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Posted by caine515 on Sat Apr 25 13:14:57 2015 Im been thinking nostalgically about the Gillig Phantom buses that MSBA(then LIBUS,now NICE) had in service. I'm guessing they were retired around the time the Orion V CNG buses came into service. But im wondering why the ones in Suffolk Transit still stayed in service when MSBA didn't keep them as a reserve fleet?? |
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Posted by Mac5689 on Sat Apr 25 13:27:17 2015, in response to Gillig Phantoms removed from MSBA, posted by caine515 on Sat Apr 25 13:14:57 2015. Are you talking about Suffolk Transit's 1987 Gillig Phantoms or all their Phantoms in general? |
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Posted by caine515 on Sat Apr 25 15:30:43 2015, in response to Re: Gillig Phantoms removed from MSBA, posted by Mac5689 on Sat Apr 25 13:27:17 2015. All phantoms |
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Posted by Mac5689 on Sat Apr 25 21:05:55 2015, in response to Re: Gillig Phantoms removed from MSBA, posted by caine515 on Sat Apr 25 15:30:43 2015. Suffolk seems to replace buses their bus at the 12 year mark or at 500,000 miles or when they have the money to do so. The latter most likely the reason why the last orders of Phantoms before the 2005's lasted 14. Though I could be wrong. |
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Posted by busway flyer on Sun Apr 26 07:10:49 2015, in response to Gillig Phantoms removed from MSBA, posted by caine515 on Sat Apr 25 13:14:57 2015. Photography CREDITS to owner(s)1988 500-561 were 35102TB6V92T aka 35 FT M-DC TRANSITFAN |
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Posted by busdude2 on Sun Apr 26 09:30:00 2015, in response to Re: Gillig Phantoms removed from MSBA, posted by busway flyer on Sun Apr 26 07:10:49 2015. Only the low numbers 500,515 were 35ft. 520 and higher look to be 40ft. |
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Posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Sun Apr 26 19:59:13 2015, in response to Re: Gillig Phantoms removed from MSBA, posted by busdude2 on Sun Apr 26 09:30:00 2015. Only the low numbers 500,515 were 35ft. 520 and higher look to be 40ft.500-519 were 35 ft and 520-561 were 40 ft. |
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Posted by caine515 on Sun Apr 26 20:21:56 2015, in response to Re: Gillig Phantoms removed from MSBA, posted by busway flyer on Sun Apr 26 07:10:49 2015. Did some of them get digital signs? |
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Posted by SubwayDiner on Mon Apr 27 01:09:11 2015, in response to Re: Gillig Phantoms removed from MSBA, posted by caine515 on Sun Apr 26 20:21:56 2015. Not sure about the 35 footers, but I remember by 1996ish that at least some of the 40 footers had digital signs. |
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Posted by busway flyer on Mon Apr 27 06:02:21 2015, in response to Re: Gillig Phantoms removed from MSBA, posted by RIPTA42HopeTunnel on Sun Apr 26 19:59:13 2015. I knew there was difference.M-DC Transitfan. |
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Posted by caine515 on Mon Apr 27 12:25:35 2015, in response to Re: Gillig Phantoms removed from MSBA, posted by busway flyer on Sun Apr 26 07:10:49 2015. These were my favorite buses and they lasted longet than the grummans. I always rode the N31/N32 and they never got assigned to these lines? Were the Gilligs assigned specific routes or they could be found anywhere they were needed? |
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Posted by northshore on Mon Apr 27 12:27:40 2015, in response to Re: Gillig Phantoms removed from MSBA, posted by caine515 on Mon Apr 27 12:25:35 2015. 35 footers to the lighter routes, 40 footers to the heavier routes |
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Posted by Far Rockaway A Train on Wed Apr 29 02:12:27 2015, in response to Re: Gillig Phantoms removed from MSBA, posted by caine515 on Mon Apr 27 12:25:35 2015. Not true. When they first came out they were on the N31/32 albeit a short time. Around the time the Orion Vs arrived they disappeared. After that I never saw them again on those lines. |
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Posted by Bklyn2NJ on Fri May 1 16:19:36 2015, in response to Re: Gillig Phantoms removed from MSBA, posted by busway flyer on Sun Apr 26 07:10:49 2015. I remember riding these, with MegaMax signs on the N91 (JFK Flyer) in 2000. Thanks for the pics, and the memories. |
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Posted by Joe on Sat May 2 06:25:07 2015, in response to Re: Gillig Phantoms removed from MSBA, posted by Bklyn2NJ on Fri May 1 16:19:36 2015. On the N73, most streets were well-paved when the Gilligs ran between Hicksville and Wantagh. However, as I rode them, the wheels, chassis, and hard plastic seats transmitted bumps and shocks from the pavement to my back. They rode rough. They looked nice, but were very uncomfortable.--- I recall when they arrived, driven, I believe, from Hayward, California. Maybe they caught earthquakes there. |
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Posted by libusman on Sat May 2 09:52:48 2015, in response to Re: Gillig Phantoms removed from MSBA, posted by Joe on Sat May 2 06:25:07 2015. They had different suspensions in the rear. I think it was called Leland suspension. The U-bolts were always breaking. Also 549 in the pics must have been after we rehabbed them because it says MTA on the front. Great pics! Thanks for the memories |
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