DSCF7348 First Scotland East 63246 (SN64 CPE) in Edinburgh - 8 May 2017

Monday 8 May 2017 (0834) – First Scotland East 63246 (SN64 CPE), a Wrightbus Streetlite DF new in December 2015, seen in Princes Street, Edinburgh. Working one of the service X21 commuter trips from Livingston etc. The ‘Pioneering Spirit’ graphics celebrate James Young (1811-1883), a chemist born near Glasgow best known for his method of distilling paraffin from coal and shales, and Sir James Young Simpson (1811-1870), an obstretician born in Bathgate, who was the first to demonstrate the anaesthetic properties of chloroform on humans and helped to popularise the drug for use in medicine.