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That livery would look sweet as hell on a GM fishbowl!

I believe the missing window was due to the front doorway being widened to accommodate a wheelchair lift.

Look how close the doorpost is to the wheelwell in the photo of Santa Monica 5180 in the OP ...

As far as I can tell they still run GM fishbowls in Toronto and Saskatoon to this very day. Not sure where else though.

Check out the lean on TTC 2402, an '82 (or '83) model!
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No, the radial seating in the upper section is due to wheel wells.

Thank you, Cliff, for patiently answering what turned out to be one of the dumbest questions that I have ever asked in my life (we ...

If I remember correctly almost every seat on our baby Gilligs except for the back row is facing sideways, including some on the high-floor section; I'm not sure how that ADA requirement means almost e ...

Do the shortie Gilligs in Lexington have all the seats facing sideways like the ones in Louisville? Nice photos as always!

I thought they used SD cards. Or is it only the newer ones that use them?

heh. DOS.

Assuming you can install OpenDOS (the open-source version of DR-DOS) on a new PC and you can run the GFI software atop that, you're not totally screwed in the event a power surge actuall ...

On this page there is a video of the RTX in operation. It does say it was gas-turbine powered.
http://history.gmheritagecenter.com/wiki/index.php/1968_Rapid_Transit_Experimental_-_Revolutionizing_Tra ...

P.S. Of today's buses, I think I like the Gillig low-floor the best. Nothing like your basic, unadorned box for hauling people around.

http://i55.tinypic.com/r7n6oi.jpg

If you look at that phot ...

Holy Christ, you can tell the destination signs on those RTS buses are fake.

Is it just me or has just about every small- to mid-sized transit agency in America been using 20xx to 29xx fleet numbers for their 2000 to 2009 coaches and switched to 10xx for their '010 arrivals?
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They're doing that "my" crap on buses now?

Good gravy.

I rode [url=http://forum.bustalk.info/viewtopic.php?t=1951&sid=c7a7585627ad49bd56ac0ba0a073cf12]NovaBus demonstrator 356-2 once when it was on loan to TARC. I don't know if its front door is wide ...

Actually the Route 43 schedule also lists a few trips to/from 13th & Market, not all the way to Broadway. I *think* they're garage trips.

I rode the 11 (now 43) almost every day for just over ...