Former Dublin Bus Olympians With McColl's Of Dumbarton

17th July 2009

A few views of the former Dublin Bus Olympians that have been acquired to update their double deck service fleet. In the near future I will add the single deck types that McColl's have recently acquired, the VL's would appear to be R984/5/6 & 993 SSA but again I don't know which one is which.

I know there was a link to this page recently posted on Garaiste, can anyone help me with the rest of the previous id's that are not listed here?

The Collection currently contains at least one shot of each of the 17 Olympians owned, although not necessarily in their current state, for example M396 JGB was not sold on ebay at the end of the day, it is now in fleet livery as 3034 and the last example to enter service to date, M302 JGB (3035) has recently been converted to single door.

I think the acquired vehicles are:
Current Reg, Original Reg, Old Fleetnumber, Current Fleetnumber
M271 JGB 95 D 231 VO4 3013
M274 JGB 95 D 229 VO10 3014
M275 JGB 95 D 215 VO3 3015
M277 JGB 95 D 227 VO5 3016
M345 JGB 95 D 233 VO1 3017
M346 JGB 95 D 232 VO2 3018
N731 RGD VO9 3019
N732 RGD VO7 3020
N883 RGD 96 D 285 VO6 3021
M381 JGB 3028
M258 JGB 3029
N931 RGD 3030
N920 RGD 96 D 284 VO8 3031
M395 JGB 3032
M397 JGB 95 D 206? 3033
M396 JGB 3034
M302 JGB 3035

From Observation All Now Have LED Displays Apart From 3032 & 3035 Which Have Dot Matrix Units And All Apart From M277 JGB Have Been Converted To Single Door. M277 JGB Has Also Been Used For Support And Filming Episodes Of A TV Series.

The Rear Of 3 Olympians, VO10, VO3 And VO1. This Was Taken Before The Fleet Was Renumbered 1365x768 mccbhline06300908.JPG 2008-05-01 00:00:00	The Rear Of M345 JGB In Helensburgh, An Example Of How Some Were Originally Operated 1365x768 mccm345jgb01100508.JPG 2008-05-01 00:00:00	M345 JGB, With Added Fleetname, In Helensburgh On The 16 1365x768 Mccm345jgb02100508.JPG 2008-05-01 00:00:00	M258 JGB, 3029, With Branding For Day/Weekly Tickets Seen At The End Of Dumbarton High Street 1365x768 Mccm258jgb02220509.JPG 2009-02-04 00:00:00
M271 JGB, 3013, The Lowest Numbered Olympian, Seen At Balloch Turning Circle Alongside 3029 1365x768 Mccm271jgb01180409.JPG 2009-02-04 00:00:00	M274 JGB, 3014, Seen Passing The Vale Hospital Whilst Working The 7 1365x768 Mccm274jgb01180409.JPG 2009-02-04 00:00:00	M275 JGB, 3015, Seen In Alexandria 1365x768 Mccm275jgb01180309.JPG 2009-02-04 00:00:00	3016, M277 JGB, Seen In Glasgow On Filming Work, It Is/Was The Last Example To Be Used With Dual Doors 1365x768 Mccm277jgb01060309.JPG 2009-02-04 00:00:00
The Rear Of M277 JGB Showing The 3016 Fleetnumber. Here It Is Being Used For Filming Purposes 1365x768 Mccm277jgb02060309.JPG 2009-02-04 00:00:00	M345 JGB, 3017, Seen On Dumbarton High Street, Recently This Has Been Based At Dalmuir For Glasgow Area Schools Instead Of Service Work 1365x768 Mccm345jgb01170409.JPG 2009-02-04 00:00:00	M346 JGB Is Now 3018, It Is Seen In Alexandria Twon Centre On The 7 1365x768 Mccm346jgb01180309.JPG 2009-02-04 00:00:00	3028, M381 JGB, Turning Into Dumbarton Retail Park At The End Of A 6A 1365x768 Mccm381jgb02260609.JPG 2009-02-04 00:00:00
M395 JGB, 3032, Seen On The 6 In Dumbarton. It Is The Only Example To Have Been Fitted With A Dot-Matrix Display 1365x768 Mccm395jgb01220509.JPG 2009-02-04 00:00:00	M396 JGB Seen Outside Glasgow City Chambers. This Has Been Advertised On Ebay An Dosn't Appear To have Been Given A Fleetnumber. It Has Been Converted To Single Door 1365x768 Mccm396jgb01190609.JPG 2009-02-04 00:00:00	M397 JGB, 3033, Seen Heading For An Afternoon School Run. So Far It Is The Only Example With An LED Display On The Nearside 1365x768 Mccm397jgb01050609.JPG 2009-02-04 00:00:00	N731 RGD, Now 3019, Seen At Balloch Bus Stance 1365x768 Mccn731rgd01100409.JPG 2009-02-04 00:00:00
3020, N732 RGD, Seen At Dalreoch Before Taking Up A Schools Journey 1365x768 Mccn732rgd01270309.JPG 2009-02-04 00:00:00	3021, N883 RGD, Seen Heading For Balloch At Dalreoch 1365x768 Mccn883rgd01270309.JPG 2009-02-04 00:00:00	N920 RGD, 3031, Seen At Balloch Bus Station On The 6A 1365x768 mccn920rgd01311208.JPG 2009-02-04 00:00:00	3030, N931 RGD, Seen Working The 6 To Westcliff 1365x768 Mccn931rgd01270209.JPG 2009-02-04 00:00:00
Newly In Service 3035, M302 JGB, Seen On The 6A, Yet Another Slightly Different Configuration With Dot Matrix Display But Retaining Dual Doors 1365x768 mccm302jgb01170709.JPG 2009-06-27 00:00:00