Hi members. The requests are coming in thick and fast at the moment. This one is from member Ian Longhorn. Can anyone help? I have negatives of SCS329M and RAG394M which after service with Northern Scottish migrated to South Wales. The shots I have of them are taken in Cardiff but I am struggling to […]
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Hi folks. We’ve received the following appeal from Graham Hand: HiHad no idea this site existed. Excellent work all round! Delighted to see so many Leopards preserved. I have a colour slide of the above-registered vehicle (long-window body) from August 1973, if it would be of any interest? It was allocated to Rothesay at the
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Private ownership.
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Leyland Fleetline HSD 73V was delivered new to Western SMT as DR73 in red and cream livery and allocated to Dumfries depot. In May1982 it moved to Thornliebank depot in exchange for a Leyland Leopard.
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GCS 69V was one of a batch of 40 Leopards delivered to Western SMT in 1980. It entered service at Kilmarnock depot in June 1980, transferring to Thornliebank in 1990 and then back to Kilmarnock later that year.
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Leyland Leopard GCS 50V was new to Western S.M.T. in April 1980 as JL50 operating from Johnstone depot.
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BCS 867T was new to Western SMT at its Inchinnan garage. In June 1985, Western’s Renfrewshire and Inverclyde operations passed to a new company Clydeside Scottish Omnibuses which introduced a new red and yellow livery which the bus carries today.
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Private ownership. Mr Jim Henderson, Stagecoach West Scotland, Assistant Manager, Dumfries & Stranraer depots.
TSJ 64S – Leyland Leopard PSU3D/4R Read More »
Private ownership.
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Private ownership. Mr Jim Henderson, Stagecoach West Scotland, Assistant Manager, Dumfries & Stranraer depots.
OSJ629R – Leyland Leopard PSU3C/3R Read More »
New 12/1976 to Western SMT, Kilmarnock Scotland as fleet number L 2620
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Private ownership.
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New to western as L2466 and later renumbered L466. Sold to Alexander (Northern) as NPE136 in November 1983, then to Blenkinsop, West Cornforth in November 1989. Sold into preservation in March 1996 via NEBB, Annfield Plain (dealer). Moved to Bridgeton in August 2006.
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The vehicle is allocated to the Stagecoach West Scotland division and normally resides at the Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust, Bridgeton Bus Garage, 76-136 Fordneuk Street, Glasgow.
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If, like myself, you thought that manufacturer chassis numbers were just a random collection of numbers or letters (or a combination of both) that followed the vehicle chassis type then you should be intrigued to know that there was actually a very precise identification system to display, at a quick glance, the exact build type
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