Leyland Titan PD2/40 with bodywork by Massey L27/28R, new in 1957
| 305 OHJ 75 | 306 OHJ 76 | 307 OHJ 77 | 308 OHJ 78 |
| 309 OHJ 79 | 310 OHJ 80 |
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SCT '61 Southend Corporation Bus Fleet Details 305-310 |
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Leyland Titan PD2/40 with bodywork by Massey L27/28R, new in 1957
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The 1957 deliveries, like the previous year, were six Titans but they returned to the conventional exposed radiator with lowbridge Massey bodies, which model had by then been redesignated the PD2/40 by Leyland. Click on any of the photos for a larger image and more details. |
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305-10 were displaced in 1971/2 by the Fleetlines which introduced widespread one man operation; after withdrawal from PSV duties 309 was used briefly as a driver trainer in April 1972, and 305/6 were similarly employed in the autumn of 1972. After that 306 lingered on at the works until 1976 when it was cut up on site - by then it had been so heavily cannibalised that it could not be towed away by the breakers.
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306, near the end in early 1972 | 
… and cannibalised at the Tonbridge Road works |
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Many thanks to Richard Delahoy for his kind permission to include extracts from his book in this page and to Mike Walton, Ian Banks and Paul Bateson for supplying some of the pictures. |
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