Merseyside Transport Trust

[mathias]

RE: Merseyside Transport Trust

(23/07/2012 07:26)MPTE1955 Wrote:  That 1236 is a lovely bus and one I rode regularly as a Child, something dawned on me just earlier that the first single doored alexander is preserved with MTT being 1236 and the last is preserved with the 201 group being 1070. Why it never dawned on me before I really don't know. How significant are those two in the MPTE history.

Another interesting point is that 1236 used the Atlantean PDR chassis, whereas 1070 used the later AN68 version.

Not sure when Leyland launched the Atlantean AN68, but the MPTE bought hundreds of them. I think 1296 (DKC 296L) was their first AN68, but that would've been scrapped ages ago.