Another tram which seems to have advertised C R Smith for a very long time has a new look with 253 now carrying a full wrap for Loganair. The change of advert came earlier in May 2026, bringing an end to over eight years of its previous advert.
253’s C R Smith advert was one of the original type of advert for the window company which used the “From… To…” theme, this one was from The Royal Mile to Baltinore. It was applied in January 2018 and like all the C R Smith adverts was the “double T” version where just the third and fifth sections of the tram had full height adverts.
The new look for 253 sees it receive a full wrap for the first time with Scotland’s Airline, Loganair, the advertiser. It is mainly red with a bit of tartan at the ends and images of their planes in various spectacular locations that they fly to.
There are now just three trams still advertising C R Smith: 259, 265 and 266.
253 is seen here at Balfour Street showing one end of the advert featuring the tartan-esque background.
Another view of the advert with the tram at Balfour Street.
This full height section shows DHC-6 Series 310 Twin Otter G-BVVK landing on the beach (Traigh Mhor = big beach) at Barra. The beach has been used as the island’s airport since 1936 and Loganair have been operating the flights from Glasgow since the mid-1970s. The plane is now 46 years old. (Photographs x3 by Roy Calderwood, 25th May 2026)
A spectacular view of 253 as it departs Picardy Place for the Airport in a shot taken from high up in John Lewis. The view extends away to Leith, the Firth of Forth and the Fife shore in the distance. The yellow lattice steel structures on the right are destined for a large offshore wind farm – they will sit on the seabed and then the lower yellow structures go on top and finally a wind turbine pole goes on top of that. A heavy lift ship is often seen at Leith these days to transport all the structures to the required location. (Photograph by Roy Calderwood, 26th May 2026)