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.
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.
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.
ReplyDeleteGreat photo, Chris!
ReplyDeleteSN-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 Withdrawn in 1994.
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