Yesterday on Tuesday, 04 May, 2021 at approx. 4:11PM -est-, I had been seated in the front right section of the bus inbound to LNC, city, from where I boarded at at the Weis bus stop, on the 3 route. So, right after the driver made his left turn at the intersection of Belmont Plaza & Fruitville Pike, he announced that the bus was over-heating, and he was going to have to swap busses. Everything went well, and things were to get a bit more interesting.
As we pulled into the bus garage on Eric Rd., the outer security gate opened, and as we made our left hand turn in front of the garage, I noticed a brand new bus of a different model, sitting on the side, at the northern-most part of the apron. It was the latest model of Gillig bus, which the RRTA company was testing out. It was just sitting there, so I decided to snap a photo of it.
This bus's new number is: '2101'. The numbers of the latest batch of busses which RRTA has acquired, ranges from 1900 - 1911.
A few of the main differences between this latest new model bus, is that the front of the bus isn't quite as elongated as the 1900 series, & is much more flat, which I like. I just think it looks a bit better. The second difference of the design is that there is an extended aerodynamic fairing for the batter packs on both sides of the top of the bus, which now, instead of only extending to the top middle of the bus, now extends all the way forward to the very top of the nose of the roof of it. I also agree with the way the new design looks. It doesn't look as much as a dopey design, as the present design of the 1900 series. Koolness! I cannot wait to go for a ride on the new 1000 series!
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