Walter Alexander (Coachbuilders) - brochure page showing double deck bodies, c1960
A page from a c1960 brochure issued by the Falkirk based coachbuilding concern of Walter Alexander. The company has been a division of the bus operator of that name but had been hived off to become independent and they are still in business. At this time the bulk of their business was for their erstwhile owners, then in the form of the Scottish Bus Group companies and the various Scottish municipalities with a few ‘southern’ customers.
Seen here are a variety of mostly Scottish municipal vehicles including ones that would become very profitable for Alexander’s - the Glasgow Leyland Atlantean. The beastie seen here is LA1, delivered in 1958 with this one off body styling, the first of nearly 1500 they eventually bought. The choice of bus for Edinburgh is an oddity in terms of bodywork - the Corporation went on to buy several batches of Leyland Titans with Alexander bodywork but PWS998 has this odd Homalloy front. It went on to Highland Omnibuses and them south to Essex. It was nearly preserved and indeed I went to view it but it had a rear end shunt and - it was scrapped.
Walter Alexander (Coachbuilders) - brochure page showing double deck bodies, c1960
A page from a c1960 brochure issued by the Falkirk based coachbuilding concern of Walter Alexander. The company has been a division of the bus operator of that name but had been hived off to become independent and they are still in business. At this time the bulk of their business was for their erstwhile owners, then in the form of the Scottish Bus Group companies and the various Scottish municipalities with a few ‘southern’ customers.
Seen here are a variety of mostly Scottish municipal vehicles including ones that would become very profitable for Alexander’s - the Glasgow Leyland Atlantean. The beastie seen here is LA1, delivered in 1958 with this one off body styling, the first of nearly 1500 they eventually bought. The choice of bus for Edinburgh is an oddity in terms of bodywork - the Corporation went on to buy several batches of Leyland Titans with Alexander bodywork but PWS998 has this odd Homalloy front. It went on to Highland Omnibuses and them south to Essex. It was nearly preserved and indeed I went to view it but it had a rear end shunt and - it was scrapped.