The Green Lines RTS 03's retired in 2000 due to Green Lines taking 7 Queens Surface TMC RTS known as 1143-1149 in GBL and 6 Queens Surface Orion V (ex-WMATA rejects) known as 5545-5550 in GBL.
I cannot believe those beautiful 1988 and 1989 MCI express buses at 3:00 are going to the scrap yard!. These buses would make such good driver training buses inspite the new ones pull off much different and the drivers seating. God I don't know if the world is getting better or coming to an end.
LetMrAL1, while I am not an MTA employee, buses go to Eastchester either for scrap or storage. The last bus I saw being hauled away for scrap was RTS 9327.
I don't know how long buses have been going to Eastchester but I think it started when the MTA took over the private lines. Ex Command Bus had a yard in the Flatlands section of Brooklyn. I think it is now the Spring Creek Depot of the MTA but I could be wrong.
@BXM4C That yard is the Varsity School Bus Yard (former Command Storage Yard) and there are 2 Command Fishbowls, Jamaica Buses Fishbowl 3001, Green Bus Lines 1979 RTS 03 1012, and 2 Command 1984 RTS's 351 and 354. I don't know of anymore buses there. The Command Bus Depot is now called MTA Spring Creek Depot but I don't think MTA owns the Varsity Yard. Those buses at that yard are owned by Jerome Cooper I think.
my stepdad's a mechanic...we could turn an RTS into a party bus or haul my posse around penn state. plus these old detroit diesels got the best sound out of any bus. screw what the epa says.
i miss the RTS models,those pill shaped busses were cool ,daewoo made a variant of it in korea in the late 80's~90's,many are still working, most of these busses could be overhauled or sold complete to other buyers or foreigen transit systems,some of these busses still rollin in mexico on their retirement :P
lol , the subway reminds me of "bowel movement' anyway! but it was much worse 25 years ago !,canal street station looked like a huge urinal with lakes of piss on the floor between the passageway, a occasional 'sleeping dog' turd could be found down there too :P
#270: we have those here in Puerto Rico. Bad buses. Transmission problems, electrical problems!
7409 : Old New York Express Bus Service Bus, are those still in service or ??? I would love to purchase one and set it to work down here. A few old NY buses are being used as party buses and limos!
wait hold up a 9700 series (a few) being retired now or those were just accident buses beyond repair, and MCI's too??? the big coaches not the classics???
9700s and other PBL buses are in the process of getting retired. The MCIs are there because Eastchester is not only a storage facility, it is also a depot that does express Bronx runs.
@BXM4C Is that where do the bus scraping? How long were they bringing them there for if you know off the top of your head? I found some pictures of a yard on fountain avenue, do they use it for storage?
Sadly, Eastchester Depot looks different now than it did when this video was taken. Seeing the buses stored there now are stripped down for spare parts almost makes me sick every time I ride the Bx30 bus past there. Most of the buses on the northwest side of the depot are almost completely stripped for parts, making that part of the depot a complete eyesore. Meanwhile, I still miss the GM Fishbowls from NYBS. At least there's still fan trips.
omg! they re put it on garage garbage buse no way.. that is awful.. damn i will miss this buse it is so awesome when i was young attend to school use ride on the buse Q47 CNG i love it ride so nice smooth plus AC is fresh air clean than reg mta is suck! i tell you.. also mci/tmc buse something is strange sit it not right inche seat roomleg that is so funny finally New buse Express long distance it so nice legroom and nice fit on seat!
THose CNG RTS' were off the hook!!! Loved the tranny's on them. Does anyone have any idea why they were scrapped but they kept those POS 8000 series RTS'? Does anyone have any pics or sounds of the 1981 series RTS that were remanufactured? (7000 series)
The reason why the RTS CNG's got retired is because the CNG tanks must be replaced every 12 years. I guess the MTA didn't think it was fesible to give them new CNG tanks so they got retired.....
RTS-06s from 1990. Going on their 18th year. But as soon as this hybrid order from NYCTA comes in, NYCTA's TMCs are gone. The MTA has plenty of 1990-1994 TMCs left, but the CNG models have been retired, and their hybrid order is too small to retire all their TMCs. (I think, unless they have less than 100)
Well it depends on the model. The RTS-04 did a good (about) 20 years. The CNG RTS was about 12 years. The Orion V is going for about 14 now (the 1993s are). 1991 TMCs are running strong for MTA, going on 19 years, and NYCTA has a few. It really depends though.
In Toronto, Montreal, Hamilton, Canadian transit systems it is 18 years old. They so a much better job of preventive maintnance, paving streets, rebuilds.
@gmcbuses The reason why the NYCTA is getting rid of these good buses is because they don't want want crap from the EPA or anybody else about these buses,so they replaced them with these Orion VII shit. It is sad to see a good bus get scrapped. I feel that if it was not for the damn EPA's standerts for buses,the GMC RTSES would have lingered around a lot longer.Maybe up to now.Who knows?
That is exactly true. The Fishbowl buses would of ran till 1999, if not for the EPAs stupid local law. The GMs Rtses would still be running. Mass Transit is not the problem, it is the solution.
That does look pretty cool on that TMC. I used Windows Movie maker, I added the pictures and stuff, then selected transitions and effects from a drop down menu on top of content you can bring up, and dragged it to different slides.
they might be good but theyre so damn ugly!!!!
SuperHotLarry 7 months ago
The Green Lines RTS 03's retired in 2000 due to Green Lines taking 7 Queens Surface TMC RTS known as 1143-1149 in GBL and 6 Queens Surface Orion V (ex-WMATA rejects) known as 5545-5550 in GBL.
JUSXTREME96 8 months ago
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JUSXTREME96 8 months ago
damn, I remember seeing those #1000 series RTS on the Q11!
R42Vtrain1029 8 months ago
The oldest RTS still around in NY is not running but it is Green Lines GMC RTS 03 1012.
JUSXTREME96 9 months ago
are the good buses for sale, who can i contact for more information.
TheVibe05 1 year ago
I cannot believe those beautiful 1988 and 1989 MCI express buses at 3:00 are going to the scrap yard!. These buses would make such good driver training buses inspite the new ones pull off much different and the drivers seating. God I don't know if the world is getting better or coming to an end.
LetMrAL1 1 year ago
LetMrAL1, while I am not an MTA employee, buses go to Eastchester either for scrap or storage. The last bus I saw being hauled away for scrap was RTS 9327.
I don't know how long buses have been going to Eastchester but I think it started when the MTA took over the private lines. Ex Command Bus had a yard in the Flatlands section of Brooklyn. I think it is now the Spring Creek Depot of the MTA but I could be wrong.
BXM4C 1 year ago
@BXM4C Thank you very much for that information Sir.!
LetMrAL1 1 year ago
@BXM4C That yard is the Varsity School Bus Yard (former Command Storage Yard) and there are 2 Command Fishbowls, Jamaica Buses Fishbowl 3001, Green Bus Lines 1979 RTS 03 1012, and 2 Command 1984 RTS's 351 and 354. I don't know of anymore buses there. The Command Bus Depot is now called MTA Spring Creek Depot but I don't think MTA owns the Varsity Yard. Those buses at that yard are owned by Jerome Cooper I think.
JUSXTREME96 7 months ago
my stepdad's a mechanic...we could turn an RTS into a party bus or haul my posse around penn state. plus these old detroit diesels got the best sound out of any bus. screw what the epa says.
redoctober90 1 year ago
If the MTA had put just a little bit of money into keeping these buses running,they would be the best buses anywhere in the US.
23AClark 1 year ago
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henrythebusquy 1 year ago
i miss the RTS models,those pill shaped busses were cool ,daewoo made a variant of it in korea in the late 80's~90's,many are still working, most of these busses could be overhauled or sold complete to other buyers or foreigen transit systems,some of these busses still rollin in mexico on their retirement :P
daewooparts 2 years ago
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henrythebusquy 1 year ago
lol , the subway reminds me of "bowel movement' anyway! but it was much worse 25 years ago !,canal street station looked like a huge urinal with lakes of piss on the floor between the passageway, a occasional 'sleeping dog' turd could be found down there too :P
daewooparts 1 year ago
I am no longer in NY but I worked at that very depot for New York Bus Service. Eastchester Depot? It will always be NYBS to me.
urblhoops 2 years ago
#270: we have those here in Puerto Rico. Bad buses. Transmission problems, electrical problems!
7409 : Old New York Express Bus Service Bus, are those still in service or ??? I would love to purchase one and set it to work down here. A few old NY buses are being used as party buses and limos!
metroII 2 years ago
wait hold up a 9700 series (a few) being retired now or those were just accident buses beyond repair, and MCI's too??? the big coaches not the classics???
luvdat8v71 2 years ago
9700s and other PBL buses are in the process of getting retired. The MCIs are there because Eastchester is not only a storage facility, it is also a depot that does express Bronx runs.
QueensBuses 2 years ago
At least once a week, I see a scrap NYCT bus on the Long Island Expressway on its way to Gershow. This week it was a RTS.
BXM4C 2 years ago
@BXM4C Is that where do the bus scraping? How long were they bringing them there for if you know off the top of your head? I found some pictures of a yard on fountain avenue, do they use it for storage?
LetMrAL1 1 year ago
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DONIS61 3 years ago
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DONIS61 3 years ago
Sadly, Eastchester Depot looks different now than it did when this video was taken. Seeing the buses stored there now are stripped down for spare parts almost makes me sick every time I ride the Bx30 bus past there. Most of the buses on the northwest side of the depot are almost completely stripped for parts, making that part of the depot a complete eyesore. Meanwhile, I still miss the GM Fishbowls from NYBS. At least there's still fan trips.
mcorivervsaf 3 years ago
Great piece.
StopRequested 3 years ago
omg! they re put it on garage garbage buse no way.. that is awful.. damn i will miss this buse it is so awesome when i was young attend to school use ride on the buse Q47 CNG i love it ride so nice smooth plus AC is fresh air clean than reg mta is suck! i tell you.. also mci/tmc buse something is strange sit it not right inche seat roomleg that is so funny finally New buse Express long distance it so nice legroom and nice fit on seat!
NYCpuertoricanboi 3 years ago
THose CNG RTS' were off the hook!!! Loved the tranny's on them. Does anyone have any idea why they were scrapped but they kept those POS 8000 series RTS'? Does anyone have any pics or sounds of the 1981 series RTS that were remanufactured? (7000 series)
rts9100 3 years ago 2
The reason why the RTS CNG's got retired is because the CNG tanks must be replaced every 12 years. I guess the MTA didn't think it was fesible to give them new CNG tanks so they got retired.....
23145567 3 years ago
OH really? I never knew that. Thanks for the info.
rts9100 3 years ago
They could of converted them to diesal. the ttc does the same thing. They do not replace the cng tanks, but they convert them to diesal.
gmcbuses 2 years ago
What year is the Oldest RTSes are currently runnin for MTA and Queens?
I love RTSes, My 1979 GMC RTS were doing great for near 30 years in Lansing, Michigan (CATA).
qwandiddy 3 years ago
RTS-06s from 1990. Going on their 18th year. But as soon as this hybrid order from NYCTA comes in, NYCTA's TMCs are gone. The MTA has plenty of 1990-1994 TMCs left, but the CNG models have been retired, and their hybrid order is too small to retire all their TMCs. (I think, unless they have less than 100)
QueensBuses 3 years ago
I just learned a bus's lifespan is only 12yrs! So it was their scrapping time from 1980-1993 they were delivered.....
deandremouse 3 years ago
Well it depends on the model. The RTS-04 did a good (about) 20 years. The CNG RTS was about 12 years. The Orion V is going for about 14 now (the 1993s are). 1991 TMCs are running strong for MTA, going on 19 years, and NYCTA has a few. It really depends though.
QueensBuses 3 years ago
In Toronto, Montreal, Hamilton, Canadian transit systems it is 18 years old. They so a much better job of preventive maintnance, paving streets, rebuilds.
gmcbuses 2 years ago
@gmcbuses The reason why the NYCTA is getting rid of these good buses is because they don't want want crap from the EPA or anybody else about these buses,so they replaced them with these Orion VII shit. It is sad to see a good bus get scrapped. I feel that if it was not for the damn EPA's standerts for buses,the GMC RTSES would have lingered around a lot longer.Maybe up to now.Who knows?
23AClark 2 years ago
That is exactly true. The Fishbowl buses would of ran till 1999, if not for the EPAs stupid local law. The GMs Rtses would still be running. Mass Transit is not the problem, it is the solution.
gmcbuses 2 years ago
What a shame to see all those buses go bye-bye. I liked the RTS CNG, and TMC models
deandremouse 3 years ago
Yeah. CNG RTSs were awesome.
QueensBuses 3 years ago
Yoooo!!! I live around there!!! have i seen you before?!?!?
Meteorologistboy 3 years ago
I just visited from Queens, so probably no lol.
QueensBuses 3 years ago
I see that depot everyday from my window and when I take the Bx30 bus to school!
Meteorologistboy 3 years ago
Nice Shots!!!!
dmcr9525 4 years ago 2
Thanks
QueensBuses 4 years ago
1:40> 9757, I was crying, what happened to that poor RTS.
qwandiddy 3 years ago
Im not sure, but probably an accident.
QueensBuses 3 years ago
the damage is done!!!!
beast1160 4 years ago
Yeah, most of the buses in these pictures will never be ridden on again.
QueensBuses 4 years ago
9772 at 1:49 is marked "CRAP". what are they calling crap?! great pics!
Matteo42 4 years ago
Lol I guess someone scratched out the S, and thanks
QueensBuses 4 years ago
Nice, check out the low ride height on 00:32...
Great vid man. Like the effects, how you made those effects?
TuneRVisioN510 4 years ago
That does look pretty cool on that TMC. I used Windows Movie maker, I added the pictures and stuff, then selected transitions and effects from a drop down menu on top of content you can bring up, and dragged it to different slides.
QueensBuses 4 years ago
9785
newyorkfan16 4 years ago