BUSWORLD PHOTOGRAPHY

I AM CHRISTOPHER LEACH THE ARTIST. I started this blog so that I can share with everyone my vast collection of transport photographs showing a personal and nostalgic view of the industry with images that span some 45 years taking in the U.K and some of Europe. I have no darkroom and so rather than being the perfectionist after tidying them up I upload the images warts and all, and even those that won't scan squarely or are scratched. In a way it adds age and character. You are all free to download these for your personal use but please remember I still own them and you are not just free to use them without prior permission for any knd of publishing. Click on images to enlarge them and if you want to see more leave your comments or visit my website for the mother-site with galleries including those Buses & Girls: PICTUREWORLD

Saturday 23 May 2009

RN 8030 on Evora Town Service

A little speciality of mine was photographing Leylands complete with their badges and Leyland wheel-nut covers and as you can see this freshly painted RN bus in Evora ticks all the boxes. Perhaps it was the mid-Summer heat or it's distance from the larger cities but unlike other parts of Portugal everybody here seemed a lot more laid back and in rather less of a hurry which was rather refreshing and enjoyable in itself. Even the buses didn't rush away too fast giving me plenty of time for photography in the town.

2 comments:

Artdesire said...

Fantastic! Thank you very much. By the way, the logo you see stuck to the front looks like it is the RN logo but it isn't. From the same graphic designer came the AU logo, which stands for Agente Unico. In those days Portugal was used to have a separate ticket seller on the bus, much like in Britain. Gradually this profession disappeared when Wayfarer ticket machines appeared. Agente Unico of course means One Man Bus.

Pedro said...

Great photo, Chris!
SN-18-82 is a Leyland Leopard PSU3/3L, chassis nº L64119, B40/11D, new in 1967 to SERVIÇOS MUNICIPALIZADOS DE ÉVORA nº 9, in 1973 passed to JOÃO CÂNDIDO BELO nº 53, in 1976 passed to RODOVIÁRIA NACIONAL, E.P. C.E.P.08 nº 8030. Withdrawn in 1994.
Best regards.