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the first upload of this bank hoilday weekend now line dublinbus and others gallery 30 plus we start a look back of irish transport from down through the years by john sinclair irish bus photo collection more to be added on sunday and through august , futher update sunday night plus a look back review of john sinclair m photo collection. link to our main photo gallery below.
THE JOHN SINCLAIR COLLECTION OF IRISH BUS PHOTO BUS COLLECTION.
COLLECTION PHOTO LOOK BACK AT IRISH BUSES FROM THE PAST WE WILL ADDED ON MORE PHOTOS SUNDAY NIGHT AND THROUGH AUGUST WE WILL HAVE LOOK BACK AT JOHN SINCLAIR M LOOK BACK ON SUNDAY NIGHT WITH LOTS OF M PHOTOS.
E 4/8 BUSES TO AMBULANCE LAYOUT AND PAINTED IN ALL OVER WHITE LIVERY AT THE SPA ROAD . THE FIRST TEN E CLASS VEHICLES WENT INTO SERVICE LATE 1961 AND WHERE INITALLY ALLOCATED IN PAIRS TO DIFFERENT DEPOTS FOR DIVER TRAINING PURPOSES AND ALSO TO FAMILIARISE GARAGE STAFF WITH THEIR MAINTENANCE . E1 AND E2 WHERE BASED AT BROADSTONE . AFTER BEEN WITHDRAWN SOME WENT TO THE DRIVER TRAINING SCHOOL . SOME WHERE SOLD OF TO LOUGH SWILLY THE E ALSO WENT INTO THE SCHOOL FLEET AND THE FLEET CODE CHANGED FROM E TO SE AS YOU SEE IN THE PHOTO BELOW AT DUNDALK DEPOT OF SE 116 AND E.92
THE R CLASS
THE LAST BATCH OF R CLASS BUSES DATING FROM 1958 , COMPRISED 35 VEHICLES , R799-833. THERE WAS DEATIL CHANGES MARKED THESE VEHICLES FROM THEIR PREDECESSORS . HERE R 579 ON THE OLD 72 ROUTE NOW WITHDRAWN FROM SERVICE .
THE C CLASS
C71-76 C 78 C79 41 SEATER COACHES AND WHERE ALLOCATED TO SUMMERHILL DEPOT FOR USE ON THE AIRPORT EXPRESS SERVICES AS YOU LATER THEY WHERE TRANSFERRED AS YOU SEE BELOW WITH C 151 AND C74 C74 WAS SCRAPPED IN AUGUST 1986. OUR OTHER PHOTO IS OF C 63 AFTER WORKING UP FROM DUBLIN PORT ON THE 53. IN LATER YEARS ALL C CLASS COACHES BOTH TOURING AND EXPRESS , UNDERWENT VARIOUS CHANGES OF SEATING CAPACITY AND BECOMING SCHOOL BUSES AS THEY WHERE DISPLACED FROM NORMAL SERVICE WORK BY MORE MORDERN VEHICLES. C 234 IS OWNED BY MEMBER OF TEC.
THE PL CLASS BOOMING TOURIST BUSINESS IN THE 1960s LED CIE TO BUY 40 PLAXTON COACHES ON THE LEYLAND LEOPARD PSU3 TYPE CHASSIS THE NORTHERN TROUBLES RESULTED IN A REDUCTION IN CUSTOMERS SO A NUMBER OF PL COACHES WHERE TRANSFERRED TO OTHER WORK INCLUDING EXPRESSWAY SERVICES BELOW IS PL 21 AT WATERFORD RAILWAY STN.
M CLASS
BETWEEN 1971 AND 1974 CIE UPGRADED IT,S SINGLE -DECK FLEET WITH 213 VEHICLES BASED ON LEYLAND LEOPARD PSU5 CHASSIS , BUILT TO THE MAXIMUM AUTHORISED LENGTH OF 12 METRES. DESIGNATED THE M,CLASS , THEY WHERE THE FIRST CIE BUSES BUILT ENTIRELY TO METRIC DIMENSIONS. AS WITH Cs AND Ds THE BODIES WHERE BUILT AT SPA ROAD ON METAL SECTION FRAMES. OUR FIRST M PHOTO IS OF M 143 AT BALLINA BUS STATION AND OUR SECOND PHOTO IS OF M140.
HERE IS THE DUALWAY VIDEO WHY NOT TRAVEL ON THERE OPEN TOP TOURS OF DUBLIN CITY CENTRE PLUS OTHER TOURS PLUS WHY NOT HIRE DUALWAY FOR YOURE SPEACIL DAY WITH VINTAGE BUS AS YOU WILL SEE IN OUR LINKS SECTION TO TRAVEL IN STYLE FOR YOURE SPEACIL DAY.(kids now go free)on tours around dublin city centre .
