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The Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust (GVVT) celebrated 125 years of municipal transport in the city at its Bridgeton bus garage on 7 July. The special event was held in conjunction with First Glasgow, which also opened an area of its Caledonia depot where vehicles were displayed. A free service using a variety of vehicles linked the two sites with the city centre. Phil Halewood and Richard Walter were there.
One of three Wrightbus Gemini-bodied Volvos in First Glasgow’s current fleet that have been painted in special liveries to mark the 125th anniversary, prepares to leave Caledonia depot. PHIL HALEWOOD
Preserved Alexander-bodied Leyland Atlanteans and a Volvo Ailsa in Strathclyde’s Buses orange livery line up outside Bridgeton bus garage. PHIL HALEWOOD
A former Glasgow Corporation 1961 Alexander-bodied Leyland PD3/2 owned by Glasgow City Council stands next to a similar bus dating from 1960 owned by Phil Blair. PHIL HALEWOOD
First Glasgow put on a fine display of route-branded buses at Caledonia depot that underlined the extent of recent investment. RICHARD WALTER
On show at Bridgeton garage was a 1958 Glasgow Corporation Alexander-bodied Leyland PD2/24 owned by Glasgow City Council and the corporation’s first Leyland Atlantean, bodied by Alexander the same year, which currently is on loan to the GVVT from Glasgow Museum of Transport. RICHARD WALTER
