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I thought Orion went belly up?

When GM and Grummann rolled out their ADBs in the mid 70's, transit agencies were able to expand their canvases somewhat.

This was some time ago when I saw this, but one time I was visiting Niagara Falls, Ontario one day around 1994 or so. During the peak of the tourist season, it's a bus lover's candy store!! Anyhoo, ...

Not to mention the Westinghouse HMA-60 and General Electric M-1000 streetlights.

These buses (Fleet Numbers 5001-5065) were the first 40 foot 96" wide TH-8603 RTS-II buses manufactured for the NFTA by General Motors in late 1978. D-DOT of Detroit got the first 102" w ...

These buses were retired about a year and a half later when the 5000-series GMC RTS-II T8H-603 buses were placed into service.

Oh goodie. More Gillig buses. NFTA just put 30 more Advantage T40 Hybrids in service this year. The buses may be well built, but they are painfully boring.

I did, back in 1989 when the NFTA bought the buses as emergency replacements for the badly deteriorated 4000-series AM General metropolitans. They were renumbered 322-367 and repainted in the NFTA's ...

Pictured below is a GM ad for the RTS 04 touting a vastly improved Air Conditioning and Heating system.

I believe that the 04 was the last of the GM built RTS's and probably the best but most of yo ...

If there is still a Buffalo or Rochester Mack surviving somewhere, unknown to bus collectors or enthusiasts, it's rusting away in a field somewhere.The old Cold Springs Garage had one that the NFTA wa ...

Piggybacking on the "transit manufacturer" thread, I would like to post this question. Who is your favorite motorcoach manufacturer. I'm kind of partial to MCIs because that was the majori ...

The NFTA police are using Dodge Avengers right now, but speaking of mistakes, GM made the same mistake eliminating the Caprice. They're bringing that name back, but it's still a mid-sized car.

Before the takeover by New York Trailways in 1994, there was a Rochester-based Trailways franchise called Empire Trailways. Their coaches were typically clad in the classic Trailways livery until 198 ...

Folks, I'm a bit of a bus fan myself. I used to ride the NFTA exclusively until 2002. During that time I rode GMCs, Orions, MCI Classics, NABI buses, and Gillig LF Advantage. I also used to take day ...