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A folder showcasing the advertising possibilities on a variety of the UK's bus operators vehicles in January 1987 and issued by British Transport Advertising Limited. This, I suspect, would have been an early foray for the concern under this name as 1987 was the year that the old nationalised BTA was sold off to management under the privatisation policies of the day. BTA had its origins in the nationalisation of the railway and elements of the bus industry in 1948 and first gained the BTA title in 1960 when it changed from the British Transport Commission's "Commercial Advertiisng Department". With the dissolution of the Commission in 1962 BTA continued in business minus London Transport who went their own way, and carried on with rail and, after 1969 and the National Bus Company, the majority of British bus companies.
Interestingly enough, alongside the preponderance of NBC vehicles shown here there are some of the ex-PTE's fleets, notably West Midlands Travel, who BTA acted for. As can be seen the bus outlines are those of the NBC's stalwarts the Bristol VR and the Leyland National. The double page fold out shows a variety of partial and overall advert schemes across various bus fleets. This includes a vehicle type I once knew well, an Eastern Scottish Daimler Fleetline, from my bus conducting days!
In 1967 the Lancashire seaside resort of Southport celebrated its centenary of being incorpoated as a County Borough, an administrative honour that granted the borough the power sof the county council within its boundaries. To help celebrate the Borough's Transport Department, Southport Corporation Transport, produced a neat little booklet that looked at the history of public transport in the borough.
This started in May 1873 with the running of horse trams by the Southport Tramways Company who, in 1880, were joined by the Birkdale Company. In 1896 the Corporation exercised its right to purchase the tramways and also began the process of electrifiying and extending the network. The first electric services ran on 18 July 1900 (work having started in February that year!). The Corporation finally bought out the remainder of the Southport Company. The system was a typical Edwardian 'first generation' system in that by the 1920s the Corporation was looking to run motor buses and, on 31 December 1934, the last tram ran in the town. The first motor bus purchased had been in 1924 or 26 - a locally constructed Vulcan. The buses, I recall, rean in a grand red and cream livery that matched the painting of the town's street lighting columns!
In the next few decades the undertaking were staunch supporters of the nearby Leyland company and they provided the majority of the bus fleet as can be seen in the photographs. There were some wartime interlopers in the form of Utility Daimlers and, in post-war years, the Department ran one of the country's most unusual services using most unusual vehicles. These were the twelve Bedford QL type that ran, open-top, along the beach from the town's promenade to Sandhills and Ainsdale. These last ran in 1967 and the Bedford's disposed of.
By 1967 the Corporation was on the verge of purchasing the first 'new generation' buses in the form of Leyland Panther single deck buses suitable for OPO operation. This was driven by the need to review operations as passenger figures continued to collapse. Some Atlantean double deckers were purchased in 1973 - the year before the Borough became part of the new Merseyside County Council and the transport department passed to the Merseyside PTE.
The Canning Road depot, seen here, was originally constructed by the growing Southport Tramways Comapny's fleet in 1900 and extended in 1923. Subsequent extensions came in 1932 and 1963 - in the latter year the Corporation closed a leasehold depot in old aircraft hangers in Hesketh Road. The depot alos housed the Borough Police force vehicles, beach patrol and rescue vehicles and the Pier Tram trains! A selection of various Leyland models can be seen in the pictures that includes a fine shot of the very grand tram sheds which survive now used by Arriva.
In 1967 the Lancashire seaside resort of Southport celebrated its centenary of being incorpoated as a County Borough, an administrative honour that granted the borough the power sof the county council within its boundaries. To help celebrate the Borough's Transport Department, Southport Corporation Transport, produced a neat little booklet that looked at the history of public transport in the borough.
This started in May 1873 with the running of horse trams by the Southport Tramways Company who, in 1880, were joined by the Birkdale Company. In 1896 the Corporation exercised its right to purchase the tramways and also began the process of electrifiying and extending the network. The first electric services ran on 18 July 1900 (work having started in February that year!). The Corporation finally bought out the remainder of the Southport Company. The system was a typical Edwardian 'first generation' system in that by the 1920s the Corporation was looking to run motor buses and, on 31 December 1934, the last tram ran in the town. The first motor bus purchased had been in 1924 or 26 - a locally constructed Vulcan. The buses, I recall, rean in a grand red and cream livery that matched the painting of the town's street lighting columns!
In the next few decades the undertaking were staunch supporters of the nearby Leyland company and they provided the majority of the bus fleet as can be seen in the photographs. There were some wartime interlopers in the form of Utility Daimlers and, in post-war years, the Department ran one of the country's most unusual services using most unusual vehicles. These were the twelve Bedford QL type that ran, open-top, along the beach from the town's promenade to Sandhills and Ainsdale. These last ran in 1967 and the Bedford's disposed of. This photo is taken in 'Austerity' weather in 1947 and shows the crew and passengers ready for a bracing ride to Ainsdale - for which the punters had paid 1/-. The Bedfords arrived in 1946 and 1947 with one bodied by the Corporation themselves, the rest by Rimmer, Harrison & Sutherland.
By 1967 the Corporation was on the verge of purchasing the first 'new generation' buses in the form of Leyland Panther single deck buses suitable for OPO operation. This was driven byt he need to review operations as passenger figures continued to collapse. Some Atlantean double deckers were purchased in 1973 - the year before the Borough became part of the new Merseyside County Council and the transport department passed to the Merseyside PTE.
A folder showcasing the advertising possibilities on a variety of the UK's bus operators vehicles in January 1987 and issued by British Transport Advertising Limited. This, I suspect, would have been an early foray for the concern under this name as 1987 was the year that the old nationalised BTA was sold off to management under the privatisation policies of the day. BTA had its origins in the nationalisation of the railway and elements of the bus industry in 1948 and first gained the BTA title in 1960 when it changed from the British Transport Commission's "Commercial Advertiisng Department". With the dissolution of the Commission in 1962 BTA continued in business minus London Transport who went their own way, and carried on with rail and, after 1969 and the National Bus Company, the majority of British bus companies.
Interestingly enough, alongside the preponderance of NBC vehicles shown here there are some of the ex-PTE's fleets, notably West Midlands Travel, who BTA acted for. As can be seen the bus outlines are those of the NBC's stalwarts the Bristol VR and the Leyland National. BTA certainly pushed the then popular use of vinyl overall advertising.
In 1967 the Lancashire seaside resort of Southport celebrated its centenary of being incorpoated as a County Borough, an administrative honour that granted the borough the power sof the county council within its boundaries. To help celebrate the Borough's Transport Department, Southport Corporation Transport, produced a neat little booklet that looked at the history of public transport in the borough.
This started in May 1873 with the running of horse trams by the Southport Tramways Company who, in 1880, were joined by the Birkdale Company. In 1896 the Corporation exercised its right to purchase the tramways and also began the process of electrifiying and extending the network. The first electric services ran on 18 July 1900 (work having started in February that year!). The Corporation finally bought out the remainder of the Southport Company. The system was a typical Edwardian 'first generation' system in that by the 1920s the Corporation was looking to run motor buses and, on 31 December 1934, the last tram ran in the town. The first motor bus purchased had been in 1924 or 26 - a locally constructed Vulcan. The buses, I recall, rean in a grand red and cream livery that matched the painting of the town's street lighting columns!
In the next few decades the undertaking were staunch supporters of the nearby Leyland company and they provided the majority of the bus fleet as can be seen in the photographs. There were some wartime interlopers in the form of Utility Daimlers and, in post-war years, the Department ran one of the country's most unusual services using most unusual vehicles. These were the twelve Bedford QL type that ran, open-top, along the beach from the town's promenade to Sandhills and Ainsdale. These last ran in 1967 and the Bedford's disposed of.
By 1967 the Corporation was on the verge of purchasing the first 'new generation' buses in the form of Leyland Panther single deck buses suitable for OPO operation. This was driven byt he need to review operations as passenger figures continued to collapse. Some Atlantean double deckers were purchased in 1973 - the year before the Borough became part of the new Merseyside County Council and the transport department passed to the Merseyside PTE.
This picture shows one of the small batch of vehicles purchased in 1961 that were typical of the fleet additions at that period with the shift from rear platform to forward entrance but a move back to exposed radiators. 45, UWM 45, was a Leyland Titan PD2/40 with Weymann bodywork. It can be seen running on trade plates 471 FY so it is likely to be 'on delivery'. I can almost hear the growl of the 0600 from here!
In 1967 the Lancashire seaside resort of Southport celebrated its centenary of being incorpoated as a County Borough, an administrative honour that granted the borough the power sof the county council within its boundaries. To help celebrate the Borough's Transport Department, Southport Corporation Transport, produced a neat little booklet that looked at the history of public transport in the borough.
This started in May 1873 with the running of horse trams by the Southport Tramways Company who, in 1880, were joined by the Birkdale Company. In 1896 the Corporation exercised its right to purchase the tramways and also began the process of electrifiying and extending the network. The first electric services ran on 18 July 1900 (work having started in February that year!). The Corporation finally bought out the remainder of the Southport Company. The system was a typical Edwardian 'first generation' system in that by the 1920s the Corporation was looking to run motor buses and, on 31 December 1934, the last tram ran in the town. The first motor bus purchased had been in 1924 or 26 - a locally constructed Vulcan. The buses, I recall, rean in a grand red and cream livery that matched the painting of the town's street lighting columns!
In the next few decades the undertaking were staunch supporters of the nearby Leyland company and they provided the majority of the bus fleet as can be seen in the photographs. There were some wartime interlopers in the form of Utility Daimlers and, in post-war years, the Department ran one of the country's most unusual services using most unusual vehicles. These were the twelve Bedford QL type that ran, open-top, along the beach from the town's promenade to Sandhills and Ainsdale. These last ran in 1967 and the Bedford's disposed of.
By 1967 the Corporation was on the verge of purchasing the first 'new generation' buses in the form of Leyland Panther single deck buses suitable for OPO operation. This was driven byt he need to review operations as passenger figures continued to collapse. Some Atlantean double deckers were purchased in 1973 - the year before the Borough became part of the new Merseyside County Council and the transport department passed to the Merseyside PTE.
This image shows one of the first 'modern' motor buses delivered to the undertaking - a 1932 Leyland bodied Titan TD2 that lasted in the fleet until 1947. Such buses, both in terms of design of chassis and bodywork, were the start of real technological advances in motor bus design.
In 1967 the Lancashire seaside resort of Southport celebrated its centenary of being incorpoated as a County Borough, an administrative honour that granted the borough the power sof the county council within its boundaries. To help celebrate the Borough's Transport Department, Southport Corporation Transport, produced a neat little booklet that looked at the history of public transport in the borough.
This started in May 1873 with the running of horse trams by the Southport Tramways Company who, in 1880, were joined by the Birkdale Company. In 1896 the Corporation exercised its right to purchase the tramways and also began the process of electrifiying and extending the network. The first electric services ran on 18 July 1900 (work having started in February that year!). The Corporation finally bought out the remainder of the Southport Company. The system was a typical Edwardian 'first generation' system in that by the 1920s the Corporation was looking to run motor buses and, on 31 December 1934, the last tram ran in the town. The first motor bus purchased had been in 1924 or 26 - a locally constructed Vulcan. The buses, I recall, rean in a grand red and cream livery that matched the painting of the town's street lighting columns!
In the next few decades the undertaking were staunch supporters of the nearby Leyland company and they provided the majority of the bus fleet as can be seen in the photographs. There were some wartime interlopers in the form of Utility Daimlers and, in post-war years, the Department ran one of the country's most unusual services using most unusual vehicles. These were the twelve Bedford QL type that ran, open-top, along the beach from the town's promenade to Sandhills and Ainsdale. These last ran in 1967 and the Bedford's disposed of.
This image shows one of the wartime vehicles, fleet number 59, EWM 347, a Daimler CWA6 with Northern Counties bodywork delivered in 1944. The upper image shows 'the usual' - a 1957 Leyland Titan PD2/20 with Weymanm bodywork, fleet number 40, MWM 40, and the then in vogue 'tinfront' that Southport's later deliveries of Titans reverted to the old style chrome radiator.
By 1967 the Corporation was on the verge of purchasing the first 'new generation' buses in the form of Leyland Panther single deck buses suitable for OPO operation. This was driven byt he need to review operations as passenger figures continued to collapse. Some Atlantean double deckers were purchased in 1973 - the year before the Borough became part of the new Merseyside County Council and the transport department passed to the Merseyside PTE.
In 1967 the Lancashire seaside resort of Southport celebrated its centenary of being incorpoated as a County Borough, an administrative honour that granted the borough the power sof the county council within its boundaries. To help celebrate the Borough's Transport Department, Southport Corporation Transport, produced a neat little booklet that looked at the history of public transport in the borough.
This started in May 1873 with the running of horse trams by the Southport Tramways Company who, in 1880, were joined by the Birkdale Company. In 1896 the Corporation exercised its right to purchase the tramways and also began the process of electrifiying and extending the network. The first electric services ran on 18 July 1900 (work having started in February that year!). The Corporation finally bought out the remainder of the Southport Company. The system was a typical Edwardian 'first generation' system in that by the 1920s the Corporation was looking to run motor buses and, on 31 December 1934, the last tram ran in the town. The first motor bus purchased had been in 1924 or 26 - a locally constructed Vulcan. The buses, I recall, rean in a grand red and cream livery that matched the painting of the town's street lighting columns!
In the next few decades the undertaking were staunch supporters of the nearby Leyland company and they provided the majority of the bus fleet as can be seen in the photographs. There were some wartime interlopers in the form of Utility Daimlers and, in post-war years, the Department ran one of the country's most unusual services using most unusual vehicles. These were the twelve Bedford QL type that ran, open-top, along the beach from the town's promenade to Sandhills and Ainsdale. These last ran in 1967 and the Bedford's disposed of.
By 1967 the Corporation was on the verge of purchasing the first 'new generation' buses in the form of Leyland Panther single deck buses suitable for OPO operation. This was driven byt he need to review operations as passenger figures continued to collapse. Some Atlantean double deckers were purchased in 1973 - the year before the Borough became part of the new Merseyside County Council and the transport department passed to the Merseyside PTE.
This image shows a bus with a fascinating history. Fleet number 88, FFY 405, was one of the first batch of post-war Leyland Titans (PD2/3 with Leyland bodywork) that was delivered in 1947. In 1963 several of them were converted to open-top configuration (with, I'm sure, top covers that could be re-fitted for winter use). 88 was exported a few years later to the USA where it operated at the Woodlands Open Air Museum in Cooperstown, New York state. The Museum has long gone, I'm told, and the fate of 88 is unknown. One of the batch, 85, does I think survive in preservation,
A folder showcasing the advertising possibilities on a variety of the UK's bus operators vehicles in January 1987 and issued by British Transport Advertising Limited. This, I suspect, would have been an early foray for the concern under this name as 1987 was the year that the old nationalised BTA was sold off to management under the privatisation policies of the day. BTA had its origins in the nationalisation of the railway and elements of the bus industry in 1948 and first gained the BTA title in 1960 when it changed from the British Transport Commission's "Commercial Advertiisng Department". With the dissolution of the Commission in 1962 BTA continued in business minus London Transport who went their own way, and carried on with rail and, after 1969 and the National Bus Company, the majority of British bus companies.
Interestingly enough, alongside the preponderance of NBC vehicles shown here there are some of the ex-PTE's fleets, notably West Midlands Travel, who BTA acted for. As can be seen the bus outlines are those of the NBC's stalwarts the Bristol VR and the Leyland National.
A folder showcasing the advertising possibilities on a variety of the UK's bus operators vehicles in January 1987 and issued by British Transport Advertising Limited. This, I suspect, would have been an early foray for the concern under this name as 1987 was the year that the old nationalised BTA was sold off to management under the privatisation policies of the day. BTA had its origins in the nationalisation of the railway and elements of the bus industry in 1948 and first gained the BTA title in 1960 when it changed from the British Transport Commission's "Commercial Advertiisng Department". With the dissolution of the Commission in 1962 BTA continued in business minus London Transport who went their own way, and carried on with rail and, after 1969 and the National Bus Company, the majority of British bus companies.
Interestingly enough, alongside the preponderance of NBC vehicles shown here there are some of the ex-PTE's fleets, notably West Midlands Travel, who BTA acted for. As can be seen the bus outlines are those of the NBC's stalwarts the Bristol VR and the Leyland National.
STA Elizabeth bus stabling yard in 1979 with some old AEC Regal IV left. These buses were in various stages of neglect however still seen in revenue service. © Henk Graalman
In 1967 the Lancashire seaside resort of Southport celebrated its centenary of being incorpoated as a County Borough, an administrative honour that granted the borough the power sof the county council within its boundaries. To help celebrate the Borough's Transport Department, Southport Corporation Transport, produced a neat little booklet that looked at the history of public transport in the borough.
This started in May 1873 with the running of horse trams by the Southport Tramways Company who, in 1880, were joined by the Birkdale Company. In 1896 the Corporation exercised its right to purchase the tramways and also began the process of electrifiying and extending the network. The first electric services ran on 18 July 1900 (work having started in February that year!). The Corporation finally bought out the remainder of the Southport Company. The system was a typical Edwardian 'first generation' system in that by the 1920s the Corporation was looking to run motor buses and, on 31 December 1934, the last tram ran in the town. The first motor bus purchased had been in 1924 or 26 - a locally constructed Vulcan. The buses, I recall, rean in a grand red and cream livery that matched the painting of the town's street lighting columns!
In the next few decades the undertaking were staunch supporters of the nearby Leyland company and they provided the majority of the bus fleet as can be seen in the photographs. There were some wartime interlopers in the form of Utility Daimlers and, in post-war years, the Department ran one of the country's most unusual services using most unusual vehicles. These were the twelve Bedford QL type that ran, open-top, along the beach from the town's promenade to Sandhills and Ainsdale. These last ran in 1967 and the Bedford's disposed of.
By 1967 the Corporation was on the verge of purchasing the first 'new generation' buses in the form of Leyland Panther single deck buses suitable for OPO operation. This was driven byt he need to review operations as passenger figures continued to collapse. Some Atlantean double deckers were purchased in 1973 - the year before the Borough became part of the new Merseyside County Council and the transport department passed to the Merseyside PTE.
Grampian Transport Museum and First Group Heritage Trust held a open event today Sunday 7th July 2019 showcasing their entire collection of Buses from the present day to the past,
It was a great event , you could access most of the buses and get a ride around their show track , at the end of the day the buses all completed a few laps of the track for people to enjoy , I captured many photos and videos to archive the event , I will post a few over the coming days once I have time.
Front View of both 182 models. The FirstBus fleet number - 66282 can be prominently seen.
Y182 BGB, currently in preservation and stored at the Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust (GVVT) in Bridgeton, was delivered new to Hutchison of Overtown, a well respected independent bus & coach operator serving Lanarkshire, Glasgow and offering Scottish, UK and European tours. In 2007, with the owner deciding to retire, Hutchison’s operations, depot, vehicle and many staff passed into the ownership of First Glasgow/Lanarkshire. 182 was one of those vehicles, and was quickly repainted into the standard First Barbie livery.
Both of these 1:76 scale, Code 3, Exclusive First Editions (EFE) models are my own work and represent both periods of 182’s operational life. On the left, as it was when in service with Hutchison’s, wearing the special Golden Jubilee livery worn by 181 & 182, both Wright Renowns, and by the Wright Solars in the fleet. This model has undergone full exterior paint stripping and repaint, with custom transfers applied. The interior has been appropriately decorated, the seats given a grey moquette with multi colour stripes and yellow safety bars & grab rails. Interior signage has been painted also. The model has recently been completed with the application of correct Vehicle Registration Mark plates bearing “Y182 BGB”, and exterior mirrors have been reapplied. The bus has the recognisable Hutchison’s “Buggy Bus” signage to the windscreen and on windows to the near and offsides. Strathclyde Passenger Transport Zonecard pennants are also insitu, and the destination display shows Service 2 for the hometown of Overtown.
On the right is a representation of 182’s later life, following the First Glasgow takeover. The model wears the standard FirstBus “Barbie” livery, with only minor exterior changes made these being - the mirrors being painted yellow and correct VRM plates and fleet numbers (66282) applied. The interior has undergone similar changes to the real bus, with the seating moquette changed to the standard FirstBus purple, while maintaining the yellow safety bars/grab rails. A “bus stopping” display screen has been painted on, alongside generic onboard signage and a Welcome Aboard FirstBus sign on the drivers cab door. The cab door has also gained a plastic bandit screen, with a second plastic screen for passengers placed behind the main door in front of the first seat. This screen also has a “no smoking” sign attached. The destination board displays Service 240 for Lanark via Wishaw.
Wide overview of Belshotmuir Bus Depot and Street. Picture includes Post Office Ford Transit entering depot grounds, with four McGills buses at rest within. These include - Dennis Dart SLF, Volvo Wright Renown, Mercedes Benz Citaro & Wright Eclipse Urban. In the foreground, an orange Optare Solo minibus with First Glasgow fleet markings, and wearing the SPT (Strathclyde Partnership for Transport) MyBus livery, sets down at a bus stop. The red roof of an Avondale Dart SLF is seen passing in the opposite lane.
In reality -
A couple of months ago I completed a Code 3 repaint of a CMNL Mercedes Citaro into the livery of McGills, a familiar operator to those in the Glasgow and West of Scotland. I held a small photoshoot alongside the rest of my admittedly small fleet of McGills Buses which includes a Dart SLF, Wright Renown & Corgi OM46016A - a Wright Eclipse Urban. Annoyingly I then completely forgot to post the pictures until now.
Pictured here at the former Belshotmuir Depot is my current fleet of McGills, with a First Glasgow Optare Solo seen passing by. The Solo is in the livery of, and on service to SPT MyBus.
All models are in 1:76 scale (OO Gauge). Code 3 means a standard production model (Code 1) which has been altered, in this case having been dismantled, stripped and repainted with water slide transfers applied.
One of the most 'colourful' (in several senses of the word!) Independents in central England as the 1970s turned into the 1980s was Mid Warwickshire Motors of Balsall Common. Their fleet contained a vast mix of heavyweight new and used buses and coaches. This shot was taken at a yard to the rear of a transport cafe, the location of which I might recognise if I passed by, but can't recall any more about it than that. In the picture is a representative cross section of the fleet, AEC Reliance coaches bought new, an ex Birmingham Corp AEC Swift and three Alexander W Type Ex Tyne & Wear Leyland Panthers.
Shortly afterwards, the Mid Warwickshire name was dropped, they then became Heart of England Tours.
One of the many types of buses in service in Adelaide in the late seventies and early eighties.
Looks like an AEC.
These buses were later painted bright orange to see service on the circle line
© Henk Graalman 10086
Bristol Omnibus Co. training bus no. W135 standing at the spare bay at Bath Bus Station on Friday 18th July 1975. The instructor and his trainee drivers have almost certainly repaired upstairs to the staff canteen to indulge the busman's well-known penchant for tea.
This livery of cream with orange bands did not long survive the appointment of a new general manager who brought with him from the Eastern National company a more strident colour scheme of blue with red lettering. The vehicle, a Gardner-engined Bristol KSW with, of course, an ECW body, had begun its career in January 1955 as bus no. 8192 (SHW 362). Instead of the usual cutaway open platform, it has an entrance with a folding door operated manually by the conductor. This distinguishes it as being from the Company's "country" fleet. There would have been a 5-speed gearbox and a heater in the lower saloon ...features absent from the equivalent "city" vehicles. As part of the Company's complex arrangements for balancing the mileages of buses in its various sub-fleets, these "country" KSWs often spent their declining years on Bristol city services, where the narrow entrance and folding doors were a great nuisance, impeding the ingress and egress of passengers and dangerously blocking the conductor's view of the platform from within the lower saloon.
8192 carried its last passenger in August 1969, being relicenced as a training vehicle in October. It was finally retired on 30th November 1976 and broken up by Booth, Rotherham, in May 1977.
Belshotmuir Bus & Coach Depot Diorama.
Nearside View -
This 1/76 scale, Code 3 model of a Van Hool Alizee in the fleet and livery of Stuarts of Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland, is a representation of the real life TSV 266. The model also bears this vehicle registration mark.
The rest of this small model fleet can be seen in the background, with both a minibus representing the local service bus aspect and a further coach representing the express coach aspect of the Stuarts operations.
All three models are my own work, utilising custom commission water slide transfers.
Not surprisingly Mercedes Benz supplied the first series of guided buses for the Adelaide 'O'Bahn.
© Henk Graalman
Grampian Transport Museum and First Group Heritage Trust held a open event today Sunday 7th July 2019 showcasing their entire collection of Buses from the present day to the past,
It was a great event , you could access most of the buses and get a ride around their show track , at the end of the day the buses all completed a few laps of the track for people to enjoy , I captured many photos and videos to archive the event , I will post a few over the coming days once I have time.
Grampian Transport Museum and First Group Heritage Trust held a open event today Sunday 7th July 2019 showcasing their entire collection of Buses from the present day to the past,
It was a great event , you could access most of the buses and get a ride around their show track , at the end of the day the buses all completed a few laps of the track for people to enjoy , I captured many photos and videos to archive the event , I will post a few over the coming days once I have time.
Once Scotland's biggest bus company, it was incorporated under the W. Alexander and Sons Ltd name in 1924 with HQ at Brown Street, Camelon, Falkirk. Later controlled by SMT, it had 800 vehicles in 1932 and a staggering 1937 buses and coaches by 1961.
Lothian 999 on a Service 35 and photographed at Gyle Centre, Edinburgh. This does not mean there are 999 buses in the fleet, however. 999 is currently SK06 AHN
Grampian Transport Museum and First Group Heritage Trust held a open event today Sunday 7th July 2019 showcasing their entire collection of Buses from the present day to the past,
It was a great event , you could access most of the buses and get a ride around their show track , at the end of the day the buses all completed a few laps of the track for people to enjoy , I captured many photos and videos to archive the event , I will post a few over the coming days once I have time.
Since 1969 the Daimler body style was introduced. This unit is still without an airconditioner.
Montacute Road, Newton 1979, Stop 26. © Henk Graalman 6874
June 1995 fleet list of Green Bus (Warstone Motors Ltd) Great Wyrley. By this time most buses were fitted with Wayfarer ticket machines instead of the traditional Bell Punch system.
1995-06-June'95-FleetList-GBS
Busfleet (Alexandria) Mercedes Benz OH1725L / Express no. B075 is seen arriving at Liverpool on train replacement route 79T2 to Macarthur.
This bus is ex-Jurien North School Bus Charters (Jurien North) in Western Australia.
Grampian Transport Museum and First Group Heritage Trust held a open event today Sunday 7th July 2019 showcasing their entire collection of Buses from the present day to the past,
It was a great event , you could access most of the buses and get a ride around their show track , at the end of the day the buses all completed a few laps of the track for people to enjoy , I captured many photos and videos to archive the event , I will post a few over the coming days once I have time.
Vintage buses gather in Teignmouth for a meet up on a dreadful day for weather. 31 May 2015.
Devon General AEC fleet No. 518 Reg. No. CTT 518C.
Camera: Olympus FE-120 digital compact.
Grampian Transport Museum and First Group Heritage Trust held a open event today Sunday 7th July 2019 showcasing their entire collection of Buses from the present day to the past,
It was a great event , you could access most of the buses and get a ride around their show track , at the end of the day the buses all completed a few laps of the track for people to enjoy , I captured many photos and videos to archive the event , I will post a few over the coming days once I have time.
Two outsiders within the GVB-busfleet: since 2012 two Phileasbusses (left in the picture, fleetnumbers 007 and 008), powered by Hydrogen, are running on weekdays on busline 22. On the right in the picture is one of the four Mercedes-Benz Sprinter minibusses (fleetnumbers 016-019) which are only serving on the rural busline 30, 31 and 230 on weekdays in the nothern-part of Amsterdam.
GVB - APTS Phileas, 008, bus 22, and Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, 017
Insulindeweg (Amsterdam)
August 17, 2014
Another shot of this ex Plymouth Corporation Leyland PD2/40 double decker, fleet No. 102, leading a lonely existance near Buckfastleigh Devon.
19 March 2013.
Camera: Olympus FE-120 6.0 Digital.
The blue coach is the Maidstone & District 16 seat luxury coach known as the 'Knightrider'. It was new in 1950 to Maidstone and District Motor Services. It has very deep leather upholstered seats, tables and a drinks cabinet. It was used only on very special occasions and by the directors. The coach remained owned by the company and its succesors until before 2002, according to busfleets.co.uk
The little model in front is a replica of Invicta steam locomotive, the original of which may now be found in the Canterbury Museum. the goods shed on the left is now a Farmers' Market and restaurant.
Photo taken at Canterbury during the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the Canterbury & Whitstable Railway on 3 May 1980, (in the goods yard at Canterbury West Station. Note the "all over" signal box
Cole amongst other private public transport operators were using the Leyland Worldmaster as prefered fleet.
©Henk Graalman
Vintage buses gather in Teignmouth for a meet up on a dreadful day for weather. 31 May 2015.
'Leyland' fleet No. 159 Reg. No. 8159 EL.
Camera: Olympus FE-120 digital compact.
Vintage buses gather in Teignmouth for a meet up on a dreadful day for weather. 31 May 2015. Western National 'Bristol' fleet number 1969 Reg, No, 468 FTT.
Camera: Olympus FE-120 digital compact.
Newton Abbot bus terminal on 05 March 2012 and Stagecoach 'named' bus fleet, Reg No. WA57 FXT Fleet No. 47535 "Lady Lucy Reynell" is almost ready to depart.
Camera: Olympus FE-120 Digital.