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

Monday 13 July 2009

Clocking off: One million Kilometers already!


Swiss Post Buses never seemed to have particularly arduous lives spending a lot of their time standing around waiting for time or the next job in the sunshine or snow, but regardless of this they must have clocked up the hours like this one-million-kilometer Volvo stopped outside the local PAH Contractor's premises for a crew change on the Frick to Aarau service. Maybe I should say one of the two services as buses belonging to the Post Office itself working from a garage at both the small town of Frick and Aarau ran the other service. Yes in Switzerland bus services outside the cities tend to be very local and the crews come from the local community which must add to the friendly efficient service they enjoy. This bus carried the AG letters for the Canton of Aargau whereas in those days of course the proper 'regie' post buses could be identified by their P-suffix.

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