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Signage on Rochester Transit Corporation (RTS) buses

 
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:59 pm    Post subject: Signage on Rochester Transit Corporation (RTS) buses Reply with quote

Rochester Transit Corporation and successor Regional Transit Service, for many years used a two curtain destination sign on the front of the bus above the windshield. The reading on the passenger side gave the route number and name, while the reading on the driver's side gave the destination for that particular bus. Examples: 8 E. Main to Wyand Crescent, 2-Thurston to Airport. There was no side sign on any of Rochester Transit's buses, though the first Standee window on the Old Looks was configured to provide for one.This type of destination sign with two curtains continued to be used until the last of the buses so equipped was replaced with those equipped with electronic signs. The three SDM4501s and two SDM4502s purchased from Empire Trailways together with the suburban routes these buses were deployed on retained their single curtain destination signs as delivered to Empire State Trailways in 1960,1961, and 1966. The two suburbans from Batavia were the same way. I believe RTS has something of a historical fleet consisting of one bus from each era/ type once operated, with the exceptions of the Twins and Macks, which were long gone. Until a few years ago, you could still see ex Rochester Transit Corporation buses rusting away in a junkyard in full RTC cream and red colors.
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