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RUF186. Former Southdown fleet number 786 this is a Leyland PD2 with Beadle H59RD bodywork.
One of a batch of 12 similar vehicles delivered new in 1956.
Amberley Museum Bus Day, 21st September 2014
Greater Manchester PTE, 3286, Leyland PD2 with Northern Counties bodywork, photographed during a visit to Wigan in November 1980 when a number of ex Corporation half cabs were still in service.
Leyland Titan PD2 / 12 - Met-Camm H56R
New to this Operator as a conventional closed top bus (H56R) during September-1956 . Re-built as here-on in the Corporation's workshops in June-1961 .
MCO658 is parked on its usual stand in Royal Parade , Plymouth . Prior to another trip around Plymouth Hoe etc , working on Circular Route 54 .
It carries extra branding to commemorate 350 years since the “Mayflower” set sail from Plymouth to find the “New World”.
April-1970.
Former Barrow Corporation Transport Leyland PD2/40 Park Royal CEO957 at the Stagecoach North West Open Day in Barrow in Furness on May 24th 2008.
Further to other photos of Wigan Corpy 27, here is FEK 3F on arrival at the Wigan Transport Trust's site in January 2020.
We unfortunately missed out on The Bus when it was auctioned several years ago. An engine failure shortly after the sale meant that it would never reach the successful bidder in France.
It seems to have passed through a few hands and lost bits along the way. Now the engine bay is almost as empty as the interior.
This bus, numbered 27 in the Wigan fleet, was from the last batch of Titans ordered by Wigan Corporation in 1967, all 9 were delivered the following year and fitted with Massey bodies.
Following FEK 3F's chassis off the production line (assuming Leyland's production line order is the same as the chassis number order) were just 12 more PD2s. These were the remainder of the Wigan order and a final six for Darwen Corporation. The 21 year run of PD2 production was over. Massey Brothers themselves were taken over by Northern Counties in 1967.
Merseyside PTE - Southport. Unidentified Leyland Titan PD2.40-Metro Cammell. Ex Southport Corporation. Southport, 21 September 1978.
Fleet / Reg: 2648 (CCK 636)
Chassis: Leyland PD2/3 Titan
Body: Burlingham L27/26R
Model: Much modified TiNY resin kit
Notes: The one and only Ribble 'Red Lady'. Basically a bus version of the famous Burlingham 'White Ladies' with a conventional front and open platform. Was sold in 1960 to Carruther's of New Abbey (Dumfrieshire) and gave many years service there.
NKT896 Leyland PD2/12 with Leyland H32/26R body new in August 1951 to Maidstone & District as DH400.
Seen at the Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre, Bus Show and Riders Day, 21st September 2014.
NKT896 Leyland PD2/12 with Leyland H32/26R body new in August 1951 to Maidstone & District as DH400.
Seen at the Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre, Bus Show and Riders Day, 15th September 2013.
FVH165 was a 1952 Leyland PD2/12 with a Roe H31/25R body, it was No.89 in the County Motors of Lepton fleet and was withdrawn in1965.
Greater Manchester. TV22 (9866NA) Leyland Titan PD2/37-Metro Cammell {1958}. Ex Manchester Corporation 3666. Wigan, 22 September 1978.
Leyland Titan PD2.
Formerly Stockport 34.
East Lancs H36/28R body.
1965.
9783cc.
Taken in Middlewich on the 23rd July 2011.
FDB 334C.
Leyland Titan PD2 Reg FFY 403 standing in the road with the driver in the cab ready to go.
7 June 2013.
Further pictures in my set entitled Leyland PD2
Leyland Titan PD2 / Leyland H56R new in 1953 to Rawtensall Corporation. It was acquired by Quantock Motor Services Ltd in 2009 . It has subsequently been restored and painted in the colours of Scout Motors who had a similar vehicle.
It is participating in the Taunton Bus Running Day 2019 which actually takes place in Minehead this year as the spare vehicle , standing in for BVBGs open topper VDV753 which was not available on the day.
RTC822 is waiting in Porlock Weir to depart on the 13.25 service 267 to Minehead.
RTC822 was sold to Hayes, Little Hoole for ongoing preservation in April 2020.
Ready for the West End Festival Vintage Bus Service and Display, Riverside Museum, Glasgow, 26th June, 2016.
1949 Leyland Titan PD2/3 chassis with Leyland H30/26R bus body and originally with a Leyland 7.4 litre E181 6-cylinder diesel engine but now with a replacement but I don't know what. At the South East Bus Festival, Detling, 11 April 2026. Registration KLB915, London Transport Fleet No.RTW185.
The Leyland Titan was built in 1927-42 and 1945-69 and was much developed over the years. It was exported in quantity and also built in India by Ashok. The pre-war models were the TD1-8 (initially petrol engines, diesel from 1939) built from 1927 until 1942. Post war, production restarted in 1945 with virtually a new design and continued until as late as 1969 with continuous improvements (though all with improved diesel engines): PD1, PD2 and PD3 with a plethora of sub-marks and different bodies. Export versions were OPD1, 2 & 3.
Moreover, a specific version of the PD2/3 was produced for London. The AEC Reliance III RT became the standard London Transport double-decker of the 1950's and 1960's, 4,825 being built. However, LT needed more such buses quickly. They thus ordered from Leyland, the biggest bus manufacturer in the UK, a large number of Leyland's most popular product, the Titan, but adapted for London conditions.Thus Leyland built their version of what LT classed as the RT and had bodies of Leyland manufacture but identical to the design of the Park Royal bodies of the Reliance III RT; however, Leyland engines were fitted rather than AEC ones. These Titans were included in the same RT class as the Reliances by LT. The London Titan was produced in RTW (wide) and SRT (short) varieties. 2,131 were produced, a massive number by the standards of provincial operators but something of a minority to the AEC product and always regarded as somewhat non-standard by LT.
Seen at Universal Studios, Florida is this ex Birkenhead/MPTE Leyland Titan 18th of February 2004.
MCM975 Ld PD2/40 621497 My 2481 H35/30R 9/1962 Birkenhead 75
PFR 344
LEYLAND TITAN
Chassis Ld PD2/27 583372
Body Metro-Cammell
Seating FH35/26R
new to Blackpool Corporation 1959
in service with Creamline August 1975 (licensed Dec 1975
with Martin August 1978 (Dealer)
at the yard in Tonmawr
PFR 350 is at the back
This smart Titan PD2 was the first numerically in a batch of three, 39-41, supplied new to the small Lancashire municipal in 04/1968. It passed to Borough of Blackburn Transport, along with the remaining buses in the Darwen fleet, when the undertaking was merged with its larger neighbour on 01/04/1974 under local government reorganisation. It is seen here on display at the Ribble Vehicle Preservation Trust's Morecambe Rally & Running Day, who's main base for the day was the Mazuma Stadium, home of Morecambe FC, on 22/05/2022. © Peter Steel 2022.
Preserved 1951 Leyland Titan PD2 Double Decker Bus RTL1076 LUC253 as operated by the London Bus Company on display outside North Weald Station on the heritage Epping Ongar Railway (EOR) in Essex (UK).
LUC253 amongst other heritage London Bus Company buses operate the route 339 shuttle service between the Epping Ongar Railway at North Weald with Epping underground and Shenfield mainline Stations.
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RUF186 arrives at the narrow entrance to Pool Valley
This event was to mark the end of bus services using Pool Valley, Brighton. The Coastliner 700 service was the last.
In 1981 the Showbus Rally was held at Ensigns yard in Purfleet, amongst the sale stock included ex P.M.T Daimler Fleetline, 5014 VT and 2 ex Warrington Leyland PD2's.