Portland TriMet 1992 Flxible Metro C #1744

Welcome aboard Portland TriMet 1992 Flxible Metro C #1744 operating on Route 32 from Oregon City Transit Center to Milwaukie Transit Center via Oatfield. 1744 is one of 108 40 foot Flxibles purchased by TriMet in 1992 and at 18 years old is still going strong

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Film & Animation

Tags:

• Flxible
• TriMet
• Portland
• Oregon
• City
• Milwaukie
• Transit
• Center
• Cummins
• L10
• Voith
• D864.3

[zztee]

Haha, right at the start, "Oh yeah" Love it, sounds different from every L10 Flxible I've ever heard.

[Nabinut]

@zztee

I didn't mean to catch myself saying that. i laugh everytime I hear it

[ClassicTVMan1981X]

@flxiblemetro9150

They are, but don't expect to find many of them on routes that come out of Center Street (ex. 33, 70, 75). Many of these, along with the 1990 Gillig Phantoms (the 1400 series), are usually only assigned to rush-hour routes such as lines 94 and 99.

[flxiblemetro9150]

I love how the bus shudders when it starts to idle!

[coolbus18]

I drove the 32. Easy line, great people. These buses could haul.

[flxiblemetro9150]

Are they still running Flxibles here?

[ClassicTVMan1981X]

@qwandiddy

Or even Orion I's and V's. I know between 1982 and 1999 they had ran 87 articulated Crown-Ikarus buses, but they were problematic from the get-go; during their mid-lives the wheelchair lifts were removed after some incident where somebody tripped on it.

[qwandiddy]

I wish Tri-Met had the MCI/Nova Classics, those would be awesome with the Flxibles and Phantoms.

[ClassicTVMan81]

@guildrich

In other words, that annoying exhaust note is what some people call a drone sound.

[guildrich]

@ClassicTVMan81 That's what I thought it was. Still, that right there makes it sound kind of a "Grim Reaper". I guess that's some fine German engineering for ya. :P

[ClassicTVMan81]

@guildrich

What you're talking about is the distinct whine of the Voith retarder. What I am talking about is the occasional dark, mellow humming of the engine's exhaust note.

[guildrich]

@ClassicTVMan81 When you say "exhaust hum", do you mean the humming noise it makes when it's idling?