1949 Crossley DD42

This is one of a large number of double deck buses that took part in the Greater Manchester Transport Society's Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally in September 1993 in Heaton Park, Manchester.

It's a 1949 (though the programme of the event says 1948) Crossley DD42 from the Society's museum. The programme gives this information about the vehicle:

'Crossley DD42/8S, Crossley H30/26R, 1948                                                 JND791

Manchester City Transport 2150

Entered by Greater Manchester Transport Society

The sole survivor of a once numerous fleet of Crossley vehicles which graced the

streets of Manchester during the 1950s and 1960s. A star attraction at the recent

Crossley Weekend held at the Museum of Transport.'

Next to the Crossley is another of the Transport Museum's vehicles, a 1951 Leyland PD2/3, fleet number 3245 and registration JND646.