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Posted by daimlerbuses on Sun Nov 6 21:26:33 2011 Friday Night and Saturday a Farewell to the GM New Look charter was held in Toronto. We had 2 buses each day and Friday consisted of a evening portion and Saturday was a daytime portion. Only 15 of these buses remain and the pending delivery of 60 Orion VII buses (8335-8394) is expected to retire these buses by the end of the year. The last non-accessible route in the system, 52 Lawrence West, is also to become accessible in January 2012. The word is the last New Look service will be in December before the Christmas break.Here are a few photos from the event:    
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Posted by mcorivervsaf on Sun Nov 6 21:44:06 2011, in response to PHOTOS: Farewell to TTC GM New Looks, posted by daimlerbuses on Sun Nov 6 21:26:33 2011. Nice shots! Those old soldiers will be truly missed! |
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Posted by Joe Saitta on Sun Nov 6 21:51:51 2011, in response to PHOTOS: Farewell to TTC GM New Looks, posted by daimlerbuses on Sun Nov 6 21:26:33 2011. Great photos! Hope to get up there shortly before it's too late. Are any of these buses for sale? |
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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sun Nov 6 22:07:40 2011, in response to PHOTOS: Farewell to TTC GM New Looks, posted by daimlerbuses on Sun Nov 6 21:26:33 2011. I took my farewell ride on a Toronto fishbowl in August, 2010.Hopefully someone up there will purchase one. |
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Posted by Q101 E. MIDTOWN 2 AV on Sun Nov 6 22:09:26 2011, in response to PHOTOS: Farewell to TTC GM New Looks, posted by daimlerbuses on Sun Nov 6 21:26:33 2011. Nice. How long did these buses last? |
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Posted by Joe Saitta on Sun Nov 6 22:11:48 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Farewell to TTC GM New Looks, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sun Nov 6 22:07:40 2011. I'm considering it. Would be nice to drive it down from Toronto. |
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Posted by Westcode44 on Sun Nov 6 22:18:13 2011, in response to PHOTOS: Farewell to TTC GM New Looks, posted by daimlerbuses on Sun Nov 6 21:26:33 2011. They just don't look right with the automatic doors in the back,,sorry Ima NY kinda guy,,great shots though. Did they always come with the digital signs?WE-44 |
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Posted by Joe Saitta on Sun Nov 6 22:36:27 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Farewell to TTC GM New Looks, posted by Westcode44 on Sun Nov 6 22:18:13 2011. I don't believe so. If I should purchase one, I'll try and also get the proper roll signs for it. |
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Posted by AMoreira81 on Sun Nov 6 22:40:10 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Farewell to TTC GM New Looks, posted by Westcode44 on Sun Nov 6 22:18:13 2011. They were delivered as 8000-series buses. They got digital signs mid-life. |
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Posted by RailBus63 on Mon Nov 7 00:13:58 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Farewell to TTC GM New Looks, posted by Westcode44 on Sun Nov 6 22:18:13 2011. They just don't look right with the automatic doors in the back,,sorry Ima NY kinda guyFor what it's worth, I've always thought the same thing about the push rear doors on NYC's RTS buses - the proper RTS design was the plug doors that are flush with the side of the body. |
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Posted by Nabinut on Mon Nov 7 07:10:38 2011, in response to PHOTOS: Farewell to TTC GM New Looks, posted by daimlerbuses on Sun Nov 6 21:26:33 2011. Beautiful photos. I was lucky enough to ride 2265 back in May and will miss those buses. Any busfans with passports need to hit up Calgary and Saskatoon before 2013 as they will be the last stand of the GMs. |
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Posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Mon Nov 7 07:59:49 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Farewell to TTC GM New Looks, posted by Q101 E. MIDTOWN 2 AV on Sun Nov 6 22:09:26 2011. How long did these buses last?They were built in 1982-83, completely rebuilt from 2000-2002, and less extensively refurbished in 2009. |
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Posted by 5301 Fishbowl on Mon Nov 7 08:51:43 2011, in response to PHOTOS: Farewell to TTC GM New Looks, posted by daimlerbuses on Sun Nov 6 21:26:33 2011. While those buses were beautiful looking and fun to ride, I would love to see them save one or more in the classic red and cream paint scheme with the cloth roll signs (front and side). Like this:  
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Posted by The Flxible Neofan on Mon Nov 7 09:05:43 2011, in response to PHOTOS: Farewell to TTC GM New Looks, posted by daimlerbuses on Sun Nov 6 21:26:33 2011. Wow. It's been a great run. I'm sorry I wasn't able to up up there to ride them. Nice shots, btw. |
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Posted by The Flxible Neofan on Mon Nov 7 09:06:32 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Farewell to TTC GM New Looks, posted by RailBus63 on Mon Nov 7 00:13:58 2011. Heh, I surely agree with you on that as well. |
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Posted by RailBus63 on Mon Nov 7 10:10:04 2011, in response to PHOTOS: Farewell to TTC GM New Looks, posted by daimlerbuses on Sun Nov 6 21:26:33 2011. Excellent photos. Nice to see that 2316 is still running - that was the final TTC New Look bus I rode on during my last trip to the GTA three years ago.Toronto without the GM New Look buses just isn't going to be the same - sort of like London without its Routemasters (or New York City without RTS's in a few years). |
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Posted by Newkirk Images on Mon Nov 7 17:18:11 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Farewell to TTC GM New Looks, posted by Joe Saitta on Sun Nov 6 22:36:27 2011. I don't believe so. If I should purchase one, I'll try and also get the proper roll signs for it.Those buses have (ugh) flip dot signs. You'll need a complete sign box mechanism to make them look real. Bill Newkirk,/i> |
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Posted by Joe Saitta on Mon Nov 7 17:49:51 2011, in response to Re: PHOTOS: Farewell to TTC GM New Looks, posted by Newkirk Images on Mon Nov 7 17:18:11 2011. Thank you. Yes, I know. I have a complete box from Green Lines, although it might have to be reworked. |
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