Vintage Bus Exclusive! : 1956 GMC Model TDH-5106 "Old Look" 3100 On The M42 @ 42nd St & 5th Ave

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Every year on the holiday season, the MTA rolls out several vintage/old school buses out on several routes, this year, they are running on the M34, M42, B1, B45, S61, Q46, Q13, Bx7 & Bx30. In this video, 3100 rolls onto the M42.
These buses will be shuffled among depots every week to be running on different routes. They all have 2 runs during the late AM and early/mid PM.
Buses running this year are
1956 GMC Model TDH-5106 "Old Look" 3100
1956 Mack C-49-DT 6259
1958 GMC Model TDH-5106 "Old Look" 9098
1961 GMC Model TDH-5301 "New Look" 1059
1962 GMC Model TDH-5301 "New Look" 2151
1963 GMC Model TDH-5303 "New Look" 5117
1970 Flxible Model 111CC-D5-1 "New Look" 4727
1971 GMC Model T6H-5305A "New Look" 5227

[@haroldalexis4200]

Wow listen to that Bus! That engine oh wow I love those old Buses! I rode them on the Transit Museum "Rolling Down Ralph's Route" based on The Honeymooners tv show Ralph Kramden & The GOTHAM BUS COMPANY. This Bus was in reality was The FIFTH AVENUE COACH COMPANY

[@WARD5KUSTOMZ]

gotta love that 2 cycle scream

[@Shenandoah58]

I just love the sound of this model's engines.......

[@SteveCarras]

What ARE those two big things in the back on top of the bus...nice to see this, closests that I'll ever get to being on them or in NY.

[@gsm19911]

Its got a jet engine on the back!

[@eswillie]

those two big things are fans for a novel a/c system on this bus, which was a demonstrator (hence the freaky paint scheme). i remember getting up early one sunday morning to ride this (i was 10 or 11 years old) and i knew it was running on the line that ran out to queens (a "boro" of nyc). i was excited by the novelty, but i gotta say, i loved the other regular busses where you could open the windows and smell the vibrancy of the city. the design was never bought for any nyc system.

[@STMclassic]

o wow that engine is amazing its too bad they dont make them that way any more!

[@AEMoreira81]

The ironic thing is that the Empire Gold plate would look better on all of the vintage buses today (instead of the Empire White).

[@AEMoreira81]

@nunyaland December 30 - December 31 is a Saturday schedule.

[@Nexis4Jersey]

I think that guy hauling his bag in the beginning almost got vintaged....

[@SatchmoSings]

@retroolschool When GM was building these good buses they were also building good cars, too. We now should get our buses from Japan.

[@Caitsith810]

@WoodpeckerRamsey - That was noted in my description :P

[@Andersondesouza07]

muito legal. bonito

[@darinwilkerson7436]

washington d.c. metro wmata needs to bring back all dc transit buses wma, ab&w wvm buses and am general buses and gmc rts buses and put the new smartrip box on all of them and updates all the routes for dc md and va.

[@juanitocarlitos77]

671 detroit

[@nunyaland]

@csouth28 i saw it this morning i think it is till dec 31 or jan 9

[@csouth28]

How long are they gonna be out there in service?

[@gaydanzig]

was ralph kramden driving?

[@retroolschool]

If the STM here in Montreal would do this with the five or so vintage models we have, then I would regain some respect for them. But until or if that happens, this can still kiss my white ass for those 29-000 series and up buses they got from stupid Novabus. Hey GM, how about building buses again, you were the best of the best hand s down.