David Slater (Spoddendale)'s photos with the keyword: Trans-United Coachcraft

Mid 1950s at Blackpool - In 1951 the first under floor engined coaches were added to the Yelloway fleet which carried this style of bodywork built by the Yelloway associated company, Trans-United Coachcraft of Rochdale. There was one solitary AEC Regal IV and four Leyland Royal Tiger PSU1/15 like this one seen at the front of the Blackpool coach station

Mid 1950s - In 1951 the first under floor engined coaches were added to the Yelloway fleet which carried this style of bodywork built by the Yelloway associated company, Trans-United Coachcraft of Rochdale. There was one solitary AEC Regal IV and four Leyland Royal Tiger PSU1/15 like HDK 805 seen alongside the wall of Falinge Park in Rochdale.

Mid 1950s at Blackpool - What is possibly the same coach as in the previous picture. If so then GDK 727, a Trans-United bodied AEC Regal new in 1949, loading for Rochdale. The houses in the background are located on Bloomfield Road itself.

Mid 1950s at Blackpool - GDK 727, a Trans-United bodied AEC Regal new in 1949, about to load for Rochdale. Note the canopy over the engine has a curved supporting pillar - a form of modernisation.

North Manchester Motor Coaches JNC 626, a Trans-United bodied Bedford OB, which was in the fleet from 1948 to 1956. (Photographer unknown)

North Manchester Motor Coaches Limited HVM 990 and GVM 233 seen on a damp day in Albert Square, Manchester. HVM 990 was a Trans-United bodied Leyland PS1 in the fleet from 1947 to 1957. GVM 233 was a Burlingham bodied Leyland TS4 in the fleet from approx 1946 to 1956. (Photographer unknown)

North Manchester Motor Coaches Limited HVM 990, a Trans-United bodied Leyland PS1, is seen on a wet day in Albert Square, Manchester. It was in the fleet from 1947 to 1957. (Photographer unknown)

Press photograph by Manchester Weekly Newspapers Limited (Manchester City News) North Manchester Motor Coaches NVM 444, a Trans-United bodied Leyland Royal Tiger PSU1/16, new 1953. The frontal treatment is more sophisticated than similar style coaches bought by Yelloway.

North Manchester Motor Coaches Limited photographic line up (photograper unknown) Information taken from ‘The Yelloway Road’ by Judith and Peter Deegan. Based on the dates shown in the fleet list therein I have assumed that the two vehicles at the far right are LJ 8798 and TE 8291. By deduction the photograph was taken around 1950/1951 (KNE 674 was new in 1950 and FV 1071 left the fleet in 1951). From left to right (dates shown relate to the year in and the year out of the fleet. Those with no 'In' date were secondhand acquisitions): KNE 674 Leyland PS1 Burlingham C35F (1950-1956) ENE 804 Leyland TS8 Burlingham C33F (1938-1956) GVM 233 Leyland TS4 Burlingham C31F (1947?-1956) JNC 626 Bedford OB Trans-United C27F (1948-1956) BNE 37 AEC Regal ? C32F (1935-1957) HVM 990 Leyland PS1 Trans-United C33F (1947-1957) FV 1071 Leyland TS1 Eastern Counties B32F (In?-1951) EX 3479 AEC Regal Burlingham C33F (In?-1954) LJ 8798 AEC Regal Burlingham C32 (In?-1956) TE 8291 Leyland TS1 Massey B35F (In?-1951)