Northern General Transport coach on the M62 Motorway - January 1972

January 1972 - A Northern General Transport Alexander Y type bodied Leyland Leopard seen heading westbound on the M62 when working the 0900 service X98 from Newcastle to Liverpool (due 1620) - a Tyne-Tees-Mersey Pool service. The vehicle and crew workings for these services held a fascination for me. In this case a Northern General driver would have driven from Newcastle to Darlington (returning back to Newcastle with a West Yorkshire vehicle which had left Leeds at 0815) whereupon a West Yorkshire driver (working the 0815 service ex Leeds) would have driven the NGT coach to Leeds. At Leeds a Lancashire United driver (who had worked the 0950 service from Liverpool) then drove it through to Liverpool. Upon arrival in Liverpool the coach would work the 1850 Liverpool-Manchester service (due 2035) also in the hands of an LUT driver. (Photo taken from Broad Lane road bridge (B6194) near Rochdale)