SCT '61 Photo Index
Newport Corporation
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1. DDW34 ... DDW34 was a Guy Arab I with a Weymann H30/26R body new in 1943 as Newport 98. It was acquired by Morgan, Armthorpe in October 1953. The body was originally intended for a Manchester Daimler COG5 the chassis of which was destroyed when the Daimler factory was bombed. It is seen at the Christ Church terminus in Doncaster. (Wed 31/7/57, Christ Church, Doncaster)
2. FDW44 ... Newport Corporation 10, FDW44, was a Guy Arab III (Meadows 6DC) with a Guy H30/26R body new in February 1949. (Mon 5/6/67, Dock Street, Newport)
3. FDW51 ... Newport Corporation 1, FDW51, was a Leyland PD2/3 with a Leyland H30/26R which was new in April 1949. (Mon 5/6/67, Dock Street, Newport)
4. GDW98 ... Newport CT 31, GDW98, was a Leyland PD2/3 with a Bruce H56R body. By the time of this view it had been withdrawn from service and was used as a staff room. (Wed 1/3/72, Dock Street, Newport)
5. FDW848 ... Newport Corporation 24, FDW848, a Guy Arab III (6LW), had a Guy H30/26R body, was new in May 1950, and was withdrawn in June 1968. (Mon 5/6/67, Dock Street, Newport)
6. FDW849 ... Newport Corporation 25, FDW849, was a Guy Arab III (6LW) with a Guy H30/26R body new in June 1950. (Mon 5/6/67, Dock Street, Newport)
7. GDW103 ... Newport Corporation 36, GDW103, a Leyland PD2/3 with a Bruce H30/26R body, was the last of a batch of ten, and was new in February 1951. (Mon 5/6/67, Dock Street, Newport)
8. JDW89 ... Newport ran some Dennis Lancets and here is seen 37, JDW89, the only one with front vertical engine. It was new in 1954 and carried D.J. Davies FB38F bodywork remaining in service until 1967. (Thu 16/8/62, Skinner Street, Newport)
9. JDW89 ... Newport Corporation 37, JDW89, was a Dennis J10C Lancet with a D.J. Davies B38F body new in January 1954. (Mon 5/6/67, Dock Street, Newport)
10. KDW259 ... Former Newport Corporation 39, KDW259, a Dennis Lancet UF with Davies B44F body, new in 1954. (September 1968, Blacker Hill, near Barnsley)
11. KDW259 ... Newport Corporation 39, KDW259, was a Dennis LU2 Lancet which had a D.J. Davies B44F body, and which was new in July 1954. (Mon 5/6/67, Dock Street, Newport)
12. LDW509 ... Newport Corporation 146, LDW509, a Guy Arab IV had a D.J. Davies H32/26R body and was new in 1955. (Mon 5/6/67, Dock Street, Newport)
13. NDW606 ... Glen Taxis, Shipley NDW606, a Daimler CVG6 with Longwell Green H33/28R body, new to Newport Corporation as their 155 in 1957. (summer 1970, Shibden Hall Top Car Park, off Shibden Hall Road, Halifax)
14. LDW501 ... Newport’s underfloor engined Dennis Lancets are represented by 43, LDW501, one of eight such vehicles with a D.J. Davies B42R body new in 1956. (Thu 16/8/62, Dock Street, Newport)
15. LDW502 ... Newport 44, LDW502, an underfloor engined Dennis Lancet with D.J. Davies B42R bodywork. This view shows the unusual arrangement of the rear entrance. (Thu 16/8/62, Upper Dock Street, Newport)
16. LDW502 ... Newport Corporation 44, LDW502, was a Dennis LU2 Lancet with a D. J. Davies B42R body new in 1956. (Mon 5/6/67, Dock Street, Newport)
17. LDW507 ... Newport Corporation 49, LDW507, was a Dennis LU2 Lancet with a D.J. Davies B42R body, new in January 1957, and withdrawn in July 1967. (Mon 5/6/67, Dock Street, Newport)
18. ODW298 ... Seen in Newport Bus Station is Newport 162, ODW298, a Leyland PD2/40 with a Longwell Green H33/28R body, new in 1958. (Sat 6/9/69, Newport Bus Station)
19. ODW298 ... Newport Corporation 162, ODW298, was a Leyland PD2/40 with Longwell Green H33/28R body new in February 1958. (Sat 6/9/69, Upper Dock Street, Newport)
20. ODW303 ... Newport Corporation 167, ODW303, was a Leyland PD2/40 with a Longwell Green H30/28R body new in May 1958 and was withdrawn in May 1972. (Mon 5/6/67, Dock Street, Newport)
21. PDW481 ... Newport Corporation 175, PDW481, a Leyland PD2/40 with a Longwell Green H30/28R body was new in September 1958 and passed to Borough of Newport Transport on 1st April 1974. (Mon 5/6/67, Dock Street, Newport)
22. PDW483 ... Newport Corporation 177, PDW483, was one of 21 Longwell Green H30/28R bodied Leyland PD2/40 new in 1958. (Sat 6/9/69, Upper Dock Street, Newport)
23. PDW484 ... Preserved ex-Newport Corporation 178, PDW484, a Leyland PD2/40 with Longwell Green H30/28R body, new in 1958. (Fri 26/8/05, Blaenavon)
24. PDW484 ... Second shot of preserved ex-Newport Corporation Leyland PD2 PDW484. (Fri 26/8/05, Blaenavon)
25. PDW778 ... Newport Corporation 180, PDW778, a Leyland PD2/40 with a Longwell Green H30/28R body, new in December 1958, was withdrawn in November 1971. (Mon 5/6/67, Dock Street, Newport)
26. PDW779 ... Newport Corporation 181, PDW779, was one of 21 Longwell Green H30/28R bodied Leyland PD2/40 new in 1958. (Sat 6/9/69, Upper Dock Street, Newport)
27. PDW992 ... Newport Corporation 51, PDW992, a Leyland PD2/40, was new in March 1959, and had a Longwell Green H30/28R body. (Mon 5/6/67, Dock Street, Newport)
28. PDW997 ... Newport Corporation 56, PDW997, a Leyland PD2/40 with a Longwell Green H30/28R body was new in March 1959. It was withdrawn in May 1972 (Mon 5/6/67, Dock Street, Newport)
29. SDW133 ... Newport 57, SDW133, was a Leyland PD2/40 with a Longwell Green H30/28R body dating from 1959. (Wed 1/3/72, Hove Avenue, Newport)
30. SDW134 ... Newport Corporation 58, SDW134, was a Leyland PD2/40 with a Longwell Green H30/28R body new in November 1959. (Mon 5/6/67, Dock Street, Newport)
31. UDW837 ... Newport Corporation 64, UDW837, was one of five Leyland PD2/40 with Longwell Green H30/28R bodywork new in 1961. (Sat 6/9/69, Cardiff Bus Station)
32. EDW68D ... Newport Corporation 68, EDW68D, a Leyland PDR1/1 Mk II had an Alexander H43/31F body, and was new in March 1966. (Mon 5/6/67, Dock Street, Newport)
33. EDW71D ... Newport Corporation 71, EDW71D, was a Leyland PDR1/1 Mk II which had an Alexander H43/31F body. (Mon 5/6/67, Dock Street, Newport)
34. HDW774E ... Alexander H43/31F bodywork was carried by Leyland PDR1/1 Atlantean 74 in the Newport fleet, HDW774E, new in 1967 (Sat 6/9/69, Upper Dock Street, Newport)
35. JDW304F ... Newport Bristol RESL6L 104, JDW304F, carried ECW B42F bodywork and was new in 1967. (Sat 6/9/69, Upper Dock Street, Newport)
36. KDW80F ... Newport Corporation 80, KDW80F, was one of eight Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1 Mk II with Alexander H43/31F bodywork new in February 1968. (Sat 6/9/69, Upper Dock Street, Newport)
37. KDW82F ... Newport 82, KDW82F, seen in the bus station was a Leyland PDR1/1 Atlantean with an O.680 engine and an Alexander 'A' H44/31F body, new in 1968. (Sat 6/9/69, Newport Bus Station)
38. PDW97H ... Newport Transport 97, PDW97H, was a Leyland Atlantean PDR1A/1 with Alexander H43/31F bodywork, new in January 1970. Although gleaming in the sunshine, it isn't immediately apparent that it's on the joint service 30 between Cardiff and Newport. (1970, Central Bus Station, Cardiff)
39. VDW431K ... Looking slightly better than the photo of 44 on this site, Newport 31, VDW431K, showing the near side arrangement leaving Newport bus station. (Wed 28/8/74, Newport Bus Station)
40. VDW444K ... Newport 44, VDW444K, was one of their early, and short-lived, Metro-Scania single-deckers. (Wed 1/3/72, Newport Bus Station)
41. VDW424K ... Jaronda Travel of Cawood, VDW424K, a Metro-Scania BR111MH built in 1972 with MCW B40D bodywork. (July 1984, Saint Denys Road, York)
42. VDW436K ... Newport Corporation 36, VDW436K, was a comparatively rare single-deck version of the Metro-Scania (Scania/MCW), with a B40D body dating from 1972. (Wed 1/3/72, Usk Way, Newport)
43. GKG36N ... Newport 115, GKG36N, a Scania with MCW H44/29F body new in December 1974. (Newport Bus Station)