Calypso of Gibraltar G77960 sweeps into the terminus near the city centre, showing off its door layout to good effect.
G77960, the Leyland B45 (Olympian prototype) is captured waiting to depart from the Air Terminal with another trip into the City Centre on the 10.
This is the offside shot of the unique left hand drive prototype Olympian, now G77960 (fleetnumber 2) in the Calypso, Gibraltar fleet.
Route 10 is the only route operated by Calypso, Gibraltar who are the proud owners of Leyland B45-06, the only left hand drive left in service in Europe.
This is the lower deck on B45-06 looking forwards.
This is the upper deck on B45-06 looking back.
Built as a Leyland vehicles left hand drive demonstrator ON73 returned to the UK after a spell which saw it used in Portugal and Egypt. It was re-registered to NEC828X and ran for a number of years as the "Kings Coach", the Faygate based church project. After passing through YMCA ownership it's now back with a Church based charity as "the Red Bus project" which is a youth outreach organisation based in Southampton.
Gray Line, Seattle Leyland Olympian 37 A02652S is at the stop on the waterfront outside Pier 55. This bus was new to San Francisco as 601, and has chassis no 10079.
Gray Line, Seattle Leyland Olympian 37 A02652S is at the stop outside the Sheraton Hotel at the start of the tour route. This bus was new to San Francisco as 601, and has chassis no 10079.
Gray Line, Seattle Leyland Olympian 40 A55036X is seen in the Gray Line Depot in Seattle. During our trip to the US we encountered so many really friendly people, and none more so than the manager of the tour operation who took an hour from his busy schedule to accomodate our visit to the depot. This bus was new to San Francisco as 604, and has chassis no 10082.
Gray Line, Seattle Leyland Olympian 40 A55036X rolls along the waterfront approaching Pier 55. This bus was new to San Francisco as 604, and has chassis no 10082.
Gray Line, Seattle Leyland Olympian 40 A55036X is captured near the Seattle Space Needle. This bus was new to San Francisco as 604, and has chassis no 10082.
Gray Line, Seattle Leyland Olympian 41 (61605) A55037X is seen at Pier 66 on the waterfront, note the steaming sewer lid just ahead of the bus- we are not sure what actually causes this USA phenomenon! This bus was new to San Francisco as 605, and has chassis no 10083.
Gray Line, Seattle Leyland Olympian 41 (61605) A55037X shows off its door side as it crosses the junction between Pike and 2nd whilst working the Seattle Tour. This bus was new to San Francisco as 605, and has chassis no 10083
Gray Line, Seattle Leyland Olympian 41 (61605) A55037X pauses at the stop near Pike Place, this bus is now the only operational closed top Olympian in the USA. This bus was new to San Francisco as 605, and has chassis no 10083
Gray Line, Seattle Leyland Olympian 41 (61605) A55037X is captured from the rear whilst stopped in Pike Street. There are four of these ECW bodied Leyland Olympians in the Seattle based Gray Line fleet although No 42 (A55038X, chassis ON10085, new as San Francisco 607) has now sadly been canibalised due to the difficulty in obtaining spare parts for these vehicles over in the USA.
Gray Line, Seattle Leyland Olympian 41 (61605) A55037X is seen at Pioneer Square whilst working the Seattle Tour. The friendly driver waving is Howard, who was kind enough to help us sort out our visit to the depot on the first day of our visit. This bus was new to San Francisco as 605, and has chassis no 10083
