School Bus 101 Posted February 14, 2020 Report Share Posted February 14, 2020 Spotted 8636, a Collins NexBus unit. Link to post Share on other sites
TechSpotlight Posted February 15, 2020 Report Share Posted February 15, 2020 2 hours ago, School Bus 101 said: Spotted 8636, a Collins NexBus unit. Those Ford Collins' go as high up as #8641. Link to post Share on other sites
TechSpotlight Posted February 17, 2020 Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 8645 and 8646 are Ford Transit vans for CT Access like those 7900s. Link to post Share on other sites
TechSpotlight Posted March 1, 2020 Report Share Posted March 1, 2020 Southland Prevost H3-41 #1529 and BB 3800 #3464 are now retired from service and are sitting in the CPS property near 11 Street and 64 Avenue NE. Name/livery has not been painted out on either unit, and both still have their licence plates. Link to post Share on other sites
School Bus 101 Posted March 6, 2020 Report Share Posted March 6, 2020 Spotted #180, a 2005-2008 IC CE 72 passenger with tinted windows and interchangeable destination signs. Link to post Share on other sites
TechSpotlight Posted March 7, 2020 Report Share Posted March 7, 2020 3 hours ago, School Bus 101 said: Spotted #180, a 2005-2008 IC CE 72 passenger with tinted windows and interchangeable destination signs. Ooh, more Ex-Sparksman units! Nice catch! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TechSpotlight Posted April 2, 2020 Report Share Posted April 2, 2020 (edited) Southland 2350, a 2006 IC CE300 is now retired and was spotted at Recon Metals in SE Calgary. Photo attached was captured by a friend of mine. Edited April 2, 2020 by TechSpotlight 1 Link to post Share on other sites
NWOBus Posted April 3, 2020 Report Share Posted April 3, 2020 Bus is originally from Ontario. Has a Leeds Transit decal to the left of the entrance door. Leeds is Ontario's IC dealer. Link to post Share on other sites
TechSpotlight Posted April 3, 2020 Report Share Posted April 3, 2020 39 minutes ago, NWOBus said: Bus is originally from Ontario. Has a Leeds Transit decal to the left of the entrance door. Leeds is Ontario's IC dealer. Actually, the bus is originally from Diversified Transportation in either AB or BC. Before Western Canada IC Bus was a thing, all of PWT's CEs originated from there, even the ones brand new to Southland in Diversified in the western part of the country. Many of our ICs still have Leeds Transit mudflaps and some still have the decals (although I'm not sure how many). Link to post Share on other sites
NWOBus Posted April 3, 2020 Report Share Posted April 3, 2020 Interesting. I had seen a few different pictures of either Southland or Diversified buses that had the Leeds decals and wondered how they originated. Very cool. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
id219 Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 Nobody has seemed to upload anything about 6912, so I thought I'd share a picture of it. It's a 2016 Blue Bird Vision with the 6.8 propane V10 Link to post Share on other sites
TechSpotlight Posted May 8, 2020 Report Share Posted May 8, 2020 (edited) I myself have been on several of those 6900 series, built in 2016 which are 2017 model year. Nice buses! Edited May 22, 2020 by TechSpotlight removed unnessesary stuff 1 Link to post Share on other sites
M. Parsons Posted May 20, 2020 Report Share Posted May 20, 2020 Southland 366 in 2003. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
TechSpotlight Posted June 10, 2020 Report Share Posted June 10, 2020 Southland #205 (2nd) at Sarcee Trail and Bow Trail in the SW. Photo captured November 18, 2019. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TechSpotlight Posted July 5, 2020 Report Share Posted July 5, 2020 Former Southland (CT Access contract) 3573 awaiting disposal at the Recon Metals scrapyard in SE Calgary. 7/04/2020 Link to post Share on other sites
TechSpotlight Posted July 19, 2020 Report Share Posted July 19, 2020 Southland has yet again taken delivery of several 2021 model BlueBird Visions powered by propane, many of which are sitting at the Highfield yard. Several had numbers, but several did not. Here were the ones I was able to see: 8681, 8682 8805, 8805, 8806, 8807 Link to post Share on other sites
TechSpotlight Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 8681-8691 as well as 8804-8813 are 2021 BlueBird propane powered Visions. Former Prairie Bus Lines units 2584, 4019 and 4020 are now in one of their yards. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
School Bus 101 Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 1 hour ago, TechSpotlight said: 8681-8691 as well as 8804-8813 are 2021 BlueBird propane powered Visions. Former Prairie Bus Lines units 2584, 4019 and 4020 are now in one of their yards. Great find! Wonder if they will repaint 2584 into school bus yellow. Link to post Share on other sites
Thomasw Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 1 hour ago, School Bus 101 said: Great find! Wonder if they will repaint 2584 into school bus yellow. I don’t know Southlands very well but I don’t imagine they would bother painting it. The bus doesn’t have red and orange lights meaning that even if it were to be painted it would not be made legal to be used as a school bus. Link to post Share on other sites
TechSpotlight Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Thomasw said: I don’t know Southlands very well but I don’t imagine they would bother painting it. The bus doesn’t have red and orange lights meaning that even if it were to be painted it would not be made legal to be used as a school bus. 2 hours ago, School Bus 101 said: Great find! Wonder if they will repaint 2584 into school bus yellow. Heres the thing, in the City of Calgary there is a bylaw restricting use of red flashing lights and stop signs in certain areas. In the past, I've seen many types of buses without said equipment operating school runs in the city (or buses with equipment such as stop signs, in different places than they would normally be located on a Canadian spec'd bus.) See the first page of the document at the following link: HERE. A good example of this is the Strathcona Tweedsmuir school buses that First ran years ago. Most were painted white, and without the stop signs and warning lights. With Southland receiving the ST contract this year, it's likely that these units will remain white, and my guess is they are to be used on the Strathcona Tweedsmuir routes with the other two as well as the several similar units that Southland is operating in the fleet. We will have to wait and see what happens with these units. Link to post Share on other sites
School Bus 101 Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 45 minutes ago, TechSpotlight said: A good example of this is the Strathcona Tweedsmuir school buses that First ran years ago. Most were painted white, and without the stop signs and warning lights. With Southland receiving the ST contract this year, it's likely that these units will remain white, and my guess is they are to be used on the Strathcona Tweedsmuir routes with the other two as well as the several similar units that Southland is operating in the fleet. We will have to wait and see what happens with these units. I was not aware that Southland picked up the Strathcona Tweedsmuir routes this year. Knowing that now, I wouldn't be surprised if 2584 simply stays in its current colors, given the past use of white and black units for those routes by First. Link to post Share on other sites
Blake M Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 4 hours ago, TechSpotlight said: Heres the thing, in the City of Calgary there is a bylaw restricting use of red flashing lights and stop signs in certain areas. In the past, I've seen many types of buses without said equipment operating school runs in the city (or buses with equipment such as stop signs, in different places than they would normally be located on a Canadian spec'd bus.) See the first page of the document at the following link: HERE. A good example of this is the Strathcona Tweedsmuir school buses that First ran years ago. Most were painted white, and without the stop signs and warning lights. With Southland receiving the ST contract this year, it's likely that these units will remain white, and my guess is they are to be used on the Strathcona Tweedsmuir routes with the other two as well as the several similar units that Southland is operating in the fleet. We will have to wait and see what happens with these units. Don't know about that, on their pre-trip checklist its something that needs to be marked down and checked every morning, stop sign and warning light usage that is. I'm not sure its even legal to have them run as a school bus without the lights and stop sign, even if the City prohibits their use Link to post Share on other sites
TechSpotlight Posted August 30, 2020 Report Share Posted August 30, 2020 5 hours ago, Blake M said: Don't know about that, on their pre-trip checklist its something that needs to be marked down and checked every morning, stop sign and warning light usage that is. I'm not sure its even legal to have them run as a school bus without the lights and stop sign, even if the City prohibits their use I have seen some cases of those 3800 series ICs (which have the warning lights covered/disabled and stop signs removed) on school runs in the past. I don't think it's illegal, rather they try not to do it if a bus with said equipment is avaliable. Of course, if the bus does stops in the rural areas then the bus would have to have the warning lights and stop signs. Link to post Share on other sites
TechSpotlight Posted September 11, 2020 Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 772 is still around! Saw it heading northbound at Crowchild and 54 Avenue in the SW around 5:00pm. Link to post Share on other sites
School Bus 101 Posted September 11, 2020 Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 1 hour ago, TechSpotlight said: 772 is still around! Saw it heading northbound at Crowchild and 54 Avenue in the SW around 5:00pm. Great to hear it's still active! That one, being a 2003 year, might very well be the oldest unit still active in their fleet... Link to post Share on other sites
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