SCT '61 Photo Index
Kippax Motors
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1. YG2465 ... Kippax & District 11, YG2465, a petrol engined AEC Regal dating from 1932, was fitted with this Roe B32F body in 1938 and is in a tight spot at Leeds Central Bus Station. (Thu 5/4/56, Leeds Central Bus Station)
2. AWT128 ... Kippax and District bought their first double decker in 1935, a Leyland Titan TD4 with an early metal framed Leyland body. Numbered 8, AWT128, it gave eighteen years service being withdrawn in 1953. (early 1950s, Leeds Central Bus Station)
3. BWR98 ... Kippax & District 9, BWR98, seen in Leeds Central Bus Station, was a Leyland TD4c with a Leyland H28/26R body new in 1936. (Sat 22/10/55, Leeds Central Bus Station)
4. ASD121 ... Kippax Motors ASD121, seen in Leeds Bus Station awaiting its next journey, was a Daimler CWA6 with a Massey H30/26R body which had been new to Western S.M.T., Kilmarnock in 1943. (Fri 13/7/56, Leeds Bus Station)
5. EWU247 ... Kippax & District EWU247 was a Daimler CWA6 of 1944, rebodied with a Roe H30/26R body in 1953. (1966, Ring Road, Whitkirk)
6. EWU247 ... When new in 1944 as Kippax & District 12, EWU247 had a Roe H30/26R body. It was rebodied with a new Roe H31/25R body in 1953 and numbered 16. (Sat 21/7/56, Leeds Bus Station)
7. LNW869 ... Kippax & District LNW869 was another of the former Wallace Arnold Daimler CVD6's coaches rebodied by Roe in the mid-1950s. (1966, Leeds Central Bus Station)
8. LNW869 ... Second shot from the rear of Kippax & District LNW869, one of the former Wallace Arnold Daimler CVD6's coaches rebodied by Roe in 1957, that had come to minor grief on exiting the bus station after trying to avoid a car. (1966, Leeds Central Bus Station)
9. LNW869 ... The famous Roe waistband is lined out to good effect in this view of Kippax & District Daimler LNW869 and Leyland PD3/1 6237 UB. (1966, Donisthorpe Street, Leeds)
10. LNW869 ... Kippax & District LNW869 is seen here running "light" into Leeds to take up the evening peak service back to Kippax. (1966, Selby Road, Whitkirk)
11. GWX823 ... Kippax & District 14, GWX823, was one of two Leyland H30/26R bodied PD2/1s new to this fleet in 1948. Seen here in Leeds Central Bus Station, it had passed to Wallace Arnold when the Kippax company was taken over in June 1956 but had yet to be repainted in the new colours. Both vehicles remained in service until 1967. (Sat 4/8/56, Leeds Central Bus Station)
12. GWX823 ... Kippax & District GWX823, one of the two all-Leyland PD2s, was on borrowed time when seen at Wallace Arnold's new workshop, just months before withdrawal. (1967, Wallace Arnold's Gelderd Road Workshops, Leeds)
13. GWX823 ... Kippax & District GWX823, seen in Leeds Central Bus Station, was a Leyland PD2/1 with a Leyland H30/26R body, one of two which had been new in 1948. (Sat 20/9/58, Leeds Central Bus Station)
14. GWX824 ... Kippax & District had become a Wallace Arnold subsidiary, using the name Kippax Motors, by the time of this photo of 15, GWX824, a Leyland PD2/1 with Leyland H30/26R body, new in 1948. (Sat 9/5/59, Leeds Central Bus Station)
15. GWX824 ... Kippax & District Motors GWX824, a Leyland PD2/1 with Leyland H30/26R body of 1948, had just had a chassis steam clean and maintenance at Wallace Arnold's Hunslet Road workshop when seen on a short test run before returning to Kippax. (1965, Knowsthorpe Lane, Leeds)
16. GWX824 ... Kippax & District GWX824, a Leyland PD2/1 with Leyland H30/26R body, new in 1948, was transferred to Farsley Omnibus (a fellow Wallace Arnold subsidiary) to cover a temporary vehicle shortage for their service between Pudsey and Horsforth on the ourskirts of Leeds. (1965, Richardshaw Lane Garage, Pudsey)
17. GWX824 ... Kippax Motors GWX824 was one of their two all-Leyland Leyland PD2/1s dating from 1948. (1965, Donisthorpe Street, Leeds)
18. MUM461 ... Kippax & District Motors MUM461 was a Daimler CVD6, originally with a Wilks & Meades coach body built in 1949 for Wallace Arnold. In 1956 it was fitted with this Roe H33/28R body for operation with sister company Farsley Omnibus. (1965, Selby Road, Halton, Leeds)
19. SUA296 ... Kippax & District SUA296, an all-Leyland PD2/12 with H30/26R body of 1954, was transferred from fellow Wallace Arnold subsidiary Hardwicks in 1967. (1967, Ninelands Lane, Garforth)
20. SUA296 ... Kippax Motors SUA296 was a Leyland PD2/12 with a Leyland H30/26RD body seen in the Central Bus Station in Leeds. (Mon 31/7/67, Leeds Central Bus Station)
21. 6237UB ... Kippax & District 6237UB, a Leyland PD3/1 with Roe body of 1960, makes one of its last journeys before the takeover of its routes by Leeds City Transport. (March, 1968, Selby Road, Halton Hill)
22. 6237UB ... Kippax & District 6237UB, a Leyland PD3/1 with Roe body of 1960 (Mon 9/8/65, in front of the Quarry Hill Flats, outside Leeds Central Bus Station)
23. 6237UB ... The former Kippax and District Leyland PD3/1 / Roe 6237UB spent its later years with the Londonderry and Lough Swilly company, from whom it was repatriated in 1983 as a candidate for the West Yorkshire Transport Museum. It was stored for a while outside a shed in the Carlinghow Mills complex at Batley along with a number of other unrestored vehicles, there only being enough undercover space for a few fully restored ones. (October 1983, Carlinghow Mills, Batley)
24. 6237UB ... Kippax & District 6237UB was a Leyland PD3/1 with a Roe H41/32R body dating from 1960. (Sat 6/3/65, Cross Hills, Kippax)
25. 556DUA ... Kippax & District 556DUA, a Leyland PD3A/1 with Roe body of 1962 makes the once a year service between Garforth and Barwick on the specially-licenced shuttle operation for the annual Barwick Maypole Day. (1966, Long Lane, Barwick-in-Elmet)
26. 556DUA ... Kippax & District 556DUA was a Leyland PD3A/1 with Roe H41/32R body of 1962. (1966, Barwick Road, Garforth)
27. 556DUA ... Kippax & District 556DUA, a Leyland PD3A/1 with Roe H41/32R body of 1962. (1966, Main Street, Berwick-in-Elmet)
28. 556DUA ... Stoniers became part of the Berresford's operation in 1978 but is kept as a separate entity. 556DUA is one of a pair of ex Wallace Arnold vehicles, in this case from the Kippax Omnibus operation, a Leyland Titan PD3A/1 with Roe H41/32RD bodywork. (Sat 12/5/73, Hanley Bus Station)
29. 556DUA ... 556DUA was number 10 in the fleet of Stonier, Goldenhill and was a Leyland PD3A/1 with a Roe H41/32RD body which had been new to Kippax Motors, Leeds in October 1962, being acquired from them in April 1968. (Sun 20/6/71)
30. DUG166C ... Kippax Motors DUG166C, a Leyland PD3A/1 with Roe H41/32R body from 1965. (1967, Selby Road, Whitkirk)
31. DUG166C ... Kippax Motors DUG166C, was a Leyland PD3A/1 with Roe H41/32R body from 1965. This and sister DUG167C went to Blue Line, Armthorpe after the demise of K&D in 1968. (1967, Kippax Depot)
32. DUG167C ... When Wallace Arnold sold its bus operations in Leeds and district to Leeds City Transport no vehicles were involved. The last buses delivered new to Kippax Motors were a pair of Leyland Titan PD3A/1s with Roe bodywork new in 1965. These went to the Blue Line company of Armthorpe near Doncaster. DUG167C stands at the Christ Church terminus in Doncaster, the home to many of the independent services in the town (1972, Thorne Road, Doncaster)
33. KTD551C ... Leyland demonstrator KTD551C was the Park Royal-bodied Atlantean seen on loan to Kippax & District Motors. (June 1965, St Peter's Street, Leeds)
34. KTD551C ... Leyland Atlantean demonstrator KTD551C on hire to Kippax & District, a Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 with Park Royal H41/33F body, new in January 1965 (June 1965, Leeds Central Bus Station)
35. KTD551C ... Second shot of Leyland Atlantean demonstrator KTD551C while on hire to Kippax & District in 1965. (June 1965, Ledston Luck, near Kippax)