Cleveland RTA Flex Metro D CNG #9510

no 9510 workin the 39F run to Shoregate from Downtown Cleveland. The bus itself is a 1995 Flexible Metro D Suburban, powered by a CNG fueled Detroit Diesel DDEC Series 50G. Transmission is a 4 speed speced Allison VR-731 ATEC. As of this posting, these buses are still operating currently out of the Hayden District Garage on mostly East side Park-N-Ride runs.

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• RTA
• bus
• Flexible
• Metro

[coreyprkr2005]

i bet u miss these buses alot

[6V92TA]

@coreyprkr2005 Hell yea i do. I grew up with these things. I watched all the buses RTA retired the last 10 years come about.

[805219]

i remember them real well because brooklyn and woodhill had a few of them

the 4100's had more retrofits then any other coaches in RTA's bus fleet,fixed windows replaced 1983-84,brown seat pads 1986-87,roof mounted a/c units

1988,brown seat back panels 1988-89.

[6V92TA]

@805219 i remember see'in a few Slope Backed 4100s with the roof A/C units and rear tail light panels from the 8900s. I remember the first 4100 i rode on, 4126 on the 6 route and 4138 on the 32X. I was like a kid in a candy store, grinning as the bus took off from a stop with its 8V71 making power (and smoke). I remember well when they shifted into 3rd gear, the bus would lerch forward and the transmission would make that legendary Allison grunt.....then it was move out time for the bus.

[6V92TA]

@805219

Dude...hit me up on AOL at Flexible Metro D

Anyways, the ole 4100s and 4200s had the Detroit 8V71N, not the 8V92. I dont think the big 8V92 could fit in the back of a GMC RTS. Remember the few 4100s and 4200s wit the roof mounted A/C units?

[805219]

i remember the 8200s and the 4100s real well. 8201-8218 brooklyn,8219-8239

woodhill,8240-8258 hayden and 8259-8277 triskett. the 4100s,4100-4144 hayden, 4145-4178 triskett,4179-4224

woodhill,and 4225-4257 brooklyn. coaches 4146 and 4158 were retrofited

with square back ac systems,and coach

4114 had a retrofit from a 8v92 to an 6v92

in 1984.

[805219]

Also the 2100 nova series made a pit stop in salt lake city for the winter games

before making their debut on cleveland streets in march-april of 2001. (note a few of these coaches briefly ran on the 75x

north olmstead line before rta took over

their service area.

[6V92TA]

the 6 never went to the west side. The 326 did before they broke up the numbers. It actually used to be the 3 on the east side and the 26 on the west.

[daillpalla]

when did the 6 ever go to the westside?

[6V92TA]

Cleveland may never get Gilligs. We do, however, have New Flyer DE60LFR BRTs rollin around.