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ripta42 · Last edited by ripta42 on Mon Feb 18, 2019 12:55 pm; edited 34 times in total

Here's a partial listing of Private Transportation's fleet for the B110 since 2004. I accidentally deleted a file with information on additional Orion Is. I don't remember if I ever posted it anywhere before, but if anyone has it, please repost! Additions and corrections are always welcomed.

201-203 1990 Orion 05.501 ex-Madison Metro 493, 474, 495
205 1990 Orion 05.501 ex-CyRide 992 exx-Madison Metro 501
206 1990 Orion 05.501 ex-CyRide 989 exx-Madison Metro 491
208-209 1990? Orion 01.508 ex-?
211 1988? Orion 01.508 ex-Pace?
212 1988 Orion 01.508 ex-Pace 8782
214 1987 Orion 01.508 ex-Broome County Transit
218 1987 Orion 01.508 ex-Broome County Transit 610
219 1988 Orion 01.508 ex-Pace 8746 (2004)
219 1988 Orion 01.508 ex-Pace 8755 (2006)
220 1987 Orion 01.508 ex-Broome County Transit
221 1988 Orion 01.508 ex-Pace 8795
226-228 1988 Orion 01.508 ex-Pace 8737, 8705, 8700
231-232 1988 Orion 01.508 ex-Pace 8847-8848
501 1994 Orion 05.501 ex-LYNX 412
502 1999 Gillig Phantom ex-Avis 5
504 1998 Gillig Phantom ex-Avis 12
505-507 1990 Orion 05.501 ex-Madison Metro 482, 509, 507
508 1998 Gillig Phantom ex-Avis 2 (Williamsburg Trolley)
510 1992 Orion 05.501 ex-UTA 9268
511 1994 Gillig Phantom ex-Twin City Metro Transit 2358
512 Gillig Advantage ex-? (Williamsburg Trolley)
514 Gillig Advantage ex-Avis 26 (Williamsburg Trolley)
515 1994 Gillig Phantom ex-Twin City Metro Transit 2329
516 1996 Gillig Phantom ex-LYNX
517-518 1999 Gillig Advantage ex-PalmTran 9906 & 9910 (Williamsburg Trolley)
520 2004 Gillig Phanton ex-LYNX 521
521 2004 Gillig Phantom ex-LYNX 525
522 2003 Orion 05.501 ex-GO Transit
522 2004 Gillig Phantom ex-LYNX 532
523 2003 Orion 05.501 ex-GO Transit 2024
524 2003 Orion 05.501 ex-GO Transit
525 2000 Orion 5.501 Ex-Fairfax Connector 7887
526 2003 Orion 05.501 ex-GO Transit
527 2000 Orion 5.501 Ex-Fairfax Connector 7882
530-538 1998 Orion 05.501 ex-Fairfax Connector
539, 541, 546 1994 Orion 05.501 ex-Madison Metro 539, 541, 546
551-553 2005 Gillig Phantom ex-LYNX 551-553
2501-2502 2005 Gillig Phantom ex-Harrisburg CAT 2501-2502

RailBus63 · Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 1063

Interesting - I didn't know they had any of the ex-Broome County buses.

ripta42 · Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 9:29 am Post subject:

They were retired circa 2004.

Hart Bus · Age: 75 Joined: 24 Apr 2007 Posts: 1150

Dear Mike:

Another great job. I would like to add three comments to this topic.

1 - No mention of Bus 211 a Grumman Fllxible. Look in the Bus Gallery under "Private Transportation" and there is a picture of the bus that you took on 5/26/01. Its the first one in the gallery.

2 - I don't know if this is the only Grumman they ran. I remember seeing one (off route) n/b on Carlton Ave, approaching DeKalb. Can't remember the number.

3 - According to a post by Sol Zeller on March 9, 2000. The B 110 franchise was awarded to Marcu Perlstein in 1960. He started service with rented 1948 GM 4101's. Then with UMTA funds he purchased some TDH5302's.

Shortly after the purchase, his son Izzy, his right hand man was crushed to death between two buses when the E-brake accideently released. The father never recovered from the tragedy and died the following year. The accident happened at an old yard on 39th Street / 13th Avenue.

The company was taken over by Jack Marmerstein (one of the drivers) and was still the owner when the post was written

ripta42 · Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 5:00 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the additional info! Aside from the single Grumman scrapped in 2001, I don't have any information prior to 2004. As the post says, it's an incomplete roster of their fleet since 2004. If anyone has more information about their equipment in the early 2000s, I'll be glad to expand it.

Also, if anyone has access to a Gillig delivery list, please let me know. I have several Gilig serial numbers I'd like to look up. Unfortunately, the builders databased at Western Transit have been offline for quite some time.

nycbusfan · Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 258 Location: Brooklyn, NY

206 which is a 1990 Orion V should be added to the list. 502 is a Gillig Phantom which I saw last sunday. I waited to see all the buses in service and didn't see 508.

ripta42 · Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 9:19 pm Post subject:

Updated accordingly. If you see them again up close, try to jot down the serial numbers. A photo of the registration sticker would also do the trick.

nycbusfan · Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 258 Location: Brooklyn, NY

206 was originally a Madison Metro Bus. I rode 508 today and the only evidence of the previous operator is that the bus had the fleet number 2. It also appears they bought the bus with no seats and put new ones in. The side facing seats are padded red seats and the foward facing seats are blue plastic seats and look like the same seats used on City Sights double deckers. City Sights MCI 721 was also running on the B110 today.

ripta42 · Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:38 am Post subject:

The Gilligs are probably former airport shuttles. The side facing seats may be originals, while the additional blue seats were installed where the luggage racks used to be.

Hart Bus · Age: 75 Joined: 24 Apr 2007 Posts: 1150

ripta42 · Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 1:54 pm Post subject:

As I said before, this is only a listing of their fleet since 2004. 211 was scrapped in 2001, and I have no other info on their fleet prior to 2004.

I don't have any record of buses with numbers in those gaps (I may have at one time, but that's lost to the ages). I think it's safe to say that Private has a tendency to skip numbers and to reuse numbers (hence the two 219s - I personally observed both of them). There was at least one other number that appeared on two Orion Is, I think it was 212.

nycbusfan · Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 258 Location: Brooklyn, NY

As far as I know there was also an Orion I with the number 211.

ripta42 · Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 8:22 am Post subject:

508 is definitely an ex-Avis shuttle. I just saw Joe Caronetti's photo of it, and it's still in Avis livery.

I recall an Orion I #211 also, and I'm going to add it to the list.

nycbusfan · Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 258 Location: Brooklyn, NY

I saw a 1992 Orion V numbered 510 today. The bus appears to have been previously operated by the UTA. Below is a photo I took of the registration sticker. 501 also appears to be 96 inches wide.

RailBus63 · Moderator Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 1063