SCT '61 Photo Index
Doncaster Corporation
  
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 1. BDT134
Doncaster Corporation 368, BDT134, was a Karrier E6 with Roe H32/28R body new in 1939. It was sold for scrap in November 1957.
Photo taken Wednesday 31 July 1957, Doncaster

 
 2. BHJ828
Doncaster Corporation 385, BHJ828, a Sunbeam W with Park Royal H30/26R body. BHJ828 was new in August 1945 to Southend Corporation Transport as their number 131, with a utility body built to the 'relaxed specification' with upholstered seats. In January 1954, just ahead of the closure of the Southend trolleybus system, it was sold, along with the rest of the 9 vehicle batch, to Doncaster Corporation.
Photo taken c 1954-8

 
 3. BHJ829
Doncaster trolleybus 386, BHJ829, another Sunbeam W with Park Royal H30/26R body new in August 1945 to Southend Corporation Transport as their number 132, and sold in January 1954 to Doncaster Corporation. It was rebodied by Roe H34/28R in 1959 as seen in this photo.
Photo taken c. 1959-61, West St Sepulchre Gate, Doncaster

 
 4. KDT393
Preserved former Doncaster 122, KDT393, an AEC Regent III with Roe H31/25R body, new in 1951
Photo taken Sunday 24 September 2006, Showbus, Duxford

 
 5. KDT393
Ennifer, Doncaster (Blue Ensign) purchased KDT393 from Doncaster Corporation in 1955. It was an AEC Regent III with Roe H31/25R body, new in 1951, and is seen in Glasgow Paddocks bus station in Doncaster.
Photo taken Sunday 2 June 1957, Glasgow Paddocks bus station, Doncaster

 
 6. MDT222
Doncaster Corporation 22, MDT222, a 1953 AEC Regal III with Roe B39F bodywork.
Photo taken Saturday 13 September 2008, Sandtoft Museum

 
 7. MDT225
Doncaster 125, MDT225, an AEC Regent III 9613A with Roe H31/25R body, the first of a batch of ten that entered service in 1953-4.
Photo taken Friday 6 August 1965, Doncaster - photo of the week 11/11/00

 
 8. 195NDT
Doncaster Corporation 195, 195NDT, a Leyland PD3/4 with Roe H40/32F body from 1963, seen here in Rotherham two years later en-route for Sheffield
Photo taken Friday 6 August 1965, Rotherham - Photo of the Week 20/6/00

 
 9. 388KDT
Doncaster Corporation 188, 388KDT, a 1963 Leyland Titan PD2/40 carries a Roe body that is some 7 years older. This is because the body was originally fitted to a trolleybus, 395, EWT480, which started life with Mexborough and Swinton as a single decker.
Photo taken Sunday 14 September 2008, Meadowhall Rally Sheffield

 
 10. 477HDT
This isn't a toy bus but a picture of ex Doncaster Corporation 177, 477HDT, a 1963 Leyland PD3/4 with Roe H40/32F body, taken in Alaska
Photo taken 2002, Alaska

 
 11. FDT43C
Doncaster Corporation 43, FDT43C, a 1965 Leyland Royal Tiger Cub with Roe bodywork. The Royal Tiger Cub was really an export chassis and Doncaster bought the only British examples.
Photo taken 1995, Sandtoft trolleybus museum