Transport Photographs from David Beilby

David Beilby

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Saddleworth Buses

Oldham Buses

Pontypridd/Taff-Ely

Rhondda Buses

Welcome to my transport gallery which covers bus and rail, tram and trolleybus - most forms of public transport. There is a diversity of material on here which is easier to understand by browsing rather than describing. The GEC Collection gives a set of historic photographs covering much of the world whilst other galleries reflect my main interests which are in the North of England and South Wales, along with the European tram scene. The colour scheme for the home page reflects the latest major addition to the gallery, an update on Bradford trolleybuses.

On the bus side I am particularly interested in the operational aspects and there is a lot of history of the evolution of bus services alongside the photographs and I try to include local historical information as well.

Zenfolio changed the way the site works when you sell images and because the presentation of the site is important to me I have removed the ability to buy prints. Later changes in any event meant that I was no longer able to do that at affordable prices.

Finally a big thanks to the many people who have provided support and encouragement for the gallery over the years. I have been amazed at the willingness of people to help and am very grateful.

I have spent quite some time restructuring the gallery and one sign of this is a change in the menu bar at the top of the page. I have prepared a blog post explaining the changes, for those interested this can be found here.

If you see anything that you think is wrong, rather than incomplete, please contact me. Additional information is always welcome - on some of the pictures I don't have too much detail.

Latest additions:

Pontypridd/Taff-Ely gallery update including new section on ancillary fleet NEW added 1-Jun-2025 (plus additional photos 24-Jul-2025) - here

West Mon/Islwyn gallery structured for future expansion and photos added (all also part of Pontypridd/Taff-Ely gallery) NEW added 1-Jun-2025 - here

Rhondda's Buses update, latest photos added 28-Aug-2025 - here

Creamline, Tonmawr, latest photos added 28-Aug-2025 - here

Bradford trolleybuses, latest photos added 28-Aug-2025 - here

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The GEC collection - trams, trains, buses and trolleybuses

Galleries 33

Collections 92

Modified 9-Mar-24

237 photos

The GEC collection - trams, trains, buses and trolleybuses

Burlingham coachbuilders

Galleries 1

Collections 1

Modified 12-Jun-24

5 photos

Tram photos

Galleries 52

Modified 9-Mar-24

1618 photos

Saddleworth Buses

Galleries 10

Collections 57

Modified 1-Jul-24

75 photos

Oldham Buses

Galleries 41

Collections 191

Modified 9-Mar-24

637 photos

Industrial Railways

Galleries 2

Modified 9-Mar-24

99 photos

Metrolink in Oldham - the evolution

Collections 3

Modified 9-Mar-24

0 photos

Trolleybus systems

Collections 14

Modified 9-Mar-24

0 photos

Scottish operators

Galleries 46

Collections 2

Modified 3-Feb-25

328 photos

North-East England operators

Galleries 24

Collections 2

Modified 28-Jan-25

196 photos

Yorkshire operators

Galleries 132

Collections 71

Modified 15-Jun-25

1244 photos

North West operators (excluding Greater Manchester)

Galleries 67

Collections 11

Modified 24-Mar-25

388 photos

North West operators (excluding Greater Manchester)

Greater Manchester Operators

Galleries 230

Collections 59

Modified 2-Jul-24

2242 photos

East Midlands operators

Galleries 17

Collections 4

Modified 2-Jul-24

163 photos

Eastern England operators

Galleries 17

Collections 1

Modified 25-Jul-25

71 photos

Midlands

Galleries 34

Collections 1

Modified 2-Jul-24

169 photos

Welsh operators

Galleries 194

Collections 122

Modified 24-Jul-25

2961 photos

Southern England operators

Galleries 39

Collections 3

Modified 9-Jun-25

265 photos

London operators

Galleries 41

Collections 1

Modified 2-Jul-24

302 photos

Irish operators (RoI and NI)

Galleries 5

Modified 29-Jan-25

25 photos

Demonstrators

Galleries 15

Modified 1-Jul-24

54 photos

Vehicles of uncertain or non-standard origin

Visitors 10

13 photos

Modified 9-Jun-25

Vehicles of uncertain or non-standard origin

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Guestbook for David Beilby

David Harrison(non-registered)

Great site, it's not easy to get information on the Rhondda Buses fleet and this has been a great hep

david wilson

Hi David.Great selection of photos.I remember as a lad travelling from Carlisle to Bowness-on-Solway on these Dennis Ace(Ribble)busses for a"Grand Day Out".They were used on this run because of their short wheelbase,allowing them to negotiate the sharp curves on the railway bridges on this route.

Giles Fendle(non-registered)

Hi David. I lived in Staincross n 1973 and went to Mapplewell Infants which backed onto the mine. I remember racing the coal lorries up the hill out of the village, and the crossing on sparks lane. I hadn't realised steam was still used so long after the death of mainline steam. Mum tells me she took me to see the last steam express out of Waterloo as it flew through Surbiton. I was barely 2 months old!!

Simon Bentley(non-registered)

Hi David, just been reading with great interest about Bradford’s trolleybuses. I’m from the Cleckheaton area and too young for them (born 1979) but the termini at Tong Cemetery and Allerton are very familiar as we often passed this way when either going shopping in Bradford or to visit my uncle who lived in Wilsden when I was younger. Really enjoyed reading the detail you captured of all the different routes, thank you!

Simon

Roger Monk(non-registered)

David,
An excellent collection of photos which I found from you posting a link to some industrial loco photos on the IRS discussion group

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