Edmonton's first New Look model buses were 5 TDH-5301 US built buses, #s 434-438. These were the first, and only US built New Looks ETS would receive, as the rest were built in Canada. This first order was the start of a total of 706 GM New Look buses Edmonton would receive, including 100 trolleybus versions. All of these buses were probably retired in the mid to late 1980's. #438 was a prototype for the black Firestone bumpers. #438 also ended up being restored into a unique version of the Red and Cream paint scheme and kept for the ETS historic collection. These buses were powered by a Detroit Diesel 6V-71 engine, and Allison VH transmission.
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434 | June 25, 1961 | ETS #434 working a route 10 Dawson Bridge. With only 5 GM New Looks in the fleet at the time, they must have been quite a sight! |
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434 | September 18, 1977 | Edmonton Transit #434 was ETS's first TDH-5301. The bus is working a route 5 and still has the old destination sign on the front, but has the new destination on the passenger side. |
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436 | September 2, 2000 | Ex-Edmonton Transit 436 is shown parked in a storage lot in Kelowna, BC painted up for some parasailing outfit |
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436 | September 2, 2000 | Another view of Ex-ETS 436 |
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438 | August 1998 | 438 is shown restored at the Mitchell Transit Garage stored along with the rest of the Historical Collection before it was moved to the former Cromdale Garage |
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438 | August 2002 | ETS restored TDH-5301 #438 outside of the Edmonton Centre West loading passengers for a run on the historic bus tours. |
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438 | August 2002 | ETS restored TDH-5301 #438 sitting inside of Westwood Garage, fired up and ready to go, however the bus had an air leak and had to wait for a future historic bus tour for it to stretch its legs. |
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438 | August 25, 2004 | ETS #438 sitting inside of Cromdale. |
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438 | August 25, 2004 | ETS #438 sitting inside of Cromdale. |
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438 | August 25, 2004 | ETS #438 sitting inside of Cromdale. |
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438 | August 25, 2004 | Interior of #438 towards the front. |
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438 | August 25, 2004 | Interior of #438 towards the rear. |
This page last updated March 18, 2023.