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The 25 Bus
It was a clear, warm, summer morning. Jim was doubled over at the bus stop catching his breath. His alarm hadn’t gone off—or he had turned it off in his sleep—so to make his bus he had to rush out the door and run all the way. Now he wasn’t sure, had he missed the bus, or was it coming any minute? He took out his phone to check the time, but—shit!—in his hurry he’d left it back at home.
Five and then ten minutes passed, or at least what Jim thought was ten minutes, and still the 25 bus didn’t come round the bend. It’d be another hour before the next one. Might as well go home, Jim thought. Call into work and tell them he’d be late. But just as he was about to leave, the 25 came toddling into view. Jim was relieved for a moment, and then not: There was something wrong with the bus. It was crawling down the road, limping, dragging itself. A broken-down bus wouldn’t get him to work on time, wouldn’t get him anywhere, so before it had even reached his stop Jim had given up on it and was headed back home.
The bus’s engine suddenly roared and it billowed a cloud of black exhaust and lurched forward, jumping the curb, flattening the bus stop sign—the one Jim had just been standing by—and running down the embankment along the highway. After a moment of stunned inaction, Jim followed the bus, running down the embankment muttering, “Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit”, as he went. The bus was still running, the engine still roaring and the exhaust still belching black smoke, but its tires were only spinning in place and digging into the earth now. A fir tree at the bottom of the hill had caught the bus and was holding it in place.
Jim couldn’t see inside the bus, the windows were tinted. He approached several times to try to pry open the doors, but the bus was growling and trembling like a wounded animal, and Jim was scared back. Eventually he did get hands on the door, but he couldn’t pull it open. Water was trickling out of the seams. His hands were left wet, and they smelled, a strange smell, like the ocean, and vinegar, and road kill that’s been left too long and popped.
Unable to do anything to help, Jim stepped back and could only watch. If he’d had his phone then he would’ve called for help, but he didn’t have his phone. Maybe he could flag down a car. He tromped back up the embankment. He looked up and down the street, but there wasn’t a single car. It’d been quite that morning, he recalled. He would’ve noticed if the streets were deserted, wouldn’t he?
Back down the hill, the bus started coughing and choking, and then it shuddered and died. The doors flung open and the water emptied out. The windows, it turned out, weren’t tinted, the bus was just filled with water so murky it looked black— or would a bus full of clean water look just as black? In any event the water that had filled the bus wasn’t clean. Seaweed spilled out with it, and sea stars, driftwood, barnacles… and body parts, human body parts, gooey and partially dissolved. The smell coming out with the water didn’t have the undertones of acidity or brine like the little bit Jim had gotten on his arms. Even from several yards away and up on the sidewalk, Jim started gagging on the smell of death and decomposition almost as soon as the doors were opened.
And still not a car to be seen, until, at last, limping round the bend, came the 25 bus—another 25 bus—with windows tinted black, and water trickling from every seam.
What is the point of a bus shelter if you cant see the fucking bUSES
The Rise of Chinese Buses in the Philippines
Isuzu Erga EV Flat Floor City Bus.
The answer to climate change which causes the great California wildfires & the heat index here in Southeast Asia.
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Anybody agree if Isuzu Philippines Corporation should bring in these from Japan or make these themselves in their Binan plant?
Here's what a modern jeepney should also look like.
I seen photos of something like these made in Japan & in use in Japan.
Meep meep.
Beep beep.
Partas Transportation Co., Inc.
Hino Melpha
German Espiritu Liner
Hino Melpha
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The King of the Road on super steroids.
This should influence jeepney manufacturing here in the Philippines.
I would love to see more more like this in mass production & on the roads, especially in expressways.
Hino Liesse II Long Minibus
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Anybody agree if Hino Motors Philippines Corporation should assemble these here as CKD or bring in these as CBU from Japan
Hino Liesse II Minibus
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Hino Liesse II Stubby Minibus
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Restroom equipped dog.
Lagonoy's Newest Hound
DLTBCo. (Greyhound Express Service) 1816
Company/Owner: Del Monte Land Transport Bus Co., Inc.
Chassis Manufacturer: Yangzhou Yaxing Asiastar Bus Co., Ltd.
Chassis Model: Yaxing Asiastar YBL6125H (LJSKA9GY8)
Engine Manufacturer: Weichai Power Co., Ltd.
Engine Model: Weichai WP10.336E53
Coach Manufacturer: Yangzhou Yaxing Asiastar Bus Co., Ltd.
Coach Model: Asiastar YBL6125H
Engine location: Rear
Seating Configuration: 2x2
Seating Capacity: 49 passengers + 1 driver + 1 conductor
Type of Service: Public Utilty Bus
Type of Operation: Provincial Operation
Classification: Airconditioned Bus
Route: LRT Buendia (Pasay City) - Lagonoy (Camarines Sur) via Skyway
Franchise Route: LRT Buendia (Pasay City) - Lagonoy (Camarines Sur) via Skyway
Transmission: M/T
Speed: 6 forward, 1 reverse
Suspension: Air Suspension
Shot Location: DLTB Motorpool, Gil Puyat Avenue, Pasay City
Date Taken: May 24, 2024
NOTE: Errors may be evident with this description. Corrections will be done once verified.
ALAMIN: Disenyo ng modern jeepneys na pasado sa PH national standards
I don't like the fact that the classic jeepney is slowly going out of existence.
Hino Melpha
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Hino Melpha
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Hino Melpha
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Genesis Joybus killer
French: Le tueur Genesis Joybus
German: Genesis Joybus Mörder
Italian: L'assassino del Genesis Joybus
The Scandinavian Stallion
Del Monte Land Transportation Bus Co. (DLTBCo.)
Stallion Express
French: Étalon Express
German: Hengst Express
Italian: Stallone Espresso
Spanish: Semental Expreso
The Japanese Stallion
Del Monte Land Transportation Bus Company
Stallion Express
Mitsubishi Fuso Aero Queen Super High Decker Coach
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Scania K360IB DMMWI Touring Coach
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Scania K360IB DMMWI Touring Coach
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Yutong ZK6119H2 alternative
Higer KLQ6127LA Coach
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Scania SKSBUS Non-Step Bus Rapid Transit
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Scania SKSBUS Non-Step Bus Rapid Transit
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Cropped in 2.35 : 1 AKA Cinemascope.
Scania SKSBUS Non-Step Bus Rapid Transit
Made in Malaysia
BJ Merchantile, EDSA northbound lane Balintawak, Quezon City.
The ACME Corporation
Mitsubishi Fuso Aero Queen Super High Decker Coach
Notice RoadRunner on the back of the bus.
Which is better?
On the window or below the window?