David Godon's Bus Pictures

1	170 (SN58 BYX) at St Patrick's Square on a 49, showing off the new Eclipse 2 styling. 9th January 2009.	Lothian Single Deckers (except Dart junk)	(784)
2	3?? outside Marine, 8th April 2009. While on this one, the red stretches back three bays. Confused?	Lothian Geminis	(593)
3	36 (SN08 BYY) on the 69 at Mountcastle Drive North, 28th June 2008.	Lothian Single Deckers (except Dart junk)	(544)
4	3?? outside Marine, 8th April 2009. Note the red stretches back two bays on the upper deck, meanwhile....	Lothian Geminis	(503)
5	316 (SN09 CUV) is one of the new 26-branded Gemini 2s for Lothian. Seen at Broxburn Volvo, 28th March 2009.	Lothian Geminis	(471)
6	316 (SN09 CUV) is one of the new 26-branded Gemini 2s for Lothian. Seen at Broxburn Volvo, 28th March 2009.	Lothian Geminis	(420)
7	316 (SN09 CUV) is one of the new 26-branded Gemini 2s for Lothian. Seen at Broxburn Volvo, 28th March 2009.	Lothian Geminis	(420)
8	642 (GSC 642X) and 635 (GSC 635X) painted yellow inside Shrubhill. Lothian have a habit of painting vehicles that are being sold in whatever colour paint they have lying around, in this case minging yellow!	LRT Atlanteans	(408)
9	Edinburgh Party Bus is ex-Bexleybus Olympian E913 KYR turns on to West Harbour Road. 14th January 2009.	Miscellaneous	(392)
10	It says Edinburgh on it, so it's in here. An Atlantean of some origin drafted in to the FiE fleet at some point. Seen here in Bridgeton Bus Garage, don't know if it was preserved at the time or where it is now.	First Edinburgh Deckers	(355)
11	04: Back along to Ocean Terminal. Still enjoying yourself, Donald?	30358 on tour....	(353)
12	169 (SN58 BYW) on a 2, South Gyle Access, 10th February 2009.	Lothian Single Deckers (except Dart junk)	(351)
13	36 (SN08 BYY) on 13s, Queensferry St, 20th October 2008. Now transferred to Central and the mainline fleet, it's been rebranded as Lothian rather than Mac.	Lothian Single Deckers (except Dart junk)	(346)
14	NDZ 3025 is a West Coast Motors ex-London Dart (DWL25), seen here being used in a demonstration of vehicle recovery at Truckfest, Ingliston, 2nd august 2008.	Miscellaneous	(345)
15	907 (SN08 BXX) brand new in Volvo's yard at Broxburn, 23rd August 2008.	Lothian Geminis	(342)
16	38 (SN08 BYZ) at Dumbiedykes terminus on the 60. 20th June 2008.	Lothian Single Deckers (except Dart junk)	(337)
17	37 (SN08 BYZ) in Seafield yard, 28th June 2008. Note the red, rather than madder, lower bodystripe. The others from the batch (excluding the Yellow Peril) were delivered with a madder band.	Lothian Single Deckers (except Dart junk)	(329)
18	187 (H187 OSG) outside Central one Sunday morning in the mid-1990s. I liked the Lynxes, but the engineers didn't seem to. One is now preserved at Gifford.	Lothian Single Deckers (except Dart junk)	(323)
19	410 (P410 KSX) heads up Silverknowes Road on a 42, 14th January 2009. Who's that on the top deck?	LB Royales	(323)
20	SMT Fleetline KSX 703N (DD703) at West Linton. This was my first ever paid bus driving job. I knew nothing about tachographs, and also didn't realise how badly Fleetlines handled, especially when everybody on the bus was on the top deck!	Lothian Transit	(317)

Most Recent Collections

	7th Aug 2009	30358 on tour.... (6 images) First 30358 is one of the remaining Citybuses at Galashiels. It was hired by the Edinburgh Transport Group for an evening tour on Thursday 6th August. Quick spin around the town, quality thrash.
	1st Nov 2008	America (17 images) Some pictures from trips to America in 1998/9
	1st Feb 2009	Bathgate (14 images) Pictures from a brief visit to Bathgate on 31st January 2009.
	26th Apr 2009	Blackpool (51 images) Blackpool. Quality!
	26th Jul 2009	East Fortune Airshow 25th July 2009 (22 images) East Fortune Airshow - will upload other pictures soon, but we'll start with the main attraction....
	28th Jun 2008	Edinburgh Bus Tours (82 images) I used to drive for EBT, part of the Lothian Buses empire, with it's many tentacles.
	28th Jun 2008	First Bus Single Deckers (141 images) First Bus single deckers in use in Edinburgh
	28th Jun 2008	First Edinburgh Deckers (164 images) First Bus deckers in use in Edinburgh
	30th Jun 2008	Former LB Vehicles (25 images) LB kit has been despatched far and wide after ending service in Edinburgh. A few pictures of them in their new roles.
	8th Oct 2008	Glasgow (106 images) Despite being born in Glasgow, I've not spent much time there in recent years. Managed a few brief visits this year, so here are a few of the pictures I managed to take. Captions will be updated as time permits.
	31st Aug 2009	Glasgow - First (126 images) First vehicles in Glasgow
	12th Oct 2008	GVVT Open Day 2008 (26 images) Some pictures from the GVVT Open Day on 12th October 2008
	13th Oct 2009	GVVT Open Day 2009 (12 images) Back to the GVVT again, this time on 11th October 2009. Another cracking day out.
	21st Apr 2009	Lanarkshire (15 images) A wet day in Motherwell and Hamilton....
	20th Aug 2008	LB Royales (221 images) Royales are good.
	30th Jun 2008	LB Scanias (40 images) LB have a few Scanias, the Airlink deckers and the bendy toy. Oh, and 999....
	30th Jun 2008	LB Trainers (23 images) Thunderbirds are go.
	21st Jul 2008	London (10 images) Routemasters, and some other stuff on the last day of the 38s. I spent a fair bit of time in London between about 1994 and 2004, and it's to my great regret that I rarely carried my camera.
	30th Jun 2008	Lothian B7s (23 images) The odd 7 - 291-297 have Plaxton bodies on B7 chassis. All went through a period of loudness, but now only 295 has a Giant Fan.
	23rd Jul 2008	Lothian Bus Club (51 images) I was a member of the Lothian Bus Club for about 15 years from the early 90s. We had a lot of fun, and a lot of hard work, most of which involved topping up 86's radiator.
	28th Jun 2008	Lothian Drats (207 images) Lothian's Darts. Unpleasant.
	28th Jun 2008	Lothian Geminis (442 images) LB Geminis. We like, especially B9s.
	28th Jun 2008	Lothian Olympians (272 images) LRT/LB Olympians of all types
	28th Jun 2008	Lothian Single Deckers (except Dart junk) (185 images) LRT/LB's single deckers that aren't Darts. They justify their own place so they can be avoided.
	24th Jul 2008	Lothian Transit (8 images) Vehicles from the fabulous Lothian Transit fleet. My only regret is that I didn't carry my camera more often in those days!
	28th Jun 2008	Lothian Tridents (407 images) LB's Tridents. Hmmm.
	21st Jul 2008	LRT Atlanteans (16 images) A few of the many Atlanteans ECT/LRT operated.
	28th Jun 2008	Miscellaneous (91 images) Miscellaneous. Does what it says on the tin, really.
	29th Apr 2009	Newcastle (83 images) Snaps from Newcastle, all 23rd April 2009. Arriva have got some fantastic kit!
	28th Jun 2008	Preserved stuff (85 images) Preserved buses.
	24th Apr 2009	Preston (42 images) Pictures from a brief trip to Preston on 22nd April 2009.
	28th Jun 2008	Stagecoach (107 images) Stagey in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Fife, etc etc
	17th Aug 2009	SVBM Open Weekend 2009 (44 images) Pictures from the SVBM open weekend, 15th/16th August 2009.
	19th May 2009	SVBM Running Day - 17th May 2009 (35 images) Photos from the SVBM's running day. Centred on the main site at Lathalmond, vehicles were operating to various destinations throughout the day.
	2nd Dec 2008	Tayside (26 images) Spent a few hours in Perth/Dundee on 2nd December 2008. Some snaps....
	3rd Nov 2008	York (33 images) Some pictures from, er, well, York. Did you guess that from the collection title?

Welcome

A collection of pictures taken by a lifelong sad bus anorak. I live in Edinburgh so most of the pictures are taken there, usually Princes St which is the dullest location on earth for pictures. Trying to replace a lot of the Princes St stuff with pictures taken in other areas of Edinburgh just to avoid overload.

Used to drive for the wonderful Lothian Transit, Guide Friday, and Edinburgh Bus Tours, so I've got a particular interest in those operators, also LRT/LB as well as Glasgow and London buses.

My anorak is large and all-consuming. It started when I was a wean in Glasgow, and has continued unabated ever since.

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Recent pictures have been taken on a Canon EOS 40D, any from mid-2007 until December 2008 were taken using an EOS 350D. I rely heavily on the 40 to keep me right, and Canon DPP to sort out the really bad stuff!