Following the display of four of Houston METRO's participating buses in a Christmas Bus Decorating Contest, they were captured leaving the Downtown Transit Center. The buses seen leaving are (in order):

New Flyer D40LF bus 2887 (West Garage)
Orion VII NG HEV bus 4641 (Fallbrook Garage)
Orion VII NG HEV bus 4629 (Hiram Clarke Garage)
Orion VII NG HEV bus 3681 (Polk Garage)

Exterior pics of those buses can be found here: http://s185.photobucket.com/albums/x1...

During the vid, there was an appearance by Kashmere's New Flyer D40LF bus 2942 operating the route that I ride daily (to and from Downtown Houston, of course)---the northbound 77 - Liberty/Mesa TC route.

Kashmere did participate but it was said that they took their stuff down so this is what you had left. Northwest Garage (First Transit) did not participate.

BTW, the buses had already been looked over by various judges---I believe---sometime two week ago prior to this and if you look at 3681, you can see why IT won 1st place in METRO's first "Bus Decorating Contest."

My apologies for the sound and vid quality because this was done via my cell phone. Nevertheless, it was truly a sight to see all those buses there.

Enjoy!