THE SHOWBUS SOUTHERN ENGLAND BUS IMAGE GALLERY
SOUTHDOWN doubledeckers
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 Long associated with the traditional Southdown fleet has been the class of vehicles known as the Queen Mary Titans. These Leyland PD3 buses were unusual in having full front bodywork on a normally half-cab chassis. The bodies were all built by Northern Counties and lasted in service for a long time and many found further use in the UK and abroad, notably Hong Kong. There were thirty convertible open toppers amongst them and in 1966, 410 (410DCD) is captured here in Brighton on a late dash out to Devil's Dyke, hopefully to bring back the last of the Day Trippers. |
Sister vehicle 409 (409DCD) is seen 34 years later, preserved, on display at the Southampton Bus Rally.
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Back to the sixties again, and fully roofed 971 (971CUF) is seen laying over on Worthing sea front.
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Back to 2000 and Southampton again, this time preserved Queen Mary 279 (BUF279C) displays her fine lines in the rare sunshine of Summer 2000.
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 Taking part in the "Clash of the Titans" display at SHOWBUS international 2002 is Queen Mary open topper 409 (409DCD). |
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