My Understanding was that 9799 was the Very Last GM Fishbowl That CTA Recieved in 76? I Rode the 9700 Series Busses on the #4 Cottage Grove Line Back in Summer of 77 When I Was Visiting Chicago, You Had Sealed Windows, Good A/C, But Hard Ass Seats!
Rode these buses on the 71st Street route to and from school in Chicago as a little kid in the late 80s/early 90s. I hated riding on these because they were old, creaky, and the Stop Request signal used to buzz instead of "ding" unlike all the other buses, and I was scared they would break down and catch on fire. I miss em now tho 😁
Oh yah..... I Love the sound of these V8-71 Detroit Diesels...my Dad was a bus driver for Muni in San Francisco for many years and The jimmy's as the other bus drivers nick named these New Look Buses were also V8-71 Detroit Diesels......I am glad to see there are a few still running...out there...
My great uncle used to drive these buses when he worked for MUNI in San Francisco for 22 years . He liked them better than the old Mack C 49s and he would take his transfers and put them on the fare box and put a rubber band around it to hold them down . I always liked to hear the coins and tokens drop into the fare box as well as the stop request buzzer !
Let me explain. Hahaha! I was referring to the leaning on the farebox, began the turn with one hand and accelerated, it showed control over this machine! Even when I was a child, I was always fascinated with how a bus operated. I remember riding #7678 on the #4 route. We got off the bus at 35th before it turned right onto King Dr. I have never seen something so massive like a bus move so agile. As a child, I thought buses just go straight. As I watched, it looked like the operator grabbed the farebox when he began the turn. The bus accelerated hard around the corner like on 3 wheels and took off. The humming off the engine. The power released on take off. I watched it drive off as far as I could see, as the bus blended with the moving traffic going into the distance off lights and towered apartment buildings toward downtown. As I gotten older, I saw that as a brand of confidence in operators to grab the farebox when turning, especially right turns, with the bus moves at the whim of the operator. I have driven motor coaches and it's a different feel. I've also driven a retired MAN Americana which was actually fun, but it didn't have the farebox. They were more electronic, so they were salvaged. Plus, I like sitting low to the floor, so reaching the top of a farebox may not have been as easy as in your video. I hope I didn't cause any alarm with my comment. Some of my friends used to get slightly alarmed when I comment on public how sexy a bus might look...currently, a nice clean New Flyer with beautiful color schemes maneuvering or manipulating traffic to stay on schedule out here in Arizona.
There were four different Allison transmissions, two each for the two specific engines: VH9 = for Detroit Diesel 6V71 engine, single speed + torque converter VS2-6 = for Detroit Diesel 6V71 engine, two speed + torque converter VS1-8 = for Detroit Diesel 8V71 engine, single speed + torque converter VS2-8 = for Detroit Diesel 8V71 engine, two speed + torque converter
A lot of locomotive manufacturers do not even exist any.more like EMD,Alco, Baldwin, Fairbanks Morse that is why a lot of museums keep the equipment because it is scarce.
Good eye, yes it is. Which is why the yellow stop sign and not stopping at the rail crossing. Drove these and the accordion buses during the summer of 82 as a vacation relief operator. CTA would hire college students, train them and let them loose on the city. Great bus, great times and great summer pay.
Brings back sweet memories of when I drove CTA 100s, 300s and 400s from Limits and Keeler barns.
Ahhh I'm just chillin listening to that 8V71 music. Straight Motown Funk from da Ol Skool lol
My Understanding was that 9799 was the Very Last GM Fishbowl That CTA Recieved in 76? I Rode the 9700 Series Busses on the #4 Cottage Grove Line Back in Summer of 77 When I Was Visiting Chicago, You Had Sealed Windows, Good A/C, But Hard Ass Seats!
I loved driving that bus! I rode the 700s you had there in Ca. In the video, Im the one in the Chicago Fire Dept. t shirt driving the bus.
Rode these buses on the 71st Street route to and from school in Chicago as a little kid in the late 80s/early 90s. I hated riding on these because they were old, creaky, and the Stop Request signal used to buzz instead of "ding" unlike all the other buses, and I was scared they would break down and catch on fire. I miss em now tho 😁
Yep 112 Vincennes /111th to 103rd Vincennes Beverly old Garage them was some good Buses back in the Day
Oh yah..... I Love the sound of these V8-71 Detroit Diesels...my Dad was a bus driver for Muni in San Francisco for many years and The jimmy's as the other bus drivers nick named these New Look Buses were also V8-71 Detroit Diesels......I am glad to see there are a few still running...out there...
I drove #9799 for the CTA. When I worked at North Patk garage in 1991.
She lives on at IRM in Union Ill
My great uncle used to drive these buses when he worked for MUNI in San Francisco for 22 years . He liked them better than the old Mack C 49s and he would take his transfers and put them on the fare box and put a rubber band around it to hold them down . I always liked to hear the coins and tokens drop into the fare box as well as the stop request buzzer !
I love the 6v71, 8V71 and 6v92 versions of the Fishbowl. The sister of the RTS bus, we never forget.
How about diesel locomotives
@@carlstclair9920 this is the Workhorse on USA especially on freight cargl trains. Carl, there are Detroit Diesel powered trains?
Not too many.
Would of given my eye teeth to drive one.
You must have had big fun driving that CTA(Chicago Transit Authority)bus #9799
It was a treat since I never drove them in CTA service But My dad drove these out of North Ave and Forest Glen Garages from 1972 to 1996
Love it, love it, love it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I used to drive the GMC 7400, 7500, 9600, and 97000 ssries buses for the CTA.
I found it SOOO sexy at time point from 3:00 to 3:12, how you lean onto the farebox when you make the right turns.
Tony Robinson Oook!!! Thanks for the compliment!!! LOL! :)
Let me explain. Hahaha! I was referring to the leaning on the farebox, began the turn with one hand and accelerated, it showed control over this machine! Even when I was a child, I was always fascinated with how a bus operated. I remember riding #7678 on the #4 route. We got off the bus at 35th before it turned right onto King Dr. I have never seen something so massive like a bus move so agile. As a child, I thought buses just go straight. As I watched, it looked like the operator grabbed the farebox when he began the turn. The bus accelerated hard around the corner like on 3 wheels and took off. The humming off the engine. The power released on take off. I watched it drive off as far as I could see, as the bus blended with the moving traffic going into the distance off lights and towered apartment buildings toward downtown. As I gotten older, I saw that as a brand of confidence in operators to grab the farebox when turning, especially right turns, with the bus moves at the whim of the operator. I have driven motor coaches and it's a different feel. I've also driven a retired MAN Americana which was actually fun, but it didn't have the farebox. They were more electronic, so they were salvaged. Plus, I like sitting low to the floor, so reaching the top of a farebox may not have been as easy as in your video. I hope I didn't cause any alarm with my comment. Some of my friends used to get slightly alarmed when I comment on public how sexy a bus might look...currently, a nice clean New Flyer with beautiful color schemes maneuvering or manipulating traffic to stay on schedule out here in Arizona.
+Tony Robinson I was mimmicking how my dad would do it!!! LOL! :)
My dad taught me that move!! LOL!
I used to have a 1963 gm look bus from Torrance CA
There were four different Allison transmissions, two each for the two specific engines:
VH9 = for Detroit Diesel 6V71 engine, single speed + torque converter
VS2-6 = for Detroit Diesel 6V71 engine, two speed + torque converter
VS1-8 = for Detroit Diesel 8V71 engine, single speed + torque converter
VS2-8 = for Detroit Diesel 8V71 engine, two speed + torque converter
when was this bus built in 1976?
and when did it retire?
1996 is when it was retired
I always remember this bus as the twin of the Flixible New Look!!!!!
Same bus used in Speed!!!!!!
And it is back with the city of Torrance CA
A yellow stop sign!
Where was that filmed? I see old Chicago and Northwestern passenger cars in a yard beside the street the bus is traveling on.
This was filmed at the Illinois Railway Museum. Union Illinois. The CNW train is a three car set with a CNW F7
And it sucks still today that American, or Los Angeles/Orange County & the rest of Southern California's transit bus lines dumped these.:-(
How could it still run if it’s retired? Retired usually means it doesn’t work anymore
It no longer runs. It has gone into a deteriorating condition. Even when it did run it was retired!
It is different with trains because a lot of museums will restore the equipment.
A lot of locomotive manufacturers do not even exist any.more like EMD,Alco, Baldwin, Fairbanks Morse that is why a lot of museums keep the equipment because it is scarce.
What type of bus driver don't stop correctly at RR crossings?
Alvin McCranie I dont know!! Why dont you tell me!!!
how about the good old trolley buses
My daughter makes a cameo at 3:45! :)
Is that at IRM?
Good eye, yes it is. Which is why the yellow stop sign and not stopping at the rail crossing.
Drove these and the accordion buses during the summer of 82 as a vacation relief operator. CTA would hire college students, train them and let them loose on the city. Great bus, great times and great summer pay.
Wearing my SCRTD cap! :)
the new buses are junk compared to these
A Powerful Detroit Diesel Engine on this old CTA Bus(9600-series #9799)
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what year is this bus?
1976 GMC model 5307 V8
wow 8v71?
No it's 1977
Sound of a Detroit is unforgettable!!!
The smell of old men!!!!
No stop at R&R crossing, no pti, no plates !!!!!!!!!!! Just kidding around.
Which year is this unit?