Ex-Brisbane Transport

Former Brisbane Transport Fleet No. 958
Operator: Private
Chassis: MAN SL200
Body: Denning "Series 2"
Entered service: 1985
Engine: MAN D2566UH, 147 kW at 2200 RPM
Gearbox: Voith 4sp automatic
Status: Preserved
Filmed on 30/08/2020.

[@Noup309729]

Great! I'm more of a ZF - freak but these older Voith gearboxes were great 🤗.

[@pauljordan4452]

The sound I associate with riding buses when I was in primary school. Kind of nostalgic.

[@15sixmedia]

So many memories. My old school bus as a kid was an SG192. Sounded just like this. I always had notions of one day buying that exact bus and restoring it, but much to my dismay, it was picked apart for parts and left to rot in 2006.

[@damianmilne8191]

Yes somebody did that to me a few years ago with a B10ML. Once they’re gone, they’re gone!

[@damianmilne8191]

Very nice bus, one of the last SL200’s, nice 4-speed Voith

[@friki_edu]

Wow!

[@MDCrabTank]

the axle sounds bit like skoda trolleybus 14 and 15tr

[@michal162]

the axle used by this vehicle (i.e. by MAN SG/NG xx2/xx3 series) is very similar to the one (Rába 118.06) used by Škoda trolleybuses

[@MDCrabTank]

@@michal162 That's what I was wondering exactly, but they don't use Rába axles?

[@michal162]

@@MDCrabTank MAN and Mercedes never used Rába axles, bit to be honest i don't know exactly which axles (producer) are used here

[@Meeandah]

They're reduction hubs (sun gear on the end of the axle drives a set of planetary gears in the hub), similar examples are also widely used in trolley buses.

[@jamesfrench7299]

The axles and engines as well as other components were a joint development between Mercedes and MAN, hence why they look physically the same.

[@jamesfrench7299]

Ahh I know why it takes off like a rocket compared to a Sydney D2566UH powered SL202 Voirh 3 speed. This has a higher acceleration diff resulting in a better spread of gears.

[@damianmilne8191]

Correct, still does 90km/h governed speed though.

[@jamesfrench7299]

@@damianmilne8191 not bad considering it's low first gear benefit. STA's VOITH MANs fleet nos 3253 -3281 topped out at a tad over 80km/h. First felt a bit slow but gave a smooth controlled take off. I liked it. It wasn't that bad. 3271 received an Allison four speed and that totally transformed the bus into a rocket and slightly increased its top speed by a few Km/h.

[@pastel8514]

@@damianmilne8191 Voith with MAN Axles are muah perfect

[@elizavlutzkitransitvideos2295]

water is being spilled from the AC in the bus, this is very bad.

[@WorldwideTransitVideos]

This bus is undergoing restoration, so given its age, there are inevitably some issues that will be fixed in the process

[@TheKnobCalledTone.]

A bit of water never killed anybody lol