Tag: Willowbrook
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Leyland WN 7754
This machine looked marvellous in Wooliscroft’s silver and blue livery. It obviously started life in the immediate Swansea area as neighbouring Llanelli and Carmarthen had their own marks. Most likely is South Wales Transport, or maybe it was one of the small units that were taken into United Welsh. Picture from RHG Simpson. Who can…
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Walsall Corporation – Sunbeam F4A – XDH 72 – 872
Copyright Tony Martin Walsall Corporation 1956 Sunbeam F4A Willowbrook H36/34R Walsall Sunbeam F4A, Willowbrook bodied trolleybus, 872 XDH 72. Seen leaving Bichills Depot on the evening of 3rd October 1970, having dropped off the guests it carried and is now making the last run ‘under the wires’ on a public road by a Walsall trolleybus.…
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Stratford Blue – Leyland Titan – 669 HNX – 2
Copyright Roger Cox Stratford-upon-Avon Blue Motors Ltd1963Leyland Titan PD3A/1Willowbrook H41/32F This the third and last shot in my series of Stratford Blue vehicles it is fleet number 2 registration 669 HNX. A Leyland Titan PD3A/1 with a Willowbrook highbridge body dating from 1963. Interestingly as my second posting of the exposed radiator Stratford Blue Titan…
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Leicester City Transport – Leyland Titan PD3 – TBC 164 – 164
Copyright Chris Hebbron Leicester City Transport1958Leyland Titan PD3/1Willowbrook H41/33R LCT bought an eclectic mix of chassis and bodywork for its fleet over the decades, but settled on just three (164-166) tin-fronted Leyland Titan PD3/1’s, with attractive Willowbrook bodywork, in 1958. 165 and 166 were withdrawn in 1972 and 1975 respectively, with 164 being withdrawn in…
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PMT – Leyland Titan PD3 – 811 JVT – H811
Copyright Ian Wild Potteries Motor Traction1960Leyland Titan PD3/3Willowbrook H39/34F This was the last front engined bus delivered to PMT and was ordered by Baxters of Hanley who had sold out to PMT in December 1958. The Leyland PD/Willowbrook combination was clearly Baxters preferred design following on from the two Leyland PD2/20 supplied in 1955 and…
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PMT – Leyland Titan PD2/20 – 203 BEH – L679
Copyright Ian Wild Potteries Motor Traction1957Leyland Titan PD2/20Willowbrook L27/28R This bus was new to Baxters of Hanley as their fleet number 11 in March 1957 and was acquired by PMT when they bought out the Baxter business in December 1958. It was somewhat different from the contemporary PMT purchased Leylands having a concealed radiator and…
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Tynemouth and District – Leyland Titan PD2 – AFT 51 – 221
Photograph by ‘unknown’ if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. Tynemouth and District1957Leyland Titan PD2/12Willowbrook H35/28R I think many of the job lot of anonymous photos I purchased must have come from the same source as the same locations crop up on a regular basis. Once again we are at the…
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East Midland – Leyland Tiger Cub – XRR 540 – R40
Photograph by “unknown” if you took this photo please go to the copyright page. East Midland Motor Services 1958Leyland Tiger Cub PSUC1/2Willowbrook DP41F Not an operator I know very much about but on researching this particular vehicle it would appear that it started its life with a fleet number of C40. I have come across a…
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Isle of Man Road Services – Leyland Tiger Cub – 3680 MN – 54
Copyright Michael Bishop Isle of Man Road Services Ltd1961Leyland Tiger Cub PSUC1/1Willowbrook DP41F Here is a shot I took of a bus at the Isle of Man Airport in 1966, I took it at the same time 1966 as the Isle of Man Road Services Leyland Titan posted two weeks ago. As stated on that…