A ride on CTA's 1991 TMC RTS T8O-208 #4705 (RETIRED)

Take a short ride on the Chicago's 1991 TMC RTS T8O-208 #4705 operating on--well, I'm not sure what route it is on... Anyway, this bus is powered with the Detroit Diesel 6V92TA DDEC II engine and the transmission is the ZF ECOMAT 5HP-590 auto. This bus along with the rest of the RTSs and possibly the Flxibles are retiring sooner or later because they're being replaced with the New Flyer LF buses.

UPDATE: This bus is now retired along with the rest of the #4400 RTS series.

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• chicago
• transit
• authority
• CTA
• TMC
• RTS
• T8O-208

[t8j206]

I like those CTA TMC RTS-08 buses, but they are retired right now.

[baul104]

One of them(ex-CTA #4550) was sold to Peoria Transit Citylink sometime last December... These buses are my favorite, and yes, they were retired last December of 2008.

[BJC20199]

New York City transit had these unrepower buses until early 2005....they were the best..we still have couple of the 1990 TMC running around,but they're the repower one.

[baul104]

My city's RTS buses were never repowered although they sometimes get rehabbed like the 1979-1980 RTS T8H-203(except the 1978 T7W-203 and the remaining T8H-201 RTSs that were retired around 1990 and 1991) before they were retired in 1996 and 1997.

[s88Limitedbus]

they should have been repowered these buses to Detroit diesel 50 EGR a long time ago.

[baul104]

Forgot to tell you, not all transit agencies can afford to repower their buses; D-dot sometimes rehabs some buses, but they don't repower them. For instance, D-dot's 1979 and 1980 GMC RTS T8H-203 buses has the 8V71 engine with the Allison V730 automatic transmission; they were kept and rehabbed but not repowered because they were FAR too old to have them repowered. I'm just telling you as an example.

[RTD8481]

I remember when these first arrived in Chicago back in 1991. I couldnt wait to take a ride in it.

[josephvanorsby78]

i didnt like these buses because when they went over potholes, it looked like the bus was gonna fall apart.

[s88Limitedbus]

sorry for the late reply,yes I know S50 didn't not exsit at that time before it came out in 1993,that why at that time Cummins engine before the Series 50 were introduced around 1993 for the buses.

[baul104]

CTA's 1995 New Flyer D40LF buses has the Series 50 engine you know. And also, I love both the 6V92 and the Series 50 engine and remember, the 6V92 engines were on the buses before the Series 50 were introduced around 1993 fo the buses.