‘Scene’ in Edinburgh Once More 1 on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Friend Peter Rose’s love of the Scottish capital continues unabated.

 

The benefit to the rest of us is a steady supply of interesting images for me to reproduce here where we can all enjoy them.

 

Of course, they are posted with his consent and my thanks.

 

SJ19 OYO ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 1111, Lothiancity 1919 100 years 2019.

Volvo B8L / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro400XLB

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

These 100 seat buses proved extremely useful during the recent Covid 19 pandemic in keeping passengers socially distanced.

 

 

 

 

SA16 VUN ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 562, poppyscotland.

Volvo B5LH / Wright Eclipse Gemini 3

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

SN13 BDF ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 5.

Volvo 7900 Hybrid / Volvo

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

YN68 BBV ‘Borders Buses’ No.11619, The Great Tapestry of Scotland.

Scania N250UD / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro400MMC

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Behind the bus, the gentleman sitting astride his horse is the Duke of Wellington.

 

The horse, named Copenhagen, was his mount at The Battle of Waterloo.

 

The Duke’s normal headwear, an orange traffic cone, appears to be missing.

 

 

 

 

SN69 ZNL ‘Borders Buses’ No. 11920.

Alexander Dennis Ltd. E20D / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro200MMC

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

 

HSK 657 ‘Parks of Hamilton’, citylink, 900 Edinburgh Glasgow.

Volvo B11RLET / Plaxton Panorama

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

‘Scene’ in Edinburgh Once More 1 ‘Lothian Buses’ group on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Friend Peter Rose has been North of the border once more and has forwarded these images which are posted with his permission and my thanks.

 

The last day of his latest visit took him to Edinburgh for the train home.

 

Prior to boarding his train, he took advantage of the sunny day to capture the images pictured here.

 

SJ71 HJV ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 661, Lothian.

Volvo B5TL / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro400MMC

on Dennis Basford’srailsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

This image taken on Princes Street showing the relationship between the buses and the tramway.

 

For those that may not know Edinburgh; Prince Street gardens are down the hill to the left of the single deck bus, with the railway line beyond running more or less parallel to the road.

 

The castle being high on the hill again on the left.

 

 

 

 

SJ19 OYG ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 1106, Lothiancity, 1919 100 YEARS 2019.

Volvo B8L / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro400XLB

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

LX11 CVM ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 100, Lothiancity, 1919 100 YEARS 2019.

Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini 2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

‘Lothian Buses’ bought 50 or so second hand buses which were surplus to operators in London of which this is one.

 

They were bought to replace older buses in the ‘Lothian’ fleet that had less efficient and more polluting engines.

 

 

 

 

SN13 BCY ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 3.

Volvo B5LH / Volvo

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

SB19 GMX’ Lothian Buses’ No. 1135, AIRLINK.

Volvo B8L / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro400XLB

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

SJ67 MHA ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 588, Lothiancountry.

Volvo B5LH / Eclipse Gemini 3

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

SJ18 NFV ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 588, EastCoastbuses.

Volvo B5TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini 3

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New to ‘East Coast Buses’ No. 20005.

 

 

 

 

SF17 VMO ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 64, EastCoastbuses

Volvo B8RLE / Wright Eclipse 3

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

New to ‘East Coast Buses’ No. 10064.

 

‘Scene’ In Edinburgh Once More on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Friend Stuart Montgomery, one of ‘Lothian Buses’ volunteer photographers has recently forwarded some images of buses in his home city which I am pleased to share with you.

 

They are of course reproduced with his permission and my thanks to him.

 

SA15 VUV ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 569, co-op.

Volvo B5LH / Wright Eclipse Gemini 3 /1

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

SA15 VUV ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 569, co-op.

Volvo B5LH / Wright Eclipse Gemini 3 /2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

SA15 VUV ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 569, co-op.

Volvo B5LH / Wright Eclipse Gemini 3 /3

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

SB19 GLY ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 1128.

Volvo B8L / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro400XLB

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

I don’t know the reason for the all white livery. 

 

It is probably being prepared for an all over livery but I think this looks very elegant.

 

‘Scene’ in Edinburgh by Peter Rose Coaches 1 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Peter, a friend of many years standing, was in Edinburgh on holiday recently and has forwarded these images for me to share with you.

 

As usual, they appear with his consent and my thanks.

 

Many images in this selection were captured on Princes Street which is shared with other forms of transport including Edinburgh’s trams.

 

The track of which can be observed beneath some of the coaches.

 

MXZ 1754 ‘Lothian ‘Motorcoaches’ No. 844.

Volvo B9TL / Wright Eclipse Gemini

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New to ‘Lothian Buses’ registered SN57 DDU.

 

 

 

 

SB19 GMO  ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 1132 ‘Airlink Express 24/7’.

Volvo B8L / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro400XLB

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

A fleet of ten of these magnificent vehicles maintains the link to Edinburgh Airport.

 

 

 

 

HSK 655 ‘Parks of Hamilton’ ‘Edinburgh Glasgow 24hr shuttle up to every 15 mins’.

Volvo B11RLET /Plaxton Panorama

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

The registration HSK 655 is a cherished registration that is owned by Parks which has appeared on a total of seven previous coaches.

 

 

 

 

 

YX64 WDC ‘Stagecoach Fife Scottish Omnibuses’ No. 54317.

Volvo B11RT / Plaxton Elite

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

It served ‘Stagecoach Cambus’ at one stage in its career.

 

A livery that I have never seen in the ‘flesh’ so to speak and with the situation at ‘Stagecoach’ at the time of writing, might never see.

 

‘Scene’ in Huddersfield ‘Stotts Coaches’ on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Or ‘uddersfield as we Yorkshire folk are given to calling it.

 

My first real day out ‘bus hunting’ in 2022 was to the two West Yorkshire towns of Halifax and Huddersfield.

 

Only 9 or so miles apart in distance but separated in fact by an enormous hill along the top of which runs the M62.

 

Part 1 which looked at the bus station was posted on 20/03/2022. 

 

A14 ESS ‘Stotts BUS & COACH TRAVEL’.

Volvo B7TL/ Alexander ALX400

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

From the wording on the lower panels it would seem that this bus is kept for schools work.

 

 

 

 

YJ55 BLZ ‘Stotts BUS & COACH TRAVEL’.

Optare Solo M780SL

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New to ‘Hughes & Goodsir’, Holyhead.

 

 

 

 

YK55 ENR ‘Stotts BUS & COACH TRAVEL’.

Optare Solo M920

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New to ‘First West Yorkshire’ as No. 53904.

 

 

 

 

YJ05 WCO ‘Stotts BUS & COACH TRAVEL’.

Optare Solo M780 /1

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’ 

 

New to ‘Tyrer’, Nelson, Lancs.

 

 

 

 

YJ05 WCO ‘Stotts BUS & COACH TRAVEL’.

Optare Solo M780 /2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

‘Scene’ After Dark in Edinburgh on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Friend Stuart Montgomery, one of ‘Lothian Buses’ volunteer photographers, has recently forwarded some of his images that were taken during the dark hours.

 

This is something that I have never done, but having viewed what Stuart has produced I am going to give it a ‘go’ soon.

 

The images are produced with Stuart’s consent and my thanks.

 

SB19 GLZ ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 1129

Volvo B8L / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400XLB

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

SJ71 HJE ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 654.

Volvo B5TL / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400MMC /1

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

SJ70 HNB ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 67.

Volvo B8RLE / MCV Evora

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

SJ71 HJE ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 654.

Volvo B5TL / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400MMC /2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

SJ71 HJG ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 656.

Volvo B5TL / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400MMC

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

‘Scene’ in Edinburgh once more on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Friend Stuart Montgomery, one of ‘Lothian Buses’ (LB) volunteer photographers has forwarded his latest images of buses in the Scottish capital.

 

As usual with Stuarts work his images are unedited by me and produced with his permission and my thanks.

 

Unusually the bus in question does not carry ‘LB’s traditional livery but has been painted to resemble a giraffe and is used to promote Edinburgh Zoo.

 

I have included a picture of the prototype to show how well the livery on the bus compares with the original!

 

The bus has appeared before on my blog when on 19/08/2019 I posted 4 images of it painted in a special livery commemorating 100 years of ‘Lothian Buses’.

 

SJ19 OZD ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 1125 ‘JOIN THE HERD’. Volvo B8L / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro400XLB /1

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

SJ19 OZD ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 1125 ‘JOIN THE HERD’. Volvo B8L / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro400XLB /2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

SJ19 OZD ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 1125 ‘JOIN THE HERD’. Volvo B8L / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro400XLB /3

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

A pair of Giraffes

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

The occasional animal has appeared before on my blog but in the 7,000 plus images I have posted over the years these are the first giraffes to make an appearance.

 

 

‘SCENE’ IN SCOTLAND AGAIN 3 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

From time to time, I publish blog a day for a limited period. 

 

In the past it has been at a holiday time or to report on the Coach and Bus show at the NEC.

 

So for no other reason that it is Easter and maybe we all need a bit of cheering up, I will publish this blog today (Easter Sunday) and a further blog on Easter Monday.

 

I had been wondering what to publish when out of the blue came images from friends Peter Rose and Stuart Montgomery. 

 

It is their work then that will be on show over the next few days and of course with their co-operation and permission.

 

Both of these gentlemen are supporters of the ‘Buses/Trains in the environment’ concept so out of respect for their views, the images have not been cropped by myself.

 

I continue with Stuarts images from an almost deserted Edinburgh.

 

The images have been gathered in the last couple of weeks when as an Edinburgh resident he is out on his daily exercise as accepted by the government.

 

He properly socially distanced himself from other people so neither anyone else nor himself was put at risk.

 

All the images in this blog are of the new Volvo B8L’s with Alexander Enviro 400XLB bodies.

 

SJ19 OZD ‘Lothian buses’ No. 1125 ‘Centenary bus’. Volvo B8L / Alexander Enviro 400XLB

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

SB19 GLK ‘Lothian buses’ No. 1126 ’AIRLINK’. Volvo B8L / Alexander Enviro 400XLB

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Waiting on Waverley Bridge for someone, anyone to turn up.

 

This was at 2-00pm on a Monday afternoon and illustrates how well the residents were observing the lockdown.

 

I was on this bridge last August and it was absolutely packed with sightseeing buses and people.

 

 

 

SJ19 OYM ‘Lothian buses’ No. 1110. Volvo B8L / Alexander Enviro 400XLB 

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

Stuart comments that ‘Lothian’ are deliberately using these large 100 seat buses so that passengers (the few that there are) can socially distance themselves from other passengers.

 

 

 

 

SJ19 OXR ‘Lothian buses’ No. 1098. Volvo B8L / Alexander Enviro 400XLB 

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

‘Scene’ on the Edinburgh Airport Link on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

I would think that every airport in the world has its airport link buses and Edinburgh Airport is no different.

 

There is a lot of money to be made and as such the service usually attracts quality vehicles.

 

An earlier generation of vehicles is illustrated here together with the latest models.

 

SN04 AAJ ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 664 ‘AIRLINK Edinburgh Airport City Centre’. Transbus Trident / Plaxton President /1

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

 

SN04 AAJ ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 664 ‘AIRLINK Edinburgh Airport City Centre’. Transbus Trident / Plaxton President /2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

SB19 GLV ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 1127 ‘AIRLINK Express 24/7’. Volvo B8L / Alexander Enviro400XLB 

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

SB19 GNK ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 1140 ‘AIRLINK Express 24/7’. Volvo B8L / Alexander Enviro400XLB /1 

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

SB19 GNK ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 1140 ‘AIRLINK Express 24/7’. Volvo B8L / Alexander Enviro400XLB /2 

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

SB19 GNK ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 1140 ‘AIRLINK Express 24/7’. Volvo B8L / Alexander Enviro400XLB /3

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

‘Scene’ in Scotland 1 on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

Friend Peter Rose and I recently made the trip over the border to visit the ‘Scottish Vintage Bus Museum’ which is at Lathalmond in Fife.

 

Located close to the historic town of Dunfermline it is housed in a very large complex that at one time was home to a Royal Navy storage depot.

 

There are many buildings that survive from that time some of which are used to house the museums collections.

 

The surviving roadways are put to good use on open days by allowing  a comprehensive bus service to enable visitors to get around the site.

 

The medallions on the between decks panelling illustrating events and vehicles in that time.

 

SJ19 OZD ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 11125, ‘1919 100 Years 2019’. Volvo B8L / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400XLB /1 

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

SJ19 OZD ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 11125, ‘1919 100 Years 2019’. Volvo B8L / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400XLB /2

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

SJ19 OZD ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 11125, ‘1919 100 Years 2019’. Volvo B8L / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400XLB /3

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’

 

 

 

 

SJ19 OZD ‘Lothian Buses’ No. 11125, ‘1919 100 Years 2019’. Volvo B8L / Alexander Dennis Ltd. Enviro 400XLB /4 

on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’