Friend Stuart Montgomery, one of ‘Lothian Buses’ volunteer photographers has forwarded a selection of his latest images which I am pleased to display here.
As usual with Stuarts work they have not been edited by me.
SA15 VTO ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 435 ‘Skylink’. Volvo B5TL / Wright Gemini 3
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Although branded for the service linking the City with the Airport, these buses have been downgraded to bus work where they now operate on route No. 41.
This links Kings Buildings with Cramond via Edinburgh city centre.
Presumably at some stage they will be re-painted into fleet livery.
They were replaced on the airport service by new Volvo B8RLE’s with Alexander bodies.
My blog posted 21/08/2019 illustrates these newer vehicles together with an earlier livery on Transbus Trident/ Plaxton President buses.
MXZ 1756 ‘Lothian Motorcoaches’ No. 846. Volvo B9TL / Wright Gemini
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
New registered SN57 DDX to ‘Lothian Buses’.
At the time of the image, this bus had been downgraded to bus work.
Why ‘Lothian’ persist with this drab livery I have no idea.
The coaching livery used to be overall white with black contrast which looked superb.
See blog post dated 25/08/2020 for an example.
SN09 CUU Lothian Buses No 315 .Volvo B9TL / Wright Gemini
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Pictured in the ‘Harlequin’ livery.
The purpose of which was to identify buses in this livery as being low floor from buses in normal livery that were high floor.
This particular livery stayed in use until all the fleet had become low floor at which point it was discontinued.
SN11 EBO Lothian Buses No 363. Volvo B9TL / Wright Gemini
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
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