Three Buses

This is a photograph that I took at the Greater Manchester Transport Society's Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally in Heaton Park, Manchester in September 1993.

All three are from the Transport Society's own collection, and the programme of the event had these notes about them (from left to right):

Leyland Titan PD1/3, Metro-Cammell H30/26R,1949                                                                   JNA467

Manchester City Transport 3166

Entered by P.F.Wotton, Littleborough

Operated by M.C.T. until 1969, this vehicle carries bodywork to Manchester’s own design and is the sole survivor of a batch of 100 identical buses. It operated both North and South of the city during its career.

Bristol K5G, Willowbrook L26/27R, 1939                                                                                      AJA152

North Western 432

Entered by J.Pollock, Marple

The sole survivor of a once numerous batch of pre-war Bristols operated by the Company which were rebodied after the war. This particular vehicle received its new body in 1951. The owners claim they haven’t finished exterior restoration.

Leyland Titan PD2/1, Leyland L27/26R, 1948                                                                               CDB224

North Western 224

Entered by A.Gaskell, Irlams o’th Height, Salford

This lowbridge vehicle ended its days in the training fleet and has subsequently undergone extensive restoration to everything except the steering and the clutch, as anyone who has tried to manoeuvre the vehicle within the confined spaces of the Museum will testify.

1948 Leyland Titan PD2/1

This vehicle took part in the Greater Manchester Transport Society's Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally in Heaton Park, Manchester in September 1996.

It's a 1948 Leyland Titan PD2/1, formerly operated by the North Western Road Car Company which was based in Stockport. It was converted to driver training in 1965 and absorbed into SELNEC (South East Lancashire and North East Cheshire) in 1972 with the reorganisation of bus services in Greater Manchester, and was sold into preservation two years later. A note in the programme of this event reads as follows:

'Leyland Titan PD2/1, Leyland L27/26R, 1948                                                                CDB 224

North Western 224

Entered by       A. Gaskell, Irlams o' th' Height, Salford

This lowbridge vehicle ended its days in the training fleet and has subsequently undergone extensive restoration to everything except the steering and the clutch, as anyone wh has tried to manoeuvre the vehicle within the confined spaces of the Museum will testify!'