LEYLAND BUSES IN DEMAND.
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Many Municipal Authorities and Private Owners Place Orders for some of the Latest Products of a Prominent Company.
MHE works of Leyland Motors, Ltd., X Leyland, Lancashire, are busily engaged on the •execution of a number of orders for buses for prominent municipal authorities and private concerns.
Amongst those in the former category may be mentioned the name of the Birkenhead Corporation, which already owns a number of Leyland doubledeckers, and has recently placed an order with the company for ten Levin than models. Another municipal authority Which is buying Leyland buses is the Stockport Corporation, the tramways committee of which has just decided to purchase four of the company's Lion-type vehicles. Other authorities which are buying similar vehicles are the Wallasey Corporation and the Leigh Corporation, Two 38-seater buses are also passing through the works for the Liverpool Corporation.
Included amongst the private users are the Ribble Motor Serviced, Ltd., who maintain a vast network of bus services from their headquarters at Preston. This company have employed a number of Leyland machines in the past, and their excellent running and reliability have led them to place an order for a further 10 buses of Leyland manufacture. Then there are the Lancashire United Tramways, Ltd., with headquarters at Atherton, who have placed an order for five Leviathan double-deckers, whilst the Lancashire and Westmorland Motor Services, Ltd., to whose activities we referred in a recent issue, have given the company an order for Lion-type buses which runs into double figures. Three Leyland Lions are being added to the fleet of vehicles of this make run by Pilot Motors, Ltd., of Preston,whilst six vehicles of a similar type which are passing through the works will eventually find their way to Glasgow, where they will be put into service by Rankin Bros.
The Eastbourne Corporation has employed Leyland buses for many years past, end it will not be long before they take delivery of several complete new vehicles which the company are now building for it on Lion chassis.
A typical Leyland Lion bus is shown in the accompanying illustration. It is a 31-seater, of the front-entrance type, and the driving position is alongside the engine on the off side. This vehicle is the first Lion model of which the Ribble Co. have taken delivery, and such is their faith in machines of this make that they will shortly have 100 Leyland buses in commission. The bus which is illustrated presents a most striking appearance, being finished in red and cream with gold lettering.