SCT '61 Photo Index
Rawtenstall Corporation
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1. TF6860
Rawtenstall 61, TF6860, is a Leyland LT3 with a Leyland B36R body dating from 1931.
Photo taken Monday 25 June 2018, Keighley Bus Museum, Dalton Lane
2. DTD249
Rawtenstall Corporation on 1938 Leyland TS8 DTD249
Photo taken Monday 19 April 1971
3. FTD450
Guy Arab II FTD450 was new in 1943 with a Massey H30/26R body as Rawtenstall Corporation 37. It was rebodied in 1951 with an East Lancs H30/26R body and was acquired by Clark, Dumfries from Rawtenstall Corporation via Tiger (dealer), Salsburgh to whom it had been sold in August 1964. It passed from Clark to Western S.M.T. in August 1965 along with Leyland Royal Tiger FJA612 and then to Milburn Motors (dealer), Glasgow in September 1965.
Photo taken 1964/5, Whitesands, Dumfries
4. FTD450
A close up of the badge on Rawtenstall’s only Guy, 37, FTD450. The water flow through the radiator cap has clearly been a two-way process, which is a little surprising given that Gardner engines traditionally run cool. The tax disc tells us it must have been taken in 1961.
Photo taken 1961
5. HTF365
Rawtenstall 47, HTF365, was a Leyland PD2/1 with Leyland H30/26R body new in 1947 and is seen leaving the Cattle Market Bus Station in Burnley with various Ribble vehicles forming a background.
Photo taken Wednesday 22 July 1959, Cattle Market Bus Station, Burnley
6. JTE496
Rawtenstall 11, JTE496, was the first production Leyland PD2. New in 1948 it was of the PD2/1 type with East Lancs H30/26R bodywork and is seen here in Haslingden.
Photo taken Wednesday 22 July 1959, Manchester Road, Haslingden
7. KTE723
Ex-Rawtenstall 3, KTE723, was one of ten such vehicles new in 1949. It was a Leyland PD2/1 with a Leyland H30/26R body, seen here still in Rawtenstall livery after it had passed to Rossendale Joint Transport Committee on 1st April 1968.
Photo taken Monday 26 August 1968, Rawtenstall Bus Station
8. KTE724
Rawtenstall 4, KTE724, was a Leyland PD2/1 with a Leyland H30/26R body.
Photo taken Sunday 14 September 1958, Rawtenstall
9. KTE726
Seen in Bacup is Rossendale Joint Transport 6, KTE726, a Leyland PD2/1 with a Leyland H30/26R body which was operating on a school contract service.
Photo taken Monday 19 April 1971, Alma Street, Bacup
10. MTB848
Rawtenstall 55, MTB848, a 1950 Leyland Tiger PS2/1 with rear entrance East Lancs bodywork seating 35.
Photo taken Sunday 21 June 2009, Chatsworth
11. MTB848
Rawtenstall 55, MTB848, a Leyland PS2/1 with an East Lancs B35R body.
Photo taken Sunday 14 September 1958, Haslingden Road, Rawtenstall
12. MTB848
Rossendale MTB848, a Leyland Tiger PS2 with East Lancs body, originally B35R, new as Rawtenstall 55 in 1950. Seen here in the depot in use as a towing vehicle.
Photo taken Saturday 2 August 1980, Rawtenstall depot
13. RTC822
Rawtenstall 18, RTC822, a 1953 Leyland Titan PD2/12 with bodywork by the chassis builder. The vehicle is seen at the former garage of Black Prince of Morley. At the time it was preserved; its current whereabouts are unknown.
Photo taken 1995, Black Prince Garage, Morley , Leeds
14. RTC822
Rawtenstall were committed Leyland users from the nineteen twenties. 18, RTC822, dates from 1953 and is a Leyland Titan PD2/12 with classic Leyland bodywork.
Photo taken Sunday 1 August 1976, Harrogate
15. RTC822
I submitted an earlier picture of former Rawtenstall Leyland PD2 RTC822 undergoing restoration at Roger Burdett's place. With restoration complete it has been away for painting and this is what it looks like now. Remember you saw it first on SCT61, and as I write this I have yet to see it myself.
Photo taken Thursday 10 September 2015, private site in Coventry
16. RTC822
Former Rawntenstall 18, RTC822, is a Leyland PD2/12 with a Leyland H30/26R body dating from 1953.
Photo taken Tuesday 23 July 2024, Beamish Museum
17. RTC822
Rawtenstall 18, RTC822, a 1953 Leyland Titan PD2/12 with Leyland body. This vehicle has been under going extensive renovation in Somerset with Quantock Heritage. It is now at Roger Burdett's site for internal renovation and making ready for painting. I'm told that the big question is what livery is it going to be painted in and it is not Rawtenstall or Barton. We'll just have to wait and see.
Photo taken Sunday 16 November 2014, at a private site in Coventry
18. VTJ731
Seen in Bacup is Rossendale Joint Transport 24, VTJ731, a Leyland PD2/20 with an East Lancs H31/28R body.
Photo taken Monday 19 April 1971, St James Street, Bacup
19. 466FTJ
Rawtenstall Corporation 58, 466FTJ, a 1958 Leyland Tiger Cub with East Lancs 43 seat body.
Photo taken Sunday 14 October 2007, Bolton Abbey Station
20. 466FTJ
Still in Rawtenstall livery is ex-Rawtenstall 58, 466FTJ, a Leyland PSUC1/5 with an East Lancs B43F body which had been new in 1958. It had passed to Rossendale Joint Transport Committee on 1st April 1968.
Photo taken Monday 26 August 1968, Rawtenstall Bus Station
21. 466FTJ
466FTJ, seen in Rawtenstall, was a Leyland PSUC1/5 Tiger Cub with an East Lancs B43F body, and was Rawtenstall 58.
Photo taken Sunday 14 September 1958, Rawtenstall
22. 738NTD
Seen still in Rawtenstall livery after passing to Rossendale Joint Transport Committee on 1st April 1968 is ex-Rawtenstall 59, 738NTD, a Leyland PSUC1/5 with an East Lancs B43F body which had been new in 1960.
Photo taken Monday 26 August 1968, Rawtenstall Bus Station
23. FTE630B
Strange where you come across buses - on the floor of the Olympia Exhibition Hall is former Rawtenstall 30, FTE630B, a Leyland PD3/4 originally with an East Lancs H41/32F body, new in August 1964.
Photo taken Thursday 26 April 2007, London Olympia
24. FTE651B
Rossendale 51, FTE651B, a Leyland L1 Leopard with an East Lancs B44F body, was the second of a pair which had been new to Rawtenstall. It had passed to Rossendale Joint Transport Committee on 1st April 1968.
Photo taken Monday 26 August 1968, Rawtenstall Bus Station
25. FTE651B
Rossendale 51, FTE651B, a Leyland Leopard L1 built in 1964 with East Lancashire B44F bodywork.
Photo taken March 1978, Rawtenstall Bus Station
26. MTJ434C
Rossendale Joint Transport 34, MTJ434C, seen in Bacup, was a Leyland PD3/4 with an East Lancs H41/32F body.
Photo taken Monday 19 April 1971, St James Street, Bacup
27. MTJ435C
Rawtenstall 35, MTJ435C, was a Leyland PD3/4 with an East Lancs H41/32F body, new in June 1965, which is seen reversing off the stand in Burnley Bus Station.
Photo taken Friday 2 August 1968, Burnley Bus Station
28. MTJ435C
Rossendale Leyland PD3/4 no 35, MTJ435C, with East Lancs H41/32F bodywork. This is picking up outside Melbourne House in Accrington on the free bus service to Rawtenstall Asda.
Photo taken 1982/83, Accrington
29. MTJ436C
Rossendale 36, MTJ436C, a Leyland Titan PD3/4 with East Lancs. H41/32F body, new to Rawtenstall CT (36) in 1965.
Photo taken 1974, Burnley Bus Station
30. MTJ437C
Rossendale 37, MTJ437C, a Leyland Titan PD3 with East Lancs H41/32F body, location unknown but suspect the bus may have been operating on a supermarket service. Originally a Rawtenstall vehicle.
Photo taken Saturday 2 August 1980, ASDA Car Park, Rawtenstall
31. XTJ939D
New to Rawtenstall in 1966, this Leyland Titan PD3/4 carries an East Lancs front entrance body. It was one of the last deliveries to Rawtenstall before they amalgamated with nearby Haslingden to form Rossendale. 39, XTJ939D, is seen at the end of a long career wearing the cream green and red Rossendale livery intoduced after de-regulation in 1985
Photo taken 1993, Marsden, near Huddersfield
32. XTJ939D
Rossendale 39 XTJ939D a Leyland PD3/4 with East Lancs H41/32F new to Rawtenstall Corporation in October 1966, taken on the Farewell Tour of Rossendale at the end of two person operation on Saturday 20th November 1982.
Photo taken Monday 29 November 1982