Alexanders’Buses1961Volume1
7.On1March1950AlexandersacquiredthevehiclesfromJSutherlandofPeterhead.InMealmarketStreet,thisisPeterheadbasedPA199,(EAV460),aDuple coachbodiedLeylandPS1,newtoSutherlandinMarch1948;thislovelycoachsurvivedwithAlexanderNorthernuntil1969.
8.MythoughtswiththisviewtakenatMealmarketStreetarethatBurnett’sMotorsofMintlawwouldbepurchasedbyAlexanderNorthernon9January1967, hencetherelevanceoftheview.Thisis(ESA650),aBurlinghambodiedAlbionCX13,oneoffourpurchasednewbyBurnettin1948;thisbusisdestinedfora journeytoStuartfield,ashortdistancefromitshomebaseinMintlaw.AlltheAlbionswouldbewithdrawnbeforeAlexanderNorthernacquiredBurnetts.
Above.(10)StandingoutsidetheCentralLibraryonRosemount,justarrivedfrom Inverness,isHuntlybasedAC105,(JWG685),anAlexandercoachbodiedAECReliance newinJune1957. Left.(11)AfewpassengersarereadyfortheservicebetweenAberdeenandRosehearty viaFraserburgh;thisisRoseheartybasedAC126,(JWG706),anAlexanderbodiedAEC ReliancenewinJune1957.InviewistheJohnSmithdesignedNorthChurchwhich openedin1831.Closedin1954itwasusedastheAberdeenArtsCentre. Right.(12)TurningfromRosemouthViaductintoUnionTerraceisAC164,(NMS376), anAlexanderbodiedAECReliancenewinMarch1960.
41.Thelastviewtakenon27July,workingalocalFalkirkservice95betweenLochgreenRoadandDawsonPark,isofR284,(WG9198),aLeylandTD7new inMarch1940.ThecarisaStandardVanguardPhaseIIIwithalocalregistrationnewin1958.
42.ThenextdaystandinginQueenStreetisAberdeenbasedPC31,(DWG527),anallLeylandcoachbodiedPSU1/15newinMay1952;PC31wouldremain withAlexanderNorthernuntilFebruary1972.ExitingfromStAndrewSquareonNorthStDavidStreetisaScottishMotorTractionAECRegentIII.
46.Withapoorlysetupdestinationdisplay,thisisRO469,(AMS110),aBrushbodiedDaimlerCWA6newinAugust1944;RO469passedtoHighland OmnibusesinApril1964butsadlywasneveroperated.
59.InthebusparkinFalkirk,thisisR319,(WG9548),anallLeylandTD7newinJanuary1941.NextinlineisP598,(WG8991),anAlexanderbodiedLeyland TS8newinMarch1940withanindicatorsetforroute98betweenFalkirkandCamelon.LastinthelineisAC31,(FWG35),aParkRoyalbodiedAEC MonocoachnewinJanuary1955.
