Westchester County(Bee-Line Bus) & MTA Bus Company | 1995-96 OBI Orion 05.501 Review

This is officially my remake of this review from June 2019, when it was Clayson(New York Bus Guy's) 17th birthday. Today he's 18.
These Orions that lived in Westchester County for 15 years through 2009, were conveniently sent here in NYC running with MTABC. Laguardia, JFK, and Eastchester Depot ran these mainly through Queens, Brooklyn(because of the Q35), Manhattan, and the Bronx(with routes BX50 & Q23). I was lucky seeing within 3 of these buses in Brooklyn, in front of Kings Plaza. These Orion Vs shows themselves as the best Orion Vs out there. Black trimming, alcoa rims, colorful seating interior, and more showing what an Orion V should be like today. I wish they would've done that for NYCT's Orion Vs since 1993. At least they were given black rear panels in their delivery times. And through 2015, some of these got repainted to show their gratitude of longer service in NY with us. By 2016, the BL Orion V era has ended along with the whole citywide Orion Vs from various generation had ended that year with the 1999 Orion Vs of NYCT.
Credits:
Here is Brian, a 17 year old transit enthusiast who is being dedicated this review as his birthday present. And he had his last birthday review last year too. Happy birthday Brian !
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Songs:
1. Kirsty Hawkshaw - Reasons To Forgive (T-Mass Remix) [Intro]
2. Tetrix Bass Feat. Veela - The Light [NCS Release] [Outro]
3. Movado - Fresh Cash(Outro)
4. No Doubt - Don't Speak(Background Story)

[@Sonic57053]

Amazing Review! When I First saw these on the Q110 in 2011-2012 when i was living between jamaica and hillside, looking at the alcoa rims and black trimming on one of the units that was running on the Q110, i was like "hm an interesting design" i thought they were from the private bus lines of NYC, but i found out that they were from Beeline! These were my most favorite buses of all time and i'm glad i rode on one of em from baisley park depot! And thank you for this amazing gift!

[@AutomotiveTaurus]

Your welcome. Happy birthday. I felt the same way when I saw these for the first time in 2014.

[@Sonic57053]

@@AutomotiveTaurus amazing

[@fanner-pg3ex]

@@AutomotiveTaurus I saw and rode one on the Q6 in 2019 even tho they retired but transferred to jfk for a day

[@liloof2199]

Damn I remember I used to ride those buses in mid-late 2000s since I was very little

[@maxwish9471]

I thought these ran Far Rockaway Routes and the 1997 (ex-WMATA) Orion Vs ran the JFK Routes.

[@drizzydteshow5325]

I missed the old school Orion V busses 😫😭😔

[@luiszeferino1999]

Good Review Cedric, I Love These Orion V’s But It’s Such A Shame That I Never Got A Chance To Ride Them

[@AutomotiveTaurus]

Me neither.

[@luiszeferino1999]

Vulnerable Toyota Damn At Least You Got To See Them In Person, I Haven’t

[@christianluyando883]

@@AutomotiveTaurus this is so stupid seriously I mean first the RTS now the Orion five why can’t they be all generation Orion sevens or these terrible XD40 buses, what they should’ve done that’s better than Laguardia depot is send them to depots like Queens Village, Yukon, or Castleton depot. Because they did so tremendous taking care of their maintenance than LaGuardia depot.

[@maxwish9471]

I may have gotten to ride one of these. Were these the exact predecessors of LaGuardia’s 2015 XD40s?

[@AutomotiveTaurus]

The 2015 XD40s were replacing the RTS from Laguardia

[@flushometer19_8]

I Ain’t Gonna Lie The 2009 NABI 40 LFW Hybrids Are Still There As Of Right Now The Bee Line Didn’t Set Up The NABI Retirement Yet These Buses Range From 205 To 299 Now 205 Was The First NABI Ever Delivered To Westchester County As Of Right Now Bee Line Has Retired Their Orion 5 And The Four Orion 7 Hybrids From 201-204 With XDE40 From 398-503 One Of The Best Things I’m Not Going To Forget Is The Orion 7 Hybrid Running In A Sunday Schedule On The 25 In My Opinion On The NABI They Are Still Going Strong Enough And Bee Line Keeps Them Well Maintained Keep In Mind That The NABI Hybrids Also Have A Cummins ISB Engine With Allison H40 EP And The XDE40 Features A Cummins B6.7 With BAE HDS200 I Have A Picture Of 206 On White Plains With Only One Thing To Keep In Mind 205-225 Are Weekday Units I’ve Seen And On Weekends They Might Send A Nabi Somewhere But Yea That’s All

[@flushometer19_8]

Difference On The Engines

[@drizzydteshow5325]

Sounds like Oscar Perez Millet

[@AutomotiveTaurus]

Who ?

[@zakthefannerbusfanninggami9043]

when is Bee Line gonna retire Them?

[@miklub815]

Neve

[@AutomotiveTaurus]

They have been retired since 2016

[@kenjiharima23nep91]

​@@AutomotiveTaurus really, I've seen one of them still in service.

[@AutomotiveTaurus]

Those are actually 2008 models right now