King Alfred Tiger Cub 'at work'.
Whilst on a family jolly to the Mid Hants. Railway a few years ago, we were lucky enough to be there at the time of a model railway exhibition in Alton, transport to which was being provided by this preserved Leyland Tiger Cub. WCG 104 was and still is, in the care of the 'Friends of King Alfred', a group who's excellent works keep alive the spirit of the former Winchester Independent. The Tiger Cub was Leyland's effort at producing a lightweight single decker when fuel economy was becoming an issue in the mid 50s. They collaborated with Weymann as here who fitted this equally light Hermes bodywork. Locally to us, PMT ran similar buses on AEC, Leyland and Albion chassis, but I don't recall any of them having the severe weight saving economies found in the above such as single skin body panelling.
King Alfred Tiger Cub 'at work'.
Whilst on a family jolly to the Mid Hants. Railway a few years ago, we were lucky enough to be there at the time of a model railway exhibition in Alton, transport to which was being provided by this preserved Leyland Tiger Cub. WCG 104 was and still is, in the care of the 'Friends of King Alfred', a group who's excellent works keep alive the spirit of the former Winchester Independent. The Tiger Cub was Leyland's effort at producing a lightweight single decker when fuel economy was becoming an issue in the mid 50s. They collaborated with Weymann as here who fitted this equally light Hermes bodywork. Locally to us, PMT ran similar buses on AEC, Leyland and Albion chassis, but I don't recall any of them having the severe weight saving economies found in the above such as single skin body panelling.