DC Area Transit Flashback

A look through WMATA's history

[@synthuser]

Great video! 1980, taking the 11A through Alexandria, and driver "Cigar Man". I was 10 at the time, took the bus home everyday, and he was the best driver ever.

[@RobbieC58]

Shame that there were NO DC TRANSIT bus pix in this nicely done video montage. I miss the green, cream, orange colored new & old look GMC buses.

[@NewFlyer97BCT]

the photos between 1:26 and 1:49 are my shots, im honored that you featured them

[@landoverdivision321]

Them 30ft Fishbowls STILL surprise me. I forgot to favorite this video.

[@Mr_Prospector_]

I like that articulated bus at 0:44.

[@simplycarlton5582]

I lived In DMV Area As A Pre Teen and Teenager In The Early 1990's I Remember Most of The Buses Featured Here, The Fairfax Connector Was .25 cents Back Then

[@NewFlyer97BCT]

oh and between 2:45 and 3:04, my shots too. the other shots are cool too, that one of 9343 in the 25th silver scheme is pretty sweet

[@WMATAvids]

@Bastranz Nooo lol its long gone. It was repainted back in the original scheme.

[@WMATAvids]

@NewFlyer97BCT Yup no prob. I didnt have any pics of those buses and i found them.

[@Mr_Prospector_]

The Fishbowls are a unique classic. I wonder if some of them went under restoration.

[@dannyhogg6857]

GOOGLE...COOL DISCO DAN

[@jasoncheng451]

In the past years, customers used to pay $0.35 when getting a paper transfer ticket.

[@turbinefiftytwo]

great!!!! I really enjoyed it. I lived in D.C. from '61 to 66'. Have never gone back.

[@zacharythomason7359]

That's a great thing.

[@landoverdivision321]

A heaping pile of awesomeness!! 5 stars!

[@dnd23]

bet, cuz dem old dc rts's r hard as hell 2 find

[@jasoncheng451]

Historic transit vehicles 😊

[@Loco-motix]

I sure miss the old pre-Metrobus DC Transit "Arcticooler GMs" and WMA Transit Company days!!!! The fishbowls that WMATA inherited from them were the best buses they ever had.

[@WMATAvids]

sorry son only pics i got got em from some body elses tho ill try to see if he has anymore as for the vids the same

[@darinwilkerson7436]

Wmata Washington DC need to make a version of these vintage metrobuses

[@Optimus313]

I miss the old Flixible fishbowls,new looks aka grumman and of course the Metro B's,D's and E's but I have to say the pics between 1:05 to 1:15 hurt lol.Then there is the thing that I miss the old Color Scheme from the 80's and 90's

[@Optimus313]

Oh and you wanna know something funny I still have a couple of old paper transfers lol I'm keep them lol

[@CreightonRabs]

You certainly have a set for boldly going where few have dared to go - Prince Georges County's "DUH BUS" system. At least it's proof that you know you have a joke of a system when your best looking buses are Gilligs...

[@dnd23]

the best trains WMATA eva purchased were the "original BREDA's"... series 2000 and 3000 were re-manned by ALSTOM and soon e-nuff there will be no more BREDA's cuz the 4000 series are due for rehabilitation in a little more than a year or so. i thought i was crazy, but there is actually somebody else out there that does this same shyt... WTF???

[@dnd23]

oh yeah... try n send me whateva pics or vids u have on the RTS's (slopebacks) in original WMATA paint scheme...

[@WMATAvids]

dont mind him he just playing me nd him frends and at 1:15 they were at a scrap yad :(

[@WMATAvids]

ight i got some pics of em to

[@Optimus313]

Nice vid I remember me and my mom used to ride on the early Metrobuses

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

Is it true that the WMATA 9000s (the 1979 GMC RTS-II) had been repowered from their original 6V71N engines to 6V92TA engines around 1986 or so?

[@BUSMAN6000]

what the beat fom

[@Bastranz27]

Is that Silver Metro B still around?

[@smooooth_]

i have never seen the one at 0:23, but it is good looking

[@LennoxAlexanderFrancisJr]

I wish WMTA would rebuild these Fishbowls and Flexxies.

[@smooooth_]

i have never seen the one at 0:23

[@WMATAvids]

Rich Boy-Throw some D's on that

[@keonta81]

i know septa still uses paper transfers

[@damienchance2622]

Yep..I miss those paper transfers

[@WMATAvids]

I have no idea LMAO

[@bubblejomay]

Yeah we used to call them space buses. The bought them in the middle '80's they had no power at all. They could not get out of their own way. Put one on Georgia Road and you got of late everyday, some time a half hour late, could not stand to operate one of those.

[@WMATAvids]

theyre retired

[@Optimus313]

Love the video I remember riding on the eariler buses the old fishbowls when I was small like Early 90's but the pics between 1:03 and 1:13 (Sobbing)

[@WMATAvids]

LOL

[@RobbieC58]

Shame that there were NO DC TRANSIT bus pix in this nicely done video montage. I miss the green, cream, orange colored new & old look GMC buses