Sarnia Transit 044 Orion I

Sarnia Transit 044 is a 1990 Orion I, one of 4 purchased in 2004 from Bakersfield, CA. This unit is a 35ft and used quite heavy on the higher ridership route.

Powertrain: DDC 6V92TA with ZF HP590, either 4 or 5 speed.

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Sarnia
• Transit
• Orion
• DDC
• 6V92TA
• ZF
• HP590

[phillyzfynest1]

This sounds pretty nice... still IMO not as nice as SEPTA's AN440's... but still love that ZF working in that bus.

[phillyzfynest1]

@ClassicTVMan1981X SEPTA's 2004-2005 New Flyer D40LF's have the ZF Ecomat 2 6HP592C (6-speed)

[eurotrashproduction]

haha what is this the 1950s

[jfs1988]

Were these buses refurbished?

[ClassicTVMan1981X]

@6V92TA

Usually 5-speed automatics are found behind articulated buses. In recent years 5-speed ZFs could be had in 40' long buses, with 6-speeds being used in the artics. Apparently a lot of people seem to forget about the torque converter activity.

[6V92TA]

More than likely this was a 4 speed wit a lock up converter

[busrailfan]

Nice. I see they swapped out the Drab grey cloth seating those buses had when they came from Bakersfield. Looks much better now.