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Waynejay · Last edited by Waynejay on Sat Apr 11, 2009 10:34 pm; edited 1 time in total

All photos taken on Friday, 4/10/09

NFI DE40LF on the F6 at Fenton Street & Colesville Road in Silver Spring.

NFI DE42LFA on the new S9 (16th Street express) at Eastern Ave near 16th Street in Washington, DC

Ride On Orion V and Gillig Phantom on Fenton Street near Ellsworth Drive in Silver Spring.

NFI D40LF on the J2 at Colesville Road near 2nd Avenue in Silver Spring

Van Hool on the new Woodley Park to McPherson Sq route, turning at 14th and K Streets, NW

Van Hool on the new Woodley Park to McPherson Sq route at 14th near K Streets, NW

NFI DE42LFA on the S9 on Colesville Road near East-West Highway in Silver Spring

Orion VI on the Z9 turning from Colesville Road onto Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring

Van Hool starting it's trip at 14th and I Streets, NW

NFI DE40LF on the S9 on Eastern Ave near 16th Street, NW

NFI DE42LFA on Eastern Ave, NW

Orion VI and NFI C40LF on I Street near 13th Street, NW

NFI DE42LFA on the S9 on Colesville Road near East-West Highway in Silver Spring

NIS, Flxible Metro-E passing other buses on I Street near 13th Street, NW

NFI C40LFR on MetroExtra 79 at New Hampshire and Georgia Avenues, NW

NFI C40LF on the P6 at H Street and 7th Street, NW, Chinatown

NFI C40LFR on the MetroExtra 79 at 7th Street and H Street, NW, Chinatown

Neoplan AN-460A layover on the 71 at Ramsey and Wayne Ave in Silver Spring

NFI DE42LFA on the S9 at I Street near 13th Street, NW

timecruncher · Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 9:28 pm Post subject:

Okay, Wayne --

Thanks for posting the photos, but where/what/when would be nice here and there. The red shorties with 'Circulator' on the front and side -- what are they?

Good stuff at any rate.

timecruncher

Waynejay · Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 9:59 pm Post subject:

Listing the info is indeed nice, but it's something that I rarely do. I'll do it this time since you requested it, but I won't commit to it in future postings.

I don't know the model designation of the DC Circulator baby Van Hools.

timecruncher · Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 10:12 am Post subject:

Van Hools!

Why didn't I recognize them? DUH.

I had seen some of their stuff out in Oakland in operation at AC Transit back when the Motor Bus Society had its meeting out there in 2005. Not terribly well-liked by passengers, drivers or the people who had to try and keep parts stocked. Don't know what the mechanics think about them...

Seems that Van Hool would wait until they had a truckload of part orders, then ship all the stuff at once from Belgium to the US. Not so good when a bus is sitting in the yard dead needing crucial repair while the factory is waiting for enough parts ordered to fill a shipping container!

What I liked about your pix was the variation of camera angle, foreground and background images and the fact that the buses were out on the street in service. Roster shots are nice, but good photos of the buses in service, loading passengers, etc., are sometimes hard to find.

timecruncher
(I'm a 'Belgie,' not a 'Frenchie!') -- Neil Simon's Murder by Death

Waynejay · Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 11:56 am Post subject:

Timecruncher,

Thanks! I'm glad you liked the pics. I also like what I call "action" shots. Buses/trains doing their thing. I'll take pics of a parked transit vehicle or one that's not in service. However, I very much prefer to photograph those that are in service carrying passengers.

I did see some of ACTransit's small Van Hools too when I visited the Bay Area in the Fall.