SOUND CLIP: New Jersey Transit Flxible Metro-B 40096

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

@nycgridlock NJ's own Flxible ADBs (even the Grumman 870s) all used 6V92TA engines.

[@BottomLin3Op]

Best buses njt ever had

[@JoeysAutismAdventures]

i use your youtube test drive videos as my white noise to help me sleep at night. also I am autistic. i like Valley Metro (Phoenix, AZ) Paratransit vehicles, and Airbus A321 aircraft as a hobby. i also like Yamaha stereo equipment.

[@bluer68]

NJ Transit now feels weird and empty without any Flxibles..........especially the Metro B

[@knightclassic1]

RTSes too, Both of them. I still Careless with their ugly ass NABIs, Its funny that those are retiring. Same thing I feel about here Chicago CTA without their Flxibles Metro B and Ds, TMCs and MAN Americana

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

@nycgridlock Thank you very much.

[@Spectacular66]

Well god damn!!

[@knightclassic1]

Sounded just like CTA 1991 Flxs that were on their last leg in Mid 2000s, How come these NJTs Flxs never came with Rear Route number signs?

[@jtizzle369]

true story! i was in NJ back in feb and was displeased :(

[@ER-qr3ff]

I miss them flxible metro b & d

[@NVHSChadSheppard1]

+Elijah Rankin Me too those were the best buses that NJ had.

NJT now feels like SHIT without these Metro Bs, Gummans, and now RTSes

[@MasterKhem]

I miss these buses \

[@tank282]

I remember these buses I remember always riding the 34 on Metro B and seeing these up and down Montclair streets before orange garage became all Nova (I miss them too) ahh memories. I'm not really to fond of the Nabis other than their look.

[@8v71buses]

Tank28 Agreed and so far the only NABIs that I like from NJT are the CAT powered ones unlike their boring soulless ISL9 powered sisters

[@tank282]

8v71buses You are right the 5600s are like rockets 5800s ride real smooth. 6117 from Community is solid.

[@8v71buses]

Tank28 I remember back in summer 2012 when I still lived in Atlanta I happened to see one of them headed northbound on the I-85 heading up north to Jersey. I was amazed at that too

[@tank282]

8v71buses Yeah it is amazing how times flys man. I will admitthe nabis lasted longer than alot of people expected

[@8v71buses]

Tank28 That's good to hear and one thing is for sure that they won't be going anywhere no time soon. I really hate that New Flyer bought out NABI and now they are no longer producing any buses smh

[@dejohn913]

Damn..Every Time I Hear These On Audio Or Watch Them On Video's. I Get The Shivers Just Thinking What If Transit Decide To Keep Them Around For A Few More Years The Way They Did The First MCI MC-9's & 9 B's Before They Retired Them In 2001

[@angelumanzor3083]

dejohn913 The last MC9Bs retired in ‘07.

[@dejohn913]

@@angelumanzor3083 Really? Probably Either Up North Or Camden Garages Because Egg Harbor Township Garage Had None.

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

@bluer68 Around 2015 TriMet is going to feel weird and empty once the Gillig BRT Low Floors come in to take over most of the 1992 Flxible Metro "C"s and 1994 Flxible Metro "D"s.

[@knightclassic1]

Last time I visited Miami couple years ago in 2021, it felt so weird without their Flxible Metros, I remember been there before that in 1999, their Flxibles were all over the place, I rode an 1987 Flxible Metro on Route S through South Beach.

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

@@knightclassic1 They did have variety... 7001-7129, 8001-8087 and 9001-9066 had the Cummins L10 and Voith D863. 9067-9073 had the Detroit Diesel 6V-92TA and Voith D863. 9074-9094 and 9206-9210 had the Cummins L10 and ZF ECOMAT 4HP-590. 9201-9205 had the Cummins L10G and Voith D863; the original CNG engines were replaced by diesel M11s around 1998. 9211-9215 had the Detroit Diesel 6V-92TA (methanol) and ZF ECOMAT 4HP-590. 9301-9358 had the Cummins C8.3 and Voith D863; most of these replaced the original C8.3s with their electronic equivalents, the ISC, when rehabbed. 9359-9373 and 9401-9425 had the Detroit Diesel Series 50 and Voith D863. 9426-9430 had the Cummins M11 and Voith D863.

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

The powertrain sounds as though it is falling apart. Affirmative?

[@MetroLinerXLZ]

I wants me a copy of this. This bus sounds absolutely beautiful!

[@bluer68]

NJ Transit feels weird and empty without and Flxibles..........especially the Metro B