Nyc had them, utah transit, Connecticut transit, big blue bus in LA California, I think that's it. And I know Canada had them, because it's a Canadian bus manufacturer company.
The 6V92 sound really captures the essence of my youth. I took MCI busses my whole life until I got my license. The one in your video is turbo, while we had superchargers in MTL. The engine sounds the same, but we don't have that whistling, we get a whining sound instead. Thanks for posting this!
@@15140Productions Both are compressors that pressurize the intake air charge, but they are driven differently. While technically, they are both "super chargers", what we commonly call a supercharger is a compressor that is driven mechanically off the engine, via a belt or chain, or even gears. A turbocharger, on the other hand is driven by the exhaust gas leaving the engine. A supercharger tends to whine, and will rev up at a constant speed relative to engine RPM, where as a turbocharger will whistle and its sound or pitch varies with throttle input as the engine loads up. The following video features a bus with the same engine as the one in this video, but is supercharged. You can hear the supercharger whine as the engine RPM rises: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-X26WeifTTO4.html
@@15140Productions And here's some more Detroit Diesel audio porn for you. I recorded this at work (YUL), though it is a 6V53 not 6V92. Essentially the same sound, just older series Detroit 2-stroke V6. I used a stereo microphone, try with headphones for best experience: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HhnFTIrISJM.html
I got my class 2 with air brakes endorsement in 2012. I love driving buses and I must say the MCI classic has to be the all time best bus ever made and driven. you are a good bus driver. my name is Joe from Montreal city,Quebec, Canada🇨🇦
It's strange to hear a turbo version of this motor. In Montreal, we had supercharged models. It's funny, you can hear the same engine, same transmission, but the supercharger whine is missing and there is a turbo whistle instead. Pretty damn cool. I've ridden these busses so much that it hearing this today is like hearing the voice of my own parents. Extremely familiar.
This bus was originally built to do interurban line runs for Canada Coach Lines, in which there were 9 built (2201-2209). This was numbered 2201 when it was originally built.
Yep... when CCL was also known as "Fun-Trek"! CCL initially unloaded these buses in question to Hamilton Street Railway, using the same fleet numbers you describe.
Wow that bus sounds awesome and Warren you handled that bus like you been driving classics for 20 years.Next time I will knock off work and hopefully go up with Jovan on same greyhound or megabus.My mci classic rides were limited to last day of NYBS 6-30-05 I had 1490 over to Morris park and a 1700 back with wc lift in front.
The powertrain is basically the same, except in the GMC years it was not fully electronically controlled (until the 1987 model year, which was right at the tail end of GMC's ownership of the series). The V731 transmission was first introduced in 1983 (1984 MY) and was heralded as the first Allison transmission to use the ATEC (Allison Transmission Electronic Controls). That was followed a year later by the electronic equivalents of the MT644, HT740 and HT747... the ATEC versions were the MT(B)648, HT(B)741 and HT(B)748 respectively. The DDEC Series 92 engines didn't show up until mid-1986.
I remember the 59-xxx and 60-xxx having that sound, also there was the 56-001 in Montreal Canada, having the same sound when they modified it at the end of its service life.
I once rode in a bus like this one...for Metrobus Transit in St. John's, the only Newfoundland city that has rear-engined transit buses! These buses are no longer used since 2-stroke Detroit Diesel-powered transit buses are a thing of the past...4-stroke Diesel-powered transit buses are much more common nowadays!
