SCT '61 Photo Index
Ashton-u-Lyne Corporation
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1. TE5780
Former Ashton-U-Lyne Corporation 8, TE5780, a 1928/9 Karrier WL6 with English Electric B32F body.
Photo taken Thursday 3 May 2012
2. FTE183
Ashton-under-Lyne 41, FTE183, a Crossley H30/26R bodied Guy Arab II (5LW), is seen in Manor Road, Ashton.
Photo taken Saturday 1 November 1958, Manor Road, Ashton
3. FTE185
Ashton-under-Lyne 43, FTE185, seen in Manor Road, Ashton, was a Guy Arab II (5LW) with a Crossley H30/26R body.
Photo taken Saturday 1 November 1958, Manor Road, Ashton
4. FTE645
Ashton-under-Lyne 61, FTE645, Sunbeam W with Roe H61R body, on learner duties. New in 1944-6, rebodied in 1958.
Photo taken Wednesday 4 August 1965, Portland Street, Manchester
5. FTE646
Ashton-under-Lyne 62, FTE646, is a Sunbeam W originally delivered in October 1944 with a Park Royal H30/26R body. In January 1958 it re-entered service with a new Roe H33/28R body as seen in the picture. Withdrawal came in December 1965 with disposal to Autospares of Bingley, Yorkshire.
Photo taken Wednesday 6 May 1964, in Aytoun Street, Manchester
6. FTE892
Ashton-under-Lyne 73, FTE892, was a Guy Arab II with a Crossley H30/26R body, seen in Ashton Market Place. The body, to Park Royal design had been fitted in 1955, replacing the Massey H30/26R one which it had when new in 1945.
Photo taken Saturday 1 November 1958, Ashton Market Place
7. GTJ521
Ashton-under-Lyne 1, GTJ521, was a Crossley DD42/3 with a Crossley H30/26R body, seen in Ashton Market Place.
Photo taken Saturday 1 November 1958, Ashton Market Place
8. GTJ524
Ashton-under-Lyne 12, GTJ524, was a Crossley DD42/3 with a Crossley H30/26R body, seen in Wellington Road, Ashton.
Photo taken Saturday 1 November 1958, Wellington Road, Ashton
9. GTJ528
Ashton-under-Lyne 45, GTJ528, seen in Ashton Market Place, was a Leyland PD1 with a Crossley H30/26R body.
Photo taken Saturday 1 November 1958, Ashton Market Place
10. LTC761
Seen in Ashton Market Place is Ashton-under-Lyne 2, LTC761, a Leyland PD2/3 with a Leyland H30/26R body.
Photo taken Saturday 1 November 1958, Ashton Market Place
11. LTC766
SELNEC (Southern) towing wagon, a Leyland Titan PD2/3 new to Ashton-under-Lyne Corporation (7) with Leyland H30/26R body in 1950. Renumbered 6 in 1960 it was rebuilt as a towing vehicle just prior to the formation of SELNEC PTE.
Photo taken 1972/73, SELNEC (Central) Frederick Road Depot, Salford
12. LTC770
Ashton 10, LTC770, a Leyland PD2/3 with Leyland H30/26R body, new in 1950.
Photo taken Summer 1968, Ashton Corporation Garage
13. LTC771
Ashton-under-Lyne 77, LTC771, a Crossley TDD42/2 with Crossley H30/26R body turns from its terminus in Portland Street into Aytoun Street on its way to Stalybridge in May 1959.
Photo taken Saturday 16 May 1959, Portland Street, Manchester
14. LTC774
Ashton-under-Lyne Corporation trolleybus fleetnumber 80 registered LTC774, an all-Crossley Empire TDD42/2 of H30/26R layout with Metropolitan Vickers MV209NO motor is being restored at the Manchester Museum of Transport.
Photo taken Sunday 4 September 2016, Manchester Museum of Transport, Boyle Street, Cheetham
15. UTB313
Ashton 29, UTB313, was a Leyland PD2/12 which had a Crossley H32/28R body and had been new in April 1955.
Photo taken Saturday 4 October 1958, Lower Mosley Street Bus Station, Manchester
16. UTB314
Seen in Lower Mosley Street Bus Station in Manchester, on the service to Glossop operated jointly with Manchester and S.H.M.D., is Ashton-under-Lyne 30, UTB314, a Leyland PD2/12 with a Crossley H32/28R body.
Photo taken Sunday 4 May 1958, Lower Mosley Street Bus Station, Manchester
17. UTB315
Ashton 31, UTB315, seen in Lower Mosley Street Bus Station in Manchester, was a Leyland PD2/12 with a Crossley H32/26R body, new in March 1955.
Photo taken Saturday 31 January 1959, Lower Mosley Street Bus Station, Manchester
18. XTC853
Ashton-under-Lyne Coat of Arms on XTC853
Photo taken Saturday 7 August 1965
19. XTC853
Ashton 66, XTC853, a Guy Arab IV with a Bond H32/28R body new in 1956 was seen in the bus station in Ashton.
Photo taken Saturday 7 August 1965, Ashton Bus Station
20. YTE826
Ashton-under-Lyne 87, YTE826, BUT9612T with Bond H61R body, new in 1956.
Photo taken Wednesday 4 August 1965, Portland Street, Manchester
21. YTE826
Ashton-under-Lyne 87, YTE826, a BUT 9612T with Bond H61R body, new in 1956.
Photo taken Thursday 30 July 1964, Portland Street, Manchester
22. YTE826
Preserved Ashton-under-Lyne 87, YTE826, a BUT9612T with Bond H61R body, new in 1956.
Photo taken Sunday 12 June 2011, at East Anglia Transport Museum, Carlton Colville
23. YTE827
Ashton-under-Lyne 88, YTE827, is a BUT 9612T with Bond H33/28R bodywork new in October 1956, as part of the last batch of new trolleybuses delivered. Seen here in Gorton operating a 218 service to Stalybridge, 88 remained in service until June 1966, some six months before the system closed. Similar vehicle 87 is preserved.
Photo taken Sunday 25 October 1959, Ashton Old Road, Gorton, Manchester
24. 20NTD
Ashton-under-Lyne Corporation 20, 20NTD, a Leyland Titan PD2/40 with Roe H37/28R body, new in 1960
Photo taken Wednesday 4 August 1965, Portland Street, Manchester
25. 21NTD
Ashton-under-Lyne Corporation 21, 21NTD, a 1960 Leyland PD2/40 with Roe body.
Photo taken 1963, Lower Mosley Street Bus Station, Manchester
26. 225YTB
SELNEC Southern 5425, 225YTB, a Leyland Titan PD2/40 built 1962 with Roe H37/28R bodywork. This had been new as Ashton under Lyne 25.
Photo taken April 1973, Ashton Bus Station
27. 227YTB
Departing from Lower Mosley Street Bus Station in Manchester is Ashton 27, 227YTB, a Leyland PD2/40 with a Roe H37/28R body.
Photo taken Saturday 12 April 1969, Lower Mosley Street Bus Station, Manchester
28. 334TF
SELNEC Southern 5434, 334TF, a Leyland Titan PD2/40 built 1963 with Roe H37/28R bodywork. This had been new as Ashton under Lyne 34.
Photo taken April 1973, Ashton under Lyne bus station
29. 334TF
"Ashton" 34, 334TF, was a Leyland PD2/40 with a Roe H37/28R body seen here in Parker Street, Manchester.
Photo taken Thursday 13 August 1970, Parker Street, Manchester
30. 335TF
SELNEC (Southern) 5435, 335TF, a Leyland Titan PD2/40 with Roe H37/28R body, new to Ashton-under-Lyne Corporation (35) in 1963.
Photo taken 1973, Ashton-under-Lyne Bus Station
31. 336TF
The only Ashton liveried Titan to carry a SELNEC number in its original livery was 36, 336TF, a 1963 Leyland Titan PD2/40 with Roe bodywork. Its new number 5436 can just be discerned under the cab in this somewhat grainy shot taken in Hyde bus station. The elderly lady appears to be practising the Tameside version of the goosestep!
Photo taken 1971, Hyde Bus Station
32. 337TF
Seen in Parker Street, Selnec Southern 5437, 337TF, a Leyland PD2/40 with a Roe H37/28R body had been new as Ashton 37.
Photo taken Thursday 13 August 1970, Parker Street, Manchester
33. DTJ139B
A rear view of two preserved Leyland Titan PD2s. On the left is former W. Alexander RB161, DWG917, a PD2/12 with Alexander L27/26R body, new in 1953. On the right, former Ashton-under-Lyne Corporation 39, DTJ139B, a PD2/40 with Roe H37/28R body, new in 1964.
Photo taken Sunday 31 July 1983, Sandtoft Trolleybus Museum
34. PTE944C
Ashton Under Lyne 44, PTE944C, a 1965 Leyland Titan PD2/37 with front entrance Roe body.
Photo taken 1998, at Piece Hall, Halifax
35. PTE944C
Ashton under Lyne bought Leyland chassis with Roe bodywork after the war. Their last front engined buses entered service in 1965 and were Leyland Titan PD2/37 with forward entrance Roe bodywork. Seen amid lying snow is 44, PTE944C, the sole survivor of the batch of five.
Photo taken Saturday 4 December 2010, Manchester Museum of Transport