Screaming wailing thrash!
Of all the buses used on the City Centre shuttle at yesterdays Leeds rally, this ex West Midlands PTE Volvo Ailsa certainly gave it's all in a most entertaining fashion. It's quite some time since I've ridden passenger in such a bus, probably nine or ten years, but a 'go' on this brought it all back. The thrashing of it's uncharacteristically small front mounted Volvo engine, the whistling scream of the overworked turbocharger and the hum of the rear axle had almost all been forgotten by me. Leeds of course, saw such buses in regular service beyond most others with much missed independent Black Prince, for whom the bus carries a commemorative slip board. Walter Alexander of Falkirk built the bodywork, and indeed did so on the vast majority of the type if not all.
Screaming wailing thrash!
Of all the buses used on the City Centre shuttle at yesterdays Leeds rally, this ex West Midlands PTE Volvo Ailsa certainly gave it's all in a most entertaining fashion. It's quite some time since I've ridden passenger in such a bus, probably nine or ten years, but a 'go' on this brought it all back. The thrashing of it's uncharacteristically small front mounted Volvo engine, the whistling scream of the overworked turbocharger and the hum of the rear axle had almost all been forgotten by me. Leeds of course, saw such buses in regular service beyond most others with much missed independent Black Prince, for whom the bus carries a commemorative slip board. Walter Alexander of Falkirk built the bodywork, and indeed did so on the vast majority of the type if not all.