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Posted by William A. Padron on Thu Aug 5 09:11:19 2021, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for August 5, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Thu Aug 5 07:28:11 2021. From the Facebook page of the New York Transit Museum as posted for today on Thursday, August 5, 1981...#TodayinHistory: #OnThisDay in 1981, the first General Motors RTS Advanced Design buses went into service on the B17 route in Brooklyn. The new RTS-04s were equipped with several innovative features, including push-type exit doors, rear wheelchair lifts, front kneeling suspensions, 2-way radio equipment, and electronic “flip dot” front and side destination signs. By 1999, a total of 4,877 RTS buses were built by three different manufacturers for NYC Transit and MaBSTOA service. Retired from service in 2019, their blue and white design and signature curved windshields are a familiar sight to generations of New Yorkers! Today, RTS Bus #1201 and #5249 live on in the #NYTransitMuseum’s beloved vintage fleet. While Bus #1201 was one of the first orders of RTS model buses built, Bus #5249 was the last. What’s your favorite memory on a General Motors RTS Advanced Design bus? -William A. Padron ["RTS on MTA NYCT: August 5, 1981 - May 6, 2019"] |
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