OUR FLEET
The CBOA Fleet currently has about 20 vintage public transit and coach buses, ranging from the 1960s up to the late 1990s, mainly 40 feet in length and 96 to 102 inches wide, and mainly from the Greater New York Metro Area. Note: this list only represents current acquisitions to our collection and does not include any buses that we acquired and re-retired in the past.
#3529
Model: Flxible 40102-6T "METRO-B"
Year Built: 1989
Original to: New Jersey Transit
Retired with: New Jersey Transit
Powertrain: Detroit Diesel 6V92 with Allison V731
Notes: First CBOA acquisition; originally assigned to NJ Transit's Wayne Township Garage for use as a wheelchair bus on routes with non-accessible buses
#3710
Model: Flxible 40102-6C8 "METRO-D"
Year Built: 1994
Original to: New Jersey Transit
Retired with: New Jersey Transit
Powertrain: Cummins C8.3 with ZF 4HP590
Notes: New Jersey Transit had transit-style and suburban-style Metro-D buses from 1994, the 1700-1900 series for the two-door transits and the 3700 series for the one-door suburbans. This bus mainly ran in South Jersey until later years where it ran up north.
"Ole Blue"
Model: Flxible 53102-8-1 "New Look"
Year Built: 1975
Original to: Flxible Corporation
Retired with: Flxible Corporation
Powertrain: Detroit Diesel 8V71 with Allison V730
Notes: Built as a manufacturer demonstrator for touring different transit agencies for the purpose of showing off new features and seating types for future bus orders; was hidden in an undisclosed area in the Loudonville, OH manufacturing plant for nearly three decades before being donated to an Illinois bus museum.
#5604
Model: Eagle Industries Model AE-20
Year Built: 1989
Original to: New Jersey Transit
Retired with: New Jersey Transit
Powertrain: Detroit Diesel 6V92 with Allison HT-748
Notes: New Jersey Transit ordered 119 of these uniquely-designed Eagle Model 20s for use on New Jersey Transit and Suburban Trails commuter routes. Those there are many Eagles that still exist, very few of these examples still exist, and far fewer still exist relatively intact or well-preserved.
#5237
Model: General Motors TDH-5301 "New Look"
Year Built: 1961
Original to: Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority
Retired with: Southern California Rapid Transit District
Powertrain: Detroit Diesel 8V71 with Allison VH-9
Notes: Original to Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority; acquired by SCRTD when formed in 1964; one of very few first-generation GM New Looks (1959-1964) still in existence.
#3013
Model: General Motors S8M-5303A "New Look"
Year Built: 1968
Original to: Southern California Rapid Transit District
Retired with: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority
Powertrain: Detroit Diesel 8V71 with Allison VS-2
Notes: One of only 15 one-door suburban-style GM New Look buses purchased by SCRTD with under-floor luggage bays much like a motorcoach; mainly used on the RTD Airport Express from LAX Airport; originally had 4-speed manual transmissions.
#9616
Model: NovaBUS TC-40102A "Classic"
Year Built: 1996
Original to: Connecticut Transit (CT Transit)
Retired with: Connecticut Transit (CT Transit)
Powertrain: Detroit Diesel Series 50 with Allison B500R
Notes: Part of a 50-bus order for Classics built by NovaBUS; used for local service until retired; this particular unit was a backup Union Station (New Haven) shuttle bus immediately before retirement; the last high-floor transit bus in CT Transit service.
#5128
Model: General Motors TDH-5307A "New Look"
Year Built: 1985
Original to: Santa Monica Municipal Bus Lines (Big Blue Bus)
Retired with: Santa Monica Municipal Bus Lines (Big Blue Bus)
Powertrain: Detroit Diesel 6V92TA with Allison V730
Notes: Part of a 58-bus order eventually becoming the last New Looks ever to be built by General Motors; Canadian-built since US GM New Look production ended in 1979.
#1511
Model: Orion Bus Industries Orion V
Year Built: 2004
Original to: Golden Gate Highway and Transportation District (Golden Gate Transit)
Retired with: Golden Gate Highway and Transportation District (Golden Gate Transit)
Powertrain: Detroit Diesel Series 50 with ZF 5HP592C
Notes: Order of 80 Orion V two-door suburban buses for Golden Gate Transit with suburban seats on platforms with tinted windows and extra noise insulation. One of only two transit agencies to order Orion V buses with this setup. Replaced the one-door Flxible Metro-D suburbans after they were sidelined for several years.
#7832
Model: Transportation Manufacturing Corporation (TMC) T80-206 "RTS"
Year Built: 1994
Original to: Fairfax Connector
Retired with: Fairfax Connector
Powertrain: Detroit Diesel Series 50 with Allison V731
Notes: Among the last TMC RTS buses built, operated in service over 20 years; retired and acquired by the now-closed DMV Mass Transit Museum.
#143
Model: SDM-5302A "New Look"
Year Built: 1966
Original to: ShortLine
Retired with: Community Coach
Powertrain: Detroit Diesel Series 8V71 with 4-Speed Manual
Notes: N/A
"The Blue Flxible"
Model: FD6V401-7 "New Look"
Year Built: 1964
Original to: US Department of Energy - Atomic Energy Commission
Retired with: N/A
Powertrain: Detroit Diesel Series 6V71 with 5-Speed Spicer Manual
Notes: Order of 27 Flxible New Looks ordered by the US Government for the transport of Atomic Energy Commission employees in Washington State. Only three of these are known to have survived, this unit having been preserved by a bus museum in Illinois.
#1206
Model: Transportation Manufacturing Corporation T80-206 "RTS"
Year Built: 1991
Original to: Golden Gate Highway and Transportation District (Golden Gate Transit)
Retired with: Golden Gate Highway and Transportation District (Golden Gate Transit)
Powertrain: Detroit Diesel Series 6v92 with ZF 5HP590
(Repowered with Detroit Diesel Series 50 EGR)
Notes: Two-door suburban buses used on shorter commuter runs into San Francisco as far north as Novato. One of 32 units repowered in 2003 from 6v92 to DD50 EGR, retired in 2012.