TechSpotlight Posted August 12, 2021 Report Share Posted August 12, 2021 1 hour ago, NWOBus said: 8352 is at the Ford dealership in Dryden Ontario right now. Not sure where it is transferring too. 8352 was a Cochrane, AB based unit! Interesting, the Cochrane cutaway fleet mainly consisted of Ford Transit BlueBirds with a few G5s and I believe 1 or 2 minotours sprinkled in the mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JK-from-YYC Posted August 20, 2021 Report Share Posted August 20, 2021 Spotted a short-length C2 (6374?) in Harvest Hills yesterday. C2's just don't look right when they aren't full-length... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechSpotlight Posted August 20, 2021 Report Share Posted August 20, 2021 5 hours ago, JK-from-YYC said: Spotted a short-length C2 (6374?) in Harvest Hills yesterday. C2's just don't look right when they aren't full-length... I believe 6374 is a full size unit. I will agree, they look odd, however, they have a superior turning radius! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted August 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 On 8/20/2021 at 2:02 PM, TechSpotlight said: I believe 6374 is a full size unit. I will agree, they look odd, however, they have a superior turning radius! I see 6347 quite a bit, so I am thinking that is what he saw. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
School Bus 101 Posted September 4, 2021 Report Share Posted September 4, 2021 7003 has been retrofitted with two side-mounted video cameras on the driver side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechSpotlight Posted September 9, 2021 Report Share Posted September 9, 2021 851, 852 (COR 3800) and 3457 (BB 3800) are at the CFB yard right now. Looks like they did some recent body work to 852 as well! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechSpotlight Posted September 12, 2021 Report Share Posted September 12, 2021 A few oldies at Cochrane: 771, 4935 (Thomas FS-65) 2157, 2162, 3498 (BlueBird 3800) 853, 4954, 5026 (Corbeil 3800 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechSpotlight Posted September 22, 2021 Report Share Posted September 22, 2021 (edited) Thanks to another member of this board who has confirmed BlueBird Microbird T-Series #s 8350, 8352 and 8353 have been transferred to Century Transportation. I myself did see 8355 and 8365 (same model) in Springbank earlier. On 7/9/2021 at 8:22 PM, TechSpotlight said: 7979, 7981 and 7984 have showed up at various yards around the city. They are all Propane powered Visions. Doing some further research, these units were originally based in Halifax. I also do remember seeing 7983 at Highfield as well. Also, 8554 and 8555 have showed up from McCluskey Transportation in Ontario. They are Microbird G5s with the GMC front end. Edited September 22, 2021 by TechSpotlight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechSpotlight Posted November 3, 2021 Report Share Posted November 3, 2021 Over the past little while I have seen: 852 (COR 3800), 3457 (BB 3800), 2222, 2635, 3737 & 4713 (CEs) still running routes in the west end of the city. I also saw 3987 (CE), a recent transfer from the Edmonton fleet at Shaganappi & Stoney yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
School Bus 101 Posted November 16, 2021 Report Share Posted November 16, 2021 Spotted 202 (2005-2008 IC CE 72 passenger) and 4913 (2002 Thomas FS-65 48 passenger) running on routes in the far NW today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWOBus Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 Any new visions to Southland yet? Century and McCluskey have gotten some 2022 and 2023 propane Visions. Black around the warning lights, but not numbered yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechSpotlight Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 11 hours ago, NWOBus said: Any new visions to Southland yet? Century and McCluskey have gotten some 2022 and 2023 propane Visions. Black around the warning lights, but not numbered yet Cool! Nah, the latest additions to the fleet were the 7900 series Visions that were transferred over here last summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechSpotlight Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 Some interesting trivia: Southland 4950 (2004 Corbeil 3800, wheelchair lift), along with 967, a Thomas FS-65 (plus identical copies of both buses, original numbers unknown) were used as props in the newly released Ghostbusters Afterlife movie! Someone on an online forum saw all four buses in the town of Crossfield, Alberta just north of Airdrie in August 2019. Here are the photos of both. I think the Corbeil in the first image and the Thomas in the right image are the original 4950 and 967. https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/guess-what-movie-is-being-filmed.170897/ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Souluxy Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 Heres a Propane Blue Bird Vision 7252 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechSpotlight Posted August 2 Report Share Posted August 2 Short Corbeil #812 which was previously a Cochrane based unit has now been retired and scrapped. Similar units #810, 816, 829 are still active from the looks of it in Cochrane. Additionally, longer Corbeils like 853, 3360, 4954 and 4962 seem to still be active in Cochrane as well. Some more units worth mentioning that are in Cochrane: 6994-6996 (C2s), 884, 885, 909 & 914 (2005 IC CEs), 771, 774, 782, 4935 (FS-65s). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted August 3 Author Report Share Posted August 3 #8815 was seen parked at Deerfoot City shopping centre back on July 22, 2022. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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