Some photos of interest. Haven't really seen the light of day

Commuters and commuting.A private bus from North and Western at Macquarie shopping complex terminus. - 1983
https://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/n ... 1079795990


Crowds waiting for buses in Sydney tonight.Picture taken at Wynyard Park. 1980
https://www.gettyimages.dk/detail/news- ... 1079796164


General Manager of Bosnjak bus company, Mr. Roger Graham, co-ordinates the departure of emergency buses from the Darcy Street, Parramatta bus terminal.Mr. Les Cook, a member of the Action Committee for Public Transport collects $2 from passengers before t - 1984



Barry Briggs, General Manager of Bankstown Parramatta Bus Line pictured alongside his Parramatta to Bankstown - Red Arrow Bus Service Which is about to come under competition from the Government buses. 1987

Certainly a few memories there, Roger Graham included. The Red Arrow bus looks like the PMC that ran the route and was in Red Arrow livery.
I also remember those great bus shelters (note roof) at the Bosnjak's terminal at Parramatta Station.

A few more (last post for now)

Blacktown 1983


Rowes Bus Service 1982


Liverpool Bus Company 1979

These official black and white press photos have an added impact. Love the N&W Leopard with the sample of passengers and showing the professional presentation of the driver. Also enjoyed the Leslie's ex Canberra Freighter bodied Swift at Blacktown. Both 1983 shots.

Another selection

"Heroes of the West Series:Mr. Frank Oliveri at his Green Valley bus depot." - 1979


"Bus leaves Chatswood Station with passengers stranded by Derailment." - 1980


"Two of three buses allegedly stolen from a Paramatta bus depot parked in Ethel Street, Harris Park, early today." - 1979

Swift wrote:These official black and white press photos have an added impact. Love the N&W Leopard with the sample of passengers and showing the professional presentation of the driver. Also enjoyed the Leslie's ex Canberra Freighter bodied Swift at Blacktown. Both 1983 shots.

That was Frank and Morris's first new bus after the take over of Alan Redman's Hammondville Bus Service. m/o5950 was a Smithfield bodied Albion Viking VK55, keeping with the beautiful fleet of Albions Alan had.

few more dug out

Bus drivers at the Ryde bus depot complaining about Harasment on the buses late at night.Alan Staff. - 1985


A Day In The Life Of Bus Driver Barry Moore From Randwick Depot: 12.00 midday. Changing destinations again. - 1994


The Leyland National Bus the 3X2 shown today on a special trial for the "Sun Newspaper" with Dick Cunningham as passenger. - 1974


An unscheduled stop for this 11.10pm bus from Strathfield to Bankstown occured last night when part of the road in Highview Avenue, Greenacre collapsed trapping the bus by it's front wheels. - 1979

Scant on details. Who was trialling the National and where was it taken?

Were drivers at Ryde getting attacked at an alarming rate at this time? One ex Ryde driver showed me why he quit in the form of a stabbing scar on his abdomen!

I wonder if that McVicars PMC Leyland in the last picture was on the chassis that got the Custom Mk88 rebod?

Swift wrote: ↑Mon Apr 26, 2021 7:37 pm Scant on details. Who was trialling the National and where was it taken?

Were drivers at Ryde getting attacked at an alarming rate at this time? One ex Ryde driver showed me why he quit in the form of a stabbing scar on his abdomen!

I wonder if that McVicars PMC Leyland in the last picture was on the chassis that got the Custom Mk88 rebod?

The descriptions of these are straight copy and pastes of the getty images titles. Unfortunately with the archives under a paywall, that's all i can gather

Swift wrote: ↑Mon Apr 26, 2021 7:37 pm Scant on details. Who was trialling the National and where was it taken?

It was on "trade plates", so more likely someone from Leyland giving a demonstration. Looks like they borrowed some desto rolls meant for a Merc from PMC.

boronia wrote: ↑Mon Apr 26, 2021 9:07 pm

Swift wrote: ↑Mon Apr 26, 2021 7:37 pm Scant on details. Who was trialling the National and where was it taken?

It was on "trade plates", so more likely someone from Leyland giving a demonstration. Looks like they borrowed some desto rolls meant for a Merc from PMC.

The photo dates from 1974, which is well before Mercedes got a look in. Was there such a route as 3X2 in Sydney, presuming it's in Sydney. They were imported and assembled by Leyland on Sydney. Did the PTC trial one at all and this is it?
It looks like a radical prototype machine in 1974 traffic.

Well the rolls might be from a Leopard, but they look a bit small. They are both "via...." signs and have been trimmed off on one side. The 3X2 could just be a random number that got wound up at the time.

Hard to believe the National is older than the McVicars PMC Leopard. The former was ahead in styling while the latter was behind.
Ironic the National II got the Leopard engine as an upgrade. Best of both worlds.
Might have worked on the Aussie market so long as there was a huge inventory of body parts always on hand or a company here could stamp them.

I WORKED at ryde depot for 45 years & REMEMBER THE LATE DRIVER ALLAN STAFF on the night shift as he was a union delagate at the time RYDE DEPOT was allways trialing new type buses maybe because it was easy to get to. WE TRIALED THE LAYLAND LYNX - KEPT THE 2 REUNULTS- THE FIRST MINI AIRPOT EXPRESS BUSES- THE MAN MINI- THE FIRST OF THE MK 2 MERCS 1966 AND A FLEET OF 20- THE 2 NEW ZEALAND BATTERY BUSES. & THE FIRST GAS BUSES 1102 TO BE COME BUS 2000 FOR THE SYDNEY OLYMPICS WE GOT 30 OF THE & THE LAST DEPOT TO USE THEM........................BUT NEVER SAW A NATIONAL.

kypros1992 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 25, 2019 9:59 am
"Bus leaves Chatswood Station with passengers stranded by Derailment." - 1980

Upon looking at the plate I found out it's the same bus I put up here that I took a colour pic of in 87.

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