| Archive for urbanglasgow.co.uk For lovers of Urban Exploration of Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
| ex-tobester |
Old Public TransportA thread for all types of old style public transport, buses, trains etcNO CARS LA1 at Transport Museum 
Albion Venturer B92 at Transport Museum 
Old Subway Cars at Transport Museum 
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| ex-tobester |
A few old Western Scottish Buses, from the open day in Kilmarnock in June
Former MicroBus M89, now in StrathTay Livery (owned by the GVVT) 
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| ex-tobester |
Few More
I love the layout of these seats, all along one side with the walkway on the other. 
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| glasgowken |
Love that horse bus, i'd buy that if I had a horse 
Inside LA1. 
And underneath LA1  With signs of a bodged towing job 
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| ex-tobester |
Inside a bus in the museum too (cannae remember what one tho...GK...Help!!!)
Caurs Lined Up 
Cars (and Lorries) in Kelvin Street 
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| Smartalex |
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| james73 |
Class 303 ("Blue Train") at Springburn, 1970's - note the curved windscreens.
These were normal glass and a driver was killed when some neds threw bricks off a bridge at a 303 unit. At that time safety glass couldn't be made to curve around to fit such a shape, so the curved sections of the windscreens were removed and flat safety glass fitted to the units' windscreens. See the bottom two pics, below. 
Original interiors 
Class 303's in "Strathclyde Red" at Glasgow Central 
Preserved Blue Train in original Caledonian Blue at Glasgow Central 
James H |
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| glasgowken |
It's trolleybus TBS13 
A couple more from the museum. This must have been a welcome sight on a cold night. Travel in style. 
Who said the trams frightened the horses
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| james73 |
Disappointing lack of trams thus far, GK - please get your arse in gear...
James H |
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| james73 |
Blue Train controls...
James H |
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| glasgowken |
Well I don't remember them personally, so it will have to be museum pics again 
One of my favs. If only this tram could talk, it was there at the start of GCT. 
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| ex-tobester |
Saw this picture over on Pie & Bovril, any idea the corporation that owned it ?
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| glasgowken |
The bus is a Bristol Lodekka FLF, but not too sure which operator. Quite a few around the UK had these colours. | ||||
| glasgowken |
Been meaning to get a photo of this for ages. One of my neighbours has a shed made out of what looks like old bus body parts.
Bus front doors rain gutter above the rather posh (for a shed) door. 
It's all aluminium panels, and underneath the darker layer of paint is what looks like faded Verona (GGPTE) Green. 
I really should talk to my neighbours more
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| Scary |
One for your collection Ken
Found beside a Daily Record from 1965 |
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| glasgowken |
Wee slice of history 
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| wee minx |
I remember paying that much on the bus
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| glasgowken |
Big up to Scary for sending me that ticket
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| Scary |
Aw shucks, cheers Kenny 
It`s gone to a good home, it would have got hoovered up or lost in my house
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| glasgowken |
Many moons ago I was told that Margaret MacDonald Mackintosh (Charles Rennie's mrs) designed some of the Glasgow Corporation Tramways long service badges.
I'm trying to find some written evidence of this, has anyone here seen it noted in a biography or similar ? Any info would be appreciated, ta
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| samscafeamericain |
Is that Edinburgh livery? |
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| james73 |
Dunno. It could be one of the 'Scottish' buses - Western, Central etc. IIRC they
were all different colours. GK will know... James H |
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| glasgowken |
 err I answered a few posts back  On reflection if it's a Scottish pic probably Midland.
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| rjhowie |
Interesting thread. I am into railway simulators but off and on over the last couple of years, I have been using a train sim called AuranTrainz to build the Glasgow Tramway System. I have had all the Glasgow trams built for it - standard - Kilmarnock bogie- Coronation - Cunarder - single decker. There were times I got tired and left it then weIt was a massive project and I had a line sketch of every bit of track.Went off and on it as thought I had bitten off too much to chew d never ever thought I would end up building every line. Walked every route and alkl the outlying places -- Airdrie-Uddingston-Cambuslang-the cross country one from Rouken Glen/Speirsbridge in open country to Barrhead then up to Paisley Cross. The Love Street shuttle-Dalmuir West-Duntocher-Milngavie and so on. I even included the line that was cut back to Elderslie as far back as 1934. Before then the tramway went on to Johnstone and then single-tracked to the middle of Kilbarchan village. Everywhere there was once a line it's down. For people who have the Trainz Sim prog they can get my route and be in the tram driving or press a key and watch it going along. They can also be programmed to run between 2 points and change the points automatically.
From what I can gather my tramway project is the biggest tram one ever done so far and based on an actual one not fictititious. Shortly I hope to put up a video on my sim website so folk can see a Glasgow car running. www.glasgowtramsim.moonfruit.com |