York Region Transit 8503, 8504, 8722, 8723, 9003

York Region Transit 8503, 8504, 8722, 8723 and 9003 were Orion I buses built between 1985 and 1990.

They were acquired second-hand by YRT from various agencies between 2002-2005. 8722 is a 35ft Orion 01.507, and the others are all 30ft Orion 01.502.

8503, 8504, 8722, and 8723 were retired upon delivery of 850-868 series, while 9003 was retired by the 980-990 series.

Buses	Engine	Transmission	Seating	Destination Sign
8503	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison MT-644	31 Otaco benches	Rollsign
8504	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA		31 American Seating Model 6468
8722	Cummins L10	ZF HP590	American Seating 6484
8723	Detroit Diesel 6V71N	Allison MT-644	American Seating 2005 Recliner
9003	Detroit Diesel 6V92TA	Allison HT-748	31 Otaco benches

Details

8503

Fleet number	Thumbnail	Date	VIN	License plate	Paint	Division	Status/Disposal	Notes
8503		1985	2B1119272F5001246	BL3 975	Special	Miller (Richmond Hill)	Retired April 2008	Ex-PMCL. Originally Collingwood Transit 8501. Sent to Newmarket division in August 2005, returned to Miller later on.

8504

Fleet number	Thumbnail	Date	VIN	License plate	Paint	Division	Status/Disposal	Notes
8504		1985	2B111977XF6001126	BL1 648		Miller (Richmond Hill)	Retired April 2008	Ex-San Diego County Transit 2 (via Transit Sales International). Lift-equipped. Sent to Newmarket division in August 2005, returned to Miller later on.

8722

Fleet number	Thumbnail	Date	VIN	License plate	Paint	Division	Status/Disposal	Notes
8722		1987	2B1139E76H6001575	BL6 903		Can-Ar (Vaughan)	Retired May 2008	Ex-Indiana County Transit Authority 575. Suffered an engine fire on June 16, 2006.

8723

Fleet number	Thumbnail	Date	VIN	License plate	Paint	Division	Status/Disposal	Notes
8723		1987	2B1119276H5001639	BM2 412		Miller (Markham)	Retired May 2008	Ex-Orillia Transit unnumbered. Exx-PMCL 828. Originally Collingwood Transit 8701. With PMCL it operated at the Airport on the GTAA administration shuttle. Originally a two door model, it was converted to single door operation by Sinton for service to Casino Rama when in Orillia Transit.

9003

Fleet number	Thumbnail	Date	VIN	License plate	Paint	Division	Status/Disposal	Notes
9003		1990	2B1119770L5002741	BM2 413		Miller (Richmond Hill)	Retired March 2009	Ex-Dallas Coach Lines, bought 2005. Exx-Pembroke Transit 05-91 (originally numbered 5).