FUTURE MEMORY | TRANSPORTATION

Coach operated by Rodoviária do Tejo seen at Praça D. Pedro IV, Lisboa, in May 2012. This coach with fleet number 4050 is an Irizar PB registered in 2008. It has an overall length of 42.4 ft and uses the MAN 18.400 HOCL chassis with the 294 kW (400 hp) MAN D2066 LOH engine. Based in Torres Novas , Rodoviária do Tejo operates regular services, regular specialized services, and occasional services. Here, we see this Irizar PB arriving in downtown Lisboa in an occasional service. Presented in 2001, the Irizar PB is a highly successful coach body. The PB designation means Produktu Berria , or New Product in the Basque language. Available in lengths between 40 ft and 49.1 ft, and in heights of 12 ft or 12.7 ft, it is combined with a wide variety of chassis. Irizar also proposes an integral version. The Irizar PB gives place to the Irizar i8 in 2015. The MAN 18.400 HOCL chassis is part of the MAN 18.xxx HOCL (R33) family and we can find it with a variety of coach bodies. ● Autocarro ...

Double-deck coach operated by Rodoviária do Tejo seen at Praça do Comércio, Lisboa, in January 2012. This double-deck coach with fleet number 4060 is a CAMO Apollo DD registered in 1996. It has an overall length of approximately 39.4 ft. It uses the MAN 16.370 HOCL/A chassis with the MAN D2866 LOH engine. Based in Torres Novas , Rodoviária do Tejo operates regular services, regular specialized services, and occasional services. Here, we see this CAMO Apollo DD in an occasional service. Some readers will notice the luggage lid with a different paint scheme, possibly coming from a donor vehicle (first lid on the right side of a three-axle unit?). As a note of interest regarding the MAN chassis, HOCL/A denotes a bus chassis (OC, Omnibuschassis ), equipped with a rear engine (H, Heck ) and air suspension (L, Luft ). Credible sources tell me the /A comes from the Portuguese expression Autoportante , denoting a self-supporting body. Still, I find peculiar the presence of a Portuguese ex...