Amsterdam, The Netherlands - March 2002 |
GVBA (Amsterdam municipality) series 101-252 (1999-2002): Berkhof Premier
SB250-DAF -Berkhof "Jonckheer". A rather confusing model name. The chassis
is a modified DAF SB250 which is called Berkhof Premier SB250-DAF, though
the VIN is a DAF one, so it might as well be called DAF SB250. The body is
Berkhof and the body model is called "Jonckheer". Note that it is not
Jonckheere! Jonckheere is the Belgian body builder, now belonging to the
same group (VDL) as DAF and Berkhof. The Amsterdam model was developed
specifically for that city and was called after the then director Jonckheer
Testa (Jonckheer means knight, he has a noble title). - John Veerkamp
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Connexxion 9088. This is a Volvo B10M-A -Berkhof "Duvedec". The chassis is
Volvo B10M-A, the body is by Berkhof, the body design was by Duvedec (Dutch
Vehicle Design Company), which developed this model for Rotterdam in 1988.
It was built for Rotterdam by Berkhof and Den Oudsten, and for several
regional companies. The most common variant is the artic one on Volvo
B10M-A chassis. Some were however built on 10-meter Volvo B10M chassis for
Leeuwarden city services in 1989-1990 and the 12-meter version was built on
Volvo B10M and DAF SB220 chassis. The Connexxion 9088 belongs to series
9060-9094 of 1999. Connexxion is the largest Dutch regional bus company,
created in 1999 through the merger of four companies. - John Veerkamp |
GVBA (Amsterdam municipality), series 505-514 (1989), 496-504 (1990),
486-495 (1991), 471-485 (1992). Chassis is Volvo B10M-A, bodywork is by
Hainje (505-514 and 496-504) and Berkhof (486-495, 471-485). Hainje was
taken over by Berkhof in 1990, hence the name change. The bus in the picture
has a Hainje logo and thus belongs to one of the first two series (the
number seems to start with 5). - John Veerkamp
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Brussels, Belgium - March 2002 |
A Jonckheere. |
A standard Van Hool A600 of TEC, the Wallone public
transport company. It's the older model with the round headlights, so dates
from around 1990.
- John Veerkamp |
A bus at Brussels
Airport.
The bus in Brussel Airport
is a Mercèdes O530 "Citaro".
- Denis Garel |
A Van Hool articulated bus at
Brussels Airport. |
Philadelphia - May 2002 |
An Orion II |
Boston & Cape Cod - July 2002 |
A Gillig Low
Floor (a.k.a. H2000LF) |
A Neoplan CNG-powered bus. |
A Blue Bird CS. |
Buses in Ames,
Iowa (CyRide) - April 2003 |
1964 GM New Look
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1974 GM New
Look
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Dulles Airport, Dulles,
Virginia - March 2002 |
"Mobile Lounges" are sort of like buses I guess. They're used for
taking passengers to and from the different concourses. They can also
mate with airplanes to board and deplane passengers.
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Chicago, Illinois - January 2002 |
These are CTA MAN
articulated buses lined up outside the Field Museum after a Bears game.
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Chicago, Illinois - May
2003 |
I wasn't on the ground in Chicago
but a few minutes before boarding this ThomasBus (now Orion) SLF 30 foot
transit bus operated for the Chicago Express Airlines/ATA Connection
passengers whose airplanes park at remote stands. The wing in view is
from a Saab 340B turboprop airliner by the way. |
These are the same MAN
articulated buses I saw on January 2002 trip shown above. Better
pictures though! |
The CTA has a lot of RTS buses. |
They are also getting a bunch of
these Novabus LFS buses. |
There's also a New Flyer D40LF or
two. |
The MAN Americana
buses were out in force as well. I would classify these as a "low-er
floor" bus. The couple steps to enter aren't too high and the floor in
the cabin slopes upward aft of the rear exit. They're still old and
beat up though.
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There's quite a few Flxible buses there too, but darn it if the picture didn't come out fuzzy. |