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 4 April 2015

3501: Sprintime arrives in the Tiergarten.

Unlike Britain where the seasons slowly change day by day, in Berlin it can be still snowing at the start of the week and enjoying a heatwave at the end of it. I don't know which is the best but it must be a shock to the system especially when winter comes. That thought was a long way away as passengers boarding BVG 3501 one of three prototype MAN 202 buses built in 1984 as it passes through a sunny Tiergarten. Of course many of these have second lives as sightseeing buses right across Europe but I'm not the only one who must have missed them when they all finished normal service as they had a lot more rugged character than the high-tech deckers like the Lion that followed.

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