Dundee Buses in the 20th Century: Twenty Leyland PLSC1 Lions

On Saturday 14 May 2011 a reader's family photograph of Leyland Lion TS6993 (number 13) was published in The Courier. Here's a bit more about the buses and a photograph of all 20 of them.

In 1928 "Dundee Corporation Tramways" became "Dundee Corporation Transport" in recognition of a growing bus fleet. Twenty Leyland PLSC1 Lions entered service between 1 January 1927 and 8 August 1928 with an additional eight Lion LT1s in 1929/30. Often seen from the other end, pictured at the start of the 1930s are the twenty Lions, their drivers and conductors behind the Caird Hall in an area that would soon become long-associated with Dundee’s buses. COURTESY: TAYBUS VINTAGE VEHICLE SOCIETY (TVVS) PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION. Click here to view the Taybus website.

As reported on the excellent SkylineAviation Dundee Corporation pages, the order of the buses from left is numbers 1 (TS6249), 2 (TS6250), 8 (TS6915), 4 (TS6252), 5 (TS6253), 6 (TS6254), 7 (TS6255), 9 (TS6916), 10 (TS6917), 11 (TS6991), 12 (TS6992), 13 (TS6993), 14 (TS6994), 15 (TS7522), 16 (TS7523), 17 (TS7524), 18 (TS7525), 19 (TS7526), 20 (TS7527) and 3 (TS6251).