International 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 national and international bus history and putting it on paper. The result: six specific Canadian coaches and six from elsewhere, all ready for your wall. They are: 

"Toei Bus Route No. 91" - In 1982 Tokyo's main bus service (Toei Basa) introduced its now iconic green-and-cream livery, and here I've put it on an Isuzu BU04 type bus as seen here and here.  

"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.

"BVG Route No. 48" - Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe's iconic double-decker buses have towered over the streets of Berlin since the 1920s, and I've drawn you a BVG double-decker by Mann as it would've looked in 1970. Where's this giant yellow block off to? The Tiergarten for a picnic, of course. 

"Beijing Public Transport No. 33108" - The Jinghua BK 670 is the "iconic" bus of 20th century Beijing, currently available in dozens of different die cast steel toys and model kits, and here a friendly neighbourhood historian has come up with a list of 70-some BK variants in mainland Chinese movies. The one I've drawn is shown as it was in 1973 on the Jiao Men Station to Hou Ku run.  

"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.

"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.

"Delhi Transport Corp. Route No. 391" - I've drawn one of the hundreds of "K.M. Scheme" buses that ran through India's capital in the 1990s, and this one is a Mumbia-built Tata 1510.

"London Transport No. RM14998" - This is the bus that requires no introduction, but I'll try to give it a sentence. It's the classic red London AEC Routemaster double-decker that was built between 1954 and 1968 and was voted one of the UK's ten greatest design icons in 2006. This one is shown as it was in 1964.

"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?

"Chicago Transit Authority No. 7278" - The Chicago Transit Authority was formed in October in 1947, and one of the first things the brand new CTA did was stock up on Mack C-49 coaches. This is one of them, as it looked in '58. By 1960 Mack would stop making buses in favour of trucks and trucks alone.

Each print is available in two different sizes 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.