Wigan Album
Wigan Corporation Transport
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Photo: B Mcdonough
Item #: 23883
Leigh bus 554 fine town
They used to hand paint them at Northern Counties back then.
Its called coach paint Steve.
Garry, i know, it used to take 3 and 1/2 days from bare metal to gloss for that particular one.
Ex Wigan Corpoation Leyland Atlantean, 3, GMT 3332, NEK3K photographed in the depot in the early 1980s, and GMT standard Atlantean 8285, FVR285V. GMT standard Atlanteans were being allocated new at Wigan from 1976. I think those new at Wigan were 7614, 7679-7683, 7724, 7726, 7743, 7746, 7751, 7756, 7757, 7761, 7764, 7767, 7793, 8155, 8161, 8166, 8177, 8205, 8215, 8219, 8223, 8228, 8229, 8251, 8258, 8262, 8266, 8268, 8278, 8285, 8287-8289, 8297-8300, 8326, 8333-8335, 8371, 8378, 8385, 8394, 8414, 8428, 8443, 8458, 8464, 8491, 8500, 8522, 8532, 8534, 8536, 8538, 8541, 8542, 8554, 8562, 8580, 8595, 8603, 8616, 8622, 8629, 8638, 8649, 8655, 8689, 8701, 8724, 8739, 8740, 8756 and 8763 bodied by Northern Counties, and 7885, 7892, 7909 bodied by Park Royal.