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W.C. Standerwick Plaxton Panorama Elite Leyland Leopard NCK 103J
W.C. Standerwick Plaxton Panorama Elite (C43F) Leyland Leopard PSU4B/4R NCK 103J fleet number 118. These short Leopards owned by Ribble Motor Services really could fly, this example had worked the daily Keswick London express service departing Keswick at 8:00am arriving in Victoria Coach Station, London at 17:35pm. The service went through the Lake District into Morecambe and Lancaster, then down the M6 motorway into Preston, onto Wigan down the A49 stopping at the towns of Ashton in Makerfield and Newton le Willows on the route into Warrington, then out on the A50 and back onto via the M6 leaving at Junction 16 onto the A500 onto the A34, stopping for lunch at the Four in Hand café next to the PMT bus depot on Liverpool Road. Then into Newcastle under Lyme, School Street, back onto the M6, leaving to go into Bloxwich and Walsall, then into Birmingham and Digbeth Coach Station, out on the A45 to Coventry Pool Meadow, out on the A46, M45 join the M1 leaving towards the end to call into Hendon and into London via the A41. This view was taken in October 1971, when the coach was four months old, note the Black & White Plaxton Panorama Daimler Roadliner behind. NCK 103J would work the overnight London Blackpool service, that is how Ribble got the coach back to its home depot for any checks or maintenance to be carried out. One year after this photograph was taken NCK 103J would be wearing the bland NATIONAL white coach livery. I won this slide on eBay with full copyright, photographer Mr Cliff Essex.
Technical details:-
Chassis: Leyland Leopard PSU4B/4R
Engine: horizontal 11.1-litre six-cylinder Leyland 0.680 diesel engine.
Gearbox: five-speed semi-automatic Pneumocyclic
Body: Plaxton Panorama Elite C43F
W.C. Standerwick Plaxton Panorama Elite Leyland Leopard NCK 103J
W.C. Standerwick Plaxton Panorama Elite (C43F) Leyland Leopard PSU4B/4R NCK 103J fleet number 118. These short Leopards owned by Ribble Motor Services really could fly, this example had worked the daily Keswick London express service departing Keswick at 8:00am arriving in Victoria Coach Station, London at 17:35pm. The service went through the Lake District into Morecambe and Lancaster, then down the M6 motorway into Preston, onto Wigan down the A49 stopping at the towns of Ashton in Makerfield and Newton le Willows on the route into Warrington, then out on the A50 and back onto via the M6 leaving at Junction 16 onto the A500 onto the A34, stopping for lunch at the Four in Hand café next to the PMT bus depot on Liverpool Road. Then into Newcastle under Lyme, School Street, back onto the M6, leaving to go into Bloxwich and Walsall, then into Birmingham and Digbeth Coach Station, out on the A45 to Coventry Pool Meadow, out on the A46, M45 join the M1 leaving towards the end to call into Hendon and into London via the A41. This view was taken in October 1971, when the coach was four months old, note the Black & White Plaxton Panorama Daimler Roadliner behind. NCK 103J would work the overnight London Blackpool service, that is how Ribble got the coach back to its home depot for any checks or maintenance to be carried out. One year after this photograph was taken NCK 103J would be wearing the bland NATIONAL white coach livery. I won this slide on eBay with full copyright, photographer Mr Cliff Essex.
Technical details:-
Chassis: Leyland Leopard PSU4B/4R
Engine: horizontal 11.1-litre six-cylinder Leyland 0.680 diesel engine.
Gearbox: five-speed semi-automatic Pneumocyclic
Body: Plaxton Panorama Elite C43F