Tag: Weymann
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Weymann Fanfare
Following recent comments on the site about the merits of the Weymann Fanfare coach body, and knowing there is much interest in the Sheffield fleet, I thought these official Weymann photos of Sheffield Leopard 1301 (1501 WJ) may be of interest. John Stringer07/13 19/07/13 – 14:40 Great pics John. I used to go hiking in…
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Midland General AEC Regent II/Weymann
Until I was about 5 we lived in Nottingham. At that time (the early 1950s) Nottingham City Transport was dominated by pre-selector AEC Regents (including quite a lot of pre-war ones). These were fine in their way – but the transmission music of a pre-selector was quite different from the Mark II crash gearbox. We…
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Bournemouth Corporation – Sunbeam MF2B – WRU 261 – 261
Copyright Ray Soper Bournemouth Corporation 1958 Sunbeam MF2B Weymann H63D This shot is from the Ray Soper ‘Gallery’ contribution A Trolleybus tour in Bournemouth click on the title if you would like to view his Gallery and comments to it. The shot is shown here for indexing purposes but please feel free to make any…
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Bournemouth Corporation – Sunbeam MF2B – 296 LJ – 296
Copyright Ray Soper Bournemouth Corporation 1961 Sunbeam MF2B Weymann H65D This shot is from the Ray Soper ‘Gallery’ contribution A Trolleybus tour in Bournemouth click on the title if you would like to view his Gallery and comments to it. The shot is shown here for indexing purposes but please feel free to make any…
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Bournemouth Corporation – Sunbeam – 297 LJ – 297
Bournemouth Corporation 1962 Sunbeam MF2B Weymann H65D This Sunbeam MF2B was one of the last trolleybuses built for operation in the UK, in 1962. In a disgracefully short career, the batch was withdrawn when the system was abandoned in 1969. The livery can only be that of Bournemouth, and the body is by Weymann, to…
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Bournemouth Corporation – Leyland Titan TD5 – FEL 214 – 14
Copyright Ray Soper Bournemouth Corporation 1939 Leyland Titan TD5 Weymann FO58R This shot is from the Ray Soper -Gallery’ contribution A Trolleybus tour in Bournemouth click on the title if you would like to view his Gallery and comments to it. The shot is shown here for indexing purposes but please feel free to make…
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Tynemouth and District – Leyland Titan TD5 – FT 4498 – 98
Copyright Unknown Tynemouth and District 1938 Leyland Titan TD5 Weymann H??F More from my youth. 98 was one of eight 1938 forward entrance Weymann bodied Leyland TD5’s delivered to the Northern General subsidiary of Tynemouth and District. They were FT 4496/4503 numbers 96/103. About 1950 in common with many pre war vehicles they were given…
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Charlton-on-Otmoor Services – Leyland TD – FKO 223 – 293
Charlton-on-Otmoor Services 1939 Leyland TD5 Weymann H28/26R Not one of my best pictures, I fear, but the Comet S camera did not cope well with action shots. Seen on its way out of Oxford in 1960 is FKO 223, a Leyland TD5 with Weymann H28/26R bodywork. This bus was delivered in 1939 to Chatham &…
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Halifax Corporation – Leyland Titan PD3/4 – TCP 55 – 55
Photo by ‘unknown’ if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Halifax Corporation Transport and Joint Omnibus Committee1964Leyland Titan PD3/4Weymann H40/32F Here is the 30ft Weymann bodied Titan I mentioned yesterday it has a more square appearance I will let you decide which you prefer. This Titan was passed on to WYPTE…
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Halifax Corporation – Leyland Titan PD2/37 – CJX 329C – 289
Halifax Corporation Transport and Joint Omnibus Committee1965Leyland Titan PD2/37Weymann H36/28F Halifax buses with fleet numbers below 200 were owned by Halifax corporation, fleet numbers above 200 were owned by the Joint Omnibus Committee.Photo taken 100 yards from where I used to live. Travelled miles on these Titans. 11/03/11 – 16:18 Nice shot made even better…