(20/5/2018) China Motor Bus LM10 Leyland Olympian 3-axle 11m K481EUX (FW3858) - Fenland BusFest 2018

LM10 made its first public appearance since 2014 at the Fenland BusFest 2018 event, and ran on two round trips on route 341 between Whittlesey and Ramsey.
First registered at the end of 1993, LM10 is one of the last Leyland buses built for Hong Kong, and indeed the very last one for China Motor Bus. It is also the last non air-con bus purchased by CMB. It is interesting to note that the 10 LM-class Olympians are almost identical to Kowloon Motor Bus's S3BL421-470 (nicknamed "Tiger Leyland"), in terms of specifications of both bodywork and chassis, probably because CMB's order was too insignificant.
The LM-class Olympians have 245-horsepower Cummins LT10 engine and ZF Ecomat 4HP500 gearbox, identical to their A/C cousins (LA-class). Therefore, without the A/C unit dragging behind, they were renowned for their speed and power, much like KMB's "Tiger Leylands" on the other side of the harbour.
The successor of CMB's bus network, New World First Bus, which inherited 710 buses (199 of them are A/C buses) from CMB since 1/9/1998, aimed at providing full air-con service at soon as possible. While withdrawing 2-axle buses at a fast pace, NWFB also found some buyers for most of its 3-axle non-A/C buses. The relatively new LM-class Olympians were withdrawn in early 2000 and modified to UK-spec, with single wide front door, 2+2 seating and small sliding windows. They were sold to First Bus in UK, and served in Greater Manchester, Glasgow and finally Great Yarmouth. LM10 was re-numbered as 681, 3001 and eventually 30097. The 10 Olympians were withdrawn between 2009 to 2010, and all except LM10 were scrapped. Since 2011, LM10 has been preserved by its current owner Chris Martin, and was repainted to full CMB livery in 2012. It would however cost too much to rebuild it to the original 2-door layout.
Thank you for watching!

[@DavidJones-wx4im]

These were refurbished in Hong Kong before shipment back to the UK. They ended up at Firsts Rotherham Garage where further work was carried out to UK regulations. The tropical windows were changed before going into service.

[@bignick0011]

I love that sound just like what wee had in edinburgh

[@redactedcomment709]

Same maroon leatherette seats as Edinburgh also.

[@allezvenga7617]

It brings back good old memories 😊

[@XNick291X]

Glad to see she is back after a lengthy time off the road!

[@jasonyu6649]

Very smooth driving and soothing sound of the engine

[@0101_ek_ael]

I long time no heard this sound, because I have heard this in Hong Kong when I was studied in Primary School. Unfortunately, this sound is already disappeared in the bus of service, so, I have to take this chance.

[@CoasterTurbo]

This bus had a short life span due to First Bus decided to replace all the non ac bus for Dennis Trident
And the best part was this bus equipped with a powerful Cummins engine which was originally for A/C unit

[@donaldnemesis393]

The refurbished interior looks so nice!

[@allezvenga7617]

Thanks for your sharing 👍

[@masterpc-9845x]

Nice to see the bus is still standing well and strong

[@jaggass]

Nice to see in it's almost original condition as it was rebuilt to UK spec.

[@0101_ek_ael]

Anyway, thanks so much, FF3170
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[@DANEBLUEGNOME]

Very nice this thought... Unfortunately, that is really nightmare for journey it is.

[@lemonwong1873]

另外,我想問中巴呢部LM10同九巴S3V有甚麼分別？

[@SCP-087-B-S3]

0:47 10:25

[@ngyamato8267]

可惜無還原番頭尾閘設計

[@3av112]

He explained already, due to the high cost for rebuilding back to the original 2 doors layout.

[@vincy1019]

窄門，肥啲都上唔到

[@ln891]

Nice)

[@HaiderHaider-kk1dz]

انفعالاته صناعه باصات لايلند في الصين هونيك كونك

[@TheFokker03]

non HK windows i note!

[@John-xp8fc]

3 speed voith .40mph max speed.

[@CoasterTurbo]

Hell no
This is the most powerful Olympian ever made with Cummins 245hp LT10 and ZF 4 speed with a lower final drive ratio, the max speed is around 55mph