Links

Museums and preservation groups

  • Scottish Vintage Bus Museum Based at Lathalmond, near Dunfermline, at a huge former Royal Navy site. Collection of dozens of buses built or operated in Scotland, and home of the Stagecoach heritage collection
  • Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust The largest bus collection in the west of Scotland, based at a former Glasgow Corporation bus depot in Bridgeton.
  • www.543.org.uk Homepage for Leopard XSS 43Y and Metrobus B97 PKS
  • Angus Transport Group Another locally-based preservation group, with a collection of vehicles including several Leyland Leopards, an AEC Reliance and a British Railways Scammell Scarab.
  • John Magner’s buses Owner of Alexander Northern AEC Regal A104 (DMS 130).

    • Photo sites

  • Victory Guy’s fotopic site Huge selection of archive and contemporary photographs featuring most Scottish operators
  • Donald Stirling Wide selection of contemporary and archive photos of trains and buses in Scotland and elsewhere
  • George Bett Fascinating selection of buses and trains from the 1950s and 1960s, taken mainly in Dundee and Angus
  • The Independent Bus Photographs of buses with independent operators throughout the UK
  • Classic Buses: Dundee Corporation Transport Dick Gilbert’s large selection of vintage Dundee bus photos, complete detailed historical information.
  • Jasper’s Transport Photos Huge selection of vintage photographs up until the late 1970s, for operators across the UK. Some in colour, but the majority in black and white. Includes a large number of photos taken in and around Dundee with buses of Dundee Corporation, Tayside Regional Council and Alexander’s (Midland, Northern and Fife).

    • Bus operators

  • Travel Dundee
  • Stagecoach Strathtay

    • Other sites

  • Dundee Area Bus Forum For news about bus operations in Dundee, Tayside and Fife.
  • Bus lists on the web Indispensable database of chassis and body numbers for most UK bus manufacturers
  • Bristol Commercial Vehicles Enthusiasts Regularly updated site containing a huge amount of information about Bristol buses and coaches, including information about all known survivors.
  • Transpennine Publishing Specialist transport, travel and tourism publishers