THE SCOTTISH VINTAGE BUS MUSEUM -
2011 OPEN WEEKEND
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Saturday 20th
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Museum-based buses ready for action |
A tight squeeze as Western SMT Leyland Titan PD3A/3, RCS382 inches
passed Central SMT XGM450L, abandoned by the driver whilst he is booking in. |
A queue gathers as the drivers book in their vehicles, including Fife
Leopard YSF88S & Ceeennntral SMT Ailsa LHS747V |
A sorry Edinburgh Corporation Guy JWS594 is ignominiously assisted to
the workshop with a faulty starter motor |
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Another vehicle WJC
Buses’ AEC Y-Type
VMP10G awaits its driver |
Bedford UFJ974R
has booked in and is about to move down the site to park up |
Northern
Scottish Dennis Lancet A506FSS loads for Dunfermline |
MacBraynes Bedford VAS 380FGB sitting pretty |
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Dennis Dart K134SRH is the support vehicle for the Tyne and Wear
Bus Preservation Group |
Fife Leopard YSF88S loads for Dunfermline |
Northern Scottish Olympian SSA5X resting on Saturday evening
after a late afternoon trip to Dunfermline |
Central SMT Leopard XGM450L on display |
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On Saturday evening, Bristol SUL 336EDV checks
out the site, to be ready for its run on Sunday |
Scania Fire Tender F182FHS has a run round after
coming to the aid of a museum-based Volvo Ailsa with a flat battery |
Volvo Ailsa WTS272T, in Open-top Tour livery,
getting in to position for its overnight stay ….. |
….. whilst former stablemate at Tayside, WTS273T
familiarises itself with the site |
Sunday 21st
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Sunday morning, and the vehicles start arriving,
lead by Kelvin Scottish MCW Metrobus B100PKS |
MacBraynes Bedford VAS 380FGB waiting to move on to the
stance for its Dunfermline trip ….. |
….. with Blackpool Corporation Leyland PD3
HFR501E ready to follow |
Open-top Bristol VR UWV607S loads for the Forth
Bridge Tour, on which it was accompanied by Stagecoach FLF HGM335E |
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Northern Scottish Dennis Lancet A506FSS and Baxters AEC Y-Type VMP10G load for Dunfermline |
Fishwick’s
Leyland PD2, 528CTF, loading for Dunfermline, one of a very varied programme
of buses to do so |
London MCW Metrobus KYV781X loads for Dunfermline |
Highland Albion
BCS256C ready for its inaugural trip on SVBM duty |
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Bedford Lorry
MMS975W heads for home |
The last bus,
Western SMT coach SCS335M loads, with an old man acting like a 10-year-old |
Manchester
Corporation Leyland Titan PD2/40 UNB524, preparing to leave |
Dennis Dart
EIG9486 of Squirrel Self Storage |
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Clydeside Scottish Daimler Fleetline HSD73V |
WJC Coaches Leyland Olympian / Alexander Royale?
N88WJC |
Vanhool Ailsa PSJ825R of A1, Ardrossan, parked
up after having sneaky runs round the western half of the site! |
Volvo Ailsa WTS272T, as with lots of others,
enjoying the after-hours freedom of an empty site ….. |
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….. as is Strathtay MCW Metrorider E186BNS |
The Red Bus Company’s London Transport AEC 353CLT |
Pride of place went to this group of
immaculatley restored vehicles – all museum-based |
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