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scottyd
Advanced Member
USA
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 Posted - 01/27/2007 : 03:26:15 AM
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| We have only 6 --thank god-- '93 Genesis'. There all junk in my opinion. 336, 337, 338, 339, 341, 345. 801 was a proto-type for the '94 birds. 371 has a funky emergency door lock on it. These are SE buses. Don't know about RE except for 1424, 1425, 1426. |
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pbfreak30
Senior Member
USA
171 Posts |
Posted - 02/17/2007 : 3:29:29 PM
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| our one main oddball is bus 12,, a94 or 95 Thomas Vista with emergency doors on both sides, every other bus in our fleet has the push out windows |
ARROW transportation RP..the best out there! |
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Kodie
Top Member
United States
2028 Posts |
Posted - 02/17/2007 : 7:46:08 PM
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| We have only one 2005 BB conventional w/wheelchair lift # 42. They ordered this bus but it's wierd because prior to that they have not ordered from BB since 1998. All of our buses will soon be IC |
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Kodie
Top Member
United States
2028 Posts |
Posted - 02/17/2007 : 7:48:26 PM
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| What is so odd about having emergency doors on both sides every bus in our Grand Island fleet has emergency doors on both sides. |
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Peter
Top Member
USA
1057 Posts |
Posted - 02/23/2007 : 6:19:05 PM
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| We have one oddball at my terminal. It's a 2003 Blue Bird TC2000. It's the size of a 71 passenger but has a lift so actual capacity is about 30 + 5 chairs. It's the only bus we have with a white roof, air brakes, an air horn and it's our only type D right now. It's also the only bus with the two panel mirrors with the bird logo. Most of the rest of our conventionals have double nickel mirrors. |
Spicer is nicer. |
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Superamic
Active Member
44 Posts |
Posted - 02/26/2007 : 5:37:34 PM
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| Our district has four U.S. Bus minis in a fleet that is almost all Blue Bird/Girardin. |
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93CarpFord#11
Top Member
USA
1382 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2007 : 2:52:16 PM
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| In the next couple of months, we'll have a new 90 pass. Blue Bird All American FE. That bus will be the biggest BB that the county has ever got (that I know of). |
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wayneguy32
Active Member
USA
15 Posts |
Posted - 03/06/2007 : 10:37:45 AM
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My condolences regarding the Ward Patriots. Awful looking buses in my opinion.
2000 Carpenter Freightliners!! Now those are some rare buses! Any pics??
The Ward Patriots are ugly, however they are a blast to drive, just because they are diferent!!
I just drove 21 last friday, mine regular bus was in for a check up. It was pretty fun, they are really loud though!! I am trying to figure out how to get pics off my camera to the computer... I am new to all this... so bare with me, as soon as I figure it out I will post them. |
I MISS MY WAYNE!!!!! |
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80-RE4
Top Member
USA
5700 Posts |
Posted - 06/14/2007 : 02:50:20 AM
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I saw an oddball in the fleet today while it was traveling on the road! I have been trying to see exactly what it was.
Does anyone know if this is a rare bus?
It was a BlueBird with an International Logo, (conventional) with the 3800 decal on it.
It didn't have black rubber rails. I think this bus has a manual transmission. It has a side emergency door as well as a rear emergency door. It's the only one like that in our fleet.
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Lords47
Top Member
USA
714 Posts |
Posted - 06/14/2007 : 04:05:18 AM
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| The only thing odd in our fleet is one of our charter buses (2005 FS-65) has the master controls on the right side versus the left console panel. Not very exciting huh? |
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Lifestar Fe
Top Member
United States
521 Posts |
Posted - 06/14/2007 : 09:01:55 AM
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Wow, most of your districts oddball lists are bigger than my districts entire fleet!
#15 : 2003 FS-65 : only conventional : only brand new bus in nine years
#50 : ???? All American RE : only bus bought used : most recently purchased : only one with blue seats
# 3 : ???? Crown Supercoach : oldest bus ; only one to have to warm up engine; it just looks odd
# 6 : ???? Gillig Phantom : only gillig : it is so squared off compared to the other buses
That was over half the fleet! These oddballs arn't ugly, or bad, just different (#15 is even my favorite)
All that was not mentioned is three BBAAREs, all at least 9 years old, and all with the same specs (#50 has the same specs too, and is also at least 9 years old) |
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disp29
Advanced Member
United States
202 Posts |
Posted - 06/14/2007 : 10:11:50 PM
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Here we go... Spares first:
47- 1991 IHC 3800/ Carpenter (Only "CARPENTER" in the fleet)
48- 1990 IHC 3800/ Wayne (Only Wayne left in the fleet)
Regular Routes:
34- 2002 IHC 3800/ Blue Bird (only 2002 Bird in fleet- has T444E  )
29- 2003 Freightliner FS65/Thomas (only 2003 FS65/Thomas in fleet)
35- 2005 IC CE 300 (only 2005 in fleet)
20- 2006 IC CE 200 (only 2006 in fleet)
21- 2007 IC CE 200 (only 2007 in fleet)
25- 2008 Thomas C2 (only 2008 in fleet)
Next "NEW" bus will either be a 2008 ?? before school starts or a 2009 ?? before the 2007-2008 school year ends. Right now, there are NO plans for a new bus for the rest of this year. |
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rpschoolbuses
New Member
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Posted - 08/31/2015 : 10:36:41 AM
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Lemme think...for Smithfield Public Schools, our oddballs are:
10- Shortest C2 in the Fleet, Only one to have Black hood, and only C2 eyebrows above the Warning lights (The others don't have that)Stop Sign lights flash faster.
19- Only C2s in the Fleet to have a lift mounted in the front (Other C2s have no lift at all, gotta check for spares.
21 and 24- Only Blue Bird Vision in the fleet to have a lift mounted in the front (The other three have no lift at all), Only 2 regular route buses to use all LED Lights (Newer Buses)
I still need to get to the yard and find out what the spares look like
These oddbals all have A/C, the others except 17,19,20,22,and 23 don't have A/C.
We've used Durham School Services since July 2015 after My Town gave up their DATTCO contract  to save money. |
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Harvestman
New Member
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Posted - 04/03/2016 : 7:34:57 PM
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Forest Hills (Hamilton County, OH):
- Two Thomas C2s, #14 and #15. These are recent replacements for Crown by Carpenter Freightliners.
- Two Crown by Carpenter Freightliners, #4 and #28. There were originally others, such as #46 and #47 (scrapped at Mike & B Sales) as well as #14 and #15.
- One Blue Bird Micro Bird, #73
- One Thomas MVP EF, purchased used from an unknown location
- One AmTran Genesis, purchased used from Mason City Schools
- One AmTran International, purchased used from Mason City Schools
Mariemont City Schools:
- One Blue Bird Freightliner
- One IC FE |
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Harvestman
New Member
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Posted - 05/11/2016 : 8:51:09 PM
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West Clermont Local School District (operated by Petermann):
- One Thomas MVP EF, stuffed out of sight in a far corner in the yard. This bus has been cannibalized for parts - odd considering that the fleet is almost entirely IC conventionals.
- One Blue Bird TC2000FE |
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