Hi members. We’ve recently had an email from member Graham Robson regarding some historic Caledonian Bus Company items. I’m looking for anyone interested in Caledonian Bus Company,I have inherited a load of items from the company, it varies from rule books, unused ticket rolls to letters to and from local businesses. There is also Western […]
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Hi members. The requests are coming in thick and fast at the moment. This one is from member Ian Longhorn. Can anyone help? I have negatives of SCS329M and RAG394M which after service with Northern Scottish migrated to South Wales. The shots I have of them are taken in Cardiff but I am struggling to
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Hi members. We’ve received the following appeal from David Toy. David was engineering director with Western Scottish for many years and your help would be very much appreciated. David’s forthcoming Classic Bus article should be absolutely superb and provide many answers as to why the SBG chose to swap their newer Bristol VRT buses for
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Hi folks. We’ve received the following appeal from John B: Sanny Sloan who lived in Rankinston ‘The Miners MP’ died on the 16th November 1945. On the day of his funeral three Western buses were hired to take the many mourners from Rankinston to the cemetery at Coylton. I remember that three double deckers arrived
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Hi folks. We’ve received the following appeal from Graham Hand: HiHad no idea this site existed. Excellent work all round! Delighted to see so many Leopards preserved. I have a colour slide of the above-registered vehicle (long-window body) from August 1973, if it would be of any interest? It was allocated to Rothesay at the
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Hi folks. We’ve received the following appeal: ” Hello Western Scottish Team, I am looking for replacement parts for my 1963 Albion Lowlander. I urgently need all the diaphragm brake cylinders. can you help me do you have a parts list too? Thanks and best regardsManfred” If anyone can help please contact us here, and
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Hi folks. We’ve received the following appeal: “…Hi there. My name is Peter Glass and I am looking for pictures of Kilmarnock Bus Station, Ayr Bus Station and Cumnock Bus Station from the Western Scottish Omnibuses era (mid-1980s-mid-1990s). I look forward to hearing from you…” If anyone can help please contact Peter here.
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In 1981, after the first batch of Duple Dominant III coaches had been delivered, the Volvo B58 Alexander M types were upseated from C42Ft to C45Ft.
Member Adam Lenton has the following question regarding Western depots in the 80’s
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Member Martin Hughes has posted a request for information regarding the DSD-V Seddon T Types that were converted for Citylink use.
Looking for information on Seddon PSG842P as im pretty sure thats not
its original registration
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Can anyone help Thomas with this technical question regarding the RSD-R batch of Alexander Y Type bodied Seddon Pennine 7’s?
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Member Chris Wood is currently building up a very impressive collection of model buses out-shopped in the old Blue and White Scottish Express livery and is his next project is Western Scottish Duple Bodied Volvo B10M, V116 NCS116W.
Martin Hughes has submitted this question. Can anyone help? Why did Western modify the entrances on the 4 leaf door Alexander Y type bodies? Also why did they also modify the front and rear ends of T types when no other SBG company did? To help, here’s a couple of side by side images. SS2854 BSD854T
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