Strathclyde Volvo Citybuses in the 1980's and 1990's

24th September 2007

1209x764 SBL_AH001_Argyle_St_Glas_Aug_96.jpg	1201x798 SBL_AH001_Argyle_St_Glas_Jul_87.jpg	1175x801 SBL_AH001_Kilmarnock_Rd_Glas_Aug_87.jpg	1250x783 SBL_AH001_Renfield_St_Glas_Jun_97.jpg
1216x737 SBL_AH001_Stockwell_Lane_Glas_Jun_97.jpg	1209x813 SBL_AH001_Summerston_Dec_82.jpg	1194x779 SBL_AH002_Argyle_St_Glas_Oct_90.jpg	1216x794 SBL_AH002_Govan_Bus_Stn_Jun_88.jpg
1250x835 SBL_AH002_St_Vincent_St_Glas_Sep_84.jpg	1254x843 SBL_AH002_Trongate_Glas_May_93.jpg	1209x764 SBL_AH004_Kilbowie_Rd_Clydebank_Mar_97.jpg	1254x790 SBL_AH005_Govan_Bus_Stn_Dec_95.jpg

A smaller collection here, some scans of slides taken of Strathclyde's Volvo Citybuses taken through the 1980's and 1990's. Based around an underfloor engine and the successor to the Ailsa in the Volvo catalogue, the Citybus is a beefy powerful vehicle with a ride quality well matching anything of the 21st century. Strathclyde Buses are best associated with the batch of 95 Citybuses delivered in 1989, the last dozen or so still giving good service on Services 19 and 43 and I build this collection in September 1987. However there were also six delivered in 1983 - 1984, five with Alexander bodies which were easily confused from afar with similar bodied Ailsas, and AH1, which was delivered with a Marshall body.

As with other Strathclyde collections, I've labelled all the images under SBL to keep some form of numerical order throughout. However I'm know that at least three sets of legal lettering would have been carried during the period covered - GGPTE at the start (well just!), SBL and of course First Glasgow.

These slides are taken on a variety of 100 and 200 ASA slide films and scanned with a Nikon Coolscan V ED film scanner.

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