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| Keywords: no. 8 no8 bus c.i.é. cié coras iompair éireann corasiompairéireann o'connell street oconnellstreet dublin ireland leinster james p. o'dea jamespodea nelson pillar nelsonpillar blackrock bus stop busstop hza 723 hza723 queue set down stop only setdownstoponly may 1960 1960s sixties abbey street abbeystreet dunnes stores dunnesstores dalkey leyland leyland atlantean leylandatlantean demonstrator bus demonstratorbus metro-cammell-weymann body metrocammellweymannbody mcw body mcwbody atlantean ford consul mkii fordconsulmkii ford consul fordconsul mkii ford ui 8616 loughswily nelson's pillar nelsonspillar national library of ireland nationallibraryofireland o'dea photographic collection odeaphotographiccollection blackandwhite monochrome vehicle outdoor black and white A bright shiny new No. 8 bus pictured on O'Connell Street, Dublin. It looks as if these men can't wait to get on board and try it out for size. Thanks to A. P. Luckwill for letting us know that this bus was: "a Leyland Atlantean demonstrator vehicle, fitted with a Metro-Cammell-Weymann (MCW) body. It went on to serve with four different operators including Lough Swilly. Sadly, although preserved at one stage, it was later scrapped." billh35 told us that this bus came to a sad end in 1987: "The same vehicle - many years later. It was demonstrated to CIE, Belfast Corporation and the Ulster Transport Authority and its effect was to shape CIE Dublin bus buying policy for many years to come. As others have said, it eventually ended up at Lough Swilly before an attempt was made to preserve it but it was sadly scrapped. A great loss to Irish transport history!" Date: May 1960 NLI Ref.: ODEA 20/31 A bright shiny new No. 8 bus pictured on O'Connell Street, Dublin. It looks as if these men can't wait to get on board and try it out for size. Thanks to A. P. Luckwill for letting us know that this bus was: "a Leyland Atlantean demonstrator vehicle, fitted with a Metro-Cammell-Weymann (MCW) body. It went on to serve with four different operators including Lough Swilly. Sadly, although preserved at one stage, it was later scrapped." billh35 told us that this bus came to a sad end in 1987: "The same vehicle - many years later. It was demonstrated to CIE, Belfast Corporation and the Ulster Transport Authority and its effect was to shape CIE Dublin bus buying policy for many years to come. As others have said, it eventually ended up at Lough Swilly before an attempt was made to preserve it but it was sadly scrapped. A great loss to Irish transport history!" Date: May 1960 NLI Ref.: ODEA 20/31 | ||||
