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Re: Kicking it old school--bus pics from the 80s and 90s |
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Posted by FYBklyn1959 on Mon Sep 3 16:02:25 2007, in response to Kicking it old school--bus pics from the 80s and 90s, posted by FYBklyn1959 on Wed Aug 22 17:15:26 2007. Some other L. A.-area agencies: Excuse the quality, was shooting through the window of a different bus in the rain. Brand new 1992 Stewart & Stevenson Apollo T-40 92041, laying over at Union Station (in the pre-Gateway Plaza days) on the Metrolink shuttle. This was during the first week of Metrolink service in October 1992, I had just come off a train from Van Nuys, and was aboard an almost-as-new Neoplan AN340 also belonging to LADOT. I think some of the S & S buses are still in service for LADOT. Alas, I never got to ride one :(    The last 3 pics were taken at a transit fair at the Del Amo Blue Line station during the first weekend of service (July 14-15, 1990). Top to bottom, 1990 TMC RTS-06 of Gardena Municipal Bus Lines (this was the only bus in this order, I think GMBL hooked onto either RTD's order of 103 RTS-06s (2300-2402) or Long Beach Transit's 8901-8927 (which in itself may have been hooked onto RTD's order). Either that, or TMC gave them the bus at a big discount to get Gardena's business back, as GMBL had bought 9 Flxible Metros in 1988, after having bought quite a few RTS in 1981 and 1983. Musta worked, as GMBL bought 14 Nova RTS in 1995, and 21 more in 1997!) 2nd pic is a 1981 RTS-04 from Montebello Bus Lines Last one is a Gillig Spirit belonging to Torrance Transit. TT got 6 of those (320-325) which were tied into a 20? bus order for a new commuter service called MAX, which operated 3 routes in the South Bay area that served the El Segundo aerospace employment center. TT was the managing agency for MAX. Not sure if MAX is still around, the the Spirits (MAX's and TT's) are long gone. |
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