CALGARY TRANSIT
1972 Flyer
D700A's #523-539
In 1972, Calgary Transit recieved an order for 17 Flyer D700A's
#523-539. Buses 523-526 had the single width exit doors while buses
527-539 had the double folding rear doors. Both sets of buses were powered
by the Detroit Diesel 6V71N engine with the Spicer Model 183 transmission in
them. These buses were pulled off the road by about 1981 and sold by the
fall of 1983. I only know of 1 bus from this order (#533) that is still in
operating condition and is cosmetically in pretty good condition, but the rest
of them that I know of are in harsh shape. They were all retired for
various mechanical defects ranging from cracked engine bulkheads, broken engine
mounts, defective drive shafts, right down to bad frames too.
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Bus # |
Date |
Description |
|
Unknown #1 |
2003 |
This unknown D700A is shown sitting retired in West Calgary probably being
used as a storage shed |
|
Unknown #1 |
2003 |
The same bus as above showing the passenger side from another view |
|
Unknown buses |
2003 |
The 4 buses that sit in this photo show from back to front: One of the 4
Single exit door buses (#523-526), then one of the double folding rear door
1972 buses (Painted in primer), then one of the 1964 GM TDH5303's, and at the
front of the photo showing another one of the double folding rear door
1972's. All 4 of these buses are Ex-Calgary Transit and are sitting with
the bus shown in the above 2 photos |
|
Unknown buses
|
February 21, 1999 |
This photo shows from left to right: One of the 1964 GM TDH5303's from
Calgary Transit, one of the double folding rear door 1972 Flyer D700A's (In
Primer Paint), and one of the only 4 Single exit door buses that Calgary
Transit had ordered (#523-526). This photo was taken showing the same
group of buses as the above photo |
|
538
|
1998 |
Ex-Calgary Transit 538 is shown photographed in a construction equipment
sales place partially converted to motorhome parked between Ex-Calgary Transit
502 (Left, shown as Ex-Airdrie Transit 401) and Ex-Regina Transit 361 (Right) |
|
538
|
1998 |
The rear of 538 |
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