Favorite NYCT Bus

[Ty24]

What Is your Favorite NYC Bus number/model and why???

[mark1447]

I dont have a bus number But my top Fav:

 

~Rapid Transit Series (RTS) - The Best fleet ever made, the RTS-06![The 90s and later..)

~New Flyers D60HF Articulated- the Snake bus lol

~Orion VII NG HEV

~Orion VII CNG

~Orion V Diesel

[St Louis Car 09]

Orion 5 Diesel,Novabus RTS-06 1996-1999,Orion 7 HEV/NG`S.:tup:

[via White Plains Road]

RTS (GMC, TMC and NovaBus)

Orion V

Orion VII NG (HEV and CNG)

New Flyer D60HF Artic

DesignLine "CitiBus" Eco-Saver IV

MCI (102-DLW3SS, D4500, D4500CL and D4500CT)

 

Why....the RTS's and V are the work horses of New York City. D60HF those take a lot of beating in the streets and I like the way they move and sound. NG's I like better 10x better than the OG's, its the reason I'm giving LF's a chance and DesignLine hated by most bus fans but I like very much...its quieter, love they way it sounds and the more roomier. MCI they can move, love the way they sound and look!

[mark1447]

RTS (GMC, TMC and NovaBus)

Orion V

Orion VII NG (HEV and CNG)

New Flyer D60HF Artic

DesignLine "CitiBus" Eco-Saver IV

 

Why....the RTS's and V are the work horses of New York City. D60HF those take a lot of beating in the streets and I like the way they move and sound. NG's I like better 10x better than the OG's, its the reason I'm giving LF's a chance and DesignLine hated by most bus fans but I like very much...its quieter, love they way it sounds and the more roomier!

 

CitiBus? Are you telling me DL is from CitiGroup, the people of Citibank?

[via White Plains Road]

CitiBus? Are you telling me DL is from CitiGroup, the people of Citibank?

No

http://www.ttmg.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=New_York_Metropolitan_Transportation_Authority

[KNIGHTRIDER3:16]

<R> /Novas on the M22

[mark1447]

No

http://www.ttmg.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=New_York_Metropolitan_Transportation_Authority

 

i know, i thought the manufacture changed but thx

[R32 Anthony]

My favorite NYCT bus of all time is the Green or Blue Fishbowl. If I had to pick a current one, it would be the MCI's. The original ones.

[SoSpectacular]

My Favorite Buses!!

 

RTS - I like 5160 out of Jamaica's depot. That one "clicked" with me the day I rode that sucker on the Q17! Last time I saw it was a few months back at the 165th St. Terminal in Jamaica, it roared in like it was no one's business!!

 

Orion V - I'd have to say 6044 out of Casey Stengel. That bus felt nice and it sounded nice too! Great ride it was...

 

Orion V CNG - Still looking for that "good" one in the bunch...

 

New Flyer C40LF - 915. Nuff said.

[Orion]

New Flyer D60 5408, 5458, 5719, 5736, 5763, 5765

Nova RTS 4902, 4944

Orion V 416, 669, 6128

Orion V CNG 708, 7238, 9832, 9860

Orion VII CNG 7666, 7724

Orion VII HEV 3568, 3669, 6500, 6575

TMC RTS 8306, 8527

[jacsnyy]

UP 5105. i love the whole 5xxx rts series!

[Fresh Pond]

Where do I begin lol. Lets go down the list of all the bus types then

 

RTS-06

1184

8411

4979-love the horn sound

5075-5124-kickass buses (espically 5114)

5221

 

New Flyer

915-nuff said

1040

1049

5365

 

Orion V (diesel & CNG)

708

718

9876

9999

 

MCI

1990

2006

2185

 

Orion 7 (OG & NG & CNG NG)

1708-the LIB NG I was on

3800

381

3901-the first NG I was ever on period

4505

4509

6401

6505

6566-the first Orion 7 I was ever on

6615

[Orion]

5075-5124 are being refitted with Allison V-731 transmissions, 5075 already got it, the ZF's are having too many problems, they're built for highway not NYC's stop and go.

[Infamous85]

O7NG - CS's 4185 & JAM's 4434.

4185 was the first ever NG I rode, it was on the Q44. 4434 is the first bus other than an RTS that I rode on my home route the Q85.

 

RTS - JAM's 4905.

That bus sounds different from a regular RTS and it accelerated much faster than a regular RTS. JAM had another one of these except it accelerated faster it didn't have the black & white marbled floors (it was just all black floors) I forgot the number though.

 

O5 - CS's Screaming O5 & CS's Heart O5.

I rode the Q44 on one Halloween, when the bus accelerated it sounded like someone was screaming under the bus. The Heart O5 is a CS O5 that has holes on the front staircase in the shape of a Heart with an arrow going through it. I wish I remembered the #'s of these buses.

[Ty24]

UP 5105. i love the whole 5xxx rts series!

 

I Do as well to they sound really good!! and some of the 4900's

[Forest Glen]

MCI D4500

 

Orion V CNG

 

Artic

[Guest Charles]

Fresh Pond's 9141, 9145

College Point's 7253, 8571, 8573

LaGuardia's 3204

Queens Village's 8217

[S78 via Hylan]

RTS Series: 5075-5124,(even though they won't have ZF transmissions anymore) 5224, 9382, 9414, 9451

Orion 7: 6490-6689, 6690-6905

New Flyer D60HF: 5352-5354, 5356-5358, 5363, 5365, 5373

New Flyer C40LF

[Fresh Pond]

Fresh Pond's 9141, 9145

College Point's 7253, 8571, 8573

LaGuardia's 3204

Queens Village's 8217

 

OMG you just reminded me about the best RTS types in the entire system...the ones with the Cummins M11E engines (9140, 9142-9149)

[SoSpectacular]

OMG you just reminded me about the best RTS types in the entire system...the ones with the Cummins M11E engines (9140, 9142-9149)

 

Ah yes, I forgot about those... A friend of mine says 9145 is the best out of all of them, I saw it on the Q58 going in the other direction when I was making my way back home to Flushing one afternoon.

[EE Broadway Local]

1) GMC Old Look

2) GMC New Look aka Fishbowl

3) GMC RTS

4) Flxible New Look

5) Orion

[Princelex]

The RTS will always be my favorite bus. It doesn't matter what line it's on, it looks great on it. I love almost all of the buses that I've been able to ride on with MTA NYC Transit, including the Fishbowls and the Grumman 870's. The only buses I'm not fond of are the Orion VII OG's. Aside from that, everything else is gravy.

[St Louis Car 09]

BIA/Orion V diesels are a beast.those buses can really take a pounding and are very reliable.

[NX Express]

Mine:

 

Designline

Orion VII NGs

RTS #5105-5109 (for the orange lights)