https://vintagetransport.org/categories/oddities/Recent content in Oddities on Vintage Transport & Postcards | Buses, Railways & Maritime HeritageHugoenThu, 15 Oct 2026 13:46:44 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/snippets/oldest-scottish-bicycle/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:46:44 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/snippets/oldest-scottish-bicycle/Gavin Dalzell built a treadle bicycle in 1846, hailed in 1888 as the first until MacMillan’s earlier 1839 claim sparked a lasting debate.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/snippets/poem-the-old-stage/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 20:49:27 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/snippets/poem-the-old-stage/Poem: A bittersweet tribute to the golden age of public transport, capturing the quiet echo of wheels, bells, and memories left behind.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/snippets/flying-boats-buses/Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:32:17 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/snippets/flying-boats-buses/From flying boats to 1950s buses. How post-war shortages forced a maritime aircraft builder to engineer the world’s lightest aluminum bus bodies.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/the_coach_that_got_bigger/Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:20:18 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/the_coach_that_got_bigger/A fascinating case of transformation. Built as a single-decker luxury coach in 1950, it was converted in 1958 into a double-decker bus.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/double-decker-diner/Thu, 28 May 2026 09:48:43 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/double-decker-diner/Fancy tea and scones on board a Routemaster while sightseeing in Glasgow or Edinburgh? It’s good to see these fine old buses having a new lease of life.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/electric-routemaster/Thu, 14 May 2026 13:10:58 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/electric-routemaster/The famous Routemasters are becoming scarce and the skills to service these fine buses is gradually being lost. Is the Electric Routemaster the answer?https://vintagetransport.org/posts/snippets/galloway-car/Tue, 12 May 2026 19:38:00 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/snippets/galloway-car/Dorothée Pullinger and the Galloway Car marks the centenary of the Women’s Engineering Society (WES), which Pullinger co-founded. (23 June 1919/2019)https://vintagetransport.org/posts/snippets/wooden-car/Fri, 08 May 2026 23:36:26 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/snippets/wooden-car/Now here is an oddity - a wooden car. With parts taken from an Austin Maxi, an Austin Allegro and other bits. This eccentric vehicle has six wheels.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/snippets/no-engine/Tue, 05 May 2026 21:47:11 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/snippets/no-engine/It is late September in 1959 and a small boy age seven is staring in disbelief at the front of a large red double-decker bus.‘Where’s the engine?’https://vintagetransport.org/posts/snippets/bus_stop/Mon, 04 May 2026 19:16:05 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/snippets/bus_stop/Standing at a bus stop in the UK can be a chilly and wet experience, especially in Scotland. It certainly helps if bus shelter is provided.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/george-bennie-railplane/Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:45:00 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/george-bennie-railplane/The Railplane was an experimental, propeller-driven suspended monorail invented by George Bennie from Glasgow, with a claimed speed of 120mph.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/snippets/auchenshuggle-express/Thu, 29 Jan 2026 01:30:21 +0000https://vintagetransport.org/posts/snippets/auchenshuggle-express/A little boy had just been given a new toy gun. Chaos erupts on the Number 9 tramcar to Auchenshuggle as he and his mother head home.https://vintagetransport.org/posts/snippets/say_thanks/Sun, 14 Sep 2025 18:00:08 +0100https://vintagetransport.org/posts/snippets/say_thanks/Some funny stories regarding bus drivers and their eccentric passengers - do you always thank the driver when get off the bus?