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Posted by RailBus63 on Sat Jun 8 00:03:42 2013, in response to (PICS)Gillig in NYC, posted by Dekatyou on Fri Jun 7 08:00:24 2013. GoNYTours has gotten horrible ratings on the TripAdvisor website. I feel sorry for those people in your third photo who paid $60 to get driven around in a Gillig shuttle bus! |
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Posted by ctrabs74 on Sat Jun 8 00:45:05 2013, in response to (PICS)Gillig in NYC, posted by Dekatyou on Fri Jun 7 08:00:24 2013. That looks like a newer (2008 or later) Gillig, based on the squared door windows. I don't think it's a second-hand bus, though. |
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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sat Jun 8 07:34:24 2013, in response to Re: (PICS)Gillig in NYC, posted by ctrabs74 on Sat Jun 8 00:45:05 2013. I really doubt if these operators would buy a brand new bus. |
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Posted by RailBus63 on Sat Jun 8 10:23:30 2013, in response to Re: (PICS)Gillig in NYC, posted by ctrabs74 on Sat Jun 8 00:45:05 2013. The frameless windows look different compared to the Avis Gillig below. Looks like a homemade job on an older bus, IMO. |
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Posted by T8H5307N on Sat Jun 8 10:31:30 2013, in response to Re: (PICS)Gillig in NYC, posted by ctrabs74 on Sat Jun 8 00:45:05 2013. But the rental car outfits usually buy buses with one center door, particularly on a shorter bus. In this service there is no need for two doors. They also don't buy destination signs (TRY TRANSIT). |
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Posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Sat Jun 8 12:57:11 2013, in response to (PICS)Gillig in NYC, posted by Dekatyou on Fri Jun 7 08:00:24 2013. The Avis bus:It looks like one of CDTA's "sardine cans" (3113-3115). I hope it is second hand and it came from CDTA, one less of them up here would be wonderful. The sardine cans are terrible once more than 10 passengers are aboard. |
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Posted by ctrabs74 on Sat Jun 8 16:53:50 2013, in response to Re: (PICS)Gillig in NYC, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sat Jun 8 07:34:24 2013. I was referring only to the last photo in the set. |
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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sat Jun 8 17:05:25 2013, in response to Re: (PICS)Gillig in NYC, posted by ctrabs74 on Sat Jun 8 16:53:50 2013. Yeah, certainly bought new. |
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Posted by RailBus63 on Sat Jun 8 18:07:04 2013, in response to Re: (PICS)Gillig in NYC, posted by T8H5307N on Sat Jun 8 10:31:30 2013. I've seen newer Gilligs in the Hertz and Avis fleets in other cities with the LED side signs, sometimes with readings such as 'DROP OFF ONLY'.Hertz was the launch customer for the Gillig low-floor bus and those initial 'H2000LF' buses had the center door only. The more recent Hertz Gilligs and most of the Avis 40-foot low floors have the transit-style front door also. I think National/Alamo may also have the Gillig low-floor with the center door only (Alamo earlier also had Gillig Phantoms without the front door). |
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Posted by Dekatyou on Sat Jun 8 19:22:11 2013, in response to Re: (PICS)Gillig in NYC, posted by T8H5307N on Sat Jun 8 10:31:30 2013. Not in NYC, but there are several rental car shuttle carries LED sign like "CARS AVAILABLE". This one also has "CARS AVAILABLE", but suddenly that was changed to "TRY TRANSIT". |
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Posted by Nabinut on Sat Jun 8 21:25:07 2013, in response to (PICS)Gillig in NYC, posted by Dekatyou on Fri Jun 7 08:00:24 2013. That Gillig Phantom looks like it's an Ex-Metro Transit unit from Minneapolis. |
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Posted by busdude on Sun Jun 9 03:01:10 2013, in response to Re: (PICS)Gillig in NYC, posted by Nabinut on Sat Jun 8 21:25:07 2013. During the MBS convention I was able to look at some of those gilligs, and they appeared to be ex Denver RTD units (at least the ones I looked at). |
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Posted by RailBus63 on Sun Jun 9 09:50:45 2013, in response to Re: (PICS)Gillig in NYC, posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Sat Jun 8 12:57:11 2013. The Avis bus is most likely a newer one. |
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Posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Tue Jun 11 09:36:19 2013, in response to Re: (PICS)Gillig in NYC, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sat Jun 8 17:05:25 2013. Yeah, certainly bought new.It's a 2013, per Carfax license plate lookup. |
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