I can remember seeing the 2 Leylands of J. & J. Storey every Friday afternoon on the M 6 in Lancashire , as they headed northbound towards hometown Kirkbride. Always loaded , fully sheeted and roped , so I never saw exactly what cargo they carried.
I think they retired about 20 years ago ,maybe longer than that.
This Leyland Clydesdale was bought new by M.E. Saunders & Sons , Sparkbridge , Ulverston .
Its regular driver was Alan Hornby , who later drove the Volvo F 86 6 wheeler , then progressed onto the boxvan artics.
HEO 367 N ( or the driver ) was nicknamed “The Golden Rail” . A brass plaque was stamped “Golden Rail” and fixed to the cab front panel. I`m not going to reveal the story behind reason why .
Maybe some of his colleagues reading this might remember the story.
One of their drivers , Ian Cunliffe , bought the Leyland , and it was repainted in the colours shown here. He kindly gave me this photograph.
Ian later replaced the Leyland with successive DAF 1900s , and a Leyland Freighter , reg. no. F 747 HEO , which was 2 years old when I bought from him in 1991.
robthedog:
That is a beavertail with a de mount cattle box on top isn’t it ?
cattle wagon man:
A ■■■■■■■■ haulier has purchased his first livestock container .
Im not too sure exactly what type of animals hes intending to transport ,…but looking at the photograph ,…hes nabbed a beaver tail` at the back.
I only thought he wanted to transport alpacas ,…but that`s another story .
Cheers , cattle wagon man.
Hi “Robthedog” ,
Aye , you are correct. Well ,…beavers are animals !
The Scanias beavertail is either to enable the cattle box to be balanced ( or ballasted :laughing: ) to make loading easier ,.......... ..........or its to tip the load ( and the stercus tauri ) out at the same time at the destination.
The owner might enlighten us all ,…hopefully .
Other suggestions on the back of a £20 note , please !
robthedog:
That is a beavertail with a de mount cattle box on top isn’t it ?
cattle wagon man:
A ■■■■■■■■ haulier has purchased his first livestock container .
Im not too sure exactly what type of animals hes intending to transport ,…but looking at the photograph ,…hes nabbed a beaver tail` at the back.
I only thought he wanted to transport alpacas ,…but that`s another story .
Cheers , cattle wagon man.
It sure is robthedog! But the reasoning is far simpler than it would seem, I wanted a reshuffle in the yard but my wagon was loaded , the owner of the wagon pictured wanted to leave it somewere handy over Christmas, !
cattle wagon man:
A clean and tidy DAF LF roadsweeper , owned by Metcalfe Bros . , Sedbergh.
Cheers , cattle wagon man.
Outside the former Stations depot by the looks of it, or K T Coaches as they are now known.
Hi “Dew” ,
Errrrr,…yes,…and no .
The photograph was taken at the former Staintons coach depot , but Staintons ashes ( K.T. Coaches ) are now
based at Crooklands , behind the car sales garage.
Metcalfe Bros. now use the Burton Road garage and premises .
Ill give you half-marks for identifying the photos location.
dew:
Really? I thought coach operators had to have an O License? Well that explains a lot!
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Operators Licence No PB0002035.
Taxation class 34.(37 to 61 seats) £330.
Cheers Malc.
Well turned out coach ,what chassis is it built on ? Cheers Dennis.
Hi Dennis,
Van-Hool Belgium,Not much of a chassis small sections at front for steering and rear for
engine gearbox joined together by integral box sections (steel or stainless).Luggage
compartment inbetween axles.
DAF Engine 9 or 12 litre .ZF full automatic gearbox.
Simular type but Ikarus from Hungary bodywork and much older late 1990’s.
Photo graphed on A65 today driven by one of your old star men Andy Middleton!!
dew:
Really? I thought coach operators had to have an O License? Well that explains a lot!
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Operators Licence No PB0002035.
Taxation class 34.(37 to 61 seats) £330.
Cheers Malc.
Well turned out coach ,what chassis is it built on ? Cheers Dennis.
Hi Dennis,
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Simular type but Ikarus from Hungary bodywork and much older late 1990’s.
Photo graphed on A65 today driven by one of your old star men Andy Middleton!!
Cheers Malc.
And I should think Andy will be one of your politest drivers Malc,he was a great lad for us ! Now that looks like a suspect coach to me Hungarian Did have the DAF engine in it ? Cheers Dennis.
IIRC Malc,this is a shot of the last Motor Andy Midd drove at Bewick Transport it was one of a batch of 8 nearly new 113’s I bought from Haydock Commercials in early '91.
seth 70:
heyup bewick im new on tnet,ive been looking at the photos of your old trucks ,none look too shabby ,when and why did you pack it in m8
Nearly 20 years ago Seth and a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then so I won’t be opening up any old wounds,it hurts too much Cheers Bewick.
) was nicknamed “The Golden Rail” . A brass plaque was stamped “Golden Rail” and fixed to the cab front panel. I`m not going to reveal the story behind reason why . 
Hungarian 
Did have the DAF engine in it ? Cheers Dennis.
Cheers Bewick.