Monday 6 May 2013

1976 Deliveries


The year 1976 saw two more batches of Leyland Atlantean's with Roe bodywork enter the fleet.

6,    MRT6P,    Leyland Atlantean  AN68/1R  7600015  /  Roe  H43/29D  GO7701
7,    MRT7P,    Leyland Atlantean  AN68/1R  7600016  /  Roe  H43/29D  GO7702
8,    MRT8P,    Leyland Atlantean  AN68/1R  7600017  /  Roe  H43/29D  GO7703
9,    MRT9P,    Leyland Atlantean  AN68/1R  7600018  /  Roe  H43/29D  GO7704
10,  MRT10P,  Leyland Atlantean  AN68/1R  7600019  /  Roe  H43/29D  GO7705

Bus 9 was converted to open top in 1984 becoming O43/26D. Bus 8 was withdrawn in 1991, bus 10 was withdrawn in 1992 and buses 6-7 were withdrawn in 1994. Bus 6 is preserved in the Ipswich Transport Museum and Bus 9 is still in the operational fleet.

10, MRT10P, Leyland Atlantean / Roe

11,  RDX11R,  Leyland Atlantean  AN68/1R  7603318  /  Roe  H43/29D  GO7778
12,  RDX12R,  Leyland Atlantean  AN68/1R  7603319  /  Roe  H43/29D  GO7779
13,  RDX13R,  Leyland Atlantean  AN68/1R  7603323  /  Roe  H43/29D  GO7780
14,  RDX14R,  Leyland Atlantean  AN68/1R  7603470  /  Roe  H43/29D  GO7781
15,  RDX15R,  Leyland Atlantean  AN68/1R  7603472  /  Roe  H43/29D  GO7782
16,  RDX16R,  Leyland Atlantean  AN68/1R  7603491  /  Roe  H43/29D  GO7783
17,  RDX17R,  Leyland Atlantean  AN68/1R  7603494  /  Roe  H43/29D  GO7784
18,  RDX18R,  Leyland Atlantean  AN68/1R  7603611  /  Roe  H43/29D  GO7785
19,  RDX19R,  Leyland Atlantean  AN68/1R  7603623  /  Roe  H43/29D  GO7786
20,  RDX20R,  Leyland Atlantean  AN68/1R  7603631  /  Roe  H43/29D  GO7787

Buses 11-12/14/17 were withdrawn in 1994, buses 13/15-16 were withdrawn in 1995, bus 18 was withdrawn in 1998 and buses 19-20 were withdrawn in 2000.

12, RDX12R, Leyland Atlantean / Roe



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