LACMTA ( Metro ) # 2558 - 1988 Flxible Metro 40102-6C ( retired )

Powertrain : Cummins L10 engine & Voith D863 transmission
Current Status : Unknown
Previous owners : SCRTD / LACMTA, First Transit ( leased from LACMTA ), & Regional Transit Service for a short time
Photo Credit : Craig Barnes
Recording Credit : Me

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Flxible
• Metro

[ghostboy323]

These were cool MTA buses

[ea90744]

yes they were. loved the voith tranny

[6V92TA]

gotta love the rattle of an L-10 powered Metro in idle.

[Mozultecania]

There's Flexie! But he's not with his partner, Twinkie

[ClassicTVMan1981X]

@ea90744

This bus is most likely scrapped; obviously, Scott Richards removed it from his fleet since he has a grudge toward any bus with a Voith transmission.

[Mozultecania]

This reminds me taking this same type of bus on Vermont Avenue on the 204 Line

[Mozultecania]

That Cummins L10 engine is pretty strong

[knightclassic1]

Raggety ass buses like this are way better, long lasting than Low Floor Crap Gilligs.

[ClassicTVMan1981X]

@henrythebusquy

3700-3791 and 1750-1965 and 1976 all had the C8.3 to ZF, and I think you also said many of the 1989 Flxibles (including 1717-1718; I wonder if this also included any units in series 3500-3605?) were converted to the C8.3/ZF (from the 6V92TA/VR731).

[ClassicTVMan1981X]

@bigken6005

It was 8731-8740 that used the L10 and Voith.