Tag: West Yorkshire
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West Yorkshire – Bristol LS5G – MWY 226 – EUG 15
West Yorkshire Road Car Co1954Bristol LS5GECW DP41F Quite what this Harrogate based West Yorkshire LS5G was doing in Waterhouse Street, Halifax, in the summer of 1965 I am unsure, but it seems to be a curious choice of vehicle if it was on private hire duty. No doubt our Halifax experts will come up with…
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West Yorkshire – Bristol MW6G – AWU 466B – 1146
Copyright Brendan Smith West Yorkshire Road Car Company1964Bristol MW6GECW DP41F Originally numbered SMG38, this vehicle became 1146 in West Yorkshire’s 1971 renumbering programme. It was one of twenty-six MW6G buses delivered to WY in 1963/64 – these being the first new single-decker WY buses for some time. For quite a few years previously, the Company…
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West Yorkshire – Bristol RELH6G – AWR 405B – ERG 5
Copyright John Stringer West Yorkshire Road Car Co1964Bristol RELH6GECW DP47F A while back I posted a gallery of photos taken on the occasion of a Farewell to Samuel Ledgard tour in 1967.Taken on the same day at the start of the tour is this one showing West Yorkshire Road Car’s fine Bristol RELH6G/ECW coach ERG5…
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West Yorkshire – Morris Commercial – HYG 972 – 618
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. West Yorkshire Road Car Company1949Morris CommercialBeadle B35R 618 was one of a pair (with 619) of Morris Commercial/Beadle buses bought by West Yorkshire in 1949. They were equipped with new Morris Commercial running units and a Morris-built Saurer 6 cylinder diesel…