Clean Air Buses

[Bracamonte 124]

Does any one remember the clean air buses? They looked just like the RTS's except they have those things on the roof and the sides saids "Clean Air Buses"? What happened to them?

[Igor Gaysinsky 10]

oh command had these and i think triboro coach had these

[Igor Gaysinsky 10]

there were cng`s i think they retired them

[Bracamonte 124]

What's CNG?

[Bracamonte 124]

Found a pic

 

[Igor Gaysinsky 10]

compressed natural gas

[Igor Gaysinsky 10]

 

 

heres a video of it on youtube copy and paste this link

[nycbusfan 2]

All of those buses were retired about two years ago. However they did keep one as a museum bus.

[Igor Gaysinsky 10]

 

and another 1 from command bus company

[Igor Gaysinsky 10]

y did they retire them 2 early they were not 20 years old yeat they should have kept them until they hit 20 years of age

[Bracamonte 124]

All of those buses were retired about two years ago. However they did keep one as a museum bus.

 

Which bus replaced the CNG's?

[Igor Gaysinsky 10]

i think the hybrids replace them

[Guest Charles]

Those buses were great on the Triboro lines. They retired prematurely in my opinion.

[7LineFan 256]

To compress all of that into one post...

 

RTS-06 CNG models. Instead of using diesel fuel, they ran on compressed natural gas, which is why they have that big tank on the roof. Triboro and Command ran them, and even the had a few, although not for very long, in the early-to-mid 1990s. They were all retired soon after the takeover.

[R10 2952 1,196]

They were all retired soon after the takeover.

 

Why does the ALWAYS have to ruin things?:mad:

[Cait Sith 9,755]

CNG Tank's lifespan ended.

[PATCOman 196]

I remember when those buses would make a sharp turn, the bus would feel like it would tip over!

[nycbusfan 2]

To compress all of that into one post...

 

RTS-06 CNG models. Instead of using diesel fuel, they ran on compressed natural gas, which is why they have that big tank on the roof. Triboro and Command ran them, and even the had a few, although not for very long, in the early-to-mid 1990s. They were all retired soon after the takeover.

The MTA had three of those. 8398-99 were purchased in 1991 and 8567 was purchased in 1993. All three of those buses were sold to command. 8398-99 became command 4976 and 4977 and 8567 became 4978. Out of those three only 4978 survived the takeover and was renumbered 754.

 

Here are a few links to photos of the buses.

NYCT 8398

NYCT 8399

Command 4976

Command 4978

[Igor Gaysinsky 10]

all they needed was 2 replace the tanks that`s all and those buses would have ran fine

[Forest Glen 4]

They were better than those Hybrids. I remember when the B103 was full of them.

[Bracamonte 124]

They were better than those Hybrids. I remember when the B103 was full of them.

 

How?

[Forest Glen 4]

The ride was more comfortable and it looked nicer.

[Bracamonte 124]

Has anyone taken pics of the RTS CNG's when they were running?

[7LineFan 256]

Has anyone taken pics of the RTS CNG's when they were running?

 

Plenty on TTMG.

[Novabus 5000 669]

Does anyone have a pic OF Command bus 4977?