ΟΑΣΘ The buses of Salonica

[BarbaPanagos]

and a YiaYia with tseberi!!!

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[christo]

My Christmas offering to those friends who like the blue buses. It is one of my favourite photos. Why did I not take more? If only one can turn the clock back...memory overloading...smells, sounds, ride.

Photo balkanmodels: October 1990 in front of NES Thessaloniki. Mercedes bus 287 with Licence plate MZ 9787 waits for passengers.

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[christo]

First batch:
Fleet Numbers & Licence Plates:
101-110 ΜΑ 9201-9210
111-115 ΜΑ 9212-9216
116-120 ΜΑ 9293-9297
121-125 ΜΑ 9321-9325
126-130 ΜΑ 9360-9364
131-135 ΜΑ 9401-9405
136-138 ΜΑ 9446-9448
139-140 ΜΑ 9450-9451
Magirus Deutz 230EV120/ BELO
Year: 1973

Second batch:
Fleet Numbers & Licence Plates:
151-175 ΜΖ 8751-8775 (161 later ΝΑΡ 9586)
176-185 ΜΖ 8901-8910 (176 later ΝΑΝ 9023)
Magirus Deutz 230EV120/ BELO. This batch of buses were built at 11m to enable them easy access to the Upper town.
Year: 1975

Third batch:
Fleet Numbers & Licence Plates:
100 ΜΝ 4215
141-150 ΜΝ 4216-4225
186-199 ΜΝ 4201-4214
Magirus Deutz 230EV120/ BELO
Year: 1977-8

Photo Balkanmodels: October 1990 at Ramona junction. An unidentified Magirus hiding behind the truck along Langada street en route to the centre. The only blue buses, from what I remember, that did not have a round top to the wheel arch but had them cut in a straight line.

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[christo]

Photo Balkanmodels: October 1990 at Ramona junction. Another unidentified Magirus (visible in the front left corner) along Langada street moving towards Stavroupolis. In the far distance, amongst the many trucks, a MAN bus on its journey.

christo.

[christo]

Photo from the Internet. It looks like an official OASTH photo of Magirus 148 from the third batch.

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[christo]

Photo Balkanmodels: June 1985 in front of Platanos Cafe in Thessaloniki. Helen, Anastasia and Magirus 164, one of the shorter ones (11m), coming through the Walled Gate.

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[christo]

Fleet Numbers & Licence Plates:
301-340 MX 2081-2100 MX2461-2480
PEGASO 6023CL
Year: 1980

Photo from the Internet. It looks like an official OASTH photo of four Pegaso buses with some orange bendy ones at the depot in Phoinikas Thessaloniki.

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[christo]

Photo Balkanmodels: October 1990 at Ramona junction Thessaloniki. A blue PEGASO bus obscured by the cattle truck.

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[christo]

Photo Balkanmodels: October 1990 at Ramona junction Thessaloniki. Another blue PEGASO bus amongst the heavy traffic. Note the unusual cable flatbed belonging to the Greek Telecommunication Company OTE. Can you also see Λβ964 in the distance?

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[christo]

Photo Balkanmodels: October 1990 at Ramona junction Thessaloniki. Another blue PEGASO, this time its back end.

christo.