We welcome you to this
independent transport videos programme, which features our 2023
visit to the superb Scottish Vintage Bus Museum at Lathalmond in Fife. The great thing about our DVD programmes from
this superb bus museum is that each time there is always some new buses and
coaches to film, inspect and ride upon.
We begin our visit to Lathalmond with a look at the mostly preserved
buses lined up along the roads of the Museum awaiting to be inspected by the
public and to have their photos taken! Modern contemporary buses also appear
including the Autonomous Enviro200MMC bus operated by Stagecoach over the Forth
Road Bridge. We film plenty of action shots of buses and coaches running on the
Internal Service at various locations on this impressive Museum site. Of course the majority of buses running are
preserved and feature many types from a bygone era with chassis manufactures
including AEC, Albion, Bedford, Bristol, Daimler, Dennis, Leyland and
Volvo. Bodywork manufacturers such as
Alexander, ECW, Metro-Cammell, Park Royal and many others are also seen on our
programme. Bus companies from the past
are also well represented including W Alexander (Midland), (Northern), (Fife)
and Scottish Omnibuses, Eastern Scottish, Western SMT to name but a few
Scottish examples. A former English bus
company represented here is Northumbria.
Formed after deregulation in 1986 this company operated the former
United Automobile Company’s routes that ran north of the River Tyne. They
operated a number of second-hand ECW coach-bodied Olympians sourced from London
Country (Green Line), Eastern National and Maidstone & District. To represent one of these buses one has been
painted in an alternative livery to represent the type operated by Northumbria
as its 369 (B693 BPU), a Leyland Olympian with an ECW CH73F body that began
life with Eastern National. We take a ride on it on the Lathalmond Internal
Service.
Probably the highlight of this
DVD programme is a journey to Dunfermline on board former SMT AA620B (OWS 620),
a 1957 Bristol Lodekka LD6G with ECW H60R bodywork. Superbly finished in its original SMT livery
of light green and cream. We would like
to thank it’s owner Sholto Thomas for letting us put a camera in the cab for
the ride to Dunfermline bus station and back to the Museum. We also film from the passenger’s perspective
in both the lower and upper saloons for you to have the full experience of
travelling on this lovely bus. On our
return to the Museum we film some of the departures ending another excellent
visit to the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum,
Lathalmond.