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 Topic: VIN rosters |
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| tovinman Replies: 2 Views: 19902 |
 Forum: New York City Bus Rosters Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 10:22 am Subject: VIN rosters |
| Maybe its'just me, but since every NYC bus has a decal on the windshield that can be easily read from outside the bus, I truly fail to understand why it seems to be so difficult to get any kind of VIN ... | |
| Topic: CNG articulated buses |
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| tovinman Replies: 1 Views: 10243 |
Forum: Transit Bus Manufacturers Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:31 am Subject: CNG articulated buses |
| One reason is a point you've already made - most of the systems that have bought the CNG BRT have to buy alternative fuel buses in the first place, particularly LACMTD, San Diego, and Foothills Transi ... | |
| Topic: 30-foot New Flyer LF buses - why only one door? |
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| tovinman Replies: 6 Views: 18890 |
Forum: Transit Bus Manufacturers Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:18 am Subject: 30-foot New Flyer LF buses - why only one door? |
| The D30LF is simply a shuttle bus. Having a rear door would cut four seats out of it and likely negate any benefit. Having a rear door complicates the mechanicals and the heating (which is already so ... | |
| Topic: 'YOU NAME IT, AND I'LL DO AN ARTICLE ON IT!' |
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| tovinman Replies: 8 Views: 21292 |
Forum: Transit Bus Manufacturers Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:11 am Subject: 'YOU NAME IT, AND I'LL DO AN ARTICLE ON IT!' |
| By the way, it is NOT the same bus that went to Strathcona County, theirs was the third unit done and it was originally a London Transit Commission TDH4519.
The other three were 40x102 and went to ... |
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| Topic: 'YOU NAME IT, AND I'LL DO AN ARTICLE ON IT!' |
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| tovinman Replies: 8 Views: 21292 |
Forum: Transit Bus Manufacturers Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:06 am Subject: 'YOU NAME IT, AND I'LL DO AN ARTICLE ON IT!' |
| That is known as the Paling Älouette bus, named for Paling Bus Inc. öf Hamilton, Ontario They had a small line remanufacturing New Looks
and did six of them. The unit pictured was one of the first ... |
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| Topic: 'A TECHNICAL QUESTION' |
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| tovinman Replies: 5 Views: 14961 |
Forum: Transit Bus Manufacturers Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:01 am Subject: RTS vs New Look Engine Doors |
| Oddly enough, the "pantograph"type engine door on the RTS (in that it pulled outward and then straight up) was deliberately intended to keep the taillights visible.
When GM modified the A ... |
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| Topic: Bus builder's lists and production info |
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| tovinman Replies: 13 Views: 53031 |
Forum: Surface Transit Resources on the Web Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 8:54 am Subject: Bus Production Lists |
| Whatever you want, I have, just email me:
tovinman@yahoo.ca Most of the older records are delivery records only, but the newer lists include observed resales I don't post these on the web as ... |
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| Topic: 'GREYHOUND AT THE FAIR' |
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| tovinman Replies: 5 Views: 15916 |
Forum: Transit Bus Manufacturers Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 8:32 am Subject: Greyhound Worlds'Fair SDH5302 |
| The SDH5302 glasstops went to Pioneer Coach Lines in Texas. In 1976 Pioneer sold several of them to BC Hydro Transit in Vancouver, where they ran in service until 1989.
I drove several of these old ... |
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| Topic: Ikarus 286 / crown /orion III |
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| tovinman Replies: 8 Views: 31494 |
Forum: Transit Bus Manufacturers Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 8:22 am Subject: Ikarus |
| Ikarus, as noted, began with cooperative assembly of the 286 by Crown Coach and Ontario Bus Industries. They later started Ikarus USA, which went bankrupt and was reorganized as North American Bus Ind ... | |
| Topic: Ikarus 286 / crown /orion III |
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| tovinman Replies: 8 Views: 31494 |
Forum: Transit Bus Manufacturers Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 8:16 am Subject: Ikarus NA |
| The Ikarus 286 articulated was assembled in the US by Crown Coach and in canada by Ontario Bus Industries.
The OBI units numbered 255 units split between Ottawa and Toronto. The Ottawa units had a ... |
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| Topic: Millennium Transit Might Have A Horse Shoe |
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| tovinman Replies: 36 Views: 78513 |
Forum: Transit Bus Manufacturers Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 8:05 am Subject: What next? |
| Many many times in this business things have happened that make you just stand there and wonder what the heck happened. I think this is about to happen again.
Case in point: NovaBus. Two years ago ... |
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| Topic: A Nova among Gilligs |
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| tovinman Replies: 10 Views: 28621 |
Forum: Transit Bus Manufacturers Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 7:51 am Subject: TARC Nova Demo |
| From the look of it it's one of the three Plattsburg demos, with the new T-drive configuration (hence the rear window is centered).
356-2 is the order. I'm guessing its'the second unit, or VIN 9400 ... |
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| Topic: NovaBus LFS demo in Rhode Island |
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| tovinman Replies: 8 Views: 20102 |
Forum: Transit Bus Manufacturers Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 6:58 am Subject: Nova demo - TARC |
| The first three US built NovaBus units were to be demos, and they started
building them in mid-June, so I would guess it was one of the three. Its'important to get VIN numbers; that way we can pos ... |
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| Topic: The MCI D4500CT |
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| tovinman Replies: 5 Views: 16643 |
Forum: Transit Bus Manufacturers Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 3:00 pm Subject: GO Transit |
| I noticed one more error in the opening post - GO Transit's fleet are D4500CTs. The CT option was altered both in 2006 and 2007; the 2006 refit added the G4500 headlight pods (which are not, as I ment ... | |
| Topic: Why no New Flyer C60LF(R)? |
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| tovinman Replies: 14 Views: 31868 |
Forum: Transit Bus Manufacturers Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 2:49 pm Subject: C60LFr |
| I guess I should point out, further to what I stated before, that there has never been a CNG articulated built with a roof-mounted tank assembly; the lack of a suitable flexible fuel line being NFI's ... | |
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