Our bus is a  Leyland Titan PD2/40, new in 1963 to Doncaster Corporation Transport, with registration number 388 KDT. Its fleet number is 188. Instead of having the bus chassis matched with a brand new body, Doncaster made the interesting decision to transfer some redundant trolleybus bodies, suitably modified, onto the new chassis. So, 188 ended up with a modified 1955 C.H.Roe body inherited from trolleybus 395, which was originally registered EWT 480.
188 has a Leyland 0600 engine, coupled to a standard Leyland ‘half & half’ gearbox. 1&2 gears ‘crash’, 3&4 gears synchromesh. Running on diesel fuel, it consumes a gallon (around 5 litres) for every 12 miles covered.
After service in Doncaster, 188 passed to a private preservation group until disbanding in the late 1990’s. It then passed to First South Yorkshire, who in turn donated it to us in 2007.  

New in 1953/4 as one of a huge number of buses bought for the Middlewood to Ecclesall tram route replacement, RWB 87, a Leyland Titan PD2/12 with an MCW all metal framed body, left Sheffield for a new life with Mellors of Goxhill, in 1967.

In the mid 1980s, it was 'found' again by a group of Sheffield bus enthusiasts. 687 had not been used for further service, instead it had been kept undercover as a store shed. It returned to Sheffield in 1984, and stood unrestored for a number of years.

687 is now reaching the end of an extensive refurbishment, and will soon be ready to join 388 KDT. We know there will be a lot of interest to hire this bus from the Sheffield area.