In the early 1960’s the Walter Alexander Coachworks located in Falkirk were one of many companies in the UK supplying bus and coach bodies.
Much of their production stayed in Scotland but they had started to break into the market elsewhere in the UK.
However it was the coming of the 36ft coach chassis and the ‘Y’ type body that they built on it that boosted them into being a national supplier.
Many English operators bought this very stylish body with the panoramic, slightly raked forward windows.
Trent, North Western, Premier Travel of Cambridge and Sheffield Transport are just a handful of operators who bought them.
It was later reworked as a bus retaining the front and rear ends with eight vertical pillared windows immediately reducing the body from elegant to ordinary. See image below LMS 374W.
OSJ 629R ‘Western SMT’ No. 2629. Leyland Leopard / Alexander ‘Y’
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Wearing ‘Western SMT’s coaching livery.
GRS 343E ‘Alexander (Northern) No. 652 ’BLUEBIRD’ Albion Viking / Alexander ‘Y’
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
EWS 168D Eastern Scottish No. XA168A. Bristol RELH6G / Alexander ‘Y’
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
CAS 519W ‘Highland Scottish’ No. L25. Leyland Leopard / Alexander ‘Y’
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
LMS 374W ‘Alexander Midland’ No. MPE374. Leyland Leopard / Alexander ‘Y’
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
UPT 517 ‘Venture Transport’ Consett, Co. Durham No. 317. Leyland Leopard / Alexander ‘Y’
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
