KNIGHTRIDER3:16 Posted April 25, 2011 Share #26 Posted April 25, 2011 So 3099 was not only a MCI huh glad to hear about that RTS:tup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric B Posted April 25, 2011 Share #27 Posted April 25, 2011 There is an irony here. The last delivery of Old Look Flxibles had five MABSTOA units (9160 - 9164) that came in with 8V71 motors. The guys used to line up for these buses because they really had get up and go. I remember opening them up driving from Pelham Bay to City Island. Those suckers moved. Why they reverted to the 6V71 when they knew the RTS was a heavier bus I do not know. Those were purchased for the Ave. B & E. Bway company, which was taken over around the time. I belive they had the orange padded seats. I saw one passing by once, though I didn;t get to ride any like that until that fleet's last years, when they were in Staten Island. Though I was paying attention to engine sounds then, and the one I was one was a regular 6V71 (I didn't even know any of them, or anything in (NYCT) ever had 8V71's besides those 011xx fishbowls in SI express service). Some Grummans were purchased for that company as well, even though it was completely absorbed by then. as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted April 25, 2011 Share #28 Posted April 25, 2011 Now that I think about it, I do remember catching a GMC RTS (can for the life of me remember the number, I think it was a 3xx) on the Q35 right after Bus was formed. I would always go the the very rear of the bus in the corner and open the back windows and just listen to those engines roar. That's what got me into liking the RTS That and cuz the seats was green and the bus still had the green stripe (which is my favorite color) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtattrain Posted April 26, 2011 Share #29 Posted April 26, 2011 Pretty lame, but the lowest RTS # I saw was 4976, but at the NYCTM, I saw part an RTS numbered 1999 or 1299, but I think that was fake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Novabus 5000 Posted April 26, 2011 Share #30 Posted April 26, 2011 1291, the old metrocard bus. Other then that there was 221 aka The Green Lines Museum Bus, 10001. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted April 26, 2011 Share #31 Posted April 26, 2011 Wait does the Phoenix count lol...technically, thats numbered 0010 (although the original number was 4396) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East New York Posted April 27, 2011 Share #32 Posted April 27, 2011 1291, the old metrocard bus. Other then that there was 221 aka The Green Lines Museum Bus, 10001. Correct! A lot of people dont know that it was delivered as 221, but immediately changed to 10001 to reflect it's build number. Wait does the Phoenix count lol...technically, thats numbered 0010 (although the original number was 4396) I don't see why not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aemoreira81 Posted April 27, 2011 Share #33 Posted April 27, 2011 I wonder if anyone remembers a bus 2 at Steinway Transit---a narrow slopeback. As I have said before, I do remember the 1000-series RTSs at Green, which were slopebacks and had rear doors like the front doors. I also remember 351-356 when they were in service; they were recognizable because they had electronic signs and were owned by Command (351 still sits dead in the Varsity lot today). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilBus65 Posted April 27, 2011 Share #34 Posted April 27, 2011 I wonder if anyone remembers a bus 2 at Steinway Transit---a narrow slopeback. Remember it? I drove that bad boy and my Dad drove it when it was brand new. We are both Steinway Transit veterans. Number 2 was a fast old bird when I drove it in 1987,got it up to 60 mph going uphill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Lines 96 Posted June 16, 2011 Share #35 Posted June 16, 2011 I wonder if anyone remembers a bus 2 at Steinway Transit---a narrow slopeback. As I have said before, I do remember the 1000-series RTSs at Green, which were slopebacks and had rear doors like the front doors. I also remember 351-356 when they were in service; they were recognizable because they had electronic signs and were owned by Command (351 still sits dead in the Varsity lot today). Green Lines RTS 1012 is in another part of the Varsity Lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtattrain Posted June 16, 2011 Share #36 Posted June 16, 2011 I just saw 8496... not special at all, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Far Rock Depot Posted June 17, 2011 Share #37 Posted June 17, 2011 I wonder if anyone remembers a bus 2 at Steinway Transit---a narrow slopeback. As I have said before, I do remember the 1000-series RTSs at Green, which were slopebacks and had rear doors like the front doors. I also remember 351-356 when they were in service; they were recognizable because they had electronic signs and were owned by Command (351 still sits dead in the Varsity lot today). I remember first seeing those Command Buses In lower manhattan when i was growing up in the BX! 351 still sits in the lot??? Sweet! Green Lines RTS 1012 is in another part of the Varsity Lot. when i moved to Far Rock in 1990 this was the very first slopeback i ever rode!!! The oldest RTS ive rode up untill them was the 2200's Back in the early 80s! I dont remember the actual number but i do remember The same day i rode 2- one on the old Bx34(now Bx6), and the old Bx13(now Bx22)! But GL 1012......WOW! I remember when GL stopped using the slopes and they sat in the lot across from the then Arverne Garage until the takeover in 06. 1013 saw my biggest fight in JHS on the Q22 special from IS 53! memories.... And those of you saying NYCT 4000's and up....you make a guy feel old! LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Lines 96 Posted June 18, 2011 Share #38 Posted June 18, 2011 Whenever I rode the RTS 03's 1000 series RTS they were square back but I rode them in 1996-1999 and I once saw 1012 driving around Cross Bay in 2002. Some of the 1000 series RTS's were scrapped immediately after Green Lines stopped using them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East New York Posted June 18, 2011 Share #39 Posted June 18, 2011 I just saw 8496... not special at all, right? When and where? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cait Sith Posted June 19, 2011 Share #40 Posted June 19, 2011 When and where? Likely sitting inside of Casey Stengel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHV9218 Posted June 19, 2011 Share #41 Posted June 19, 2011 Please, watch the Nazi Banksters Crimes Ripple Effect at http://jforjustice.co.uk/banksters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R188 7857 Posted June 19, 2011 Share #42 Posted June 19, 2011 I thought they scrapped that bus just a week ago... Maybe not though. ITs a rodeo bus... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4P3607 Posted June 19, 2011 Share #43 Posted June 19, 2011 Yes, I remember seeing 11xx or 10xx RTS out of Far Rockaway on the Q11. I remember seeing the following: 11xx & 10xx out of Far Rockaway 5995 out of JFK 80xx-8300 out of LGA 70xx or 72xx out of LGA 9700's out of LGA ITs a rodeo bus... 8496 is at Eastchester Scrap. I have some pictures that I took yesterday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Lines 96 Posted June 21, 2011 Share #44 Posted June 21, 2011 Yes, I remember seeing 11xx or 10xx RTS out of Far Rockaway on the Q11. I remember seeing the following: 11xx & 10xx out of Far Rockaway 5995 out of JFK 80xx-8300 out of LGA 70xx or 72xx out of LGA 9700's out of LGA 8496 is at Eastchester Scrap. I have some pictures that I took yesterday... If you are talking about MTA Bus then it was 11xx because 10xx was Green Lines Era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Lines 96 Posted June 21, 2011 Share #45 Posted June 21, 2011 Whenever I rode the RTS 03's 1000 series RTS they were square back but I rode them in 1996-1999 and I once saw 1012 driving around Cross Bay in 2002. Some of the 1000 series RTS's were scrapped immediately after Green Lines stopped using them. They looked like... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPBO Posted June 24, 2011 Author Share #46 Posted June 24, 2011 They looked like... now that is a sweet picture....but I am talking about in service....still on the road.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Up Front Posted June 25, 2011 Share #47 Posted June 25, 2011 Those sliding rear doors must have been something back in the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Lines 96 Posted July 4, 2011 Share #48 Posted July 4, 2011 Since there would be a rare chance of getting an RTS 03 I was so used to the RTS 04 push out doors and when I got on an RTS 03 1000's series for the last time in 1999 I thought the rear door was broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4P3607 Posted July 4, 2011 Share #49 Posted July 4, 2011 I actually meant the 1100's out of FR. Not to be off-topic, but I did see an RTS the other day out of FR on the Q21. I think it was a former LGA bus, not sure. I couldn't see the number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Lines 96 Posted July 14, 2011 Share #50 Posted July 14, 2011 Does anyone remember 630-1 at Green Lines? It was a former Triboro RTS 03 that I heard was kept at GBL garage in 1999. I don't know much about it and there is no accessable pictures of it now as they are on the now closed Geocities and TransitWorld.org. I read they also had 631-1-636-1 barrowed from Triboro and there was also 301-1-310-1 barrowed from Jamaica Buses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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