BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted March 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2010 A quick clip of a Crown School bus in Vancouver with a 6V92TA engine: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchell Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 As requested by another member, here is a photo of a 1980's Dodge Girardin that I found recently in Calgary. There used to be a bunch of these style Girardins in Toronto. The first bus my mom drove for stock in 1993 was #161, a GMC girardin with that style body. These buses are actually designed by collins and were built in cambridge by Girardin in the 1980's- early 1990's before the MB-II. I remember when I was young I used to see many of these buses on GMC, Dodge, and Ford Chassis. Most of them came with the standard van passenger door, but some had a full length 2 piece entrance door, Stock Etobicoke division kept one of their old ones as a service Truck until 2005, it was a ford #502. I would be interested in seeing some more photos of this type of Girardin if any of you have more photos. Here is a link to a 1980's sales brochure which clearly shows that this model was sold in the U.S as a Collins Bantam, and in Canada also. http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/24551...101686825WgbHcC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T6H-5307N Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Heh, ya those old things were awesome. I distinctly remember having to bend over double to get through the door, then banging my head on that flat roof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchell Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 I don't remember those You should, since you took a photo of one from Golden arrow. Since I cannot copy the link from the website due to copyright restrictions...here are the steps lol 1) www.buses.zwebpages.com 2)Click "bus photos" on the top bar 3)Scroll down a bit and click on the blue-bird button (I know this isn't a blue-bird bus) 4)Scroll down bit and click on "feature photographers" A.Wong 5)Scroll down nearly to the bottom of the page and look under unknown/assorted buses, The link is titled "Golden Arrow Salvage Yard" 6)In the second last photo you can clearly see a 1980's Girardin Dodge with the standard door, and golden arrow logo on the side I Love those boxy old girardins! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T6H-5307N Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 6)In the second last photo you can clearly see a 1980's Girardin Dodge with the standard door, and golden arrow logo on the side The one in that shot of the Golden Arrow yard was probably the same one I rode on occasion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchell Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 The one in that shot of the Golden Arrow yard was probably the same one I rode on occasion Quite possible! I wonder if it is still sitting in that salvage yard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T6H-5307N Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 Quite possible! I wonder if it is still sitting in that salvage yard? Nope, I went by there a few weeks ago Right now the retired minibuses are parked further over, so it is hard to see what exactly is there. Last June, a number of us had a chance to walk though those yards (myself not included ). There were mostly 1992-1996 Bluebird/Girardin MBIIs, along with a 1986-1993 Corbiel on Dodge Ram Van gasoline chassis (fleet 66, I'm pretty sure I've ridden on that one), and a 1986-1991 Bluebird Microbird propane (fleet 89, I know I've ridden on that one! ). You should check out the various rosters on the wiki : http://www.cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php?title=S...l_Bus_Operators Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchell Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 Nope, I went by there a few weeks ago Right now the retired minibuses are parked further over, so it is hard to see what exactly is there. Last June, a number of us had a chance to walk though those yards (myself not included ). There were mostly 1992-1996 Bluebird/Girardin MBIIs, along with a 1986-1993 Corbiel on Dodge Ram Van gasoline chassis (fleet 66, I'm pretty sure I've ridden on that one), and a 1986-1991 Bluebird Microbird propane (fleet 89, I know I've ridden on that one! ). You should check out the various rosters on the wiki : http://www.cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php?title=S...l_Bus_Operators I did! Which brings me to my next question, when I visited Calgary in 1998, I distinctly remember visiting Ferguson Bus Lines. They had a huge lot, and also a huge salvage yard full of old buses. They had lots of older buses, I even remember seeing a Superior or 2, Blue-bird all Canadian FE, as well as a couple of older Wayne Busettes (before the chaperone). Do any of you now of this company or have any photos of their buses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted April 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 I did! Which brings me to my next question, when I visited Calgary in 1998, I distinctly remember visiting Ferguson Bus Lines. They had a huge lot, and also a huge salvage yard full of old buses. They had lots of older buses, I even remember seeing a Superior or 2, Blue-bird all Canadian FE, as well as a couple of older Wayne Busettes (before the chaperone). Do any of you now of this company or have any photos of their buses? I do have some images of their coaches, but very few of their School buses. I was working for Cardinal Coach Lines back in 2000 when Furguson Bus Lines was taken over by Cardinal (Except for the coaches and two or 3 School Buses). Drove many of the Ferguson School buses to Cardinal's during the takeover of the school bus contracts. Cardinal did not keep some of the buses as they were a bit too rough of condition to spend money on to return to service within Cardinal's fleet. On my website at http://www.busdrawings.com I have: Images from Ferguson Bus Lines: http://www.busdrawings.com/coach/ferguson/index.htm Images from Southland Transportation: http://busdrawings.com/coach/southland/index.htm More School Bus image galleries: http://www.busdrawings.com/schoolbus/index.htm As well as some School Bus images within this Gallery: http://www.busdrawings.com/misc/index.htm More: http://www.busdrawings.com/coach/lynch/index.htm And here's an image of an older Girardin that you would probably be interested in: http://www.cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php?title=I...rtation_471.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevep Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 Well, I had to pick the wettest day of the year so far and almost lost a shoe in the damn mud, but as scrapyard pics are "now or never" I went for it. These are Red Deer Catholic School Board buses. It appeared there was at least one other inside the yard but I was unable to get any kind of photo as only a bit of the roof was visible. One is a 1990 model according to it's plate inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T6H-5307N Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 One is a 1990 model according to it's plate inside. Yup, without that data I'd guess 1987-1991 Number 68 appears to have originally been from out of province, unless anyone knows of an operator around here who does the black visorless thing around the warning lights... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted April 29, 2010 Board Admin Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 Interesting on the rear of 68, the different fonts of "SCHOOL" and "BUS". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awstott Posted May 7, 2010 Report Share Posted May 7, 2010 Saw Southland 801 and 876 in Edmonton today. Think that's the frist time I've seen a Southland with a 3 digit fleet number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted May 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 Saw Southland 801 and 876 in Edmonton today. Think that's the frist time I've seen a Southland with a 3 digit fleet number. Interesting. I wonder if those have been transferred to the Edmonton division of Southland or if they are there on Charter. Those were Calgary units before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awstott Posted May 8, 2010 Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 It looked like they were in regular service. One of them was dropping off passengers on my road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted May 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 I believe someone on this forum was looking for images of one of these units. This one was still sitting at First Canada (Cardinal Coach Lines) today. See attachments: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchell Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 I believe someone on this forum was looking for images of one of these units. This one was still sitting at First Canada (Cardinal Coach Lines) today. See attachments: How much do you think First Student would sell something like that for if it were retiring soon or already retired? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T6H-5307N Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 How much do you think First Student would sell something like that for if it were retiring soon or already retired? Dunno, but you'll be bidding against me (j/k ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchell Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 Dunno, but you'll be bidding against me (j/k ) Im seriously interested, any way you could get more info for me? I would love to drive that old girl all the way from Alberta back to Ontario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevep Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 Not sure who Redmen are but I found this bus in Red Deer yesterday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captaintrolley Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 Could be the Vic Redmen (Victoria High School in Edmonton) Football team. They also have a huge cheerleader contingent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted May 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 How much do you think First Student would sell something like that for if it were retiring soon or already retired? No clue on the price. But that is apparently what you were looking for! It has been retired for some time and is being used as a service vehicle around the yards and Facilities. I guess you could give them at call at the Cardinal Coach Lines Division.Some seats are missing. I believe it is being used by the wash bay staff. Im seriously interested, any way you could get more info for me? I would love to drive that old girl all the way from Alberta back to Ontario. I dunno if she's make it all the way from Ontario. More than likely that bus is propane powered. What she make it between each town on one tank of fuel?!? EDIT: Actually I don't see anything on that bus that would indicate that it is a Propane powered unit, so probably a Diesel. That bus was not around when I drove for Cardinal and must have been based in Vancouver at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCT-3122-D800-10240 Posted May 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 A couple of shots of Southland and First Student Freightliners. First Student (Cardinal) #2442 and Southland #986 as well as a shot of First Student (Cardinal) 2004-05 International IC CE series #2550 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awstott Posted May 13, 2010 Report Share Posted May 13, 2010 Found this at Waterous tonight. There seems to be a lot of C2's going through there lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board Admin A. Wong Posted May 13, 2010 Board Admin Report Share Posted May 13, 2010 Daimler/Chrysler engine copmany, that's probably why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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