Well technically its 2 and a half D. Anyway this all started when someone bet me that you can't draw a 3-D Bus in MS Paint. Oh yes you can...

The Buses of A1 Service, a fine and respected Co-operative untill taken over by Stagecoach and the rest of whatever happens.

The buses of Aberdeen were originally Corporation. Grampian Scottish came about at some point and Mairs of Aberdeen were also absorbed. This collection will show pretty much all of that.

Sent all the way from Port of Spain, Trinidad, is a bus design for city use, the Ford Traveller. Very nice it is too!
Hopefully we'll see more from Adrian in the future.

(Apologies for a slighty iffy looking image, the drawings have to be scanned to the computer).

Buses that have worked inside airports on transfer work or were used to transfer people from the centre of towns.

Formed from the merger of Aldershot and District and Thames Valley in 1972. It was largely the product of the NBC era and is now split between Arriva and Stagecoach.

A collection devoted to the "What if?" side of buses. Like what if SMT still existed? Or what if Seddon had made an artic Pennine VII?
So this should show what we only could imagine....

The blue swash with a stone scoop or something. Looks like aquamarine green with an icecream thing out of it but never mind. Arriva for your enjoyment.

One of those famous independant operators around England.

The buses and world famous trams of the seaside resort of Blackpool. Not always sunny but with trams there, who cares?

The buses of Bournemouth Corporation and Yellow-Buses, their modern day sucessors.

Something a little different here... I like bridges quite frankly. C'mon who doesn't?
Anyway every now and again I'll have a go at drawing one. Things like this are complicated so don't expect a whole lot here.

Coaches and buses of my local(ish) operator, based in both Edinburgh and Whitburn. They also operate my school bus.

I fancy myself as a bit of a car designer, and so do many others. So this shows both our efforts.
Its just that some were more successful than I've been...

The buses of the once vast Central SMT orginisation that eventualy became Central Scottish.

The buses of Chester Corporation, one of the last Council owned bus companies in Britian.

Buses that served as demonstrators in their early lives.

The buses from Eastern Counties, once part of the BTC and later the National Bus Company groups, now sadly just a name for First in the area.

Eastern National, once a famous BTC type company, now just another division of First. Sad that...

The SBG company of Eastern Scottish served Eastern Scotland for many years untill privatisation.

Buses from Edinburgh Corporation and its sucessors up to the modern Lothian Buses fleet, which is awfully nice to be honest.

The buses that have toured the Scottish Capital over the years.

Ensignbus of Purfeet. Famous for its conversions of London buses. Also operated them and still runs tours.

Buses from the Fife operations of W Alexander & Son passed to Fife in 1961. It then operated untill privatisation where it passed to Stagecoach.

The buses of eastern Sctolands local branch of First. Its not all bad.Then again its not all good either.

Once a well known local independant in West Lothian, Galloways operated an ineresting collection of vehicled between Bathgate and Eastfield. Their operations ended with a fleet of T-type Leopards if memory seves me...

The bus drawings of Gary Woodford are some of the best I've seen. Most are of Southampton buses but there are a few from Solent Blue line and other operators.

Buses from the once thriving industrial town of Glasgow. The image has taken a beating for a few years but the city is starting to come back. So are the buses!

Buses from the streets of Hong Kong. Not long ago, it was a British colony and still buys buses from Britian, or Europe to be more accurate.

Prior to Privatisation in the early 90s, the SBG was spit up a bit, forming two or three new companies, one of which was Kelvin Scottish. Kelvin took alot of the routes and depots in Glasgow that had belonged to Midland and Central Scottish.

As something a touch different to the smaller scale drawings, I decided to do something in the larger "paperbus" scale, which is more popular generally than the little stuff.
Hopefully there will be more to follow... If I ever get round to it...

Leeds Corporation transport was formed to operate the city's tramway. This was replaced by bus services in 1959. The Leeds fleet was incorporated into WYPTE on its formation in 1974.

Different locos and rolling stock have served on the British Rail network for over 150 years. From steam to modern diesel and electric engines.

The country division of London Transport, and it eventualy became a seperate company under NBC.

Buses from the British Capital, London. London, traditionaly, had buses tailor made for its streets. Then it didn't, just like that. This collection will show the buses of LT and their successors.

Formed in the early 80s, Lowland was an offshoot of Eastern Scottish and took in the area sort of south of Edinburgh. Privatised in 1990, it survived untill being bought by First and painted pink. Which is a real shame.

M8 Motorvator are the "other" company that run express coaches between Edinburgh and Glasgow, much like Citylink. Think they're owned by Stagecoach now

Maidstone and District traces its history back to 1908 and a not entirley successful steam bus route between Maidstone and London. The Tilling group aquired an interest in the company in 1922 and it was absorbed into the NBC in 1972.

The Buses of SELNEC PTE and its sucessors.

Buses from the Wishaw based fleet of McKindless. They are quite a big company now and operate in quite a few bits of western Scotland.

Buses from the companies that went on to form Merseyside PTE, and their successors.

The buses of the de-regulation Midland Scottish ended up with Midland Bluebird, which was a rather nice company. Like everything else it ended up with First too. Shame innit?

The buses of Midland Red, or the Birmingham and Midland Motor Ominibus Co. Until the early 70's, BMMO built their own buses too.
This collection will also cover Midland Red after it split into 3 parts before privatisation.

The second of the large Alexander companies smaller divisions, Midland was the only one to retain the blue livery. It survived into privatisation before being bought by First.

Morley\'s is another well known English indipendant with a fascinationg collection of buses. They had the last Seddon Pennine buses in service in Britian.

Buses from the North American continent. Even if you don't like the countries you got to love the buses over there.

An indipendand company in Birmingham with an interesting fleet of buses. Atlanteans are still operated but new 'deckers seem to be coming and theres a nice fleet of low floor single deckers too.

Formerly just a part of the W Alexander operation, Northern eventualy became a seperate identity when the company was split up in the early 60s. It survived for many years but was a victim of privatisation like so many others.

Cambridge based Premier Travel Services operated a mainly AEC fleet on trunk and coach services.

The buses and coaches of another Scottish operator close to me. Prentice Westwood, based in WestWood, West Calder operate a nice fleet of coaches and an odd fleet of buses used for schools and such.

Buses of the famous, but pretty much defunct English operator Ribble.

Bues that run on Citylink routes, past and present. Citylinking-Smart thinking!

Famous ships from the 20th century. Many however are famous for all the wrong reasons, such as the Lusitania. She was torpeoded May 7th, 1915 taking 1195 men, women, and childeren with her.

The old de-regulation SMT company ran from the privatisation of Eastern Scottish untill it was bought by First sometime in the late 90s. Many now miss the old company. I wonder why....

Buses of South Yorkshire PTE and its sucessors will reside here eventualy. Just as soon as I get some together.....

A well known Yorkshire company, South Yorkshire Road Transport were eventualy taken over by West Riding and became Arriva Yorshire (South).

Southdown once covered Sussex and parts of Hampshire with regular tour and express work to London. Famous for the Leyland PD3 "Queen Marys" amongst other notable buses. It joined the Stagecoach group in 1989 after the break-up of the National Bus Company

A long standing ex Tilling and NBC operator in Devon and Cornwall, Western National and Southern National still survive under First ownership, having been united on the formation of the NBC, and then divided again in 1983.
The Royal Blue operation was owned jointly between Southern National and Western National, becoming part of National Travel in 1972 and disappearing entirely when National Express ditched fleet names.
Since the three companies have had such a close existence, I've decided to group them here.

Buses from the seaside town of Southport. Its a bit like Blackpool except its well...not.

Buses from the Perth based Stagecoach operation. One of the three giants of public transport today.

An interesting fleet this, at one point its had Atlanteans, Fleetlines, Dodges, Scanias...

Strathtay Scottish, or just Strathtay now operates around the Dundee area using a variety of interesting buses.

This very proud English independant, based in Bourne has a very well kept fleet of buses. How nice.

The very first bus drawings I did. They aren't very good but you might as well see where it all started.

Various trucks from different ages and weights. Most are British designs but I hope to do a foreign one eventualy.

Ulsterbus operate buses in Northern Ireland.
Something happens after that and I think they are now owned by Translink. Anyone with a better potted history can email me and I'd gladly put it up.

Vehicles of one of the largest coach operating companies in Britian. Wallace Arnold has operated for years and is still popular even now.

Buses from the West Midlands. Daimlers and Leylands and some other buses that served the area for many years.

Western Scottish served the west of Scotland for decades. Its black and white coaches could even be seen as far away as London.

Brookes Bros., trading as White Rose Motor Buses, began running charabancs from Rhyl in 1912. The fleet grew to almost 100 vehicles before being taken over by Crosville Motor Services in 1930.

Buses of Wigan Corporation. Traditional Corporation colours of Maroon and White on properly maintained buses. Brilliant.