1948 Leyland Titan PD2/1

This was one of the participants in the Greater Manchester Transport Society's Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally at Heaton Park, Manchester in September 1990.

It's a 1948 Leyland Titan PD2/1 that was provided new to Weardale Motor Services of Frosterley, County Durham and remained with them until 1970. The programme of the event said this about the vehicle:

 

Leyland Titan PD2/1, Leyland L53R, 1948                     KPT909

Weardale Motor Services

Entered by The British Commercial Vehicle Museum, Leyland

New to Weardale MS this bus was withdrawn in 1970. It was donated to BL Heritage after being restored by members of the Severn Valley Railway.

1950 Leyland Titan PD2/1

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

It’s  a 1950 Leyland Titan PD2/1, new to Leicester City Transport, and the programme of the event  said this about it:

Leyland PD2/1, Leyland H30/59R, 1950                                                                                     FJF 193

Leicester City Transport 154

Entered by 154 Preservation Society, Leicester

Following a service life of twenty years, this vehicle passed through the hands of a strawberry picking farmer and was left for three years in a field before being rescued by Leicester City Transport and restored.

1948 Leyland Titan PD2/1

This is one of the participants in the Greater Manchester Transport Society's Trans Lancs Historic Vehicle Rally at Heaton Park, Manchester in September 1993.

It's a 1948 Leyland Titan PD2/1 that was provided new to Weardale Motor Services of Frosterley, County Durham and remained with them until 1970. The programme of the event said this about the vehicle:

Leyland Titan PD2/1, Leyland L53R, 1948                                                                           KPT909

Weardale Motor Services

Entered by The British Commercial Vehicle Museum, Leyland

Withdrawn in 1970, this vehicle was restored by members of the Severn Valley Railway and

donated to BL Heritage. Now displayed at the British Commercial Vehicle Museum, Leyland.

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!'