Snap on Sunday

Well what better for a Snap on Sunday than a photo from Monday's visit to Blackburn of an increasingly rare breed. As many of you will know, the ECW bodied Leyland Olympian is a type I'm very fond of after my first proper encounter with the type, after 4 example of Eastern National's C-HJN batch of Leyland Olympians were transferred to Torpoint. Therefore, to find so many still operating in Blackburn was thrilling, as sad as it may sound, I've never been to a place with so many of the type operating at once! Being too young to remember these in their prime, this is the closest I've managed to them really getting out and earning their keep, with a very healthy number of TL11, Gardner 6LXB, and Cummins L10 engined examples working hard in regular service. The photo I've chosen for the SoS this week is of Ex Lothian TL11 engined C792 SFS, still wearing the full 'school' livery, and looking all the better for it! The Leyland Olympian badges on the front are also a bonus!