Home on Vintage Buses

In the south east of Glasgow, stored within a large ex-Glasgow Corporation bus garage, are a collection of vintage vehicles, mostly public transport buses.

This Guy Arab mkIII (1948) in Alexander and Sons blue livery is a well preserved example of how these handsome buses looked when they were in service.

Graham’s of Paisley was a highly regarded independent local bus company in Scotland.

The Railplane was an experimental, propeller-driven suspended monorail invented by George Bennie from Glasgow, with a claimed speed of 120mph.

Gardner engines have powered many UK vintage passenger buses throughout the years and been renowned for their reliability.

An HTML table containing photographs of AEC manufactured from 1922 onwards, with a brief history of this iconic bus manufacturer.

A small museum in Dundee that has a collection of vintage cars and other interesting artifacts, including a surprising link to HMS Victory.

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The Aldridge Transport Museum is a small museum, but it has many interesting vintage items on display, including a wooden car.

This lovely former Guernsey Railway coach was recently on display at Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust Bridgeton Bus Garage in Glasgow.

Exported to Malta in CKD form as a lorry chassis, this Mercury was instead bodied locally as a 34-seat bus by Michael Barbara.

This well-preserved single-deck ex-Edinburgh Corporation Transport bus became a driver training vehicle when it reached the end of its service life in 1961.

A list of websites, blogs and video creators that are transport-related

A comprehensive directory of transport and bus museums.

A little boy had just been given a new toy gun.

Bus campaigns, usually led by non-profit non-governmental Organisations (NGOs), are increasingly shaping how public transport evolves.

Some funny stories regarding bus drivers and their eccentric passengers - do you always thank the driver when get off the bus?