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

St.Helens-Merseyside PTE

4th June 2004

NEW BULKHEAD AND CROSSMEMBER NOW FITTED 25.jpg	NEW BULKHEAD NOW COMPLETE 26.jpg	NEW PLATFORM NOW FITTED 27.jpg	28.jpg
29.jpg	30.jpg	29 31.jpg	cab 32.jpg
New guard rails fitted 33.jpg	TOP DECK SEAT FRAMES REPAINTED 34.jpg	TOP DECK SEAT FRAMES REPAINTED 35.jpg	New window pans and re rubbered 36.jpg
Preparing for re-paneling 37.jpg	Preparing for re-paneling 38.jpg	Preparing for re-paneling 39.jpg	re-panelling 40.jpg
Rubbing down front 41.jpg	Old fleet number revealed 42.jpg	O/S Re-panelled 43.JPG.jpg	N/S framework repair 44.JPG.jpg
Tied down on the flat rack File05.1.jpg	St_Helens_29_09-06-2007.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.