I don’t think I’ve ever come across a passenger not saying thank you as they stepped off the bus.

This was an experimental, propeller-driven suspended monorail invented by George Bennie from Glasgow, who claimed it would reach speeds up to 120mph (193 km/h).

When I was a boy in the 1950s, blue was my favourite colour and I loved blue buses, especially this type. I longed to have a ride on one and I hoped that one day it would happen. But it never did. We weren’t allowed to board the blue buses where I lived.

This tough-looking tow truck was on show at the recent Scottish Vintage Bus Museum’s Open Day. It looks like its Gardner 6LX engine could tow anything - but can it?

And what did it look like before?

This small museum has some vintage cars on display, but sadly it is too small to display a collection of vintage buses. Hence the reason it is in this category.

I was fortunate to have photographed this bus at the Bridgeton bus garage in Glasgow in November 2024 before it set off on its travels around the country.

In the south east of Glasgow stored within a large ex Glasgow Corporation bus garage, are a collection of over 150 vintage vehicles, mostly public transport buses that are stored under the auspices of the Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust (GVVT).