Former Dundee Corporation bus AYJ379 returns home

Daimler CVD6 127 AYJ379, the oldest Corporation bus known to survive, entered service in 1951 and was withdrawn to the Museum Department in February 1973. Restored to an early post-war livery it became a familiar sight at Open Days held at the Dock Street bus depot from the 1970s and is now in the care of Dundee City Council. Stored outside for a considerable time the bus was moved to The Scottish Vintage Bus Museum Lathalmond in the late 1990s.

On Sunday 22 September 2013 the bus was brought back from Lathalmond to Dundee Museum of Transport. Discussions are on-going with Dundee City Council's Leisure & Culture group on how best to present this bus for display with the minimum of restoration.

More photographs can be seen on our Exhibits page.

   

1901 Aberdeen Electric Tram comes to Dundee

On Monday 26 August 2013 Dundee Museum of Transport received a very unusual delivery - a 1901 Aberdeen Electric Tram.

The Aberdeen and District Transport Preservation Trust is a charity (SCO37877) dedicated to restoring and preserving historic vehicles from the North East of Scotland and one of their projects is to restore this tram, the only one to survive, to its full glory.

Photographs of the tram and its move from Aberdeen to Dundee are featured in our Restoration gallery and you can follow the team's progress on the Restoring the Last Aberdeen Tram website.

   

Read all about us

On Saturday 21 September 2013 DC Thomson publication The Courier carried a three-page feature about Dundee Museum of Transport in their Weekend magazine in the lead-up to the opening of our temporary premises at Market Mews, Dundee.

Click on the images below to view larger copies.

 

Update: Turn green chips into cash [updated with photo]

Further to this post in August 2013 we are delighted to announce that Dundee Museum of Transport amassed sufficient 'green chips' at Asda Milton of Craigie to receive a cheque for £200.

Pictured are Yvanne McLaren, Community Life Champion at Asda Dundee Milton (right) and Museum Chairman Jimmy McDonell.

Many thanks to everyone for their support.

   

Update: Seeking funding to publish important book about Caledon Shipyard

Further to this post in May 2013 we are delighted to announce that we have secured the necessary funding for "The Caledon Shipyard - The Foundation, The People, The Ships and its Demise" by Jack Reilly to be published.

In particular we would like to thank the following for their support in making sure this very important book can now be sent for printing:

William S. Phillips fund
Alexander Moncur Trust
D.C. Thomson Charitable Trust
Creative Scotland Quality Production Arts Programme