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Posted by roscoman1986 on Wed Dec 5 15:40:56 2007, in response to Re: PHOTOS - Phoenix Transit System, posted by SignGuy on Wed Dec 5 15:00:04 2007. http://www.showbus.co.uk/gallery/foreign/usa/vm2.htm These are some pics, here is the roster from western-transit.com:1989 Orion 02.502 number 2000: This was a shorter Orion II, I think it could have been a prototype of some sort, run in Dial-A-Ride service, or something else. I don't know what happened to it but it was not on the roster by the year 2000. It was not CNG-powered IIRC. 1990 Orion 2.501 numbers 2001-2006: These were the original DASH buses and were the same model as seen in the picture above. They were withdrawn in November 2001 after the current ElDorados replaced them. I never got a chance to ride on but I remember them running around downtown Phoenix. The original DASH scheme was a modification of the old Phoenix Transit scheme as well. They were not CNG-powered according to Western Transit. 1992 Orion 2.501 numbers 2007-2008: I believe that these were DASH suppliments of some sort when they extended the DASH service to the State Capitol. The State Capitol service only ran from 11AM-2PM until 2001, when it was extended for the entire service period. Before that it short turned at 15th Ave I recall. They were probably built to the same specs as the 1990 buses. 1994 Orion 2.501 CNG numbers 2009-2014. I saw a picture of one of these from an old newsletter and I believe these were either owned by Phoenix or Tempe, but nevertheless used for FLASH service. I never remember these buses but according to Western Transit two were sold in 1996 to OC Transpo as 9651-9652. The other four buses could have lasted until 1998 or so (no later than that), but I don't remember exactly. These buses were ordered under Valley Metro rather than Phoenix Transit System but they still had Vultron signs. Also, in 1994 a "Specialty Vehicles" electric bus (I saw this in a newsletter) started DASH service around downtown Phoenix. I believe this vehicle may have lasted until 2001 as well. |
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