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

Friday, 5 September 2025

East Berlin: If It's a bus or coach it's an Ikarus


 I complain because some of my colour prints came back with the wrong colouring, but I'm afraid there's nothing much one could do about those taken in East Berlin as the air was so fogged with pollutant from burning brown coal the air was thick with it. No doubt in the same way we miss the smell of the steam railway and industry older people in that part of the city must miss their smells too. Ikarus supplied most of the buses for much of the Eastern Block and they came in all sizes and even as a not too convincing luxury coach.

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