Scottish vintage bus museum open weekend 2024.

[@Andrewjg_89]

Some of those buses are very nice. Even the older ones that are vintage and well looked after.

[@Merseywail]

@@Andrewjg_89 the buses are a credit to all at the museum. Well preserved and presented, a great place.

[@iankey2340]

Excellent, especially the trip from Lathalmond to Dunfermline and back again. All roads and streets easily recognised but from a slightly different angle.👍

[@Merseywail]

@@iankey2340 it was a lively trip. The driver certainly no slow coach

[@468130]

I couldn't attend this year ,but your video makes me feel I was there Thanks .

[@Merseywail]

@@468130 thanks. It was a cracking event. Definitely one I would do again.

[@SWR112]

That’s looks brilliant. Was at the Glasgow bus restoration open day last year and even when my bus interest is limited still great to do. A lot of history.

[@Merseywail]

@SWR112 thanks. Well worth the trip up from Merseyside

[@ClydebridgeStation]

The SVBM is near to me, being in Fife, and I've attended before. It's actually reckoned to be the biggest bus museum site in Britain, with capacity for 6000 vehicles, and is an ex MOD naval stores site! At 7:47, we see ex Fife Scottish Leyland Leopard PSX 189Y. This was, numerically, the last Leyland Leopard new to Fife Scottish, in 1982, and it was the last Leyland Leopard in service with Stagecoach Fife, being withdrawn in November 1999. Interestingly, there was no special event to mark that last day in service, but for its last day, it was allocated to express services between Leven and Edinburgh, instead of a Volvo B10M-62 coach!

[@Merseywail]

@ClydebridgeStation cheers for the info. It's a fantastic place. It's my first time visiting it & being from Merseyside it was great to see vehicles I don't get to see normally.

[@derekporter7658]

A1 to Stevenston, I'll stop at Kilwinning! These A1 Service buses take me back to my childhood in the 1970's and up until June 1980. Then it was Lothian Regional Transport. I remember Ribble and Merseyside buses when I went to Southport for holidays.

[@Merseywail]

@@derekporter7658 These preserved bus events are a good way of reliving old memories. I remember Southport before Merseyside transport took over the local buses. Their livery very similar to that of St Helens.

[@derekporter7658]

​@@Merseywail it definitely is! Dunfermline is over the Forth from me, so not too far, might pay it a visit! See if I can board an old A1 Service bus, see if it takes me back to journeys to Saltcoats and Irvine from Kilwinning. As long as it doesn't go anywhere near my ex fiance as she's from Dunfermline!

[@Merseywail]

@derekporter7658 lol. Definitely worth a vist

[@RayRay_0627]

I remember my dad driving those two tone blue and white Tayside corp buses from the mid to late 80's. A few of those buses I remember farmers using to pick up and drop off locals for fruit picking back then too.

[@Merseywail]

@@RayRay_0627 a lot of buses often found use elsewhere after use with companies and corporations

[@robbieweld7928]

probably the same for other rural areas but buses would come to pick up school kids for 'tattie-howking' during the October holiday aka tattie picking week.

[@AndreiTupolev]

That Alexander blue & cream livery is magnificent isn't it. ... And then along comes a Lodekka in Stagecoach stripey livery 🙈

[@Merseywail]

You can't have everything! Still it's part of bus history I suppose

[@barrymontgomery408]

I liked the vintage buses film it was fantastic. He was an actor but reg varney drove a green double decker in the comedy series on the buses. The first bus 34 route in glasgow is environmentally friendly single deckers cover the entire length between castlemilk and govan bus station

[@Merseywail]

@barrymontgomery408 thanks ! I had heard that reg varney could drive a bus. He did in the films to I believe. We're supposed to be getting zero emissions buses on Merseyside, but they seem a long time coming.

[@barry5787]

Maybe, for a fee, have a person photographed with their bus destination and number. 72 for me. Thanks for the video.

[@Merseywail]

@@barry5787 interesting idea

[@AndreiTupolev]

They picked a nice comfortable vehicle for the long trip then. Is that one ex Shearings?

[@Merseywail]

@@AndreiTupolev not sure I no it's ex Robinson

[@iancampbell6925]

Does anyone know why modern double deckers have a hand rail left front on the outside of the top deck?

[@Merseywail]

@iancampbell6925 it's not a hand rail, although it does look like one . It's a tree deflector to prevent body work & window damage from low hanging branches

[@SanjayVartak-b2g]

Liked

[@Merseywail]

@@SanjayVartak-b2g cheers

[@AJSAN1971]

Did you get your B10M from Robinson's by any chance?

[@Merseywail]

@@AJSAN1971 I believe so yes. It's a fairly new vehicle to the Merseyside transport trust at Burscough. Certainly gave us a good round trip

[@AJSAN1971]

@@Merseywail I used to work for them and they always looked after their vehicles. She's a fine looking coach.

[@Merseywail]

@@AJSAN1971 she is. And a good runner too

[@McGrory69]

Get yourself to the Glasgow vintage vehicle trust open weekend in October at the old Bridgeton bus garage with a very large array of buses not seen at the SVBM running through the city via the riverside transport museum, though why have it every year in October with an 80% chance of rain 🤦‍♂🤦‍♂

[@Merseywail]

@McGrory69 if I can I will. I Really enjoyed my day at SVBM

[@buddmetroliner200gaming3]

Did the LYR and merseyrailway electric units had growling gearboxes

[@Merseywail]

@buddmetroliner200gaming3 never heard them but I imagine they would have

[@buddmetroliner200gaming3]

@@Merseywail why is there no LYR or mersey railway electric units saved I wish they were

[@Merseywail]

@buddmetroliner200gaming3 no attempt was made to save an L&Y unit. A mersey railway coach was saved, and was going to be put on display at liverpool museum. Unfortunately there was a fire at Derby works where it was undergoing restoration. And the coach was completely destroyed

[@buddmetroliner200gaming3]

@@Merseywail what if we made a replica of the lost carriage

[@buddmetroliner200gaming3]

@@Merseywail lyr electric units being scrapped are like no please don't hurt me aahh mersey rail electric unit when it was preserved then lost W H Y Y O U L E F T M E T O B U R N I N A F I R E

[@WezRail]

Are you joining us on Sept 15th for our little 507 dash around the Wirral?

[@Merseywail]

@Wez2024 yes I will be on it. Looking forward to it. I saw them come in and will see them go out

[@WezRail]

@@Merseywail See you there, You'll find me in the cab of 001 during the lunch break 😊

[@Merseywail]

@Wez2024 I will come and say hello, assuming I don't get hijacked by my 502 or 507 colleagues.