This style of Alexander bodywork was unique to Ribble Motor Services, which had taken full-fronted Burlingham and MCW bodies on Leyland PD3s. It only served to emphasis Alexander's difficulty in dealing with the Lowlander's awkward combination of low chassis height and a PD3-derived front-end better suited to full-height buses. All three of Alexander's bus operating subsidiaries took Lowlanders - some only briefly - but sensibly opted for traditional half-cab bodies. Alexander Midland's blue and cream buses served the heavily populated areas of central Scotland, reaching Glasgow to the west and Edinburgh to the east. The company became part of the Scottish Transport Group in 1985, being renamed Midland Scottish and loosing part of its operations to the newly formed Kelvin and Strathtay Scottish companies. Thanks to David Little for the base image (07-May-10).
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