN 379C – L179
United Automobile Services1965Bristol Lodekka FLF6BECW H38/32F The last time I posted one of my own photographs on site was the 14th of November 2010 which is three and a half years ago, now that was a very good run I think, thank you to all the contributors for keeping the site going. So as it…
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United Automobile – Bristol LL5G – NHN 128 – G460
United Automobile Services1950Bristol LL5GECW B39R This was one of the first buses to appear on this website and I did not research into it as well as I could of done. So I have rewritten and reposted it. | Click here to see the repost. |
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United Automobile – Bristol LL5G – 991 CHN – GS3
United Automobile Services1957Bristol LL5GECW B39C These nice looking centre entrance buses did the Scarborough Sea Front Service from The Corner Cafe in the North Bay to The Spa in the South Bay. I think they were actually rebodied half cab single deckers as NHN 128. I think the bodies were mid 50s and the chassis…