EX ST.HELENS LEYLAND PD2 RDJ729 FLEET No 29 REPATRIATED FROM CANADA

St.Helens-Merseyside PTE

4th June 2004

29 in service with St Helens 01.jpg	Victoria 3-6-00 02.jpg	Port of Vancouver Railyard a/w train location 03.jpg	ON RAIL CAR AT VANVOUVER READY FOR THE 5 DAY HAUL TRIP TO MONTREAL 04.jpg
Tied down on the flat rack 05.jpg	Hitching up for its final journey 06.jpg	Hitching up 07.jpg	Leaving the Port of Liverpool 08.jpg
BACK ON BRITAINS ROADS AFTER 30YRS 09.jpg	TOWING FROM THE PORT OF LIVERPOOL 10.jpg	TOWING FROM THE PORT OF LIVERPOOL 11.jpg	TOWING FROM THE PORT OF LIVERPOOL 12.jpg
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RE-BUILDING FRAMEWORK 17.jpg	RE-BUILDING FRAMEWORK 18.jpg	FRAMEWORK COMPLETED 19.jpg	NEW BODY PANELS FITTED 20.jpg
PANEL WORK COMPELTED 21.jpg	PANEL WORK COMPLETED 22.jpg	23.jpg	NEW PLATFORM AND BULKHEAD AND CROSSMEMBER BEING REFITTED 24.jpg

EX St.Helens Leyland PD2 fleet no 29 RDJ729 returned from Victoria B.C
For preservation after giving 30 years further service with Grayline Tours of Victoria.
It was one of eight Ex St helens Buses shipped to B.C in 1974 where it was to rejoin Fleet nos 176-179 and 28-31.
On its return journey to the UK,the bus was towed to the port of Victoria where it was then transported by bardge to Vancouver at Vancouver it was then towed to Timberland road, Surrey,B.C where it was then loaded onto a TTX rail car for transportation by rail to the Port of Montreal Cast Terminal where it was then loaded onto a 40ft flatrack CAXU517567 then shipped to the Port of Liverpool aboard THE CAST PREMIER VESSEL.Our thanks go out to Fraser Simm ENG Mngr at Grayline Tours Canada,Eugene Fenton at Aquamar Shipping Vancouver Highly recomended,Richard at FWD Freight services Liverpool and Finaly Johnsons of Banks Recovery ,Southport.
This photo site is to keep you up to date on its restoration progress.