BC Transit 6199-6203

BC Transit 6199-6203 were General Motors Diesel Division TDH-4519 "New Look" buses built in 1972 for BC Hydro Transit as 785-786 and 787(1)-789(1).

Ownership of all units was transferred to the Urban Transit Authority upon its in 1980, renamed BC Transit in 1982.

The Victoria fleet was officially renumbered into the 8000 series in 1975, but these numbers only appeared on internal system rosters. The active Victoria fleet continued to display three digit numbers until the 1990s.

Units to Municipal systems prior to 1996 were renumbered with their provincial fleet numbers; units transferred in 1996 and beyond retained their Victoria fleet number.

Engine	Transmission	Seating	Rear Door	Destination sign
Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison VS2-6	43	Push	Rollsign

Details

All buses in the Victoria fleet in 1994 were given names honouring the countries participating in the Commonwealth Games that took place in the city that year. These names (ie. Spirit of Canada) were displayed on the right side of the windshield of each bus.

Fleet Number	Renumbers	Provincial Number	Thumbnail	Date	Serial	License Plate	Paint	Notes
785	6199 785 6199	6199		1972	C022			Assigned to Victoria Transferred to Prince George as 6199 in 1990. Transferred to Victoria as 785 in 1991. Named "Spirit of Jersey" for 1994 Commonwealth Games. Transferred to Vancouver (Oakridge) during Oak Street bridge rebuild, July-September 1995; Returned.. Transferred to Kamloops by 1996 as 6199 Transferred to store in Victoria in 1997. Retired
786		6200		1972	C023			Assigned to Victoria Named "Spirit of Lesotho" for 1994 Commonwealth Games. Transferred to Vancouver (Oakridge) during Oak Street bridge rebuild, July-September 1995; Returned.. Transferred to Sunshine Coast as 786 in 1996. Transferred to Whistler in 1999. Retired by 2000
787(1)	6201	6201		1972	C024			Assigned to Victoria Transferred to Nelson as 6201 in 1975 after garage fire destroyed most of Nelson fleet. Transferred to Kamloops circa 1976. Retired by 1997
788(1)	6202	6202		1972	C025			Assigned to Victoria Transferred to Nelson as 6202 in 1975 after garage fire destroyed most of Nelson fleet. Transferred to Port Alberni in 1992. Transferred to Nanaimo in 1993. Transferred to Victoria in 1994 during Commonwealth Games. Named "Spirit of Gambia" for 1994 Commonwealth Games. Transferred to Kelowna in 1995. Transferred to Abbotsford in 1996. Retired by 2001
789(1)	6203	6203		1972	C026			Assigned to Victoria Transferred to Nelson as 6203 in 1975 after garage fire destroyed most of Nelson fleet. Transferred to Terrace circa 1976?? Transferred to Vernon in 1992. Transferred to Kamloops in 1995. Transferred to Abbotsford in 1997. Retired

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Current Bus Fleet
New Flyer	1020-1044, 1045-1069, 1070-1114, 1115-1139, 1140-1147, 1148-1185, 1186-1202, 1203-1212, 1213-1232, 9101-9106, 9815-9828, 9831-9856, 9861-9878, 9881-9891
Nova	6000-6029, 9201-9210, 9211-9231, 9232-9267, 9268-9289, 9290-9300, 9301-9318, 9319-9433, 9434, 9435-9446, 9447-9486
Vicinity	3001-3015, 4007-4061, 4062-4070, 4071-4073, 4200-4233, 4400-4432, 4433-4474
Double Deck	9021-9039, 9041-9049, 9501-9526, 9527, 9528, 9529-9531, 9532-9542
Aero Elite	3016-3023, 3024-3028
Sprinter	2340-2341, 2345-2346, 2368, 2450
Girardin	2688-2722
ARBOC	2316-2377, 2378-2449, 2451-2557, 2558-2624, 2625-2640, 2641-2662, 2663-2687, 2723-2756
Polar	2173-2240
Retired Bus Fleet--Victoria and Municipal/Regional Systems
GM Old Look	571, 581, 610-611, 612-615, 621-627, 641-645, 661-662, 671-678, 701-706, 711-720, 6001, 8705, 8707
GM New Look	746-753, 754-761, 762-771, 772-779, 780-781, 782-784, 785-786, 790-793, 800-812. 837-865, 866-879, 900, 902-903, 904, 906-907, 909, 911, 950(1)-953(1), 954(1)-955(1), 956(1), 957-958, 959(1)-960(1), 961(1), 959(2)-961(2), 962, 963-967, 968-972, 973-975, 5202, 5206, 5209, 5211, 5349, 5350, 5457-5459, 5479-5480, 5491-5492, 5509-5511, 5541-5542, 5543-5544, 5551-5552, 5573, 5599, 5601-5604, 5606-5610, 5623, 5625, 5695, 5880-5884, 5900-5904, 5910, 5913-5915, 6000, 6052, 6053-6060, 6061-6062, 6081-6088, 6089-6090, 6104, 6107, 6110, 6124, 6155, 6171, 6179-6180, 6195, 6199, 6201-6203, 6209-6241, 6244-6251, 6263-6268, 6272-6273, 6301-6302, 6311-6314, 6315-6316, 6317-6319, 6380, 8831.
GM/MCI Classic	920-928, 929-940, 941-956, 8901-8904, 8905-8910, 8911-8915, 8917-8919
Orion I	6701-6706, 6707-6710, 6711-6716, 6720-6735, 6750-6765, 6766-6781, 6782-6789
Orion V	600-609, 610
New Flyer	1000-1019, 8001-8009, 8010-8033, 8034-8048, 8049-8094, 8095-8117, 9701-9749, 9750-9760
Goshen Sentry	C614, C615
Dennis Dart SLF	0001-0018, 0101-0116, 0221-0237, 9051-9078, 9081-9085, 9901-9904, 9905-9909, 9910-9951
Double Deck	9001-9010
Navistar Arrow III	C610-C613
Aero Elite	C617-C621
El Dorado Escort RE	C901(1)-C905(1), 5522-5526
Overland ELF	C701-C708
ARBOC	2301-2310, 2311-2315
Polar	C550-C578, C579-C597, C900-C909, C910-C925, C927-C960, C961-C974, C975-C998, B001-B035, 2040-2074, 2077-2121, 2122-2172
Sprinter	L102
Vancouver System 1980-1999
Trolleybuses
CC & F/ Brill	2101-2186, 2201-2288, 2289-2290, 2301-2354, 2355-2356, 2357-2371, 2401-2416
Flyer E 800	2601-2650
Flyer E 901A/E902	2701-2799, 2801-2899, 2901-2947,
Conventional Buses 1980-1995--old 4 digit numbering system
CC & F Brill CD52A	3404-3405, 3409, 3418
GM New Look	3001, 3201-3215, 3296-3299, 3501-3510, 3511-3514, 3515-3516, 3551-3555, 3556-3557, 3591-3592, 3593-3594, 3601-3622, 3617-3626, 3631-3642, 3646-3648, 3649-3656, 3691-3694, 3701-3707, 3708-3717, 3718-3737, 3738-3744, 3801-3805, 3806-3815, 3816-3820, 3820(2), 3821, 3822-3824, 3901-3909, 3908-3911, 3951-3954, 3955-3957, 3957(2), 3958-3959, 3960, 3961-3962, 3980, 3993-3996, 4401-4405, 4551-4555, 4630, 4648-4652, 4691-4699, 4701-4723, 4724-4733, 4734-4757, 4758-4761, 4762-4768, 4769-4771, 4772-4778, 4779-4781, 4782-4788, 4789-4790, 4901-4914, 4915, 4916-4920, 5301-5310, 5323-5327, 5401-5412, 5501(2)-5502(2), 5501(3)-5502(3), 5503, 5508-5510, 5511-5526, 5527-5532, 5532, 5551-5552, 5561-5567, 5571-5575, 5601-5616, 5601(2), 5617-5622, 5631-5640, 5641-5647, 5648-5657, 5648(2)-5652(2), 5726-5737, 5735(2), 5737(2), 5738-5739, 5747, 5749, 5901-5913, 6748, 6748, 6751, 6904, 6906-6907, 6909, 6911, 6956-6958, 7201-7203, 7203(2), 7204-7205, 7206, 7206(2), 7207-7208, 7209,7211, 7213-7215, 7298-7299, 7401-7406, 7501-7513, 7511(2)-7512(2), 7521-7522, 7591-7592, 7594, 7801-7808, 7811-7814, 7901-7919, 7920-7937, 7938-7943, 7944, 7938(2)-7942(2), 7943, 7944(2), 7945-7949, 7951-7954, 7955-7956, 7961-7980, 7981-7992, 7993-7997, 9401-9403, 9408-9410, 9417-9419, 9501-9505, 9551-9555, 9601-9607, 9608-9614, 9615(2)-9618(2), 9619, 9651-9680, 9681-9683, 9691-9694, 9801-9808, 9901-9925, 9926-9935, 9936-9948, 9949, 9950-9951, 9952.
Prevost V48-S	5501-5505
Flyer D700A	3151-3158, 5101-5160
Flyer D800/E800	3101-3150,3151(2)-3152(2), 5137(2)-5150(2), 5161-5165, 5194(2), 5198(2), 5151(2)-5165(2), 5166-5199
Flyer D901A	3301-3335, 3165-3199
GM/MCI Classic	3201-3220, 3221-3230, 3401, 3402-3428, 4411-4422, 4430-4449, 5411-5425, 5426-5428, 5430-5481, 5482, 5483-5490, 7411-7416, 9401(2)-9403(2), 9404-9405, 9411-9422, 9420(2)-9422(2), 9423-9424, 9430-9445
New Flyer D40	3231-3240, 3301(2)-3335(2), 3336-3343, 3344-3364, 4301-4334, 4335-4342, 7251-7261, 7306-7306, 9201-9222, 9301-9302
New Flyer D60	9001-9021
El Dorado Escort RE	9581-9585
Orion I	A099, 3599,9599
Converntional Fleet 1995-1999--Garage Prefix number system
GM New Look	4101-4115, 5501-5503, 5504-5508, 5509-5521, 6601-6630, 7701-7707, 8801-8805, 8806-8810, 8811-8818, 8820-8835, 9101-9115, 9116-9127, 9901-9906, 9907-9910, 9911-9940, 9941-9970, 9971-9997
Flyer D800/E800	1101-1108,1109-1157
Flyer D901A	1158-1192
Flyer D800B	1205-1208, 1213-1223
Flyer D900	1617, 1619, 1642-1644, 1647, 1650, 1653, 1671, 1689, 1694, 1743, 1752-1753, 1757, 1770, 1802, 1815, 1819, 1854,1879
GM/MCI Classic	4116-4143, 4144-4492, 4193-4199, 4201-4278
New Flyer D40	3101-3199, 3201-3210), 3211-3257
New Flyer C40	3258-3282
New Flyer C40LF	3283-3299, 3301-3308
New Flyer D40LF	7101-7150, 7151-7243, 7247-7297
New Flyer F40LF	7244-7246
NovaBus LFS	7298
New Flyer D60	3001-3021
New Flyer D60LF	8001-8021
El Dorado Escort RE	5522-5526
Orion I	5527
Orion Ii	5101-5119
Systems
North Central	100 Mile House, Bella Coola, Bulkley Nechako, Dawson Creek, Fort St. John, Hazeltons, Kitimat, Port Edward, Prince George, Prince Rupert, Quesnel, Skeena, Smithers, Terrace, Williams Lake
Vancouver Island	Campbell River, Comox Valley, Cowichan Valley, Mount Waddington, Nanaimo, Port Alberni, Salt Spring Island, Victoria
South Coast	Agassiz-Harrison, Central Fraser Valley, Chilliwack, Hope, Powell River, Pemberton Valley, Squamish, Sunshine Coast, Whistler
Southern Interior	Ashcroft-Clinton, Clearwater, Kamloops, Kelowna, Merritt, Revelstoke, Shuswap, South Okanagan-Similkameen, Vernon
Kootenays	Boundary, Columbia Valley, Cranbrook, Creston Valley, Elk Valley, Kimberley, West Kootenay
Former Systems	Vancouver, Golden