PLC

Date Taken: August 24, 2019

Basic Details:

Operator: Peñafrancia Tours & Travel Transport, Inc.

Fleet Number: 70

Classification: Provincial Operation Bus

Seating Configuration: 2x1 Seats

Seating Capacity: 25 Passengers

Body:

Coachbuilder: Del Monte Motor Works, Inc.

Body Model: Del Monte DM16 Series 2

Chassis:

Chassis Model: Volvo B8R

Layout: Rear-Longitudinally-Mounted Engine Rear-Wheel Drive

Suspension: Air-Suspension

Engine:

Engine Model: Volvo D8C-330

Cylinder Displacement: 7.7 Liters

Cylinder Configuration: Straight-6

Engine Aspiration: Turbo-Intercooler

Max. Power Output: 330 hp @ 2,200 rpm

Peak Torque Output: 1,200 N.m @ 1,200 - 1,600 rpm

Emission Standard: Euro 5

Transmission:

Type: Automatic Transmission

Gears: 6-Speed Forward, 1-Speed Reverse

* Some parts of the specifications may be subjected for verification and may be changed without prior notice...

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Company/Owner: AB Liner, Inc.

Fleet/Bus Number: 74088

Classification: Air-conditioned Provincial Bus

Coachbuilder: (Suzhou) Higer Bus Company, Ltd.

Body Model: Higer KLQ6112H

Engine Model: Yuchai YC6L280-30 (L53SA/L538A)

Chassis Model: Higer KLQ6110SE3 (LKLR1HSG8GA)

Transmission: 6-speed Manual Transmission

Suspension: Leaf Spring Suspension

Seating Configuration: 2×2

Seating Capacity: 49

Case Number: TBD

Franchise route: TBD

Route: Tagkawayan, Quezon [TGK, QP]–Cubao, Quezon City [CUB, QC] via N68 (Andaya Highway) / Tiaong Bypass Road / N1 (Maharlika Highway)

Municipalities/cities passing: Tabugon (Santa Elena)/Calauag [CUG]/Lopez/Gumaca/Plaridel/Atimonan/Pagbilao/Lucena City [LUC]/Sariaya/Candelaria/Tiaong/San Pablo City/Alaminos/Santo Tomas City/Calamba City [CLM]

Type of Operation: Provincial Operation Public Utility Bus (Regular Class)

Area of Operation: CALABARZON (Region IV-A)

Shot location: EDSA-Boni, Mandaluyong City

Date and time taken: May 14, 2018 (17:50H)

Notices:

* Please DON'T GRAB A PHOTO WITHOUT A PERMISSION. If you're going to GRAB IT, please give A CREDIT TO THE OWNER. Also, don't PRINT SCREEN my photos.

** If I have mistakes on the specifications, please comment in a good manner so that I can edit it immediately.

*** The specifications and routes (for provincial, inter-provincial, and city operation) mentioned above are subjected for verification and may be changed without prior notice.

Maganda talaga ang pinangpalit sa Guagua Line ng Baliwag: Golden Bee na puro aircon na. Buti at 2×2 itong seating configuration na pinangsabak sa Guagua. Sobrang lamig rin ng aircon nito dahil Songz ang gamit nya. Tapos ang makina, masarap pakinggan dahil J08C-TK ang gamit.

Company/Owner: Golden Bee Transport and Logistics Corporation

Fleet/Bus Number: 1012

Classification: Air-conditioned Provincial Bus

Coachbuilder: Hino Motors Philippines Corporation

Body Model: Hino Philippines Grandeza I RK

Engine Model: Hino J08C-TK

Chassis Model: Hino RK1JST 1425 (Long Wheelbase Version)

Transmission: 6-speed Manual Transmission

Suspension: Leaf Spring Suspension

Seating Configuration: 2×2

Seating Capacity: 49

Franchise route: Guagua (Pampanga)–Divisoria (Manila)

Route: Guagua, Pampanga–Divisoria, Manila City via N3 (Jose Abad Santos Avenue/Gapan-Olongapo Road) / N2 or Radial Road 9 (MacArthur Highway/Manila North Road) / E1 (NLEX-San Fernando–NLEX-San Simon; NLEX-Tabang–NLEX-Balintawak)–N150 or Radial Road 9 (Rizal Avenue Extension)/ N151 (Abad Santos Avenue)

Municipalities/Cities passing: Bacolor/San Fernando City–San Simon/Apalit/Calumpit/Malolos City/Tabang (Guiguinto)

Type of Operation: Provincial Operation Public Utility Bus (Economy Class)

Area of Operation: Central Luzon (Region III)

Shot Location: Robinsons Starmills Terminal, Barangay San Jose, San Fernando City, Pampanga

Date Taken: May 28, 2018 (13:25H)

Notices:

* Please DON'T GRAB A PHOTO WITHOUT A PERMISSION. If you're going to GRAB IT, please give A CREDIT TO THE OWNER. Also, don't PRINT SCREEN my photos.

** If I have mistakes on the specifications, please comment in a good manner so that I can edit it immediately.

*** The specifications and routes (for provincial, inter-provincial, and city operation) mentioned above are subjected for verification and may be changed without prior notice.

**** The vehicle's registration plate(s), conduction sticker(s), and/or persons (if applicable) were pixelated/blurred to prevent any conflict with the photographer, the bus company and/or to the car owner for their security and/or privacy purposes. So, don't use their plate number, conduction sticker, and vehicle tag as an evidence for any incident. And, I have taken this photo for bus fanatics, bus enthusiasts, and bus lovers purposes.

Genesis Transport

Company/Owner: Genesis Transport Service, Inc.

Fleet/Bus Number: 818638

Classification: Air-conditioned Provincial Bus

Coachbuilder: Autodelta Coach Builders, Inc.

Body Model: Volvo/Autodelta B7R Coach (Guilin Daewoo GL6127HKC2 body with Volvo 9800 front fascia)

Engine Model: Volvo D7E-290 (D7E11)

Chassis Model: Volvo B7R (YV3R6R62*HA)

Transmission: 6-speed Automatic Transmission

Suspension: Air Suspension

Seating Configuration: 2×2

Seating Capacity: 49

Franchise route: Mariveles (Bataan)–Pasay City (Metro Manila)

Route: Pasay City–Mariveles, Bataan via N3 (Jose Abad Santos Avenue/Olongapo–Gapan Road) / N301 (Bataan Provincial Highway/Roman Superhighway)

Municipalities/cities passing: San Fernando City/Bacolor/Guagua/Lubao/Dinalupihan/Hermosa/Orani/Samal/Abucay/Balanga City/Pilar/Orion/Limay

Type of Operation: Provincial Operation Public Utility Bus (Regular Class)

Area of Operation: Central Luzon (Region III)

Shot Location: Ligas Overpass/NLEX-Santa Rita, Barangay Santa Rita, Guiguinto, Bulacan

Date Taken: May 26, 2018 (15:39H)

Notices:

* Please DON'T GRAB A PHOTO WITHOUT A PERMISSION. If you're going to GRAB IT, please give A CREDIT TO THE OWNER. Also, don't PRINT SCREEN my photos.

** If I have mistakes on the specifications, please comment in a good manner so that I can edit it immediately.

*** The specifications and routes (for provincial, inter-provincial, and city operation) mentioned above are subjected for verification and may be changed without prior notice.

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Partas Trans.

EA2503 leads 4+2 configuration of Xplorer cars as they cruise past North Strathfield in Sydney's Inner West starting their journey to Werris Creek and the state's North.

North Strathfield, NSW.

Wednesday 16 April 2014.

Company/Owner: Victory Liner, Inc.

Fleet/Bus Number: 2238

Classification: Air-conditioned Provincial Bus

Coachbuilder: Santarosa Motor Works, Inc./Columbian Manufacturing Corporation

Body Model: Santarosa Daewoo Bus BV115

Engine Model: Doosan DE12TIS

Chassis Model: Daewoo BV115 (PL5UN58JDFK)

Transmission: 6-speed Manual Transmission

Suspension: Leaf Spring Suspension

Seating Configuration: 2×2

Seating Capacity: 49

Franchise route: Tuguegarao (Cagayan)–Earnshaw (Sampaloc, Manila)

Route: Sampaloc, Manila City [SMP, MN]–Tuguegarao City, Cagayan [TUG, CV] via E1 expressway (NLEX-Balintawak–NLEX-Dau; NLEX-SCTEX-Connector–SCTEX-Amucao–TPLEX-Pura); N215 (Dau Access Road) / Pura–Guimba Road / N114 (Pangasinan–Nueva Ecija Road) / N1 (Maharlika Highway)

Municipalities/cities passing: Dau (Mabalacat City) [DAU]–Pura/Guimba [GUI]/Santo Domingo/Talavera/Science City of Muñoz/San Jose City [SJC]/Carranglan/Santa Fe/Aritao/Gabut (Dupax Del Sur)/Ineangan (Dupax Del Norte)/Bambang/Bayombong/Solano [SOL]/Bagabag/Diadi/Cordon/Santiago City [STO]/San Isidro/Echague/Alicia/Cauayan City [CYZ]/Reina Mercedes/Naguilian/Gamu/Ilagan City [ILA]/Tumauini/Cabagan/San Pablo/Peñablanca

Type of Operation: Provincial Operation Public Utility Bus (Regular Class)

Area of Operation: Cagayan Valley (Region II)

Shot location: Victory Liner Bus Stop, Pura, Tarlac

Date and time taken: May 22, 2018 (17:15H)

Notices:

* Please DON'T GRAB A PHOTO WITHOUT A PERMISSION. If you're going to GRAB IT, please give A CREDIT TO THE OWNER. Also, don't PRINT SCREEN my photos.

** If I have mistakes on the specifications, please comment in a good manner so that I can edit it immediately.

*** The specifications and routes (for provincial, inter-provincial, and city operation) mentioned above are subjected for verification and may be changed without prior notice.

**** The vehicle's registration plate(s), conduction sticker(s), and/or persons (if applicable) were pixelated/blurred to prevent any conflict with the photographer, the bus company and/or to the car owner for their security and/or privacy purposes. So, don't use their plate number, conduction sticker, and vehicle tag as an evidence for any incident. And, I have taken this photo for bus fanatics, bus enthusiasts, and bus lovers purposes.

GV Florida Transport, Inc.

Duelist Configuration: 2Rd+d8 / 2Rm / 1B / 2W

Mobile Frame Hangar Post

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Viron Transit

SFOIL

Configuration: Phira

Hepworth, Dame Barbara

1955, Sculpture: Guarea Wood, 81.3 x 74 x65 Leeds Art Gallery

Alfonso Liner

Flammable Tanker

MAN Truck Shell

Truck Manufacturer: MAN Truck & Bus AG

Dagupan Bus Company, Inc

Five Star Bus Company Inc.

Philtranco

+++ DISCLAIMER +++

Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based on historical facts. BEWARE!

Some background:

The Cessna Model 336 and 337 “Skymaster” were American twin-engine civil utility aircraft built in a unique push-pull configuration. Their engines were mounted in the nose and rear of its pod-style fuselage. Twin booms extended aft of the wings to the vertical stabilizers, with the rear engine between them. The horizontal stabilizer was aft of the pusher propeller, mounted between and connecting the two booms.

The type’s versatility, low noise level, high travel speed and good loitering time in the operational area at low speed proved to be vital assets for these public service operators and justified its relatively high maintenance costs. A handful of the modernized Spectrum SA-550 machines were still in active service after the Millennium, primarily in the USA.

General characteristics:

Crew: 1 + 3 passengers (up to 5 passengers possible in special seat configuration)

Length: 32 ft 6½ in (9.94 m)

Wingspan: 38 ft ¾ in (11.62 m)

Height: 9 ft 2 in (2.79 m)

Wing area: 201 sq ft (18.81 m²)

Aspect ratio: 7.18:1

Airfoil: NACA 2412 at root, NACA 2409 at tip

Empty weight: 2,655 lb (1,204 kg)

Max takeoff weight: 4,400 lb (1,996 kg)

Fuel capacity: 92 US gal (77 imp gal; 350 l) normal,

128 US gal (107 imp gal; 480 l) with auxiliary tank

in the cabin instead of two passenger seats

Powerplant:

1× Pratt & Whitney PT6A-27 turboprop engine, delivering 550 shp (410 kW) and

driving a four-blade McCauley fully-feathering, constant-speed propeller, 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) diameter

Performance:

Maximum speed: 199 mph (320 km/h, 173 kn) at sea level

Cruise speed: 144 mph (232 km/h, 125 kn) at 10,000 ft (3,000 m) (econ cruise)

Stall speed: 69 mph (111 km/h, 60 kn)

Range: 1421 mi (2.288 km, 1.243 nmi) at 10.000 ft (3.050 m) altitude and economy cruise

Service ceiling: 19,500 ft (5,900 m)

Rate of climb: 1,200 ft/min (6.1 m/s)

Takeoff distance to 50 ft (15m): 1,545 ft (471 m)

Landing distance from 50 ft (15m): 1,650 ft (500 m)

The kit and its assembly:

This build is the combination of ingredients that had already been stashed away for a long time, and the “Red Lights” Group Build at whatifmodellers.com in early 2021 was a good motivator and occasion to finally put everything together.

The basis is an ARII 1:72 Cessna T337 model kit – I had purchased it long ago with the expectation to create a military Skymaster from it, but I was confused by a fixed landing gear which would make it a 336? Well, without a further concrete plan the kit preliminarily landed in The Stash™…

However, the ARII model features the optional observation windows in the doors on the starboard side, in the form of a complete(!) fuselage half, so that it lends itself to a police or firefighter aircraft of some sort. This idea was furthermore fueled by a decal sheet that I had been given from a friend, left over from a 1:72 Italeri JetRanger, with three optional police helicopter markings.

The final creative element was the real-world “Pelican” conversion of six O-2As for the US Navy, as mentioned in the background above: the front engine was replaced with a longer nose and the engine configuration changed to a pusher-only aircraft with a single powerful turboprop engine. This looked so odd that I wanted to modify the ARII Cessna in a similar fashion, too, and all these factors came together in this model.

My Arii Cessna 337 kit is a re-boxing from 2009, but its origins date back to Eidai in 1972 and that’s just what you get: a vintage thing with some flash and sinkholes, raised (but fine) surface details and pretty crude seams with bulges and gaps. Some PSR is direly necessary, esp. the fit of the fuselage halves is cringeworthy. The clear parts were no source of joy, either; especially the windscreen turned out to be thick, very streaky (to a degree that I’d almost call it opaque!) and even not fully molded! The side glazing was also not very clear. I tried to improve the situation through polishing, but if the basis is already poor, there’s little you can do about it. Hrmpf.

However, the kit was built mostly OOB, including the extra O-2 glazing in the lower doors, but with some mods. One is a (barely visible) extra tank in the cabin’s rear, plus a pilot and an observer figure placed into the tight front seats. The extended “Pelican” nose was a lucky find – I was afraid that I had had to sculpt a nose from scratch with 2C putty. But I found a radome from a Hasegawa RA-5C, left over from a model I built in the Eighties and that has since long fallen apart. However, this nose fitted almost perfectly in size and shape, I just “blunted” the tip a little. Additionally, both the hull in front of the dashboard and the Vigilante radome were filled with as many lead beads as possible to keep the nose down.

The kit’s OOB spatted, fixed landing gear was retained – even though it is dubious for a Cessna 337, because this type had a fully retractable landing gear, and the model has the landing gear covers actually molded into the lower fuselage. On the other side, the Cessna 336’s fixed landing gear looks quite different, too! However, this is a what-if model, and a fixed landing gear might have been a measure to reduce maintenance costs?

The propeller was replaced with a resin four-blade aftermarket piece (from CMK, probably the best-fitting thing on this build!) on my standard metal axis/styrene tube adapter arrangement. The propeller belongs to a Shorts Tucano, but I think that it works well on the converted Cessna and its powerful pusher engine, even though in the real world, the SA-550 is AFAIK driven by a three-blade prop. For the different engine I also enlarged the dorsal air intake with a 1.5 mm piece of styrene sheet added on top of the molded original air scoop and added a pair of ventral exhaust stubs (scratched from sprue material).

Another addition is a pair of winglets, made from 0.5 mm styrene sheet – an upgrade which I found on several late Cessna 337s in various versions. They just add to the modernized look of the aircraft. For the intended observation role, a hemispherical fairing under the nose hides a 180° camera, and I added some antennae around the hull.

However, a final word concerning the model kit itself: nothing fits, be warned! While the kit is a simple affair and looks quite good in the box, assembling it turned out to be a nightmare, with flash, sinkholes, a brittle styrene and gaps everywhere. This includes the clear parts, which are pretty thick and blurry. The worst thing is the windscreen, which is not only EXTRA thick and EXTRA blurry, it was also not completely molded, with gaps on both sides. I tried to get it clearer through manual polishing, but the streaky blurs are integral – no hope for improvement unless you completely replace the parts! If I ever build a Cessna 337/O-2 again, I will give the Airfix kit a try, it can only be better…

Painting and markings:

The choice between the operator options from the JetRanger sheet was hard, it included Sweden and Italy, but I eventually settled for the LAPD because the livery looks cool and this police department not only operates helicopters, but also some fixed-wing aircraft.

I adapted the LAPD’s classic black-and-white police helicopter livery (Gloss White and Black, Humbrol 22 and 21, respectively) to the Cessna and extended it to the wings. At this point – already upset because of the poor fit of the hardware – disaster struck in the form of Humbrol’s 22 turning into a pinkish ivory upon curing! In the tin, the paint and its pigments looked pretty white and “clean”, and I assume that it’s the thinner that caused this change. What a crap! It’s probably the third tin with 22 that causes trouble, even though in different peculiarities!

The result was total rubbish, though, and I tried to rub the paint off as good as possible on the small model with its many windows, the fixed, delicate landing gear and the wing support struts. Then I overpainted the areas with Revell 301 (Semi-matt White). While this enamel yielded the intended pure white tone, the paint itself is rather gooey and not easy to work with, so that the overall finish turned out worse than desired. At least the black paint worked properly. The demarcations were created with black decal stripes (TL Modellbau), because the tiny model left little room for complex masking measures – and I did not risk any more painting accidents.

Since the aircraft would be kept shiny and clean, I just did a light black ink washing to emphasize surface details and did a light panel post-shading on the black areas, not for weathering but rather to accent surface structures. No further weathering was done (and necessary).

The markings/decals come – as mentioned above – from an Italeri 1:72 JetRanger, but they were augmented with some additional markings, e. g. grey walkways on the wings and “L-A-P-D” in large black letters under the wings, to distract from the poor finish of the white paint around them…

Finally, the kit was sealed overall with Italeri semi-gloss acrylic varnish, just with a matt anti-glare shield in front of the windscreen, which received thin white trim lines (generic decal stripes).

A challenging build due to the Arii kit’s rather poor basis, the massive rhinoplasty and the crisp paint scheme. However, I like the result – what-if models do not always have to be armed military vehicles, there’s potential in other genres, too. And this mono-engine “Pelican” Skymaster plays its role as a “flying eye” in police service credibly and well. However, this was my first and last Eidai kit…

Genesis Transport Services, Inc.

Coca-Cola Company

Five Star Bus Company Inc.

Size M/L Rawland rSogn with Pacenti Quasi Motos

Company/Owner: Mersan Snow White Transport Corporation/Luzon Bus, Inc.

Fleet/Bus Number: 276530

Classification: Air-conditioned City Bus

Coachbuilder: (Zhengzhou) Yutong Bus Company, Ltd.

Body Model: Yutong ZK6107HA

Engine Model: Yuchai YC6G240-20 (G52MA/G52YA)

Chassis Model: Yutong ZK6107CRA (LZYTBTD62D1)

Transmission: 6-speed Manual Transmission

Suspension: Leaf Spring Suspension

Seating Configuration: 3×2

Seating Capacity: 61

Franchise route: San Jose del Monte–Baclaran via Commonwealth, Ayala

Route: Baclaran, Parañaque City [BCL, PQ]–Palmera, San Jose del Monte City, Bulacan [PMR, BU] via N61 (Roxas Boulevard: from NAIA Road to EDSA) / N120 (Roxas Boulevard: from EDSA to Buendia Avenue) / N190 (Buendia Avenue/Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue) / Ayala Avenue (Makati City) / N1 (EDSA) / N174 (East Avenue) / N170 [Commonwealth Avenue (Quezon City)] / N127 (Quirino Highway)

Areas/landmarks/stations passing (underlines are designated stops for this bus scheme - EDSA area only: Buendia–Ermin Garcia Avenue): Bayview International Towers\City of Dreams\Airport Road\Baclaran Market/Baclaran Church\Japanese Embassy\Cuneta Astrodome/HK Sun Plaza/Department of Foreign Affairs\World Trade Center\F.B. Harrison Street\BIR Pasay City\LRT Gil Puyat Station/Taft Avenue\Osmeña Highway/PNR Buendia Station\Chino Roces Avenue (Pasong Tamo)\Makati Central Post Office\RCBC Plaza Yuchengco Tower\V.A. Rufino\PBCOM Tower\Ayala Triangle\Makati Avenue/The Peninsula Manila Hotel\Glorietta 5\Buendia Avenue\Estrella\Guadalupe\Boni/Pioneer\Reliance\Shaw Boulevard\SM Megamall\Ortigas Avenue\Robinsons Galleria\Boni Serrano\Main Avenue\Araneta Center Cubao\Baliwag Transit/Five Star\Ermin Garcia Avenue\LTFRB Central Office/LTO Central Office\NIA Road\V. Luna Avenue/Land Registration Authority East Ave\Philippine Statistics Authority\SSS East Ave/BSP East Ave\BIR Road\East Avenue Medical Center\Philippine Heart Center\Matalino Street/Nat'l Kidney Transplant Institute\Quezon Memorial Circle/Quezon City Hall Gate 10\Nat'l Housing Authority Main Office/Maharlika Street\Philcoa\UP Ayala TechnoHub\Central Avenue\INC Templo Central\Tandang Sora Avenue\Luzon Avenue\Diliman Doctors Hospital\Don Antonio\Ever Gotesco\Saint Peter Parish\Sandiganbayan\Commission on Audit\Commonwealth Market\Manggahan\INC Capitol\Litex\Don Fabian\Doña Carmen Avenue\Winston Street\Pearl Drive\Fairview Center Mall/NCBA Fairview\Our Lady of Fatima Regalado\AMA Fairview/Bristol Street\Mindanao-Jollibee\Brittany Square/Belfast\Commonwealth Hospital and Medical Center\SM City Fairview\Trees Residences\Hilltop Mansion Subdivision/Our Lady of Fatima Hilltop\Mater Carmeli School\Sacred Heart Novitiate\Quezon City–Caloocan Boundary\Sacred Heart Village/Dela Costa Homes 2\Midway Park Subdivision\Amparo Subdivision Gate 2\Guadanoville Subdivision\Mountain Heights Subdivision\Pangarap Village\Bankers Village 2/North Caloocan Doctors Hospital\Cefels Park 3 Subdivision\Malaria Road\Funnside Ningnangan Caloocan\Ascoville Road\Sampaguita Street\Altaraza Town Center/Pleasant Hills Subdivision\Diamond Crest Village\Savano Park\Pecsonville Subdivision/SM Tungko (SM San Jose del Monte)\Skyline Hospital\Gumaok East\Francisco Homes Subdivision\Starmall San Jose del Monte

Type of Operation: City Operation Public Utility Bus (Bus B Segregation | Regular Class)

Area of Operations: National Capital Region (NCR)/Central Luzon (Region III)

Shot location: EDSA-Boni, Mandaluyong City

Date and tme taken: May 14, 2018 (06:19H)

Notices:

* Please DON'T GRAB A PHOTO WITHOUT A PERMISSION. If you're going to GRAB IT, please give A CREDIT TO THE OWNER. Also, don't PRINT SCREEN my photos.

** If I have mistakes on the specifications, please comment in a good manner so that I can edit it immediately.

*** The specifications and routes (for provincial, inter-provincial, and city operation) mentioned above are subjected for verification and may be changed without prior notice.

**** The vehicle's registration plate(s), conduction sticker(s), and/or persons (if applicable) were pixelated/blurred to prevent any conflict with the photographer, the bus company and/or to the car owner for their security and/or privacy purposes. So, don't use their plate number, conduction sticker, and vehicle tag as an evidence for any incident. And, I have taken this photo for bus fanatics, bus enthusiasts, and bus lovers purposes.

Dagupan Bus Company Inc.

Victory Liner Inc.

Victory Liner Inc.

"The Johnson Space Center's “Racetrack” configuration appears to be loosely based on the earlier Space Operations Center concept.

NASA/JSC “Racetrack” growth configuration with space tug hangar & satellite servicing facilities. This concept was abandoned fairly early, however.”

Above & image at:

www.pmview.com/spaceodysseytwo/station/sld029.htm

Credit: PMView Pro website

The view is to the southwest, the large inlet below the space station being Galveston Bay, adjacent to Houston, TX.

Although not to be found at any NASA website, a rather nice version of it is available at the following...the University of Texas Medical Branch/Moody Medical Library - Texas Digital Library website. THERE, but NOT at any NASA website. Sure, why not.

Wait one...this explains it:

utmb-ir.tdl.org/handle/2152.3/563

utmb-ir.tdl.org/handle/2152.3/8507?show=full

I'll be damned, look at that:

utmb-ir.tdl.org/bitstream/handle/2152.3/8507/29.48%20S84-...

Based on the unique airbrush style, even the colors used, I think this is by Paul Houston, possibly/likely a Boeing artist.

Pangasinan Five Star Bus Company, Inc.

Viron Transit Inc.

Victory Liner Inc.

Company/Owner: Victory Liner, Inc.

Fleet/Bus Number: 6039

Classification: Air-conditioned Provincial Bus

Coachbuilder: Santarosa Motor Works, Inc./Columbian Motors Corporation

Body Model: Nissan Diesel/Santarosa EXFOH

Engine Model: Nissan Diesel PF6-TA (PF6-A)

Chassis Model: Nissan Diesel JA450SSN

Transmission: Manual (6-speed forward, 1-speed reverse)

Suspension: Leaf Spring Suspension

Seating Configuration: 2×2

Seating Capacity: 49

Route: Monumento, Caloocan City–Tuguegarao City, Cagayan via NLEX-Balintawak–NLEX-San Fernando–NLEX-Dau / Dau Access Road / NLEX-SCTEX Connector–SCTEX-Amucao / Santa Rosa–Tarlac Road / Carmen–Cabanatuan Road / Felipe Vergara Highway / N1 (Maharlika Highway)

Municipalities/cities passing: San Fernando City–Dau (Mabalacat City)–Amucao (Tarlac City)/La Paz/Zaragoza/Aliaga/Cabanatuan City/Talavera/Santo Domingo/Science City of Muñoz/San Jose City/Carranglan/Santa Fe/Aritao/Gabut (Dupax Del Sur)/Ineangan (Dupax Del Norte)/Bambang/Bayombong/Solano/Bagabag/Diadi/Cordon/Santiago City/San Isidro/Echague/Alicia/Cauayan City/Reina Mercedes/Naguilian/Gamu/Ilagan City/Tumauini/Cabagan/San Pablo/Peñablanca

Type of Operation: Provincial Operation Public Utility Bus (Regular Class)

Area of Operation: Cagayan Valley (Region II)

Shot Location: Robinsons Starmills, Barangay San Jose, San Fernando City, Pampanga

Date Taken: December 28, 2015

Notices:

* Please DON'T GRAB A PHOTO WITHOUT A PERMISSION. If you're going to GRAB IT, please give A CREDIT TO THE OWNER. Also, don't PRINT SCREEN my photos.

** If I have mistakes on the specifications, please comment in a good manner so that I can edit it immediately.

*** The specifications and routes (for provincial, inter-provincial, and city operation) mentioned above are subjected for verification and may be changed without prior notice.

**** The vehicle's registration plate(s), conduction sticker(s), and/or persons (if applicable) were pixelated/blurred to prevent any conflict with the photographer, the bus company and/or to the car owner for their security and/or privacy purposes. So, don't use their plate number, conduction sticker, and vehicle tag as an evidence for any incident. And, I have taken this photo for bus fanatics, bus enthusiasts, and bus lovers purposes.

Victory Liner Inc.

GV Florida

Victory Liner Inc.

Company/Owner: Gold Star Bus Transit, Inc.

Fleet/Bus Number: 11502

Classification: Air-conditioned Deluxe Provincial Bus (with restroom equipped)

Coachbuilder: (Zhengzhou) Yutong Bus Company, Ltd.

Body Model: Yutong ZK6127HYG

Engine Model: Yuchai YC6L330-20 (L33YA)

Chassis Model: Yutong ZK6127CR (LZYTATE6XH1)

Transmission: 6-speed Manual Transmission

Suspension: Air Suspension

Seating Configuration: 2×2

Seating Capacity: 47

Franchise route: Iloilo City–Cubao (Quezon City)

Route: Cubao, Quezon City–Batangas City Grand Terminal, Batangas City, Batangas via E2 [SLEX-Magallanes–STAR (Southern Tagalog Arterial Road)-Tambo Exit] / N4 (Jose P. Laurel Highway) / N434 (Batangas Port Diversion Road)

Municipalities/cities passing: Magallanes (Makati City)–Lipa City/San Jose

Type of Operation: Provincial Operation Public Utility Bus (Deluxe Class)

Area of Operation: CALABARZON (Region IV-A)

Shot Location: EDSA-Boni, Mandaluyong City

Date Taken: May 30, 2018 (5:48H)

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