Surviving Leeds city transport buses

Phill_d · Post by **Phill_d** » Sat 06 Oct, 2007 2:15 pm

Can't have worked? Click the little 'staple' add attachment symbol at the top of the message box then it should come up browse then just go through the pics on your p.c or where ever it's stored then click it. It should start to upload on the screen then click finish. Is that still gibberish gobble de gook? I'm not very good at explaining these things

roundhegian · Post by **roundhegian** » Sat 06 Oct, 2007 8:26 pm

[quotenick="simonm"]The only thing I have to do with the old busses of Leeds is the black canvas roll of street names.. Aquired many years ago from a backloader bus that was due for, as the borg would say, assimilation!! It was handy living next to the bus depot at Bramley..E-Bay has for sale ( sale ends tomorrow Sunday ) a Chapeltown depot tram destination blind .The highest bid at 7.30pm on Saturday is £31.00 but it will reach a great deal more .

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Sat 06 Oct, 2007 8:59 pm

If you click on Roundhegian's ebay pic you can study it in close-up. Strange that the destinations are not in alphabetical order - presumably its some sort of route order? (although I would expect Lawnswood first in that case???)The person selling it obviously knows little or nothing about it - the inclusion of 'Chapeltown' has left him unsure as to whether it comes from Leeds or Sheffield and to hedge his bets he says 'own a piece of Yorkshire tram history'!!!!!

roundhegian · Post by **roundhegian** » Sun 07 Oct, 2007 10:36 am

drapesy wrote: If you click on Roundhegian's ebay pic you can study it in close-up. Strange that the destinations are not in alphabetical order - presumably its some sort of route order? (although I would expect Lawnswood first in that case???)The person selling it obviously knows little or nothing about it - the inclusion of 'Chapeltown' has left him unsure as to whether it comes from Leeds or Sheffield and to hedge his bets he says 'own a piece of Yorkshire tram history'!!!!! It seems to be the post-war Norco screen ( blind ) . See volume three of Leeds Transport page 1173 .I think you're right about route order . On this screen Dewsbury Road , Cross Flatts Park and Compton Road ( routes 9 and 10 ) are grouped together as are Briggate , Harehills , Oakwood , Roundhay City Square , Headingley , West Park and Lawnswood ( routes 1 , 2 and 3 ) and all the routes reached by the lines up York Road .In passing Seacroft was added in 1940 ( Leeds Transport again )but of course the extensions from Compton Road and Gipton (Gulch ! ) were not built .

Phill_d · Post by **Phill_d** » Sun 07 Oct, 2007 11:08 am

I bet it will go for a lot more than £31 as well. Yes funny about the alphabetical order. I remember watching the conductor changing them on the back loaders on the 67 Monkswood terminus Seacroft run. There was a little turning handle near the cab bonnet, Everyone used to shout 'you've gone past it' when he got carried away going to fast! The bus stop in the station was near the little small kiosk on New York street. Memories indeed!

Croggy · Post by **Croggy** » Sun 07 Oct, 2007 1:36 pm

It's currently at £41, with just under 8 hours to go ...

LS1 · Post by **LS1** » Sun 07 Oct, 2007 9:36 pm

It's all over by the shouting!

roundhegian · Post by **roundhegian** » Sun 07 Oct, 2007 10:55 pm

Croggy wrote: It's currently at £41, with just under 8 hours to go ... It sold for £62.00 .

roundhegian · Post by **roundhegian** » Sun 07 Oct, 2007 11:14 pm

Phill_d wrote: Here's the L.C.T logo on the old blue livery we used to have. Don't know if i'm keen on it. Anyone know when it was phased out? Roe-bodied AEC Regent lll buses ( considered by many the most elegant buses operated by Leeds City Transport ) fleet numbers 601 - 625 were the last new buses to be delivered in blue livery inJune 1950 . This is fleet number 602 .

roundhegian · Post by **roundhegian** » Mon 08 Oct, 2007 10:55 am

Phill_d wrote: I've always wanted to get a drivers eye view of one of the old Leeds back loaders, This is the cab of 214 clearly showing the amount of work needed to bring it back to life. I have to thank the Kieghley bus museum trust secretary Dave Jones for granting the Leeds historical expedition society's request for a behind the scenes access to all areas visit. I can't thank the chaps down there enough for there generous offer & allowing us to climb all over there buses & generally poke our noses into everything that moved. A great time was had by all.. Much appreciated Dave. Cheers! A Crossley chassis , Crossley engine , Crossley crash-gearbox and Crossley body ( note the rear side-windows on both decks ) on the Leeds fleet from 1949 until the early 1960s .As a small boy I was a passenger in one which went up South Parkway ( see the route number in the photograph above ) in first gear because the driver was unable to engage second .There may well be an example of an almost identical bus in the Manchester Tranport Museum since Manchester operated large numbers of Crossley buses . Crossley was Manchester-based .