Ex London Leyland Titans seen in Las Vegas

[YY13VKP]

I was in Las Vegas on Monday and Tuesday and i saw something which gave me a surprise
Las Vegas has its fair share of British Buses. It has Enviro500's and Wright StreetCars which are British built. But what i also saw was Big Bus Tours have Leyland Titans imported from London. I went past one and it STILL had its British registration! The bus was ex London Transport T1024 (A624THV) still wearing its British reg with a Nevada one above it.  I saw a few more but can't remember the reg the day after .How many Olympians did Big Bus import to Vegas and why did they when they could have just purchased new buses?

[DLA 365]

Dec 27, 2014 5:32:29 GMT YY13VKP said:

I was in Las Vegas on Monday and Tuesday and i saw something which gave me a surprise
Las Vegas has its fair share of British Buses. It has Enviro500's and Wright StreetCars which are British built. But what i also saw was Big Bus Tours have Leyland Olympians. I went past one and it STILL had its British registration! The bus was ex London Transport T1024 (A624THV) still wearing its British reg with a Nevada one above it.  I saw a few more but can't remember the reg the day after .How many Olympians did Big Bus import to Vegas and why did they when they could have just purchased new buses?

T1024 is a Leyland Titan. Why not go for a ride on it and enjoy the thrash of American dual carriageways instead of questioning the decision to import them?

[M1199]

I captured T676 when I was out in Vegas last year. still looked and sounded good out in the Nevada sun.



Slightly off topic, I also saw plenty of Titan's, Leyland Olympians & Metrobuses when I was in San Francisco too. I would of loved to of sampled a Metro on the streets of San Fran but my gf wanted to go on the Big Bus Tour, we ended up on Olympian E351 NUV, that lead to a lively ride across the Golden Gate Bridge

[YY13VKP]

How do they manage to board passengers when the front door is facing away from the pavement? I know T676, as M1199 captured, has a door on the other side but the others don't