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Some of a few retired buses, almost all GMs, are lucky enough to escape from being
scrapped after retiring. Here are a few examples:
Top Left: GO Transit 1071 and 1096, both are GMC S8H-5304A built in 1976 with
raised floors, underfloor luggage bins.
Top Right: TTC 7195 is a T6H-5304A GM and GO Transit 1067 is an A/C S8H-5304A GM. The GM logo on the 2 buses gave a hint to when these 2 buses were built. The emblem that has black background indicated that the bus is a pre-1970 product and GM began to use silver background on its logo in 1970. The GO transit's 1067 even has the side marker reflectors which some of the TTC's GM buses (such as 8051) still do not have today.
| GO 1067/ TTC 7195 | TTC 7195 is a 1968 and GO 1067 is a 1976 GM. Both buses had their engine removed, but GO 1067 has A/C condensor and TTC's 7195 does not. |
| Go 1067 seats | GO 1067's interior still looked good, the luxury seats and overhead luggage racks still exist. |
| GO 1080/ 1070 | The rear of GO 1080 and the front of GO 1070. |
| Flxible | An American 35 ft Flxible from Ohio also joined the Canadian GMs in Canada. |
| GO 1093 | Canadian GO 1093 and this unnumbered American Flxible used to work in different countries, but both have become neighbours after their retirements. |
| GO 1080/ TTC 7195 | TTC 7195 and GO 1080 have different front bumpers. |
| TTC 7195 Front | A closer look at the front of the bus. There is a "box" containing the 3 lights at the top front and back, this design was no longer adopted in the later version (1969, see former TTC's 7330 below) of GM buses. But the TTC decided to use the "box" again in their rebuilt GM buses 26 years later. Notice: Some of the earlier rebuilt GM buses did not have the "box" but were added in their subsequent maintenence work. Please see the photos on 8770 as an example.. |
| TTC 7195 Interior | There is no change in the interior of the bus. |
| TTC 7195 side | Her fleet # can also be seen just behind the centre door. |
| TTC 7195 steering | The 1960's dashboard and steering wheel look very simple comparing with today's design. |
Top Left: TTC trolley bus 9240 was rebuilt from the 1947 trolley bus series with New Flyer body, she continued her career until early 1991. The photo was taken in Aug 98.
Top Centre: Former TTC 7330 was a 1969 GM T6H 5305. The bus is now owned by Can-Ar and stored at Vaughan garage.
Top Right: Another former TTC 7930 was a T6H 5307N GM built in 1974. 7930 was retired in early 1990 and began her second career as an Auxiliary Police bus mainly for school children actitivies.
| Trolley 9240 side | 9240 was over 50 years when the photo was taken. |
| Trolley 9240 back | After 45 years (1947-1991) of service, 9240 still looked good. |
| Trolley 9069 | A brand new Canadian Car & Foundry( CC&F) Trolley bus 9069 built in 1947 was picking up passengers at St. John loop on Sept 13 1948, the opening day of the Weston route and this became bus route Weston 89. Later this bus was rebuilt by the TTC in 1968 and was renumbered into a 9200 series trolley bus. (TTC postcard) |
| TTC 7330 sticker | A sticker on board indicating that the bus was refurbished in Aug 1994 by National Refurbishing Inc in Concord Ontario. |
| TTC 7330 Interior | The TTC's configuration and seats are still in good shape after about 30 years of usage. |
| VT 7330 (ex TTC 7330) | Ex TTC GM bus 7330 joined Vaughan Transit recently. The 31 year old bus received new fleet # 910 and new license # BK 2759, despite the new license plate and new black and yellow destination signs on the front & side, the bus still looks very old overall possibly due to the silver front bumper. |
| TTC 7930 (old 1) | After 7930 was retired from TTC, she was rebuilt and this was her front view at Can Ar body shop. (photo by Russ Hilder) |
| TTC 7930 (old 2) | 7930 has solid steel body, only minor body work was necessary to get her back to the road. The photo was taken on Jun 3 1994. (photo by Russ Hilder) |
| TTC 7930 (front 1) | The so-called water bumper at the front was retained on Aux 2 at first after the rebuild in 1994, she got a new front bumper in her subsequent body work. (see below) |
| Aux 2 | Aux 2 was shown during the 1999 Canadian Police Week open house. The 1985 license # BD7598 remained. |
| Back of Aux 2 | The former TTC 7930 fleet number can still be seen on a right angle under the intense sunshine. |
| Aux 2 interior (front) | The former TTC fleet # can still be seen, but the first digit "7" was missing. |
| Aux 2 interior (back) | The TTC style seating remains the same and no more ad is displayed. |
| Aux 2 steering wheel | As mentioned earlier, Aux 2 not only received a new front bumper, her original steering wheel was also replaced by a new one that most TTC rebuilt buses are using. |
