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Posted by FYBklyn1959 on Tue Dec 11 22:18:23 2012, in response to Re: What's the oldest bus you have ever driven or ride?, posted by Westcode44 on Sun Dec 9 22:14:35 2012. I think they were 96" (I know they were 35'). SCRTD got some 40-foot Old Looks from KCATA in 1974 (RTD #s 6584-6599) and 1975 (6600-6644). I rode both, but don't know if they were 102" wide.I missed out on 6500, but I heard about it. The L. A. Times mentioned it in an article about older RTD buses in 1979, and again 2 years later, when it was finally retired at 32 (!) years of age. For the photo op, they parked it next to 1981 GMC RTS-04 9139, which was the last of 940 RTS that RTD had put into service that year. Ironically, 9139 didn't last nearly as long as 6500, as it was a relatively early retirement in the RTS-04 class (I started keeping track in 1993 when I realized that the RTS were starting to go, and it was apparently already gone by then. The last 1981 RTS were retired by LACMTA in early 2000. Of course, if 9139 (or any of the other RTS from that time) had lasted 32 years, they'd still be in service, with retirement next year! :) |
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