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[jtbell]

At a model-train show yesterday I saw a nontraditional layout built with Lego bricks.

Are there any real triple-decker buses out there anywhere?

Play this video through to the end... I got photobombed!

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Are there any real triple-decker buses out there anywhere?

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The triple-decker bus is the "Knight Bus" from the Harry Potter movies; there is one which can be viewed at the Warner Bros Studio Harry Potter tour, where we took our children some years ago:
https://beingkinetic.com/2024/06/29/harry-potter-behind-the-scenes-the-knight-bus/
It doesn't look as if the inside would actually work.

 

[nsaspook]

 

[pinball1970]

That time of year. View from the office C.O. Katie B

 

[jack action]

Are there any real triple-decker buses out there anywhere?

The idea of triple-decker buses has long been a popular theme in photo fakery, but in real life such monsters would face serious instability problems, and be at risk of hitting trees and bridges. But that's not to say that there have never been real-life triple deckers. There have been. Just not many.

The first real triple-decker bus went into service in 1932, shuttling up to 88 passengers at a time between Rome and Tivoli. But as the picture of it below shows (from Popular Mechanics, 1932), the third level was only a small section at the rear of the bus.

 

[Borg]

That time of year. View from the office

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That looks like the arrival of the ship in Independence Day.

 

[DennisN]

The first photograph of a human being (Open Culture)
https://www.openculture.com/2025/11/the-first-photograph-of-a-human-being-1838.html

You’ve likely heard the reason people never smile in very old photographs. Early photography could be an excruciatingly slow process. With exposure times of up to 15 minutes, portrait subjects found it impossible to hold a grin, which could easily slip into a pained grimace and ruin the picture.

The first selfie in history
https://www.openculture.com/2024/08...cornelius-a-philadelphia-chemist-in-1839.html

As the Public Domain Review notes, the first recorded instance of the selfie harkens back to what may have been the first photographic portrait. In 1839, a young Philadelphia chemist named Robert Cornelius stepped out of his family’s store and took a photograph of himself...

 

[collinsmark]

The first photograph of a human being (Open Culture)
https://www.openculture.com/2025/11/the-first-photograph-of-a-human-being-1838.html



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The first selfie in history
https://www.openculture.com/2024/08...cornelius-a-philadelphia-chemist-in-1839.html



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I love photography and have for years. But I admit that the first time I learned about Robert Cornelius and deguarreotype portraits was actually from playing a video game. The video game is "Life is Strange."