These six-wheel Leyland Olympians were an unusual sight in Saddleworth and even more surprising to find on a Sunday working of the 343. 3004 had come via First PMT but had been new to China Motor Bus in Hong Kong. The six-wheel chassis configuration caused problems at this location as the change in gradient at the top of the hill at Greenfield station caused the driven rear axle to unload and when the driver tried to pull away nothing much happened apart from spinning wheels and a smell of burning rubber! The livery is also of note - First were in the process of introducing their "Barbie 2" livery, a corporate livery for inherited vehicles as opposed to new ones. The vinyls for this were not ready and the bus had to run in this interim livery for a short while. This photograph dates from 8th April 2001.