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B87 Back on the Road

February 2009: Going home

 LEFT: B87 returned to Motherwell for the first time in many years on 20 February 2009. This shot was taken at Tinkers Lane, where Traction House had all but disappeared and the old Airbles Depot was reduced to rubble.

May 2009: Glasgow South Side Festival

 

April 2010: Strathaven run

June 2010: The Tall Ship at Glasgow Harbour

RIGHT: B87 meets up with BL346 at Glasgow's Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum, while providing a special service to the Tall Ship at Glasgow Harbour.  

August 2010: SVBM Open Weekend

 LEFT: B87 in good company while visiting the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum, Lathalmond, for the first day of its 2010 open weekend.

August 2010: Biggar Rally

This month brought my first opportunity to go for a ride on the restored B87 when her owner, Fr Alex Strachan, took her to the Biggar Vintage Rally on a glorious summer day.