[Milaisacat]

LOL old guy bragging rights - once upon a time, TTC/GCL augmented local school boards' bus fleets with chartered end-of-life coaches fitted with School Bus signs. Summer Parks and Rec programs, also.

My Grade 5-6 diet included Cancars, Twins, GM Old Looks, and (once) a PD-4104.

Uphill, both ways.

- Paul

Semi-related senior millennial bragging rights - in Vancouver, when the 99 B-Line express bus service was first launched in the late 90s, Translink, which was brand new, didn't really have enough buses to cover the new service. So they leased/bought a bunch of ancient buses from transit agencies in the Seattle region. For several months, I rode old GM fishbowl buses with a Seattle Metro Transit livery before Translink's first order of New Flyer 60' DLF buses began rolling out in a special 99 B-line Translink livery.

 

[APTA-2048]

Certainly I remember some open compartments on some vehicles, but from what I remember (at least in Greyhound's case) some of those vehicles were newer American coaches that were transferred to Greyhound Canada.

I'm not sure where/when the legislation was in place, but i'm 90% sure there was something in place in the past (if it still isnt in place today).

The MCIs from the 1970s and early 1980s definitely had open racks. The MCIs from the late 1980s and 1990s probably had enclosed racks (I’d have to check the photo I took). The 2006 MCIs Greyhound Canada bought new in 2006 definitely had open racks. I rode them a lot to Cambridge and Kitchener when they were new.

 

[drum118]

I'm talking about the overhead inner baggage compartment, not the luggage compartment on the underside of coaches.

Thanks... I cannot recall when I last rode an GO MCI bus or recall the overhead compartment. Never been on Greyhound or other intercity buses to know what they look like inside..

 

[Bordercollie]

The MCIs from the 1970s and early 1980s definitely had open racks. The MCIs from the late 1980s and 1990s probably had enclosed racks (I’d have to check the photo I took). The 2006 MCIs Greyhound Canada bought new in 2006 definitely had open racks. I rode them a lot to Cambridge and Kitchener when they were new.

The MCI 9's had compartments. 102A's I think just had open compartments.

The used US buses were random. I never got to ride all of them.