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Ross4356
23-03-2010, 12:43 PM
Sorry if already posted but:

http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/Madder-and-white-in-pink.6172635.jp

scott7_0(Prague)
23-03-2010, 12:49 PM
Sorry if already posted but:

http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/Madder-and-white-in-pink.6172635.jp


:greengrin

A good thing in my opinion!

Bad Martini
23-03-2010, 01:02 PM
"The council-owned bus firm is expected to unveil the new paint job in the coming weeks, which will see it revert back to the popular madder (maroon) colour first introduced on Edinburgh's trams in the 1920s and 30s."


Putting out heaps of **** that nobody likes, that ultimatey dont work very well and that stink for the last 70+ years...

Much like the yams. Maroon is the only colour for them :devil::faf:

hibbymac
23-03-2010, 01:05 PM
Bring back Eastern Scottish :boo hoo:

Bad Martini
23-03-2010, 01:08 PM
Bring back Eastern Scottish :boo hoo:

They buses were faster than Sproule doon the wing...............and stopped for naeone either :grr:

Bams :devil:

jgl07
23-03-2010, 01:18 PM
Says it all:

http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/Madder-and-white-in-pink.6172635.jp

hibbymac
23-03-2010, 01:29 PM
They buses were faster than Sproule doon the wing...............and stopped for naeone either :grr:

Bams :devil:

:thumbsup: :agree:

Peevemor
23-03-2010, 01:34 PM
I heard they got a cheap deal on a load of Lithuanian maroon paint. Apparently it was for some ginormous project that's no longer going ahead.

iwasthere1972
23-03-2010, 01:34 PM
Sorry if already posted but:

http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/Madder-and-white-in-pink.6172635.jp

Absolute waste of money. Bus colours are fine as they are.

davym7062
23-03-2010, 02:00 PM
Absolute waste of money. Bus colours are fine as they are.

not quite true. most the the livery is stickers and the cost a fortune to replace when all the scratces and scrapes appear. much cheaper to cover them in a colour of paint nobody buys:wink:

Keith_M
23-03-2010, 02:17 PM
If they're doing this, then First Bus has to have Green buses. Or, as said already, bring back Eastern Scottish!!


:grr:


I loved it when you had two colours of buses in the city that were the colour of the local teams. When I was young (loooonnng time ago), everybody my age referred to them as the Hibs & Hearts buses.

jgl07
23-03-2010, 02:23 PM
I heard they got a cheap deal on a load of Lithuanian maroon paint. Apparently it was for some ginormous project that's no longer going ahead.
Pink surely?

KerPlunk
23-03-2010, 03:37 PM
They buses were faster than Sproule doon the wing...............and stopped for naeone either :grr:

Bams :devil:

We used to have the no. 86 Eastern Scottish going up the Gilmerton Road on it's way to Birkenside. (I'm going back to the 60's & 70's here....:dancer:)

The bus was a Lodekka, made in Lowestoft by Eastern Coachworks, if my old memory serves me.

Great buses, mad drivers, great clippies.:dj:

Check out the pic - Calton Hill from the old bus station with no St. James Centre in the road !!

http://sbg.fotopic.net/p8887735.html

Hibernia Na Eir
23-03-2010, 03:38 PM
Bring back Eastern Scottish :boo hoo:

aye, Eastern Scottish the Green machine :thumbsup:

CRAZYHIBBY
23-03-2010, 04:31 PM
the maroon reminds me of the oil burning honkers with upstairs smoking and the tsunami of fag ends and manky water that used to wash up and down the top deck

NOLA
23-03-2010, 04:36 PM
Bring back Eastern Scottish :boo hoo:

good old SMT!