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(388) YCS 92T a Leyland Leopard with Alexander AY bodywork is seen on a bleak and snowy day in January 1996 when Midland Fox were forced to put out on route 49. Needless to say this body style virtually confirms that the bus originated in Scotland, with Western Scottish.


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(2138) PDZ6261 is a Leyland National Greenway that came to AFC from Arriva Tees in October 1999. As UPB310S it started life with London Country Bus (Southwest division) and following a rebuild in 1994 moved East slightly to work for Londonlinks in the Croydon area. In 1996 it moved even further East to work for Kentish Bus. In 1998 it Moved again and as it could not get any further east it went North East, Teesside to be exact with a large batch of similar buses. A bit of spirited driving in Leicester in September 2000 sees it leaning over in it's rush to get to Croft.


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(2139) SIB6712 came to Leicestershire in October 1999 from arriva Tees but spent much of it's early life as BYW425V serving London Transport before being rebodied in 1992 as a Greenway and joining Kentish Bus, it then spent just over a year with Maidstone & District before moving up north. Seen in Leicester in March 2000 it doesn't seem to be serving anywhere.


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(2150) SIB1278 is one of the earliest Greenway conversions and has this rather angular front. Seen here leaving Leicester in February 2000 this vehicle had originated with London Country Bus as BPL481T. After conversion to a greenway it returned to work for Kentish Bus before moving on to Londonlinks and London & Country.
A picture of this vehicle with its previous owner can be found in Gallery 61


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(3812) BVP 812V was a Leyland National 2 in the Midland Fox fleet but one of a batch that had gone to North Western before it became one of a trio returning to the Midlands a couple of years later in 1991 they departed again for Colchester in 1993 and then Southend and the trio are still together working for a small Essex company. Seen here in Leicester in June 1993.


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(3813) BVP813V Was one of only 2 Leyland Nationals to receive this mauvey-blue livery with "County Fox" branding in the Midland Fox fleet (at which point it was renumbered 2153) and is seen here in Leicester in April 1998.


(3822) BVP822V is a Leyland National 2 that was sold to Clydeside not long after this picture was taken in 1994. As Clydeside never had many Leyland National 2's it was fairly unique in that fleet. It's current identity is WDS199V which it gained via a short spell VLT204.


(3826) EON826V is a Leyland National 2 that spent about 13 years with the company mainly being based at Wigston before being sold to Colchester in 1994.


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(3829) EON829V a Midland Fox Leyland National 2 is photographed here in Leicester in Sptember 1993 clearly competing with Leicester Citybus on their 22 route to Evington a Year before being sold to Colchester.

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