Riding SEPTA Route 35

[@JT-ng7je]

I don't think you know the joy this brings me. The AN435s were a staple of my childhood and more so the 35.

[@wook1990]

You are the real MVP! I feel like the 90s are back watching these classics!

[@jasoncrable6025]

I missed them

[@jasoncrable6025]

Them DD92 8000 SERIES I AM SO DISAPPOINTED THIER GONE

[@daniel022209]

@@jasoncrable6025 i wish they could create a much cleaner engine of this type. But the Series 92 has been out of production since '91, sadly.

[@jasoncrable6025]

@@daniel022209 yeah I missed those 8000 series I loved them a lot

[@daniel022209]

@@jasoncrable6025 me too!

[@daniel022209]

I remember those 8000 series Neos had the chrome plated NEOPLAN emblem in the back of the bus.

[@jamesblyther1209]

Metro bus neoplan bus

[@darnell899]

​@@jamesblyther1209 WMATA had Neoplans too, and they were the 9500 models. And lemme tell you, when I was a little boy, I fell in love with those buses. I called 'em the Blue Red bus because of the seats on that particular bus, and the way those buses sounded when they rev up was like music to my ears.

[@christopheryanoski6899]

I'm not from Philly but up here in Hazleton they had 1983 AN435's and later on 3 second hand AN440's from CCTA. I noticed these have practically the same exact interior as the HTA units (outside of rear HVAC all forward seats being 2×2 and Duncan Faretronic VI fareboxes on the Hazleton units ). Brings back memories.

[@christophercrafter2609]

3:06. Great catch.

[@christophercrafter2609]

These sound EXACTLY like the 8600s and 8700s I rode on SEPTA'S Germantown depot routes when I was growing up. As a six year old boy back in 1987 I rode an 8600 on the 55 and little did I know that the landscape and equipment for the 55 would change a year later.

[@daniel022209]

It would have been interesting to actually see a 8000 series Neoplan on route 55. As SEPTA progressed into the early to mid 1990s, you commonly saw a 3000 series Neoplan on route 55 as well as route L.

[@darnell899]

I wish these Neoplans were still around, at least either being owned by private contractors or being sold at a public auction instead of being scrapped.

[@christophercrafter2609]

Wow Joe you're the man. Damn you're good.

[@daniel022209]

Is that the driver's name?

[@phillyzfynest7]

This. ❤❤❤

[@kylesheaff7779]

I wish there’s more septa Neoplan an440 bus ride and Neoplan an435 bus ride too

[@dez-ef5bo]

The SEPTA 1982 & 83 Ak-BD Neoplans sound different a different shift in the transmission

[@krtz23]

Yeah the 84-85s torque converter locks up kinda late in the second gear.

[@daniel022209]

​@@krtz23lol I liked it that way.

[@phillyzfynest7]

Joe, hear the transmission? SEPTA modified thy HT748 to where the 2nd gear lock up thats famous in Alison's transmissions is barely noticeable. I wonder why they did that.

[@trainman1971]

I know, right?

[@daniel022209]

Third gear is still in there somewhere lol.

[@daniel022209]

Wow this is awesome!! I knew you had another gem somewhere bro. Awesome!! This bus sounds like it has a three-speed Allison HT747.

[@krtz23]

Its four speed. Second gear locks up for an second then shift

[@danielsamuels5857]

And plus, the transmission on the 1984 and 1985 Neoplans, including the 35 Foot ones, was HT748. Not 747.

[@krtz23]

@@danielsamuels5857 that it was

[@daniel022209]

@@danielsamuels5857 no, 1984 Neoplan BMs (8601-8725) had the Allison HT747. The CDs (8726-8875) had the Allison HT748 transmission.

[@krtz23]

@@daniel022209 remember seeing electronic shifters on the 8601-8875, 1301-1325 Neoplans. Ht748 is what they had. I'm pretty sure 8285-8584 had the HT747. The only main difference is one is mechanical and the other is electronic.

[@malachimuhammad-dy2ow]

That must be the Manayunk Roxborough Loop.

[@trainman1971]

In it's original form (plus the Wissahickon TC addition), yep.

[@danielsamuels5857]

Next up, can you please do the El Dorado buses back when they were brand new?

[@trainman1971]

I never did a dedicated ElDorado video. Just caught them in passing in videos when fairly new from 2002 onward.

[@desmonddeshawncannonjr2011]

What town is this?

[@trainman1971]

Philadelphia, PA

[@truckspotting7473]

@@trainman1971 I have a question.

[@trainman1971]

@@truckspotting7473 What's up?

[@truckspotting7473]

@@trainman1971 I noticed an old trash truck from Philadelphia in the video and if you don't mind is it alright if I use that part of the video cause those trash trucks are gone now

[@trainman1971]

@@truckspotting7473 Sure thing, go ahead!