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 Thu 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 Sat 1 Nov 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 Sat 1 Nov 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 Wed 4 Aug 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.
Photo taken Wed 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 Sat 1 Nov 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 Sat 1 Nov 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 Sat 1 Nov 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 Sat 1 Nov 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 Sat 1 Nov 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 Sat 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 Sun 4 Sep 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 Sat 4 Oct 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 Sun 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 Sat 31 Jan 1959, Lower Mosley Street Bus Station, Manchester
18. XTC853 ... Ashton-under-Lyne Coat of Arms on XTC853
Photo taken Sat 7 Aug 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 Sat 7 Aug 1965, Ashton Bus Station
20. YTE826 ... Ashton-under-Lyne 87, YTE826, BUT9612T with Bond H61R body, new in 1956.
Photo taken Wed 4 Aug 1965, Portland Street, Manchester
21. YTE826 ... Ashton-under-Lyne 87, YTE826, a BUT 9612T with Bond H61R body, new in 1956.
Photo taken Thu 30 Jul 1964, Portland Street, Manchester
22. YTE826 ... Preserved Ashton-under-Lyne 87, YTE826, a BUT9612T with Bond H61R body, new in 1956.
Photo taken Sun 12 Jun 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.
Photo taken Sun 25 Oct 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 Wed 4 Aug 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 Sat 12 Apr 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 Thu 13 Aug 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 Thu 13 Aug 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 Sun 31 Jul 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 Sat 4 Dec 2010, Manchester Museum of Transport