Toronto City Buses - Part Two - 1981 to 1991

[@clarkygarage4364]

This is wonderful walk down memory lane

[@crescentartdesigns]

I bet in 1996 the D40-90 fleets moved to Malvern Division for the 91 Orion V to move to Eglinton Division.

[@youbetcha6880]

God, the old Eglinton bus station at Yonge and Eglinton is so old school. Yes, that terminal closed like 15 years ago, but still. You know what I'm talking about.

[@chhomer2001]

It's amazing, I remember those air conditioned Flyers very well. 8484, 8485 & 8486 often ran on my route, I knew the moment I saw one of those numbers (or saw the AC unit on the back) it would be a nice ride with those comfy plush seats. I always wondered why the TTC bought them with those fancy leather seats. It's great to finally have this little mystery solved. Thank you!

[@andregonsalvez9244]

Cool Thx for the memories I remember these on my way to school riding these new looks and classic busses.

[@tosil]

I rode one of those AC tour Flyers…. Wow I had totally forgotten. Thanks for that

[@crescenttransit54studios]

D40-90 moved to Malvern Division in the 1990's

[@angelsepulveda8393]

This is tremendous! Can’t wait for part 3.

[@CoastalAutoReactionCAR]

Pretty cool neat history lesson plus watching all the cars in the background is sweet! I mean when was the last time you saw footage of a brand new AMC eagle wagon Limited!

[@brianfalzon6739]

Wow, thanks for posting this, that’s epic!

[@daviddandie6920]

Fun fact: The rear axle on the Orion III's also pivoted to help the rear end better navigate turns, no different than the YRT/VIVA Van Hool AG300

[@knightclassic1]

Those are better than NABI 436s

[@TorontoGTAfanner]

This is really cool I wonder if there’s a part 3

[@thewheatgreatness]

Maybe

[@Tchristman100]

This is just an undated version of the 1977 Flyer D800 or AMGeneral 10240B-I know since I had one

[@crescentartdesigns]

Didn't the D40-90 move to Malvern in the 90's

[@TheTransitMan123]

RIP Ray Neilson...thank you for everything transit! Is the website still active? I placed an order a while ago and never got the DVD.

[@Novaflyer7000]

Talk to Joseph Chemerys. He is a well known friend to Ray.

[@TheTransitMan123]

@@Novaflyer7000...thanks! How do I get a hold of Joseph?

[@Novaflyer7000]

@@TheTransitMan123 DM him on Facebook.

[@ericlee303]

Awesome video, great work. Some of the video must of been after 1991 because at 17 minutes there is a red (brand new) Toyota Corolla AE102 chassis that didn't come out in North America until around 1993-1994.

[@jumbothompson]

And there's an advertisement for The Cowboy Way which came out in 1994. Good call.

[@STO_1601]

Missing info about the Orion-Ikarus: OC Transpo was the only other company that purchased this model and they also purchased 25 TTC units in 1997-1998 and ran until 2002-2003.

[@Novaflyer7000]

What also replaced them were the 135 40 foot Orion V lifts built in 1996, originally as NovaBUS Classics.

[@thewheatgreatness]

The TTC had Orion III's in service until 2003.

[@keironforbes9512]

@@thewheatgreatness This is when the Orion VII buses came out!

[@thewheatgreatness]

@@keironforbes9512 The first Orion VII batch came out in 2002-2003.

[@rinrichards7050]

Part 3 Please

[@andrewhocking1951]

can i see the part three of the Toronto city buses?

[@MarcusCollins69]

When did buses start having automatic announcements?

[@thewheatgreatness]

Around 2006 as far as my research.

[@MarcusCollins69]

@@thewheatgreatness thanks

[@Novaflyer7000]

@@thewheatgreatness 2007*

[@thewheatgreatness]

@@Novaflyer7000 I just did further research on that and it was 2007.

[@thewheatgreatness]

It was 2007 actually. Sorry about that

[@jayvonnoelsmith8445]

This is really cool I wonder if there's a part 3