Buses print series

I spent much of the 1990s riding buses around Edmonton, and over the last few months I've found myself buried in bus history and putting it on paper. The result: six specific Edmonton, Montréal, Toronto, Vancouver and Winnipeg coaches of the past drawn in a square format, ready for your wall. They are: 

"BC Hydro (Vancouver) No. 3290" - American Fageol Twin Coach buses like this seem like an evolutionary dead end of buses; each had two engines, lots of chrome, and more architectural detailing than most buildings. This one was running Cambie St. in Vancouver in the late 1950s, one of many Twin Coaches BC Hydro kept in its stables.

"City of Winnipeg Transit Services No. 419" - A boxy classic in safety orange, Winnipeg Transit No. 419 was a Transcona-built Flyer D800 and I've drawn it as it was driving down Portage Ave. in 1977.

"Montréal Transportation Commission No. 649" - Another made-in-Canada coach, this time it's a Montréal-build Canadian Car & Foundry Co. T-48 that I've drawn as it would've looked on rue Saint-Denis in '58. The period-correct ad was especially fun to put together, and if you read closely you'll see that it's an ad for Kik Cola that includes an endorsement from Canadiens hero Maurice Richard. 

"Edmonton Transit System No. 478" - This is a General Motors "New Look" (aka "Fishbowl") bus built in 1965 as it would've looked in 1977, and it's the kind of bus I would've spent riding to bingo in Beverly with my Grandma in. The ETS logo seen on the fare box is my second favourite. Of note: this is the bus that started this print series. 

"Toronto Transit Commission No. 1954" - A gorgeous GM "Old Look" bus that would've shuttled riders on Spadina, etc., back in 1962. Built between 1940 and 1969, around 38000 of these were the backbone of North American public transit systems continent-wide, and there was a Soviet variant as well.

"Calgary Transit System No. 546" - A different and older Flyer, this is a D700A that I've drawn as it would've looked in 1969 just before CTS became Calgary Transit. It's the Blue Arrow Express bus, and I have to admit that I pulled the excellent old CTS roundel logo from the bus' side to just above the front bumper. As an artist, I can take artistic liberties. Right?

I'd like to give special thanks to David A. Wyatt's "All Time List of Canadian Transit Systems" for its timelines and photographs, as well as the CPTDB Wiki. Both are well worth a visit, if you're into these things. 

Available at 12" or 24" square on Epson Enhanced Matte 192 gsm paper printed with Epson UltraChrome XD2 archival ink. Sold in an open edition, unframed, signed and dated on reverse.