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Posted by john812 on Wed Sep 24 07:04:19 2014, in response to Re: RTS Bus 200. 1979??, posted by Catfish 44 on Wed Sep 24 00:29:21 2014. Oh, thanks for the other info anyway. I seen yesterday on the nyctransitforums a thread about NYCDOT Company GMC RTS-03s that someone said 1002 did have a smaller AC Unit that didn't reach to the full width on each side similar to Westchester County Bee Line RTS-03s.Queens Surface had some numbered 193-204 that looked similar to the other Green Lines RTS-03s. They also borrowed some ex-Bee Line RTS-03s for a while in 1998 before getting their CNG Orion's. On an image there you can see the smaller AC on them. 1002 was gone before 1998 according to an old roster I found from April 1998, just 1001, 1003-1015 and they mislabeled as GMC RTS-02s. No Fishbowls as well. The Orion's were brand new. Maybe that AC Unit is what made 1002 go so early? It was put long before the other RTS-03s. 1001, 1003-1015 got their AC maybe when the Jamaica Bus ones came in 1988. There are no images at all of 1002, even when it was new. They still had the double sided Destination signs in 1989 as seen on the image of 1005. Maybe by the early 90s they put the 1 regular, long destination sign. I seen an image of 1012 with 1 big stripe like 307-1 but still the final GBL Logo on the front and the 1 long regular destination sign. Taken in the early 90s by same seller as some of the fishbowl pics like 916, 976-1. 1012 looked clean on the outside. It probably ran well so that's why GBL kept it til the end in 2006, I don't see it on Google maps anymore at the Command Storage Yard, I last seen it there in 2011. 1003, 1005, 1006, 1009, 1013 & 1015 were also still around but went to NIMCO in 2006. |
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