SCT '61 Photo Index
Glasgow Corporation
  
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 1.
Glasgow tram 812, dating from 1900
Photo taken February 2006, Crich

 
 2.
Glasgow built many standard trams in the early years of the last century. 812 dates from 1900 when it entered service as an open top car. In 1910 it became an open balcony car and received enclosed platforms in 1913.
Photo taken 1996

 
 3.
Glasgow Standard hex dash car 172 at Maryhill with the conductress changing the front indicators. The body had been built by Glasgow in 1913 on a Brill 21E truck and seated 38/21. It was scrapped two months after this photograph was taken.
Photo taken Thursday 14 April 1960, Maryhill

 
 4.
Paisley and District Tramways 68 dates from 1919 and is one of number of Paisley cars that ran in Glasgow after the corporation acquired the Paisley system.
Photo taken August 1987, Crich Tramway Museum

 
 5.
Glasgow Corporation Tramways 22, built in 1922 and withdrawn from active service at the end of 1960.
Photo taken Saturday 24 April 2004, Crich

 
 6.
On the left Glasgow tram 22 and in the background Paisley District 68
Photo taken Tuesday 3 May 1988, Glasgow Garden Festival

 
 7.
Glasgow 1319 with a Corporation built 40/30 body on Maley & Taunton HS44/596 bogies is seen at Bellahouston Road, Mosspark.
Photo taken Tuesday 14 April 1959, Bellahouston Road, Mosspark

 
 8.
Glasgow 1166, a "Coronation" car of 1937, built by EMB/GCT, negotiates the crossover before heading back to Dalmarnock depot.
Photo taken 1961, Dalmuir West

 
 9.
Glasgow Corporation Tramways "Coronation" tram 1151, built in 1937 by EMB/GCT.
Photo taken 1961, Auchenshuggle terminus

 
 10. BUS185
Glasgow Corporation rebodied AR293, BUS185, AEC Regent/Scottish Commercial H30/26R at Blairdardie, the last vehicle in a batch of twenty new with Cowieson bodies. The chassis dates from 1938 and the body from 1950.
Photo taken Tuesday 14 April 1959, Glasgow

 
 11.
Glasgow tram 1261, a "Coronation" Mark I, built by EMB/GCT in 1939.
Photo taken 1961, Auchenshuggle

 
 12.
Glasgow 1282, a 1940 built Coronation bogie car, built by the Corporation. This tram ran in the final procession of Glasgow cars in 1962
Photo taken 1996, Tramway Museum Crich

 
 13.
Glasgow Corporation Tramways "Cunarder" trams 1297 and (thought to be) 1382, built by Maley & Taunton/GCT between 1948 and 1952.
Photo taken 1961, Dalmuir West terminus

 
 14.
Glasgow 1297 is happily one of their trams saved for preservation. In 1988 it had the honour of operating in its home city again, when a special track was laid as part of the Glasgow Garden Festival.
Photo taken 27 Aug 1988, Glasgow Garden Festival

 
 15.
Glasgow Cunarder tram 1363 built in 1950. Cunarders (officially Coronation Cars Mark II) were a post-war development of the pre-war Coronations, with a slightly smoother appearance and inside-framed bogies.
Photo taken July 1961, Glasgow Auchenshuggle

 
 16. FYS399
Glasgow Corporation A216, FYS399, AEC Regent III/Weymann H30/26R, one of a batch of 92 dating from 1951.
Photo taken Tuesday 14 April 1959, corner of Hope Street and West George Street, Glasgow

 
 17. FYS677
Southend Southend ex-Glasgow Leyland Royal Tiger Worldmaster 210, FYS677
Photo taken Southend Central Station forecourt

 
 18. FYS677
Southend ex-Glasgow Leyland Royal Tiger Worldmaster 210, FYS677, minus its badge.
Photo taken Monday 20 March 1972, Southend Pier Hill

 
 19. FYS678
Southend ex-Glasgow Leyland Royal Tiger Worldmaster 211, FYS678, at Bournes Green in April 1966, just after entering service.
Photo taken Sunday 24 April 1966, Bournes Green

 
 20. FYS679
Southend ex-Glasgow Leyland Royal Tiger Worldmaster 212, FYS679
Photo taken c. 1966/7, Southend Victoria Station forecourt

 
 21. FYS839
Glasgow TB78, FYS839, a 1958 BUT 9613T trolleybus with Crossley H37/34R body.
Photo taken Sunday 25 July 2010, Sandtoft Gathering

 
 22. FYS839
Glasgow Trolleybus TB78, FYS839, a 1958 BUT 9613T with Crossley H37/34R bodywork.
Photo taken Saturday 13 September 2008, Sandtoft Museum

 
 23. FYS998
Glasgow's first Leyland PDR1/1 Atlantean LA1, FYS998, delivered in 1958 with an Alexander H44/34F body is seen here at Drumoyne.
Photo taken Friday 8 April 1960, Drumoyne

 
 24. FYS999
Glasgow triple sourced chassis from Leyland AEC and Daimler in the 1950s. D217 FYS999 is a 1958 Daimler CVD6.30 with Alexander bodywork. New Daimler engined vehicles were rare by the late fifties. This bus is now preserved by the Glasgow vintage vehicle trust.
Photo taken 1989, Harrogate

 
 25. SGD112
Glasgow Corporation L210, SGD112, a Leyland Titan PD2/24 with Alexander H33/28R body new in 1958.
Photo taken July 1972, Glasgow

 
 26. SGD10
In 1959 Glasgow Corporation bought this Leyland Titan PD2/24 with bodywork by the corporation L108, SGD10. In December 1975 it was converted to an open top bus after accident damage and after service with Glasgow Corporation's successors it was sold into preservation in 1989 - around this time it was re-registered HSK953.
Photo taken July 2001, Waverley Bridge, Edinburgh

 
 27. SGD223
Glasgow D240, SGD223, was one of 45 Daimler CVG6s delivered in 1959, with an Alexander H33/28R body and is seen here at the junction of Union Street and Argyle Street.
Photo taken Sunday 12 April 1959, Junction of Union Street and Argyle Street, Glasgow

 
 28. SGD249
Glasgow D266, SGD249, was one of the last five Daimler CVD6s delivered to Glasgow in 1959. It had an Alexander H33/28R body and was fitted with a Gardner 6LW engine in May 1969.
Photo taken Saturday 9 April 1960, Junction of Union Street and Argyle Street, Glasgow

 
 29. SGD407
Preserved former Glasgow L405, SGD407, a 1960 Leyland PD3/2 with Alexander H72F body
Photo taken Sunday 18 September 2005, Duxford

 
 30. SGD528
Independent Coachways of Horsforth, Leeds have only operated one half-cab bus which was SGD528 fleet number 13, a AEC Regent Mk V with Alexander 72 seater body. New to Glasgow Corporation, number A378 in 1961, it passed to Greater Glasgow PTE.
Photo taken Thursday 1 July 1976, Asda Store, Morley, Leeds

 
 31. CYS574B
Glasgow Coporation were keen users of Leyland Atlanteans such as LA228, CYS574B, a 1965 example (despite the registration) with Alexander body fitted for one man operation
Photo taken October 1971, George Square, Glasgow

 
 32. KUS600E
Lockeys of Evenwood, Co. Durham, KUS600E, a Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 of 1967 with Alexander H44/34F bodywork.
Photo taken July 1980, Bishop Auckland Market Square