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Old 07-05-2004, 12:56 PM
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Remember these?

1975 GMC "Fishbowl" Bus


1967 Flxible narrow bus "For Lake Street Use"


1980'* Flyer


1983 MAN Americana
Old 07-05-2004, 12:58 PM
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damn where did u get that from steve
???
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I used to work at RTA travel info and a fellow employee liked taking pics of busses and before I left he gave me some of his snapshots.
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Err you dont have bus public transit in Chicago? :?
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The first one looks like the 1980s GMC "New Look" fishbowl busses. We still have about 5 of those running routes here. The other ones I don't recognize though. . . :?
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Yep!! Those are just the classics. There all retired now.
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Here is whats on our street service Chicago nowadays

1991 TMC


1993 New Flxible


1995 New Flyers


1995 New Flyer Fuel Cell
Test bus. No longer in service.


2002 Nabi
And our latest ones:


2004 Nabi Articulated
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Originally Posted by Phish
The first one looks like the 1980s GMC "New Look" fishbowl busses. We still have about 5 of those running routes here. The other ones I don't recognize though. . . :?
Yep thats it. i am surprised anyone still uses them now.
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Originally Posted by ssesc93
Originally Posted by Phish
The first one looks like the 1980s GMC "New Look" fishbowl busses. We still have about 5 of those running routes here. The other ones I don't recognize though. . . :?
Yep thats it. i am surprised anyone still uses them now.
thats tight
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Oddly my city uses the 1975 fish bowl for 1/3 of it'* fleet.
The 2004 Nabi for another 3rd and the 2004 Nabi Articulated for the final third.


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