When Edmonton bought British - I
The latest issue of Passenger Train Journal features the modern light rail network of Edmonton and delves in to the past history of the Albertan city’s public transit. First-generation streetcars lasted until 1951 but were being displaced by trolleybuses from 1939. AEC supplied the first trolleybuses and Edmonton also bought Leyland motorbuses. This view shows one such delivery. The American-style bodywork appears to be fitted to a Leyland Tigress of c.1933/34 vintage. This was a bonneted version (aka normal control) of the Leyland TS Tiger. The type only sold in small numbers to UK operators, usually as private-hire coaches. One notable customer was Southdown Motor Services, which used a batch for its coach cruises before 1939. Other Leyland Tigress chassis were used as fire tenders, including one for the Birmingham Fire Brigade that survives in the Wythall museum.
When Edmonton bought British - I
The latest issue of Passenger Train Journal features the modern light rail network of Edmonton and delves in to the past history of the Albertan city’s public transit. First-generation streetcars lasted until 1951 but were being displaced by trolleybuses from 1939. AEC supplied the first trolleybuses and Edmonton also bought Leyland motorbuses. This view shows one such delivery. The American-style bodywork appears to be fitted to a Leyland Tigress of c.1933/34 vintage. This was a bonneted version (aka normal control) of the Leyland TS Tiger. The type only sold in small numbers to UK operators, usually as private-hire coaches. One notable customer was Southdown Motor Services, which used a batch for its coach cruises before 1939. Other Leyland Tigress chassis were used as fire tenders, including one for the Birmingham Fire Brigade that survives in the Wythall museum.