RGRTA 1001-1014

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Rochester-Genesee Regional Transit Service buses 1001-1014 are Orion "V" 05.501s that were built in 1990. These were replacements of Rochester-Genesee Regional Transit Service's Flxible New Look's 501-506, and 507-577. All buses were gone as of 2006 just when Rochester-Genesee Regional Transit Service's Gillig "Advantage" T-40 units 721-739 came along.

[edit] Overall Notes

These buses are wheelchair accessible.

These were the first buses equipped with wheelchair lifts.

These were also the first equipped with a Luminator Mega:MAX model destination sign.

Some of the buses were undergoing hubcap and axle repair, and was retrofitted with new sets of hubcaps and axles.

These buses were also retrofitted with bike racks later in their time.

[edit] Specifications

Engine	Transmission	Heating/Air Conditioning	Passenger Seating	Destination Sign
Detroit Diesel 6V92TA	Allison HTB-748		American Seating Model 6468	Luminator Mega:MAX

[edit] Fleet

Number	Date	Notes
1001	1990	RETIRED 2006 Was a demonstration of the Orion V model.
1002	1990	The previous front and rear hubcap and axle was replaced with a new set due to overheating. Leased in 2004 to Ajax-Pickering Transit in Canada becoming Ajax-Pickering Transit unit #2060.
1003	1990	RETIRED 2006
1004	1990	RETIRED 2004 The previous front and rear hubcap and axle was replaced with a new set due to overheating.
1005	1990	Was either retired or leased to another transit agency. The previous front and rear hubcap and axle was replaced with a new set due to overheating. Was a wrapped advertising unit around the mid-late 1990s.
1006	1990	RETIRED 2004 The previous front and rear hubcap and axle was replaced with a new set due to overheating.
1007	1990	RETIRED 2004 The previous front and rear hubcap and axle was replaced with a new set due to overheating.
1008	1990	RETIRED 2004
1009	1990	RETIRED 2006 One of the last units out of this fleet to be repainted. Was a wrapped advertising unit around the mid-late 1990s-the early 2000s.
1010	1990	RETIRED 2006 The previous front and rear hubcap and axle was replaced with a new set due to overheating.
1011	1990	RETIRED 2006 The previous front and rear hubcap and axle was replaced with a new set due to overheating.
1012	1990	RETIRED 2006 One of the last units out of this fleet to be repainted. Was a wrapped advertising unit around the mid-late 1990s-early 2000s.
1013	1990	RETIRED 2006
1014	1990	The previous front and rear hubcap and axle was replaced with a new set due to overheating. Leased in 2004 to Ajax-Pickering Transit in Canada becoming Ajax-Pickering Transit unit #2061. Was a wrapped advertising unit around the mid-late 1990s-early 2000s.