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Classical BusesLooking back on the buses of yesteryear.
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1999 Metrotrans #4501


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This bus was tested for the 2001 order of 30th Foot buses.

5 files, last one added on Dec 21, 2008
Album viewed 743 times
1996-1997 American Ikarus 416.08TA


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Fleet Numbers 5001-5400, Powered by the DD50 engine with a 4 speed Allison B400 transmission

383 files, last one added on Sep 20, 2017
Album viewed 3975 times
1947 Brill TC-44 Trackless Trolleys


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8 files, last one added on Jul 30, 2010
Album viewed 879 times
1999-2000 Neoplan AN-460


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Powered by the DD50 and an Allison B500 transmission

345 files, last one added on Apr 24, 2015, 1 linked files, 346 files total
Album viewed 2424 times
1955 Marmon Herrington TC-49 Trackless Trolleys


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3 files, last one added on Oct 13, 2007
Album viewed 758 times
2001 El Dorado Transmark RE


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SEPTA's small 30 ft buses ran out of Frontier, Victory, Midvale, and Germantown Depots. These buses were powered by the Cummins ISB and Allison B300 transmission.

142 files, last one added on Apr 18, 2015
Album viewed 2271 times
1955-1957 General Motors Old Looks


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21 files, last one added on Jun 09, 2011
Album viewed 1254 times
2001-2003 New Flyer D40LF


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Powered by the DD50 and a 5 speed Allison World B400 WTC

370 files, last one added on Jan 11, 2019, 1 linked files, 371 files total
Album viewed 2878 times
1963-1970 General Motors Fishbowls


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21 files, last one added on Sep 14, 2015
Album viewed 1468 times
2002-2004 New Flyer DE40LF


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Hybrid Electric Buses powered by the Cummins ISL engine with the Allison Hybridrive system.

70 files, last one added on Dec 13, 2014, 1 linked files, 71 files total
Album viewed 1710 times
1971-1976 Flxible New Looks


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19 files, last one added on Sep 14, 2015
Album viewed 1200 times
2004 Champion Defender


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Powered by the Caterpillar C7 with the Allison 1000 transmission.

41 files, last one added on May 29, 2016
Album viewed 733 times
20 albums on 2 page(s) 12

Classical Rail carsThe rail fleet of the past
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1926 Brill Center Door


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4 files, last one added on Mar 13, 2011
Album viewed 256 times
1927 Brill B-I Cars



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Album viewed 270 times
1927 to 1929 Brill Strafford Cars


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3 files, last one added on May 16, 2007
Album viewed 232 times
1931 Bullet Cars


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9 files, last one added on Feb 28, 2011
Album viewed 564 times
1932 to 1933 Brill Master Unit Cars


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7 files, last one added on Mar 08, 2011
Album viewed 208 times
1936 Brill B-II Cars


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3 files, last one added on Dec 28, 2011
Album viewed 270 times
1938 Pressed Steel B-III Cars


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1 files, last one added on Dec 28, 2011
Album viewed 273 times
1940 to 1942 PCC Air Cars


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15 files, last one added on Jul 28, 2010
Album viewed 386 times
1940 Brillliners


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4 files, last one added on Jun 16, 2007
Album viewed 220 times
1941 St. Louis Car Co. Liberty Liners


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5 files, last one added on Dec 28, 2011
Album viewed 241 times
1946 to 1948 PCC All Electrics


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50 files, last one added on Jul 30, 2011
Album viewed 727 times
1949 St. Louis Car Interurbans


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6 files, last one added on Dec 30, 2011
Album viewed 272 times
17 albums on 2 page(s) 12


69th Street Terminal Rebuild


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Rebuild at after an devastating fire in the 1980s.

6 files, last one added on Jan 31, 2009
Album viewed 611 times
 

1 albums on 1 page(s)

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 DSCN3910_1.jpg1976 Flxible New Look482 viewsAt SEPTA Rodeo 2015 9-12-2015septaR5Sep 14, 2015