I cant decide wheather I want a MC9 or MC12. Im pretty set on a 6V92 more towards the silver 6V92 but not sure. Anyone know which one was more reliable?
1st Gear = Slow Take off (tranny winds up to a scream like a choir) Every Belt Drive Attached To Engine Visciously Screams Like Vaccum Cleaner + Engine Revs High
2nd Gear = Engine Revs Stuck High Constantly (tranny whistles up slowly like boiling tea kettle) Revs Seems Stuck With Great Notice In Torque / Forward Momentum
3rd Gear = (1 second boost) Engine Revs Drop Very Hard Jerking The Bus + Passengers Forward With Whip Lash + Tranny Whistle In Sync With Motor Until Scream + Engine Screams
This is great audio makes me believe im on it takin a trip like the good old days an the sound of those airbrakes please if u have any more mci mc 12 greyhound audio please add more!!
awesome video i love greyhound buses i actually have a collection of toy greyhound buses..13 to be exact which also happens to include one just like this one
ohhhhh there's still a few kicking around. Had the choice today between a Series 50 MC12 and a 6V92 MC12 ... took the screamer out for a ride. Second gear had some issues locking the torque converter up so she was screaming pretty good going up a highway onramp. 25 mph all the way up, cars behind me got a good smoking :p
There's still a few kicking around the northeast, I've seen a few in Buffalo as of a few months ago, but I haven't been to the USA for a while. About 20 to 30 of them were shipped up to Greyhound Canada, and renumbered 80xx . A few of them are sitting in toronto, either wrecked or dead and being pillaged for parts. Some of them are still very good runners. I like the sound of the 6V92 engine, I wonder what the redline rpm is on them, since the MC12s don't have tachometers :p
OMFG... do u hear the sound of this engine? this is a true bus. listen to how this bus shifts from 2nd to 3rd gear - with that classic rising tea kettle whistle sound. i remember if you were standing up on this bus when it shifts to 3rd gear the floor would almost slip from underneath you with that forward jerk and wiggle. im crying listening to this clip. CRYING >>>>> 4 real
@sideslide23 - Thank you for your comments. However, my channel is not a place to post your negative opinions about Greyhound, its subsidaries, nor the negative experiences you had on public transport in general. This channel entertains those who like and travel by bus, plain, train, and any method of public transportation.
Greyhound's MC-12 Coach is operating it's last trips for the company............
There are a few "blue roofs" still running between Miami and Key West. Some of the newer refurbished MC-12's have been shipped up to Canada Greyhound. Richmond, Virginia has about a dozen parked, out of service, at its garage . As these coaches come in for maintenance, some are just parked and end up being used for spare parts for other MC-12's.
@ClassicTVMan1981X The JT8D is a series of jet engines produced by Pratt & Whitney for the Boeing 727, 737-100, 737-200 & the McDonnell-Douglas DC-9 . Likewise with Rolls Royce & the RB211 series for the Lockheed L-1011, Airbus A300, Boeing 747, 767, 757, and the Tupolev Tu-204-120
@w5pda No A300 has ever been RB211 powered. As a matter of fact, the RB211, which was more than capable of pushing an A300 into the air, was never offered as an option.
@metroktransit i loved ridin this coach engine sounds so powerful and awesome i take it from your screen name u must b a transit bus driver do u drive coaches like this one ?
I'm sorry, I think your mistaken. The G4500's had a couple C13's for testing, other than that everything else is Series 60. The new Prevost's have the S60, and they may now be equipped with the Volvo D13. Anyone want to chime in?
Yup,greyounds a all series 60 fest,I don't work for greyhound but my logic tells me that greyhound has found great trust in Detroit Diesel. And hypatheticly speeking if thats not the case, my point is greyhound really has no parts issues, and with nothing but series 60's hanging around maintanence is way too simple, but they are ordering D4505s with series 60s(for those of you who thought greyound would really take a new route and the series 60 was done in 2010).
euro manufactureres hate successful North American Coach Builders. As a result, they take them over and start trying to sell their plastic euro trash. As bad as the 3rd world chinese built garbage coming on to the market .
Putting a volvo engine is sacrilage!! Why not put a scania engine or a man engine in it and then have the coach spending most of its life in the workshop waiting for parts!!!
No euro manufacturer can give the same warranty as Detroit, Cummins or Cat!!!
Keep the euro plastic trash including engines in europe. In addition, the biggest selling Diesel Locomotive in europe rail service is that of EMD, formerly GM!!!
@pioneermci There is some euro trash, but there are some vehicles that are nice. I like MCI, how ever I am very impressed with the Volvo. MCI is still my favorite coach. I bought a Hyundai I was not impressed with anything else at the time. I like Volvo trucks too, excellent trucks. Van Hool, no. Neoplan, no.
i used to love riding this coach..i agree with u whammy9531..love the powerful sound of that ole "screamin demon detroit" the one greyhound runs now are really nice and actually longer the mc 12s only seat 47 the new 6000 dl3s seat 55
@6V92TA - Hmm... As far as I knew, Greyhound got all the 6V92TA powered MC-12's with the older HT-740 transmission but I could be wrong. I got that from someone else so not entirely sure.
2 of 2: You don't have to ride the dog to hear this one, almost any RTS/RTS II will make this noise :-) The DDEC 50 series is easy to tell by sound at idle. If you're near an MC-12 and almost want to call the engine a CAT, it's most likely a DDEC 50.
1of 2: Yes that's an MC-12, at least by sound. At the beginning of the run, MCI put the 6v92 in it. It wasn't until later that they put the DDEC 50 series in it. While I don't know the exact transmission used in this video, I can say that it's something in the HT 74x series (740? 746?) as the 740 series produced a hydraulic "whine" when shifting, most notably in the "lag" between 2nd/3rd. The "clunk" of the air compressor is classic 6v92.
Greyhound only had DD50 engines in the -12s. About 10 of the 1994 MC12s ( # 2454-2463 ) were the first units with them. Afterwards, the 1997-1998 -12s ( # 2919-3176 ) came with them.
like MC-12s from 1992! lol. The look the same...jus with the throb of a Series 50. They also came wit Allison B400 5 speed trannies. would have been the B500 but it wouldnt fit in the MC-12 without extensive modifications.
yea dude! lol. They're all the same. One big difference with a Series 50'ed MC-12 is the lack of a shift level on your right side. Its replaced by an elevated Allison ATEC push button shift pad like the transit buses have.
come on man...git yo head back into the game! lol Cant be behind. Those Series 50 powered MC-12s will be the last line of the bus model until they're retired. The reason for the Series 50 upgrade and not a Cummins ISC upgrade was because thats all Greyhound used were Detroit Diesel engines. Also, the EPA upped their exhaust restrictions, thus shutting down the 6V92 as standard engine for buses after like 1995. MCI finished the MC-12 order for Greyhound in 1996 with 6V92s.
I'm tryin man trust me...lol. But I knew Greyhound was a very heavy Detroit user! I just didn't know when they stopped making the buses with 6V92's. IMO I like the 6V92's better than ANY engine made today!
Great bus! During 1997, on my return trip from Miami, FL to Lancaster, CA (Military Leave) I lost count on how many Greyhound MC-12's I encountered going to and from Los Angeles. I would have loved to have riden on this bus, because I have good memories of the MCI MC-7's, -8's, and -9's traveling back and forth to Georgia for Summer and christmas vacations. Go Greyhound!
Nice...
valetudo1974 2 days ago
Are any of these old MCIs with this engine 6v92 still running for Greyhound somewhere?
knightclassic1 3 weeks ago
Besides the 8v71, the 6v92 is my favorite engine.
david123321ism 2 months ago
@david123321ism - agreed.The 6V92 is my favorite. It was to replace the 8V92 ... which wasnt as fuel efficient as the 6V
ea90744 2 months ago
I love the engine of this bus.
mjkuio12 4 months ago
The MCI 96!! :))
mjkuio12 4 months ago
I cant decide wheather I want a MC9 or MC12. Im pretty set on a 6V92 more towards the silver 6V92 but not sure. Anyone know which one was more reliable?
gsm19911 4 months ago
Reminds me of CAT's Gillig Phantoms
newyorkfan16 5 months ago
1st Gear = Slow Take off (tranny winds up to a scream like a choir) Every Belt Drive Attached To Engine Visciously Screams Like Vaccum Cleaner + Engine Revs High
2nd Gear = Engine Revs Stuck High Constantly (tranny whistles up slowly like boiling tea kettle) Revs Seems Stuck With Great Notice In Torque / Forward Momentum
3rd Gear = (1 second boost) Engine Revs Drop Very Hard Jerking The Bus + Passengers Forward With Whip Lash + Tranny Whistle In Sync With Motor Until Scream + Engine Screams
trippleseven1 5 months ago
MY GOD where has this engine gone? i miss this one and the 8v71n engine sounds. everything now sounds like a rail freight engine
jimnice74656 5 months ago
Listen to that bitch scream The classic Greyhound
10Weedeater 9 months ago
This is great audio makes me believe im on it takin a trip like the good old days an the sound of those airbrakes please if u have any more mci mc 12 greyhound audio please add more!!
TheCmurder8 1 year ago
any longer and this would put me smoth to sleep
orionvii271 1 year ago 2
@orionvii271 Put in an MP3 player on a loop along with an 8V71, and it'll happen :-)
w5pda 1 year ago
JESUS that is a great sounding bus.
Q65LTD 1 year ago
awesome video i love greyhound buses i actually have a collection of toy greyhound buses..13 to be exact which also happens to include one just like this one
wafhsecl 1 year ago
All MCI buses like this with this particular engine sound are no longer operating for Greyhound? Haven't seen those in last few years.
qwandiddy 1 year ago
@qwandiddy
ohhhhh there's still a few kicking around. Had the choice today between a Series 50 MC12 and a 6V92 MC12 ... took the screamer out for a ride. Second gear had some issues locking the torque converter up so she was screaming pretty good going up a highway onramp. 25 mph all the way up, cars behind me got a good smoking :p
Neouka 1 year ago
@Neouka Where abouts in US are they kicking at? I havent seen them coming here in Chicago since like 8 years.
qwandiddy 1 year ago
@qwandiddy
There's still a few kicking around the northeast, I've seen a few in Buffalo as of a few months ago, but I haven't been to the USA for a while. About 20 to 30 of them were shipped up to Greyhound Canada, and renumbered 80xx . A few of them are sitting in toronto, either wrecked or dead and being pillaged for parts. Some of them are still very good runners. I like the sound of the 6V92 engine, I wonder what the redline rpm is on them, since the MC12s don't have tachometers :p
Neouka 1 year ago
@Neouka I really like these old things better than newer ugly looking ones. Especially in newer scheme.
qwandiddy 1 year ago
@qwandiddy
I like the new ones, they look nice and ride like a dream! Plus the onboard wifi and power outlets are a much appreciated amenity.
Neouka 1 year ago
OMFG... do u hear the sound of this engine? this is a true bus. listen to how this bus shifts from 2nd to 3rd gear - with that classic rising tea kettle whistle sound. i remember if you were standing up on this bus when it shifts to 3rd gear the floor would almost slip from underneath you with that forward jerk and wiggle. im crying listening to this clip. CRYING >>>>> 4 real
MEZROK1 1 year ago
Sorry I wont do that to you again.
sideslide23 1 year ago
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sideslide23 1 year ago
@sideslide23 - Thank you for your comments. However, my channel is not a place to post your negative opinions about Greyhound, its subsidaries, nor the negative experiences you had on public transport in general. This channel entertains those who like and travel by bus, plain, train, and any method of public transportation.
ea90744 1 year ago 8
this beast sounds like it has the HT-746 in it.
6V92TA 1 year ago
I remember rideing flexible transit busses in the 90s that sounded exactly like this. They sure sound really cool.
djfelon4life 1 year ago
@djfelon4life So is Chicago CTA's Ex-1991 TMC RTS WFD sounded like this too.
qwandiddy 1 year ago
i feel like a kid again,going to minneapolis every summer.those were the days!long live this bus!!!
lovesickconspiracy 1 year ago
Greyhound's MC-12 Coach is operating it's last trips for the company............
There are a few "blue roofs" still running between Miami and Key West. Some of the newer refurbished MC-12's have been shipped up to Canada Greyhound. Richmond, Virginia has about a dozen parked, out of service, at its garage . As these coaches come in for maintenance, some are just parked and end up being used for spare parts for other MC-12's.
022921 1 year ago
i love these buses! they sound so cool!
onscar 1 year ago
i can't even begin to guess the number of miles I've ridden to the sweet sounds of this engine, but truth be told, my heart's with the 8v71 ;-)
w5pda 2 years ago 10
@w5pda
Or, better yet, a well-tuned and well-maintained Silver 8V92TA.
ClassicTVMan1981X 9 months ago
@ClassicTVMan1981X Why not both? I do that along with a JT8D and an RB211 :-)
w5pda 9 months ago
@w5pda
JT8D? RB211? What are those two?
ClassicTVMan1981X 9 months ago
@ClassicTVMan1981X The JT8D is a series of jet engines produced by Pratt & Whitney for the Boeing 727, 737-100, 737-200 & the McDonnell-Douglas DC-9 . Likewise with Rolls Royce & the RB211 series for the Lockheed L-1011, Airbus A300, Boeing 747, 767, 757, and the Tupolev Tu-204-120
w5pda 9 months ago
@w5pda No A300 has ever been RB211 powered. As a matter of fact, the RB211, which was more than capable of pushing an A300 into the air, was never offered as an option.
6V92TA 6 months ago
The Newer Greyhounds buses are running cummins engines now. The older greyhounds buses are better with the 6V92's or Series 60's engines
metroktransit 2 years ago
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wafhsecl 2 years ago
@metroktransit i loved ridin this coach engine sounds so powerful and awesome i take it from your screen name u must b a transit bus driver do u drive coaches like this one ?
wafhsecl 2 years ago
I'm sorry, I think your mistaken. The G4500's had a couple C13's for testing, other than that everything else is Series 60. The new Prevost's have the S60, and they may now be equipped with the Volvo D13. Anyone want to chime in?
studpuppy69 2 years ago
@studpuppy69
Yup,greyounds a all series 60 fest,I don't work for greyhound but my logic tells me that greyhound has found great trust in Detroit Diesel. And hypatheticly speeking if thats not the case, my point is greyhound really has no parts issues, and with nothing but series 60's hanging around maintanence is way too simple, but they are ordering D4505s with series 60s(for those of you who thought greyound would really take a new route and the series 60 was done in 2010).
I cant complain!
mmffl123456 1 year ago
@studpuppy69
euro manufactureres hate successful North American Coach Builders. As a result, they take them over and start trying to sell their plastic euro trash. As bad as the 3rd world chinese built garbage coming on to the market .
Putting a volvo engine is sacrilage!! Why not put a scania engine or a man engine in it and then have the coach spending most of its life in the workshop waiting for parts!!!
No euro manufacturer can give the same warranty as Detroit, Cummins or Cat!!!
pioneermci 1 year ago
@studpuppy69
Keep the euro plastic trash including engines in europe. In addition, the biggest selling Diesel Locomotive in europe rail service is that of EMD, formerly GM!!!
pioneermci 1 year ago
@pioneermci There is some euro trash, but there are some vehicles that are nice. I like MCI, how ever I am very impressed with the Volvo. MCI is still my favorite coach. I bought a Hyundai I was not impressed with anything else at the time. I like Volvo trucks too, excellent trucks. Van Hool, no. Neoplan, no.
studpuppy69 1 year ago
good soundin bus luv this sound miss this engine and tranny
leem9966 2 years ago
Greyhound's MCI-MC12 Classic Coach, wasn't it?
whammy9531 2 years ago
i used to love riding this coach..i agree with u whammy9531..love the powerful sound of that ole "screamin demon detroit" the one greyhound runs now are really nice and actually longer the mc 12s only seat 47 the new 6000 dl3s seat 55
wafhsecl 2 years ago
hi whammy 9531 would you happen to know where i could get a toy greyhound bus like the 1994 mci mc12 and i agree classic coach yes it was
wafhsecl 2 years ago
this is a 1994 MC-12....so it'll have the HT-746 tranny.
6V92TA 2 years ago
@6V92TA - Hmm... As far as I knew, Greyhound got all the 6V92TA powered MC-12's with the older HT-740 transmission but I could be wrong. I got that from someone else so not entirely sure.
busrailfan 2 years ago
the last series of MC-12s wit the 6V engine had HT-746s in them. Then they started goin Series 50/B400Rs....
6V92TA 2 years ago
@6V92TA - Yeah sorry. I saw your comment in another video regarding that after I posted my message.
busrailfan 2 years ago
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wafhsecl 2 years ago
Wow this beast was probably one of second to the last to get the 6V92 engines back in 1994, even though the 6V92 engines ceased in 1993
8v71buses 2 years ago
yup. i think in like 1995, MCI stopped stuffing 6V92s into the MC-12s and threw in Series 50s.
6V92TA 2 years ago
Yeah man the MC-12s sound awesome with 6V92 and Series 50 engines. I'm glad they ran on Detroits instead of Cummins engines
8v71buses 2 years ago
it was around late 1996. Early 1997.
Greyhound # 2918 was the last bus with it.
#2919 - 3176 ( 1997-98 MC 12s ) have DD50s
ea90744 2 years ago
2 of 2: You don't have to ride the dog to hear this one, almost any RTS/RTS II will make this noise :-) The DDEC 50 series is easy to tell by sound at idle. If you're near an MC-12 and almost want to call the engine a CAT, it's most likely a DDEC 50.
w5pda 2 years ago
1of 2: Yes that's an MC-12, at least by sound. At the beginning of the run, MCI put the 6v92 in it. It wasn't until later that they put the DDEC 50 series in it. While I don't know the exact transmission used in this video, I can say that it's something in the HT 74x series (740? 746?) as the 740 series produced a hydraulic "whine" when shifting, most notably in the "lag" between 2nd/3rd. The "clunk" of the air compressor is classic 6v92.
w5pda 2 years ago
you sure this bus doesnt have the HT-746D? Towards the end of Greyhounds Mc-12 order wit the 6V92 as power, they came wit HT-746s.
6V92TA 2 years ago
Awesome clip! Can you get audio of n MC-12 with the DD Series 50 in it?
slimlover2001 2 years ago
All the times I rode with Greyhound I was on a MC-9 one time and that was with the DD50 repower!!! I love this engine!
rts9100 2 years ago
Greyhound never put Series 50s in their MC-9s. When they blew engines, they got retired.
6V92TA 2 years ago
You sure? Then that was a MC-12 then? I know I got on an old MCI with a DD50 in it!
rts9100 2 years ago
Greyhound only had DD50 engines in the -12s. About 10 of the 1994 MC12s ( # 2454-2463 ) were the first units with them. Afterwards, the 1997-1998 -12s ( # 2919-3176 ) came with them.
ea90744 2 years ago
I STILL don't know what the MC-12's look like from 1997-1998!!!!
rts9100 2 years ago
like MC-12s from 1992! lol. The look the same...jus with the throb of a Series 50. They also came wit Allison B400 5 speed trannies. would have been the B500 but it wouldnt fit in the MC-12 without extensive modifications.
6V92TA 2 years ago
Oh then they're the same thing then? That's why I can't tell...lol...man do I feel slow!
rts9100 2 years ago
yea dude! lol. They're all the same. One big difference with a Series 50'ed MC-12 is the lack of a shift level on your right side. Its replaced by an elevated Allison ATEC push button shift pad like the transit buses have.
6V92TA 2 years ago
Oh ok cool..... bring me back to speed! lol
rts9100 2 years ago
come on man...git yo head back into the game! lol Cant be behind. Those Series 50 powered MC-12s will be the last line of the bus model until they're retired. The reason for the Series 50 upgrade and not a Cummins ISC upgrade was because thats all Greyhound used were Detroit Diesel engines. Also, the EPA upped their exhaust restrictions, thus shutting down the 6V92 as standard engine for buses after like 1995. MCI finished the MC-12 order for Greyhound in 1996 with 6V92s.
6V92TA 2 years ago
I'm tryin man trust me...lol. But I knew Greyhound was a very heavy Detroit user! I just didn't know when they stopped making the buses with 6V92's. IMO I like the 6V92's better than ANY engine made today!
rts9100 2 years ago
Great bus! During 1997, on my return trip from Miami, FL to Lancaster, CA (Military Leave) I lost count on how many Greyhound MC-12's I encountered going to and from Los Angeles. I would have loved to have riden on this bus, because I have good memories of the MCI MC-7's, -8's, and -9's traveling back and forth to Georgia for Summer and christmas vacations. Go Greyhound!
Stealthpanther1 2 years ago
And Leave The Driving To Us LOL!
Dkels219 2 years ago
This were how i wishes those Greyhound MC-12 coach is suppose too sound!!! Ectellente film!!!A+9000000Star!
henrythebusguy 2 years ago 4