Welcome to 1MTSRiders channel. My channel is dedicated to trains, buses, trolleys and anything transit, mostly in California. My bus videos are more recent from 2010 to current, and my train videos are from the late 80's to late 90's.
My hobby in transit is mostly buses now. Trains, by today's operation and standards, is a dead hobby to me. After experiencing one of the greatest eras in railroading (late 70s to mid 90s) today's stuff just doesn't compare, and is quite boring. I used to make 3-4 trips to Tehachapi every year, now I will probably never go again. Since I am not into todays trains, I have found my new hobby in buses. I now take trips to LA and other So Cal locations to capture buses and light rail transit.
*Update* Uploads now, as time allows, new HD camera takes more work and time to make clips.
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That third unit looks hideous in that stupid California paint. I just purchased SP 7319 and BOY I love how it sounds! I think that SD45T-2 is next for a modeling project.
As of 2024, OCTA 1997-1998 New Flyer D40LF training bus units 5376, 5388, 5401, 5403, 5406, 5408-5412 & 5416 will retire from the OCTA Bus service at Garden Grove Base to remove all the paint schemes on the exterior of the bus, bike racks fareboxes and the OCTA logo front of the bus by auction and after that our 11 ex-OCTA 1997-1998 New Flyer D40LF buses from the bone yard at Garden Grove Base and sold to LA Charter Bus Lines.
ex-OCTA 1997-1998 New Flyer D40LF training bus units 5376, 5388, 5401, 5403, 5406, 5408-5412 & 5416 will retire by auction off from OCTA bus service and sold to LA Charter Bus Lines.
At one time someone told me 1990 Gillig suburban 45ft F1063 was being preserved at Arcadia Yard as historic bus I don't know if it's still there. If it is that bus is around 30 years old. The 1000s were the first especially built for Los Angeles services. They ran on line 480 alot back in the 90s
OCTA 1997 New Flyer D40LF #5401 will retire to remove the blue “OCTA” logo, “Orange County Transportation Authority”, and all the Paint scheme on the exterior to make it blank at General Auction Company after that this fleet number of OCTA 1997 New Flyer D40LF unit will sold to LA Charter Bus Lines to drive around at LAX Airport.
I looked around some official documents and most of the gilligs, and 2006 NABIs were scrapped. Most of which had all their paint removed completely or the interiors were in very poor condition. The engines also were busted as well. The reason these Gilligs ended up in San Diego, is because they were used in a college's diesel tech program as test units I believe
Gillig Suburban to be exact F1050 one of 63 i believe 1995 or so used to be used on line 480 Montclair Transit center to Los Angeles Wilshire and Union St retired before being cut to west Covina Mall these buses are 20 years old now. Considering we now have 3100s we're Way past 1000
You need to call Ernie Lacario....best damn helper engineer i ever knowed! Give im 3 tunnel motors and he could pull the moon from orbit! Thanks Son for your recording on this!
Very impressive! And I like that the assistant Engineer is a Female. I like when the Ladies like and do whats normally thought of as a Mans occupation. Those engines just sing out power!
0:52 - you can see smoke billowing out of the cab on that last unit. Must've been an absolutely awful working environment. Anyone have any experience in that situation? 2:25 - the side window is absolutely covered in soot! (unless it's trail only or something) Absolutely wild. This footage is fantastic! Were these oil trains particularly heavy?
We were THE most awesome railroad back in the 1980s and 90 until the merger. Our locos might have been dirty, but we slugged it out up the mountains and thru valleys carrying coal and oil. The good old days
SP was the most awesome railroad. I just purchased an SP SD45 at a train show and I think one of my next videos is going to be an Espee train through Tehachapi in the 1990s
I read in Diesel Era magazine how the Southern Pacific would order them new with all the bells and whistles but then run them into the ground. It got so bad that EMD had to threaten SP to void the warranties. But that is part of what made SP so interesting to me!
I used to work in downtown LA near the wilmington subdivision and the Oil cans would go by often. It is a one-of-kind oil train that had cars connected so they could be filled/emptied in groups.
