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Bus Photo of the Month: August 2023

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Gillig Advantage/CNG 1106

Location: Sandoval Street between West San Francisco Street and Grant Avenue
Operator of Vehicle: Santa Fe Trails
Date of Photo: August 3, 2018

Five years ago, I visited New Mexico.  Depending on how you count going through a state on Amtrak, it may have been my first visit to the state.  Less ambiguous is that it was the first time I photographed transit within the state.  The state capital, New Mexico, is not the largest city in the state but it does have some public transit and has the distinction of being one of the first transit systems in the United States to have a fleet powered solely by compressed natural gas.  I like the light blue accents in the agency paint scheme, and finding opportunities to photograph the buses with the local architecture in the background was a fun activity during the single day I spent in Santa Fe.

For more photos of Santa Fe Trails buses, please click here.  

Bus Photo of the Month: March 2017

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Gillig Advantage/CNG 907

Gillig Advantage/CNG 907

Location: Broad Street at 7th Street, Richmond, VA
Operator of Vehicle: Greater Richmond Transit Company (GRTC)
Date of Photo: November 25, 2016

March is supposed to come in roaring like a lion, but for the bus photo of the month, we go back to the fall when I visited Richmond, Virginia for the first time.  Richmond is a fascinating city with a mix of different architectural styles in its compact downtown.  One can walk from the state capitol building, which was designed by Thomas Jefferson, and encounter modern buildings or other structures of any age in between within minutes.

Richmond also has a transit system befitting the city’s own history.  The world’s first successful electric streetcar system opened here in 1881, and the Church Hill Tunnel collapse is also a noteworthy event in Richmond’s transit history.  Next year, Richmond’s first BRT line, “The Pulse”, will begin service.  In the meantime, one can enjoy the existing GRTC fleet of mostly Gillig Advantages shuttling around the city.  I plan to highlight some of my favorite photos from Richmond in “The Viewfinder” here on the Travelogue in the coming weeks.

For more photos of GRTC’s buses, please click here.