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SCT '61 Photo Index Merthyr Tydfil Corporation | |
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| 1. HB6587 Merthyr Tydfil 5, HB6643, a Bristol K6G with Davies H30/26R body, and 26, HB6587, a K6G with Duple H30/26R body. Photo taken 1967, Merthyr Tydfil depot yard | |
| 2. EO8896 Merthyr Tydfil 128, EO8896, was a Leyland PD2/3 with Park Royal body new to Barrow-in-Furness in 1949 and sold to Merthyr in 1961. To the right was 46, HB6186, a Bristol K6A with a utilitarian-looking Duple body of 1946. Photo taken 1965, Merthyr Tydfil depot yard | |
| 3. HB9841 Merthyr Tydfil 105, HB9841, a 1958 Leyland Titan PD3/4 with East Lancs H41/32RD body is seen in service with Lancaster in 1976 as their 841. The bus was bought as a driver trainer but is seen here in service. Photo taken August 1976, Battery Hotel, Morecambe | |
| 4. BHB33C Merthyr Tydfil standardised on Leyland Leopards with East Lancs bodies in the sixties and seventies. A 1965 example 138, BHB33C, was a Leyland Leopard L1 with 45 seat East Lancs body. Photo taken 1978, Renfrew | |
| 5. GHB176J Merthyr Tydfil 176, GHB176J, a 1971 Leyland Leopard PSU3A/2 with East Lancs 51 seat body is seen in York after sale to Gent Walker who traded as Acomb Link and ran from York to Acomb, a York suburb. Photo taken 1989, George Hudson Street, York | |
| 6. HHB181K Merthyr Tydfil switched to saloons for all new deliveries from 1967. Initially the Leyland Leopard was the chassis of choice all, with East Lancs bodywork of varying styles. Later they would try the RE and MCW-Scania. Seen after withdrawal by Merthyr is 181, HHB181K, a 1972 Leyland Leopard PSU3B/2R with 51 seat body. This was one of the last Leopards bought by Merthyr. Photo taken c. 1992, Skipton bus station | |
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