Maryland Transit Administration 1989 Flxible Metro B #8974

[busrailfan]

WOW! Lot's of rattling! You can definitely hear the age in this bus. Also, it sounds much like a GM or MCI Classic with 6V92TA.

[Nabinut]

@busrailfan

Yeah...MTA wasn't the best at keeping buses in good condition like a certain Canadian property in the west.

[bigdaddymatty17]

I love the way this bus sounds.

[448819]

damn what the hell

[qwandiddy]

Are those retired as of 2/2010?

[Nabinut]

8974 was retired in July of 2009

[ClassicTVMan81]

Per my first comment on this, I also have to add that even some Metro A's (as well as few Grumman Flxible 870s) have that dark hum to it.

[ClassicTVMan81]

It may be a Metro-B but the exhaust puts out that deep, dark hum, which to some bus fanatics is called the "Thermo King effect" or, as I like to call it, the "Gillig effect," turns up here, making it sound more like a Metro C/D/E.