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

Sunday 12 July 2009

RN 4079

Congestion seemed to be part of the course in Portugal when I visited in 1984 as large buses negotiated narrow and busy roads, but at least it gave opportunity to take my shots like this one of a late series Utic bodied AEC in the large RN fleet.

7 comments:

Artdesire said...

Thanks again for another photo of a RN beauty. This one though is not an AEC but a Mack. You can recognize the Mack type by the higher inclination of the roof part. The floor of the Mack chassis was simply built higher. Mack buses were the favourite of Claras Transportes, the RN predecessor in that region.

Ricardo Figueiredo, said...

Another brilliant shot!

To me, as i am not old enough to have many memories of the RN, the highlight of this photo is the hiden Alfredo Caetano coach of Vimeca... lovely!

Terminal Rodoviario said...

The VMC bus (an Alfredo Caetano Bravo) is one of the first B10M chassis in Portugal, if not the real first one !

VMC stands for Viação Mecânica de Carnaxide. It was one of the few private companies that wasn't incorporated in the RN, due to a small fleet size.

It has changed it's name to Vimeca Transportes in the last decade.

Notice also the grey metallic Renault 18 Turbo.

christopher said...

Maybe I photographed the wrong bus!

simao28 said...

There is no such thing as the wrong bus Christopher :)

Keep posting them :)

busing said...

In Britain, sometimes buses heading for the town centre tend to take a circuitous route, turning left when the sign points to the right.

But here, it seems it doesn't matter which way they go as all roads seem to lead to Lisbon.

christopher said...

Aha, in Britain it's just the same only both signs point to TESCO.