SCT '61 Photo Index
Llandudno UDC
(also includes the Great Orme Tramway which Llandudno UDC took over in 1949)

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1. ... Great Orme Car 4
Photo taken Wed 8 Sep 1982, Great Orme Lower Section Loop
2. ... Great Orme Cars 5 and 4
Photo taken Wed 8 Sep 1982, Great Orme Lower Section Loop
3. ... Great Orme Cars 5 and 4
Photo taken Great Orme Lower Section Loop
4. ... Great Orme Car 7
Photo taken Sat 27 Jul 1963, Great Orme Upper Section Loop
5. ... Great Orme Cars 6 and 7
Photo taken Wed 8 Sep 1982, Great Orme Upper Section Loop
6. ... Great Orme Tramway car 4 approaches the summit of the lower section.
Photo taken Thu 9 Aug 2012, Ty-Gwynn Road, Great Orme
7. ... Great Orme Tramway car no.4 descending from Halfway station. Picture taken from Great Orme cable car with the Conwy estuary in background.
Photo taken Wed 8 Sep 1982, Ty-Gwynn Road, Great Orme
8. CC8671 ... Llandudno U.D.C. CC8671, a Dennis G with a J. Roberts B20T body seen on the A23 on the way to Brighton during an H.C.V.C. Rally was one of two new in March 1929.
Photo taken Sun 1 May 1966, A23, Brighton Road, south of Crawley
9. CC8671 ... CC8671, a 1929 Dennis Toastrack with Roberts 17 seat bodywork. Former Llandudno U.D.C. No2.
Photo taken Sun 17 Jul 2005, Alton
10. CC9424 ... This Dennis GL with Roberts toastrack body, CC9424, was new to Llandudno UDC in 1929.
Photo taken Sat 13 Aug 2016, North Parade, Llandudno
11. ... Another shot on the Great Orme, showing why many consider it to be a tramway, at least for part of its route. Here car 5 is descending Old Road, where the gradient ranges from 1 in 3.6 to 1 in 4.4 (a stimulating climb for photographers!). This road is closed to traffic except for access to local premises.
Photo taken Mon 18 Jul 2011, Old Road, Great Orme
12. ... Great Orme Tramway Car 5 minus bogies at Victoria Terminus, Llandudno during winter shutdown.
Photo taken Sun 24 Dec 2017, Great Orme Tramway, Llandudno
13. ... Taken from the top station of the Great Orme tramway, looking south-east at Llandudno in the distance and showing the mixture of rail and cable operation.
Photo taken Fri 31 Jul 2009, Great Orme Top Station
14. ... The tram is on Ty-Gwyn Rd looking down Old Road, with Llandudno Bay in the distance. This clearly shows the conduit housing the cables and this doesn't give a true feel of the near-vertical incline of the roads at this point.
Photo taken Fri 31 Jul 2009, Ty-Gwynn Road, Great Orme
15. CC9424 ... New to Llandudno UDC in 1930, this Dennis GL carries a 19 seat toastrack body by Charles Roberts who would go on to build a number of bodies in the post war era as well as Sheffields last trams. When photographed CC9424 was hard at work on the Whitby town tour.
Photo taken Tue 24 May 2005, Whitby
16. CC9424 ... Latest addition to the English Riviera Sightseeing fleet is CC9424, a 1930 Dennis GL with Roberts T20 body new to Llandudno Corporation.
Photo taken Tue 5 Jun 2018, Belgrave Road, Torquay
17. JC4557 ... One of the real 'gems' at Showbus 2017 was Llandudno Urban District Council JC4557, a Commer PN3 with Waveney B20F body, new in 1937.
Photo taken Sun 17 Sep 2017, Showbus, Castle Donington
18. JC5313 ... Llandudno JC5313, a Guy Wolf with Waveney B20F bodywork.
Photo taken September 1970, Portmadoc Harbour Station
19. JC5313 ... Llandudno UDC Guy Wolf 20 seat coach registration JC5313 at Tan-y-Bwlch station on the Ffestiniog Railway, destination blind reads 'Glanwydden' near Llandudno.
Photo taken September 1967, Tan-y-Bwlch Station, Ffestiniog Railway
20. JC5313 ... Second in a series of views of Llandudno UDC Guy Wolf JC5313 taken in 1967.
Photo taken September 1967, Tan-y-Bwlch Station, Ffestiniog Railway
21. JC5313 ... Third in a series of views of Llandudno UDC Guy Wolf JC5313 taken in 1967.
Photo taken September 1967, Tan-y-Bwlch Station, Ffestiniog Railway
22. JC5313 ... Fourth in a series of views of Llandudno UDC Guy Wolf JC5313 taken in 1967.
Photo taken September 1967, Tan-y-Bwlch Station, Ffestiniog Railway
23. JC5313 ... Fifth in a series of views of Llandudno UDC Guy Wolf JC5313 taken in 1967.
Photo taken September 1967, Tan-y-Bwlch Station, Ffestiniog Railway
24. JC5313 ... Llandudno U.D.C. JC5313, seen at Brighton during the H.C.V.C. rally, was a Guy Wolf with a Waveney B20F body which had been new in March 1938.
Photo taken Sun 4 May 1980, Brighton
25. JC8344 ... Formerly in the Llandudno UDC fleet, this small Guy Wolf chassis, JC8344, carries a Barnard body and dates from 1948.
Photo taken 2004, North Parade, Llandudno
26. JC9735 ... Llandudno JC9735, a Guy Wolf with Barnard B20F body built 1949, awaits passengers for the town tour in August 1974. Gloddaeth Street is in the background, the site of the tramway to the West shore terminus.
Photo taken Tue 20 Aug 1974, North Parade, Llandudno
27. AJC551 ... Llandudno UDC AJC551, a Guy Wolf with Metalcraft B24F body, one of three supplied in 1951. Seen here waiting to depart on the Marine Drive circular tour round the Great Orme.
Photo taken Thu 29 Aug 1968, North Parade Pier Head, Llandudno
28. AJC551 ... Llandudno AJC551, a 1951 Guy Wolf with Metalcraft body and CCC597, a 1954 Guy Otter with Roe B25F body
Photo taken Tue 10 Aug 1976, North Parade Pier Head, Llandudno
29. AJC91 ... Llandudno UDC AJC91, a 1951 Foden PVSC6 with Metalcraft FC35F body, one of two used for the service to the summit of the Great Orme.
Photo taken Thu 29 Aug 1968, Lloyd Street, Llandudno
30. AJC91 ... Llandudno U.D.C. AJC91, a 1951-built Foden PVSC6 with 35-seat body by Metalcraft (Staffordshire) Ltd.
Photo taken August 1965, Ty-Gwyn Road junction with Old Road, Llandudno
31. CCC596 ... Aberconwy BC, CCC596, is a Guy Otter with a Roe B25F body, built in 1954 for Llandudno UDC and is still operating.
Photo taken Sun 25 Jul 1976, North Parade Pier Head, Llandudno
32. CCC597 ... Llandudno AJC551, a 1951 Guy Wolf with Metalcraft body and CCC597, a 1954 Guy Otter with Roe B25F body
Photo taken Tue 10 Aug 1976, North Parade Pier Head, Llandudno
33. FJC736F ... Now restored to Llandudno livery, FJC736F was one of two Dennis Pax with Dennis B33F bodies. Seen here on the Sunday evening road run around the Great Orme as part of the Llandudno Transport Festival 2014.
Photo taken Sun 4 May 2014, Great Orme
34. FJC737F ... Llandudno FJC737F, a Dennis Pax with Dennis B33F body, one of two unusual little service buses.
Photo taken Wed 7 Jul 1976, Mostyn Street, Llandudno
35. FJC737F ... Llandudno Dennis FJC737F on the climb up to St. Tudno's Church, proving that at least this one carried the red and grey livery.
Photo taken Ty-Gwyn Road/Llwynon Road, Llandudno