The past few weeks has seen a number of blogs posted following my visit to Scotland in 2019.
One thing that has stood out for me from this visit was the richness of the liveries displayed on the buses.
Red, yellow, green, maroon, blue, cream, orange, black, white.
All have been swept away to be replaced by what? ‘Stagecoach’? ‘Firstbus’?
Fortunately, ’Lothian’s madder and white is still with us but what a lot has been lost.
For part 1 see blog posted 03/07/2020.
In the early 1960’s the Walter Alexander Coachworks located in Falkirk were one of many companies in the UK supplying bus and coach bodies.
Much of their production stayed in Scotland but they had started to break into the market elsewhere in the UK.
However it was the coming of the 36ft coach chassis and the ‘Y’ type body that they built on it that boosted them into being a national supplier.
Many English operators bought this very stylish body with the panoramic, slightly raked forward windows.
Trent, North Western, Premier Travel of Cambridge and Sheffield Transport are just a handful of operators who bought them.
DMS 359C ‘Midland Scottish’ No. ML 309 ‘RECOVERY VEHICLE’. Leyland Leopard / Alexander ‘Y’
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New as service bus No. MPE73 to ‘Alexander (Midland)’.
SSX 602V ‘Eastern Scottish’ No. S 602 E. Seddon Pennine 7 /Alexander ‘Y’
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk
GSO 80V ‘Northern Scottish’ No. NPE80. Leyland Leopard / Alexander ‘Y’
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
XGM 450L ‘Central Scottish’ No. T 150. Leyland Leopard / Alexander ‘Y’
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
SCS 335M ‘Western Scottish’ No. C4 KL2466. Leyland Leopard / Alexander ‘Y’
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
PSX 189Y Alexander (Fife) No. FPE 189. Leyland Leopard / Alexander ‘Y’
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
It still has some way to go but it’s on its way back.
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