To celebrate the 12th birthday of this site, every day during November 2008 we are showing one or more old photos from the period 1996 to date.
- A normal Dublin scene in the AD-era . . . or is it?
At first glance this O’Connell Street scene from 1999 looks fairly normal, a couple of Dublin Bus AD-types passing in the city centre.
Look closer however, you you will see that this is a rare meeting of the AD on the left with its country cousin, Cork’s DA-class. (Both are Alexander Setanta bodied DAF SB220 citybuses, but the eagle-eyed will spot some slight differences between the two types)
AD41 and DA9 are seen outside Dublin Bus HQ in O’Connell Street.
As a bonus, below is another DAF SB220 odd shot – P40 seen on loan to Bus Eireann, working a short on route 126 in 1998.
P40 as Naas Express (this size only)
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