City Sightseeing (West Coast Motors) P491 MBY | C1 'City Tour' | Buchanan Bus Station (Killermont St), Glasgow

            In the last year of mainstream Olympian service on West Coast Motors' City Sightseeing Glasgow operation, ex-Metroline P491 MBY passes the Killermont St entrance/exit of Buchanan Bus Station, George Square-bound. 

After wholesale replacement by various Scania open-toppers, most of the displaced Olympians were promptly dispatched for scrap. However, 491 was retained, overhauled, given the '19606' fleetnumber and used as a crowdbuster/spare bus for the 2016 summer season. 

This stay of execution ensured that, in conjunction with it becoming the last Olympian to see any kind of regular public service use in the Greater Glasgow area, it's donation to the Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust in Bridgeton by W.C.M upon the end of the summer season was guaranteed. It has since gained a recreation of the coach/dual-purpose livery of Strathclyde's Buses.

 It's role as a spare bus/crowdbuster was taken up by ex-Lothian Tridents upon the start of the 2017 summer season.

Photo Date: 9th August 2015

Taken in: United Kingdom / Scotland / Glasgow (show map)

Taken on: August 9, 2015

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Sets appears in: • West Coast Motors • Buses & Coaches

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Camera: Canon EOS 400D, f/5.6, 1/250 sec, 55mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 400D
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/250)
Focal Length:	55mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	+0.143 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Action (High speed)
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
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