Raining, but still time to get a Mack.
I'd been reliably informed that Portugal was a bright and sunny country ... however, my own personal black cloud and associated contents regularly tagged along;-) This was Famalicao bus station, the scene of some of the hardest rain I'd ever witnessed in the country, though on this day it was merely damp and drizzly.
In my top five favourite Portuguese operators was Abilio da Costa Moreira, who's business was based in the town. Their fleet, even into the late 1990s was predominantly of AEC manufacture, many of which had undergone re-building and modernising, but all in my experience retained AEC power and appeared in excellent condition. Beyond that, other builder's products too had been AEC re-powered, including a Hino and as above, a UTIC bodied Mack which had gained a vertically mounted '760. Unlike the other Mack which worked in the same geographical region for AMI, Abilio's one retained it's Trilex wheels. Shortly after this picture was taken, this fleet, the equally wonderful neighbouring Joao Carlos Soares and the aforementioned AMI Transportes were the first Portuguese operators purchased by then UK bus group Arriva.
Raining, but still time to get a Mack.
I'd been reliably informed that Portugal was a bright and sunny country ... however, my own personal black cloud and associated contents regularly tagged along;-) This was Famalicao bus station, the scene of some of the hardest rain I'd ever witnessed in the country, though on this day it was merely damp and drizzly.
In my top five favourite Portuguese operators was Abilio da Costa Moreira, who's business was based in the town. Their fleet, even into the late 1990s was predominantly of AEC manufacture, many of which had undergone re-building and modernising, but all in my experience retained AEC power and appeared in excellent condition. Beyond that, other builder's products too had been AEC re-powered, including a Hino and as above, a UTIC bodied Mack which had gained a vertically mounted '760. Unlike the other Mack which worked in the same geographical region for AMI, Abilio's one retained it's Trilex wheels. Shortly after this picture was taken, this fleet, the equally wonderful neighbouring Joao Carlos Soares and the aforementioned AMI Transportes were the first Portuguese operators purchased by then UK bus group Arriva.