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2006: May-August 2006

August 24th 2006

EFE BLACKBURN TITAN
THE 1/76th SCALE MODEL of Leyland Titan No. 93 is now available....


August 23rd 2006

OLYMPIAN No.37
LEYLAND OLYMPIAN No. 37 arrived back at Intack today in it's new livery...


August 21st 2006

MORE TITANS LEAVE INTACK
THREE MORE LEYLAND TITANS have left Intack today.......

 


August 18th 2006

BLACKBURN TRANSPORT SOLD
BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN Borough Council have announced that they will NOT be retaining 10% of the company when sold.

 


August 17th 2006

OLYMPIAN No. 37
LEYLAND OLYMPIAN No. 37 is well under way in receiving it's specially designed livery..


August 16th 2006

BLACKBURN TRANSPORT SOLD
AN AGREEMENT HAS been reached to sell Blackburn Transport...


August 14th 2006

FAREWELL LNATS
BLACKBURN FINALLY said goodbye to the National Greenways today....


August 11th 2006

OLYMPIAN No.37
LEYLAND OLYMPIAN No.37 is now ready for it's all-over adverts...


August 10th 2006

PHOTO ALBUM
THE BLACKBURN TRANSPORT Photo Library update is progressing well.....


August 7th 2006

ATLANTEAN ANYONE?
FORMER BLACKBURN TRANSPORT Leyland Atlantean No.15 is up for sale.......


August 3rd 2006

OLYMPIANS No. 28 and 29
LEYLAND OLYMPIANS No.'s 28 and 29 are to be retained....


July 27th 2006

OLYMPIAN No. 37
LEYLAND OLYMPIAN No. 37 will be receiving an all-over advert livery, especially designed by school children of Blackburn.....


July 25th 2006

VEHICLES WITHDRAWN
BLACKBURN TRANSPORT is now a Leyland National Free Zone.


July 25th 2006

REPAINTS and VEHICLE UPDATES
LEYLAND OLYMPIAN No. 35 has emerged in it's new Schools+ livery.


July 4th 2006

MODEL LEYLAND TITAN
DIECAST MODEL bus manufacturer EFE have announced details of a new Blackburn model


July 2nd 2006

TRIDENT No.5's DAY OUT (AGAIN)
DENNIS TRIDENT No. 5 was on a day out again today

The bus attended the 6th East Lancs Bus Rally which was held this year at the works of East Lancs Coachbuilders in Blackburn.


June 25th 2006

TOTALLY TRANSPORT
DENNIS TRIDENTS No. 4 and 5 along with Leyland Olympian No.32 and Volvo Olympian No. 17 attended the Totally Transport Festival at Blackpool today

 


June 24th 2006

DENNIS TRIDENT No. 4
DENNIS TRIDENT No. 4 has had all it's logos and vinyls applied..

 


June 21st 2006

DENNIS TRIDENT No. 5
DENNIS TRIDENT No. 5 arrived back at Intack this morning in it's new livery.

 


June 13th 2006

BLACKBURN BUSES @ TOTALLY TRANSPORT
NO LESS THAN four (4) Blackburn buses will be attending the Totally Transport festival at Blackpool on Sunday June 25th.

 


June 12th 2006

DENNIS TRIDENT REPAINTS (2)
I HAVE ADDED a full set of images of Trident 4 taken today to the Blackburn Transport Photo Library

The images can be accessed from the 'Special Galleries' of the Photo Library

Futher images of No. 4, and also of No. 5 when returned, will appear in this gallery.

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June 12th 2006

DENNIS TRIDENT REPAINTS
DENNIS TRIDENT No. 4 arrived back at Intack this morning in it's new livery

 


June 6th 2006

LATEST NEWS ON RE-PAINTS
LEYLAND OLYMPIAN No. 32 has received it's Schools+ livery

The vehicle is the latest to be re-painted into this livery and emerged from Intack depot this morning, where it is seen in the photograph right. No. 32 was in service for this afternoons duties.


May 31st 2006

LNATS SOLD
LEYLAND NATIONAL GREENWAYS No.'s 429 and 430 have been sold.

The vehicles were taken out of service in January and have been in storage since then.


May 5th 2006

OLYMPIAN No. 25 IN MAINTENANCE DEPT
FOLLOWING IT'S ACCIDENT, Leyland Olympian No. 25 is, as reported, in the maintenance depot at Intack.


May 4th 2006

RE-PAINTS - UPDATE:
THE RE-PAINTING of Leyland OLYMPIAN No. 46. into Schools+ livery has been completed today


 
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